Mortal Kombat 1,2,& 3 sound issues

[journeyfan1977]

I have Mortal Kombat 1,2,&3 and all of them have low sound. I have to turn my computer speakers half way up to get the equivalent of 1/4 of the way up on all my other games. Why is this? Mine aren't choppy fortunately, as I've had that problem before...just not loud enough. Can this be fixed? I messed with the audio latency thing but it didn't help. Anybody?

-Keith

[-=VampyR=-]

First...HELLO!
What you need to do is hit F2 (default mame config) and you'll see a menu.Go to where the sound settings are and change volume by pressing up.(it's a huge red bar)
I assumed you use mame32.The latency meter is there only to fix scratchiness in sound if u have that.(I don't)

[journeyfan1977]

Hi,
Well I tried hitting F2 when I had my list of games up and nothing happens. I'm using Mame 32 version 0.98 currently. Am I hitting F2 in the wrong place or something? In other words...I clicked on the arcade machine icon in my Mame folder and now i'm looking at my list of games...is this where F2 is supposed to be pushed? Another question I have is how do I set the background underneath my game list? I bought a set of Mame roms from a guy and the discs included alot of background art, but I can't seem to set up a bakcground. Post me back and thanks!

-Keith

[-=VampyR=-]

You must hit the F2 button after you launched the game itself,in your case MK 1,2,3...So,start the game and press F2,you'll get to the options menu and change the volume...it's easy.
Concerning the background,start the emu,go to options > Background Image and select whichever back.art you like...must be in .png or .bmp format or else it won't work.

[journeyfan1977]

Hi again,
I fixed the sound on Mortal Kombat...thanks. Still can't get the background to work though. I did go to options and chose background. I have the different backgrounds in that particular folder too. Any ideas?

-Keith

[hagbard]

Mame32 Help file have the answer as usual. If you have placed the background images on Mame32\bkground folder, to get a random one at every startup: Mame32 menu "Options" -> "Interface Options" -> check "Select random background image".

[journeyfan1977]

Hi guys,
I was doing a more in depth test of Mortal Kombat 3 and I did notice some sound scratchiness...especially when playing with Liu Kang doing his bycycle kick. I played around with the audio latency switches but can't seem to make this slight popping go away. Can you tell me what you did to get rid of this. By the way...I fixed my background problem and MK volume problem. Sure hope I can get rid of this scratchy sound cause it's annoying as hell. Post me a reply or PM me.
Thanks,
Keith

[-=VampyR=-]

If you have a "not that fast CPU" such as 500 Mhz or 750Mhz you might experience scratchiness,and you won't get rid of it.Another problem might be an old version of the mame emu.Get the 0.102 version!I recommend MAME32 Plus!,but that's the one I like,the important thing is that you have the latest version.I also had scratchines problems on mame32 v.87,I think.
Move the latency a bit if it doesn't work,choose another MK 1,2 or 3 rom,because there are many versions hacks,bootlegs,one of them will surely please you.
Hope I hear good news.

[hagbard]

Actually older Mame versions shoul work eventually faster because as the accuracy of emulation is improved, the speed usually lowers. This is somtimes called "Accuracy over speed", and the Mame's goal is the most perfect emulation possible no matters the speed.

Besides this fact, newer versions are of course recommended, and faster builds like fastmame, ZetaMame32, MamePlus!, etc

[journeyfan1977]

Ok guys, I'm at a loss. I downloaded Mortal Kombat 3 revision 2.1 from Romnation.net and I also tried one from a set of roms I purchased. I'm still hearing the sound scratchiness (especially when I perform Lui Kang's bicycle kick). I've messed with the latency and I still hear it. I tried version 0.102 of Mame and my older 0.98 version. My computer isn't a light weight machine. It's a Dell with at least a 2.4 GHZ processor. I tried getting the Mame 32 Plus, but can't find a good place to download it. Can you guys provide a direct link to get it in zip format? So do you guys here any sound scratchiness with Mame 32 Plus or other versions? I know I'm obsessing a bit, but I love these games and want a perfect sounding version. Is Mame 32 Plus harder to operate?

-Keith