Posted by Tom A. on 26, 2001 at 1:15 AM:
In Reply to: Moon Patrol & scrolling - Read This! posted by Prophet on 25, 2001 at 12:19 AM:
I also use AdvancedMAME for the same reason Prophet mentions. I can't use 1.5 times the Vertical Refresh rate since I am using an arcade style vga monitor. But I have configured AdvancedMAME for 55,57 and 58Hz vertical refreshes (is that a word?) and YES, it does make an incredible difference. Also, when I used to run MAME32 Moon Patrol, Break-Thru, etc would show up as non-square screens even though the games were horizontal. By using AdvancedMAME not only can I get good scrolling I can also have square screens for the odd sized resolutions.
AdvancedMAME is awesome!! :-)
I am running pure DOS (win98SE not in a box) and AdvancedMENU with a Voodoo3 card with no memory management since it makes my voodoo3 hang. The system is very stable.
-Tom A.
: I noticed the thread below about scrolling in Moon Patrol being "skippy." I hope ppl don't mind me starting this new thread, but I think I really have some useful info to offer and wanted to be sure you read this.
: Anyway, here goes.
: Moon Patrol requires a refresh of 57Hz to have proper smooth scrolling. A refresh of approximately 1.5 x 57 (about 75.3Hz) will also work well.
: This is one of the MAJOR reasons I use Advance MAME. If you really look carefully thru MAME, you'll discover many games have choppy scrolling because you're running them at 60Hz and they need 53,53,54,55,56,57,58 or 59 Hz to scroll perfectly! Basically anything more than a full Hz will make the scrolls choppy.
: Anyway, I hope this helps you guys - Moonj Patrol is too good of a game to play with choppy scrolling. :)
: -P-