Ingabagovinanana

It has to be all CAPS!!! Everything else in the ini file is lower case, and this one thing is capital letters. How messed up is that? As you can guess, I got it fixed. Always something stupid. Thanks for helping and working with me on this. We are now rocking and rolling!

I do have the correct display marked as my main display, but Mame doesn't seem to care because some how, it senses Display 2 as the primary. If I didn't, most of my other emulators wouldn't work. All of them sense the correct monitor, the main display. There must be some settings somewhere overriding MAME OSD Per-Window Video Options. Hopefully, after work, I will have the motivation to work on it. The only problem is I stare at a computer all day, so sometimes the last thing I want to do is continue that after work.

I appreciate the information. I have spelled it correctly, and used the correct syntax. I'm worried that with a new Mame install I will mess up all that I have created. What about this game_rom.cfg file? Could I have already created one that is overriding the .ini files? Where would I find this file if it has already been created? I like your idea of testing. I will give that a shot soon. This is so frustrating. I can't wait to get it all up and running, this has been my Covid project, so it has been almost 2 years since I started. I'm starting to wonder if the computer I built, which I included as part of the project is strong enough to handle everything. I could not get a good GPU because of the shortage.... still can't. I have so much more going on in this build, I'm in over my head. Thanks again for your help. I didn't think about installing a new one... Usually, I am good at thinking outside of the box. So, no idea how to change the primary? Is that something that the GPU decides and you have no say in it?

no change.

Already did all of those...... and every combination.

@JoeViking245 I thought I replied to this last night. I guess I never hit reply. I have tried all of that over and over again. No matter what display I enter Mame is on the same screen. I tried all other screens as well, tried every different combination, still it starts on the same screen... number 2. If I change the numscreen in the section above to 3 screens I get the game on all screens, but the initial "press any key screen" is always on the playfield. Once I press a key, then whatever game I am playing is on all three, so I know it is possible. Maybe I have to live with it just playing on all screens???? I don't know what else to do.

I'm so sorry... Yes it did create a stuff file. I missed the part where I had to exit Mame first. It says that my second screen is the primary. Here is a copy and paste of what I see in the file below. How do I make Display 1 Primary? Anything else that may be odd? Attempting load of mame.ini Parsing mame.ini Attempting load of mame.ini Parsing mame.ini Reading translation file English: 1 strings, original table at word offset 7, translated table at word offset 9 Loaded 0 translations from file English Starting plugin data... Attempting load of mame.ini Parsing mame.ini Attempting load of mame.ini Parsing mame.ini Video: Monitor 65537 = "\\.\DISPLAY1" Video: Monitor 65539 = "\\.\DISPLAY2" (primary) Video: Monitor 65541 = "\\.\DISPLAY3" Direct3D: Using Direct3D 9 Physical width 1920, height 1080 Direct3D: Initialize Direct3D: Configuring adapter #1 = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Direct3D: YUV format = RGB Direct3D: Max texture size = 16384x16384 Direct3D: Device created at 1920x1080 Direct3D: Initialize HLSL Direct3D: Initialize Direct3D: Configuring adapter #0 = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Direct3D: YUV format = RGB Direct3D: Max texture size = 16384x16384 Direct3D: Device created at 1920x1080 Direct3D: Initialize HLSL Direct3D: Initialize Direct3D: Configuring adapter #2 = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Direct3D: YUV format = RGB Direct3D: Max texture size = 16384x16384 Direct3D: Device created at 1920x1080 Direct3D: Initialize HLSL RawInput: APIs detected RawInput: APIs detected RawInput: APIs detected DirectSound: Primary buffer: 48000 Hz, 16 bits, 2 channels

How do I find out what the number of the screens are? I think that might solve my problem if I can just fix the .ini files.

@JoeViking245 I'm not doing this through any front ends. I am using Mame.exe to launch the Mame games..... I've learned to get all emulators working first before using a front end. As I said, no matter what screen I change in the ini file it goes to the playfield TV. I should probably mention, I have two TVs as monitors and one small monitor for what would be the DMD, or for Marquee, if I wanted. I really do not reallly care right now about the or vertical games. I usually play them horizontal anyways. That seems like something I could fix later on. All I want is Mame to play on the backglass, and I cannot get that to happen. I just tried the stuff.txt execution, and Mame came up on the playfield. I didn't get the screen pic that you have.

Hey Wolpoffm, I wish I saw that a long time ago, unfortunately, I was given the advice to get everything running for BB, all console/arcade emulators as well as mame, the only thing left is Mame not playing on the correct screen.... Once I get that, then work on pinball with different screen settings. I do plan on using PUP, I'm going to create a shortcut on the backglass/Desktop/main screen, for PUP and for BB when the PC is started. Depending on which one you pick, the main screen will change using a display changing software, because for pinball, the main must be the playfield, but for most console emulators, it must be the backglass if you want to play on the same system. I'm thinking about just resetting everything in Mame to default, since I have changed a lot of mame systems to match special settings for Lightguns and driving games, I would hate to delete but might have to. Do you know how to do that?

@wolpoffm Thank you for that, I have been looking for something like that for some time, I am watching as we speak. I understand what your saying about the opposite. I do want some of the vertical games to play on the playfield like 1944, but not the ones that that are supposed to be on a backglass, especially the ones that I have for the Sinden. So, I have quite a bit going on, not to mention a G29 steering wheel on the same system, as well which is also connected to a PS4 with VR. I have multiple switches to go back and forth. I will also have another switch for VP and LB/BB. Every time I get one thing set up, I screw up something else. Let's hope this video can clear some things up for me.

@JoeViking245 Hey it worked. I have tried to do this in the past, but could not... Thank you. Any other suggestions on what to do about my screen problem? I have heard of a -verbose option to see what my screens are, but I am not sure how to use that in command prompt. Do I go to the mame directory? I am not very good at command lines. Thanks again..

Thank you for answering. I will give that a shot. Mame is showing on the playfield, but I want it to show on the backglass, and backglass is actually the main screen. OSD per-window seems to do nothing. I have tried all combinations of trying to get it to play on any other screen by itself. If I change the -numscreens to 3, then I can put anything in the OSD Per-window and no matter what, it comes up on all screens, but the Mame's warning still comes up on the playfield. I guess I did get you confused regarding pinball. Again, I appreciate your response, especially on New Years Eve.

Hi Joe, sorry to bother you on such a minor problem, but it is proving to be more frustrating than anything I have encountered because it is probably so easy. You seem to be the go to guy when it comes to a VP setup. I have a three screen setup, and all I want is Mame to show up on the main screen just LB and all my other emulators, When I open a game, it should cover up LB or BB.... For some reason, no matter what I do, the press any key screen shows up on second screen (playfield, I will have different display settings when it comes to pinball). I have messed around with the ini file, the UI, and messed around with windows registry, I have messed around with everything and I cannot change it. If I increase the number of screens in the Mame ini folder, it just mirrors mame to all of the screens. I looked for other settings that might change it to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can move on to setting up my Sinden Light Guns under the correct display settings with multiple screens, which is not easy. Then I can move on to pinball, which am highly anticipating. Thanks in advance for your help, Ingababovinanana

Hi Headrush and jfree, I have this problem as well, unfortunately, I am not as well versed in creating bat files and code generation to correct this problem. I can do a work around for the time being and do my best to exit the game with no credits, but another problem exists on top of this one. For some reason, the game crashes in Sega Model 3 at random times, I have never been able to finish any of the campaigns. The video disappears, but you see the load up screen for the Rom in a windowed screen (no errors on it) and I cannot get back to the video, but the music still plays. When this happens I have to exit the game and if I am using Big Box, it causes all sorts of problems. Any suggestions on how to fix this or what might be causing it? Hopefully if I get this fixed someone can explain to me how to automatically delete the nvram after game play. I really want to play the rest of this game... I have done all sorts of searching, but cannot find any answers. Your help is greatly appreciated. Inga