Vs. Balloon Fight - single screen in AdvMAME?

[dee2eR]

sorry that file was setup for horizontal monitor. I didn't realise you were on vertical.

[Tapper]

My fault for not mentioning it.

I've tried manipulating the code to rotate it but so far not very successful. For example, tried copying the video rotation = 3 setting from 240pror but it's even worse.

video_refresh_rate = "59.950001"
video_rotation = "3"
custom_viewport_width = "1440"
custom_viewport_height = "240"
custom_viewport_x = "0"
custom_viewport_y = "0"

If I'm understanding things at all, we only want to show a 256x240 display, which will be expanded into a 720x240 pixel area in MAME. So, you're using 1440 X pixels to basically force the second 256x240 display offscreen. But, since I'm using a vertical screen, I'm guessing I need to change the width and custom viewport amounts. Will experiment.

[Tapper]

In case anyone else wants to run this game on a vertical screen with only player one's display showing, these settings work perfectly!

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video_rotation = "3"
video_refresh_rate = "59.950001"
custom_viewport_width = "480"
custom_viewport_height = "960"
custom_viewport_x = "122"
custom_viewport_y = "0"

Since I'm only using MAME2003plus for this one game, I'm just leaving the explicit call to this cfg file. Note, you don't have normal MAME menus in this version, since it's Retroarch. So, you have to press F1 for menus. But with these video settings you will only be able to see half of those menus so it's not practical to use them. Be sure to setup controls or anything else before setting up the video as I did. But for the game, it works perfectly on a standard res vertical monitor.

[dee2eR]

I thought I'd seen you say you had an input issue with 2003 plus but I cannot find it now. Just checked and it seemed OK, maybe I'm remembering something else. I strongly recommend any input edits to be made from MAME when possible and usually in the just for this game bit. Retroarchs inputs are confusing as all when not using a SNES pad or similar...

It is possible to get the MAME menus up in 2003 plus but you need to turn the input driver to UDEV, not sure why it isn't working with the hotkey shortcut in linuxraw mode (I actually thought it was until checking it just now).

EDIT:
you can make the shortcut work to bring up the MAME menus in 2003plus by: (keyboard required to set it up)
step1: change to UDEV input driver in retroarch menus ('f1' or start+b6)
step2: exit and restart game
step3: re-open retroarch menus and goto setting -> input -> user 1 binds -> select user 1 L3 button and press 'tab' on keyboard to bind tab as L3.
step4: change the input driver back to Linux raw
step5: exit the game and restart it again, now p1start+joy right will open MAMEs menu as intended in 2003 plus.

ANOTHER EDIT:
MAMEs menus will be hard to use when running the left monitor only setup as half the menu will be on the (out of sight) right screen.