Hello all, newb to Daphne and need some help.
I can get all my games working with the Daphne loader, but now I want to integrate daphne into my mame cabinet that I run with Mamewah.

I can't seem to get Daphne working with mamewah.
I got Space Ace to load once, but then Dragon's lair and DL2 wouldn't work.
Then nothing worked.
It's got to be something simple I am missing.
It will work one time, but then give the error the next.


Here is the error:

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7
--Command line is: c:\emulators\daphne\daphne.exe ace vldp -framefile c:\emulators\daphne\framefile\ace.txt -fullscreen
--CPU : GenuineIntel 2700 MHz || Mem : 1024 megs
--OS : Windows XP/.NET || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Could not initialize video display: DDraw created surface with wrong size
Video initialization failed!



Here is my daphne.ini:
### daphne.ini (mamewah v1.62) ###

emulator_title Daphne

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path c:\emulators\daphne\framefile
rom_extension txt
dat_file
nms_file c:\emulators\daphne\daphne.nms
catver_ini_file
list_generation_method rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines
emulator_commandline c:\emulators\daphne\daphne.exe [name] vldp -framefile "c:\emulators\daphne\framefile\[name].txt" -fullscreen{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines
general_app_commandlines

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths c:\emulators\daphne\images; c:\emulators\daphne\marquees; c:\emulators\daphne\control panels; c:\emulators\daphne\titles; c:\emulators\daphne\flyers
movie_preview_path c:\emulators\daphne\ssmovies
movie_artwork_no 1
enable_fuzzy_search 0

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver 0
select_random_game 0
saver_type movie
movie_path c:\emulators\daphne\ssmovies
movie_fullscreen 1
quit_delay 30
saver_commandline

### Additional Settings ###
music_path
lcd_display_file_path

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list 0


Thanks for any and all help.

Try sending a resolution of 640x480 in your command line string and see if that helps. It sounds like either a hardware acceleration issue (caused by you mucking with video card settings) or a resolution issue.

Ok, I can try that.
Could you give me an example of where to insert that in the command line?

Thanks!

Nevermind.
I think you are right and it was the hardware acceleration.
I had tried it with the nohwaccel switch, but that didn't work, so I went to the adatper properties and disabled it there.
Everything worked.


Thanks!

just throw a "-x 640 -y 480" right after your fullscreen switch.

I'm having the same problem and I get the same error that zepo was getting. Ive tried the -x640 -y480 string and it still doesn't fix it. I can run the games from daphneloader no problem but can't from mamewah. any ideas?

Hi all. Need some help configuring the .ini file in MameWah that will enable me to directly launch games using Daphne.

I think its something simple that is the problem here, as I am unable to get it to even load the game.

I am able to run the game using daphneloader, but no luck trying to launch using MameWah.
I am trying to copy/paste the logs but the keep getting error saying my post looks "too spammy for a new user".....