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Makes sense, thanks. Took me a minute to realize the difference between shaders and shader presets but I'm catching on.

Is there a way to toggle the shaders off and on while playing? (I don't see a hotkey). I do see a hotkey for "next shader" and "previous shader" but it doesn't seem to do anything. It would be nice if you could toggle between a set of favorite shaders, is this possible? Thanks!

Sounds like good advice, it probably would shuffle the MIDI device for D-Fend as well. I definitely plan on checking that out!

Thanks! That was really helpful, and I got it working! The main step I was missing was running the setup exe. I was able to use DFend and it's pretty simple. For those interested, after selecting the game use "edit - Midi" and select the MT-32 Emulator. Then, "Run Setup" should launch the install.exe where you can select MT-32 as sound device. If you have Munt running, Tools-Test MIDI Driver will bring up a window and if you see "Midi Input - DOSBOX.EXE" and MIDI Message = Green light then it's working. It sounds great! Thanks again Zombeaver.

Didn't want to hijack this thread but had a few questions about Munt here...

Since it was mentioned on another forum topic, I wanted to give Munt MT-32 Emulator a try with DosBox. I might have it working, but I'm just not sure. I downloaded Munt, installed the drivers and ROM files. Then, in D-Fend Reloaded, on a per-game basis, I went to the MIDI options and selected MT-32 Synth Emulator as the MIDI device. I guess my question is, how can I be sure it's working? I'm not sure I can hear the difference before and after I select MT-32 as the MIDI setting. Are there any steps I'm missing? Does anyone know a good tutorial to use? Thanks for any help! R

Thanks for the new features. I feel mixed about the new PDF reader though. It looks good, but I am missing some features from Sumatra. Is there currently a way to navigate a PDF with page up and down controls? Personally I prefer this as it's much faster than scrolling. Would having the option to use Sumatra be possible?

Thanks Retro. Tried that but got it to work eventually by using: c:: Send {LCtrl Down}{LAlt Down}{f5 Down} {LCtrl Up}{LAlt Up}{f5 Up} I'm using the script in MAME, not sure if that's why I had to add the "down" and "up" commands.

Cool, maybe we can get this included in the next poll since it seems there is a lot of interest.

I'm trying a simple autohotkey script but can't get it to work. I'd like the "c" key to send alt+Control+F5. I've tried a variety of combinations (using Send command or not) but it doesn't seem to be work. Something like c::!^F5. Thanks for any help! R

Just found it... Alt+Ctrl+F5!

This is working great, thanks. Is there any way to toggle hlsl_enable on and off during a game?

Just getting started playing around with this... thanks for the info. I'm having a problem though. When I use the ~ menu I can select the various effects like crt-geom. Then I edited the mame.ini file in the 2 places you mentioned (video and bgfx screen chains) but when I launch a game the bgfx effects don't stick. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Also, is there a way to increase the brightness in crt-geom? I'd love it to be brighter if possible. Thanks again!

If that happens, in my experience it means the emulator/module is not setup correctly or is not compatible. The pause menu does not work with every emulator or even every version of an emulator. It can be frustrating for sure.

Setting attract mode or spin wheel to a keyboard shortcut (not sure what the difference is) when triggered will indeed select a random game from your current platform or Playlist.

The soundtrack audio plays when the game is selected but upon going to the game details page the music stops and the video audio plays. (Except from text list view)

In Critical Zone, soundtrack audio doesn't work on the game detail page unless I'm starting from the text game list. (Maybe because the screen doesn't reset between the two views). Same issue in Retrofresh, Nostolgia, Futurestate, etc.

In the official release, "prioritize soundtrack over video audio" still does not work for me on the games details page. It still plays the audio from the video.

I haven't tried Beta 15, but as of Beta 14 prioritizing music over video audio was working on the platform/playlist game views but not on the game details view.

Wow, thanks for the info! That's amazing work you are doing. I'm super curious because I have a friend putting together a system now and I think he's going to be inspired by your approach. Two questions -- what are "super resolutions" and are you able to get MAME games working in proper resolution without the arcade VGA card?

Cool setup, very unique! Curious how you control the resolution for each system and game -- do you have an arcade vga card?

Do we need to select “overwrite all data” since that field isn’t empty?

All good. Thanks for checking everything out!

I had a feeling you'd say that. Is it possible doing an update can undo some corruption or other issue? Because it literally fixed itself immediately after the update. Guess it doesn't matter as it's working now, and thanks for checking out the star rating!

I did send my data folder, but FYI -- I just updated to beta 10 and the speed has drastically improved when selecting games. It definitely was the update, since it was slow immediately before updating. The only thing that's still weird are many of the community star ratings. For example, Crash Bandicoot shows 19054150000000. Thanks!