MagicEngine

[Kramer]

I'm using soft15KHz to use a 15KHz arcade monitor (on win XP pro).
The concept is the same as using an ArcadeVGA.

If I set one of these low resolutions, Magic Engine crashes:
321x240, 336x240, 352x256, and 512x240

So I have in the ini:

custom_resolution=y
res_256=256,240
res_320=321,240
res_336=336,240
res_352=352,256
res_512=512,240
res_gui=640,480

The only one low resolution that works is 256x240, but its not good for many games like "r-type cd" (the intro is ok, but just before the game start it crashes, because "in game" uses a bigger resolution than 256x240 and the switch is fatal).

I've tryed all video settings (screen ratio, stretch, bit depht, triple buffer, zoom/no zoom ....) but the problem remains the same.

I've tryed also setting mentioned non working resolutions in the main setting, putting "custom_resolution=N":

;
; screen resolution
; --
;

screen_width=321
screen_height=240
screen_depth=32

In this case ME crashes immediately when I double click on the exe.

With other emulators (mame, kega fusion, zsnes, winuae, mednafen, ootake) I have no problems with mentioned low res.

Thanks in advance for any help.

PS: I'm using WinXP Pro SP3 standard installation on an Intel E8400+2gbRAM.

[dmichel]

It's not the first time that someone report this error but so far I have never found what was wrong.

I think it was reported that the fullscreen stretch option could trigger this problem when set but you said you tried all the settings. Does using OpenGL make any difference?
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David Michel

[Kramer]

[tisurame]

I also have the same problem and I'm pretty sure the USB joystick have something to do with it.

I tried two different joysticks (Playstation and Xbox) and the same problem happens. If I just unplug the USB cable, everything works perfectly.

David, could you please investigate this problem?

Thanks.