08846: All: Taking a screen snapshot of any game results in a vertically stretched snap.

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
08846	Misc.	Minor	Always	Apr 3, 2024, 15:43	Apr 5, 2024, 00:57

Tester	chaneman	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS	Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	galaxian/galaxian.cpp
Version	0.264	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	08846: All: Taking a screen snapshot of any game results in a vertically stretched snap.
Description	The information window before the game runs, incorrectly reports the video size as: 768 x 224 The games seem to be displayed correctly but saving a screenshot snap from within mame results in a stretched image. All games within this driver are affected when saving a snap.
Steps To Reproduce	Load and run any game that is in the galaxian.cpp driver then take a screen shot using mame's Save Snapshot feature. View the saved snapshot.
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Affected Sets / Systems	All

Attached Files	Galaxian Screenshot Info.png (86,839 bytes) Apr 3, 2024, 15:43 Uploaded by chaneman
Attached Files	Galaxian Namco.png (3,887 bytes) Apr 4, 2024, 13:04 Uploaded by chaneman

No.22039 hap Developer Apr 4, 2024, 11:31	Galaxian 768 x 224 is correct, the starfield horizontal resolution is 3 times denser than the tiles/sprites.
No.22040 chaneman Tester Apr 4, 2024, 13:09 edited on: Apr 4, 2024, 13:48	Ah ok, that makes sense. I uploaded a screen snap that shows what is happening. Is there a setting that I'm not aware of that will get the correct aspect back to normal? This stretched look is only happening for games in this driver.
No.22041 mahlemiut Developer Apr 4, 2024, 21:26	you can use -snapsize to specify a specific resolution, the snapshot will be stretched or shrunk to fit
No.22042 chaneman Tester Apr 4, 2024, 22:00	Thank you! This report can be closed.