MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Help, MALA hates me!

> OK first i am sorry if this is in the wrong spot but it seemed the closest forum for
> frontends i could find...please redirect if necessary.
>
> Mala is a very nice frontend. It has all the features I want. It even runs some games
> that mame wont run by itself by some miracle...
>
> Problem is, it produces god awful screen tearing. I have tried editing every option I
> can but never get any different result at all. Even manually editing the .ini, but
> when it runs through mala the effect is the same. Also i have a D3 D capable video
> card but mala keeps turning the option to use it back off and I have never been able
> to get it to run a filter either (bilinear antrioscopic, etc.)
>
> **mameuifx32 runs these same games with the same options I pick in mala but it
> actually remembers them and runs them properly with zero tearing. But i hate the
> interface on this program.
>
> Can someone please help me get mala running, or should i just give up and use the
> mameuifx even though it is ugly clunky and devoid of additional features?
>
> HELP!

Just a thought... when you post to the place where the authors of these things hang out, maybe keep the barbs to yourself when you're asking for help.

It sounds like MALA is running at a resolution and/or refresh rate other than what you want, and MAME isn't switching it to the right one. The easiest way to check this is to go into your MAME ini and set the resolution explicitly, i.e. 1024x768@85 or whatever the best your monitor can handle is. Also find the 'switchres' option and set it to 1. This should let MAME use the right video mode, regardless of what MALA sets it to.

If that works, you can either leave it like that, or you can find a way to set the resolution/refresh rate in MALA to match what you need in MAME.