MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: defocus values in mame.ini

You need to pay attention to the "presets" folder inside of the "ini" folder. The presets overwrite the settings of a mame.ini.
If you want to change your defocus value, do it in the appropriate preset ini (raster, vector, lcd etc.).

from the docs (hlsl.txt):

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Presets
-------
../ini/presets/raster.ini               for raster screens
../ini/presets/vector.ini               for color vector screens
../ini/presets/vector-mono.ini          for monochrome vector screens (rename to vector.ini or .ini)
../ini/presets/lcd.ini                  for screens with TFT color LCD
../ini/presets/lcd-matrix.ini           for screens with STN LCD matrix (rename to lcd.ini or .ini)
../ini/presets/gameboy.ini              for Game Boy screen (same as lcd-matrix.ini with greenish color transformation)
../ini/presets/gba.ini                  for Game Boy Advance screen (same as lcd.ini)

from the docs (config.txt):

Code:

Enables or disables the reading of the config files. When enabled
	(which is the default), MAME reads the following config files in order:

		- mame.ini
		- .ini   (i.e. if MAME was renamed mame060.exe, MAME
				  parses mame060.ini here)
		- debug.ini      (if the debugger is enabled)
		- .ini   (based on the source filename of the driver)
		- vertical.ini   (for games with vertical monitor orientation)
		- horizont.ini   (for games with horizontal monitor orientation)
		- arcade.ini     (for games in source added with GAME() macro)
		- console.ini    (for games in source added with CONS() macro)
		- computer.ini   (for games in source added with COMP() macro)
		- othersys.ini   (for games in source added with SYST() macro)
		- vector.ini     (for vector games only)
		- .ini   (for clones only, may be called recursively)
		- .ini


	The settings in the later ini's override those in the earlier ini's.
	So, for example, if you wanted to disable overlay effects in the
	vector games, you can create a vector.ini with the "effect none" line
	in it, and it will override whatever effect value you have in your
	mame.ini. The default is ON (-readconfig).

As you can read, the mame.ini is the first file in a order of ini files. Hope it helps.