Hotkey to chance video mode in MAME?

[bmosley]

I'm not sure if I just missed the option or its not something I can do but I'm trying to switch video modes (3:4 to 16:9) on the fly in MAME with a hotkey. I'm not trying to rotate the display but rather toggle through the different video modes on the fly (MAME on screen UI > Video Options > "Standard 3:4") for example.

Is there any way to do this in MAME or something AHK or HyperLaunch can do? Thanks!

[gigapig]

I know this doesn't answer your question, but it depends why you want to do as you state.

If you want the artwork off by default without have to change it each time and perhaps use bezels, open your

Mame.ini and look here.

Change artwork crop to 1.

Thanks to Jumpstile for that recent tip.

[bmosley]

Yeah, that's unrelated to what I'm trying to do. I want to be able to Rotate/change the video with a hotkey rather than needing to go into MAME's UI each time and then set it back when I'm done. Appreciate it though!

[ghutch92]

Yeah, that's unrelated to what I'm trying to do. I want to be able to Rotate/change the video with a hotkey rather than needing to go into MAME's UI each time and then set it back when I'm done. Appreciate it though!

It doesn't look like you need to change it each time

297 Configuration options

298 ---------------------

299

300 -[no]readconfig / -[no]rc

301

302 Enables or disables the reading of the config files. When enabled

303 (which is the default), MAME reads the following config files in order:

304

305 - mame.ini

306 - <mymame>.ini (i.e. if MAME was renamed mame060.exe, MAME

307 parses mame060.ini here)

308 - debug.ini (if the debugger is enabled)

309 - <parent>.ini (for clones only, may be called recursively)

310 - <gamename>.ini

311 - vertical.ini (for games with vertical monitor orientation)

312 - horizont.ini (for games with horizontal monitor orientation)

313 - vector.ini (for vector games only)

314 - <driver>.ini (based on the source filename of the driver)

315

316

317 The settings in the later ini's override those in the earlier ini's.

318 So, for example, if you wanted to disable overlay effects in the

319 vector games, you can create a vector.ini with the "effect none" line

320 in it, and it will override whatever effect value you have in your

321 mame.ini. The default is ON (-readconfig).

http://mamedev.org/source/docs/config.txt.html

[bmosley]

Thanks ghutch92, however, I do want to be able to change it on the fly (each time I decide to use it). I know that I can set it per game prior to launch. For example:

I'm playing a game alone and view it on a vertical orientation. Then, a friend sits down on the opposite end of my cocktail table and I want to switch the rotation to 90deg CW and split screen so we can both play.

[ericlecarde]

I have a 3 sided MAME cocktail cabinet and this is an issue for me also. I need to switch between orientations "on the fly". Did you ever find a solution? Strange this isn't possible. I know I can edit the game to be permanently in cocktail mode (One by one or using the mame.ini) but this only solves half the issue.