Fuzzy display with Wolfmame

[Arjen Gnodde]

After a few years of absence from MAME and MARP, I have now re-discovered the classic games of the 80's (like I do every few years).
Having bought a new computer (AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor) I thought it would be a good idea to upgrade my mame32 37b15 to the latest version available and I found Wolfmame.
But I can't get a good picture on my screen. It is very hazy and fuzzy. The old mame versions (mame32 37b9 and older) work fine with a very clear and sharp image. Not so for Wolfmame. Is anyone else having this problem?

Thanks
Arjen

[Buttermaker]

This is because of hardware stretching which is used to display correct aspect ratios. You have two options:

1. Turn off hardware stretching.

mame -nohwstretch

This will not give you correct aspect ratios though.


2. Leave hardware stretching on and use Direct3D without filtering.

mame -d3d -d3dfilter 0

This will give you a sharp picture.


These are command line parameters. Just look through the GUI and you should find the corresponding options.

On a computer monitor having a sharp image is "wrong" though. A real arcade monitor displays a smooth image.

[Arjen Gnodde]

Thanks for the solution Buttermaker. I have done what you suggested and put the scanlines at 25%. I now have a much better image, much closer to the old arcade feel.

Arjen

[Chad]

On a computer monitor having a sharp image is "wrong" though. A real arcade monitor displays a smooth image.

depends on the game, but for the most part the way mame (and streching) smooths the images is WAY more blurry that old CRT's used to do it...