04023: stlforce: Texts on screen are offset

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
04023	Graphics	Minor	Always	Aug 27, 2010, 21:02	Aug 28, 2010, 17:03

Tester	fallicanet	View Status	Public	Platform	MAMEUI
Assigned To		Resolution	Invalid report	OS	Windows Vista/7 (32-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	edevices/stlforce.cpp
Version	0.139u1	Fixed in Version		Build	Normal
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	04023: stlforce: Texts on screen are offset
Description	Texts on bottom screen are offset
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information	- in the snapshot (F12 MAME key), graphic is ok... - on gameplay, imperfect graphic...
Github Commit

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Regression Version
Affected Sets / Systems	stlforce

Attached Files	printscreen.jpg (250,298 bytes) Aug 27, 2010, 21:26
Attached Files	mame.ini (4,958 bytes) Aug 28, 2010, 14:24 [Show Content]

No.06620 Haze Senior Tester Aug 27, 2010, 21:14	I can't confirm, seems fine.
No.06624 fallicanet Tester Aug 27, 2010, 21:25	tested on desktop pc with display 4:3 and on notebook 16:9... the text (P1 score and credits) is offset
No.06628 Haze Senior Tester Aug 27, 2010, 21:45	that doesn't happen here, maybe it's a problem with the filter you're using.
No.06633 fallicanet Tester Aug 27, 2010, 21:59	even removing the filters (scanlines 75x2), the problem remains
No.06635 Tafoid Administrator Aug 27, 2010, 22:01 edited on: Aug 27, 2010, 22:02	I'm not seeing any issue with presentation. The score is suppose to be, as far as I am aware, on the bottom left. I sincerely hope you are confirming with a normal MAMEUI build and not something like MAMEPLUS..
No.06636 fallicanet Tester Aug 27, 2010, 22:03	ok, ok... using Direct3D Version 9 = text problem... other videomode = no text problem
No.06637 fallicanet Tester Aug 27, 2010, 22:10	@Tafoid i use mameui 32 in this game, missing pixels to text...
No.06638 Tafoid Administrator Aug 27, 2010, 22:15	Just how far down off the bottom is the score supposed to show? Earlier MAME's show the score with a few pixels underneath. A PCB source picture / recording would be helpful in determining exactly where it's supposed to sit.
No.06639 Haze Senior Tester Aug 27, 2010, 22:20	it still sounds like a video card driver problem, MAME isn't outputting clipped text, even if the bottom of the text is the bottom of the output. visible area could be up for debate, but the I think the tester would still find 2-3 lines being clipped off the bottom due to their driver issue, even if it wasn't being clipped off the text anymore.
No.06641 Tafoid Administrator Aug 27, 2010, 22:29	Sounds reasonable. I'll wait to see if anyone else can see this score text cutoff and we can compare os/v. card and driver versions.
No.06642 fallicanet Tester Aug 27, 2010, 22:37 edited on: Aug 28, 2010, 13:31	Desktop - Win7 32bit - Ati Radeon 9250 256MB (with unofficial driver) Notebook - Win Vista 32bit - Geforce 8400M GS 128MB (with last driver) and last DirectX 11 (Jun 2010)...
No.06644 Fujix Administrator Aug 28, 2010, 13:17	I don't have the problem either with a GeForce 9800 card. I bet this is not a MAME problem. Maybe, in some cases, -verbose output will help seeking out the cause of problem.
No.06645 fallicanet Tester Aug 28, 2010, 13:35 edited on: Aug 28, 2010, 13:48	I found the same problem with other games... (gunfront, gunforce and pbancho) -verbose on MAMEUI where's? P.S. if use Direct3D Version 8, MAMEUI says "Unable to initialize Direct3D"...but... the game run without text problem...
No.06646 Tafoid Administrator Aug 28, 2010, 13:58	For the record, mine is a GeForce 6100 on-board display - no cutting off of the text on the bottom. Could this be an ATI card/driver issue with D3D?
No.06647 fallicanet Tester Aug 28, 2010, 14:23	same problem with ATI and NVIDIA... attached MAMEUI *ini file
No.06648 Tafoid Administrator Aug 28, 2010, 14:36 edited on: Aug 28, 2010, 14:37	I have to guess that prescale is what is causing the issues for you. That is not a setting I use. Try a default prescale value of 1. Once you start adjusting the multiplying the display before rescaling back to your display resolution, there are bound to be shifted and duplicated lines which could very well be causing the issue you are seeing, since the F12 only shows what is being emulated before any video effect or other video commands. Others might be able to explain prescale better - as I don't use or have a lot of first-hand knowledge using it.
No.06650 fallicanet Tester Aug 28, 2010, 15:21	Yes Tafoid, was just the prescale... but because in other games I did not see this problem??? I'm a bad tester :) You can close the report.