Jump to content
SpesoftPinballXConvert-It

All my products and services are free. All my costs are met by donations I receive from my users. If you enjoy using any of my products, please donate to support me. My bare hosting costs are currently not met so please consider donating by either clicking this text or the Patreon link on the right.

Patreon

GameEx suddenly started crashing, help!

quinxy

By quinxy
in General

 Share

Recommended Posts

quinxy Member

quinxy

Posted
Posted

I'm going nuts, GameEx was working fine, I am not aware of anything that changed, and now, it crashes on start with a DirectX error. I've tried every variation of settings I can imagine to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated, I've spent several hours trying everything I can think of.

(FYI, I have an ArcadeVGA2 card, drivers are the current ones (website says the only drivers out are the ones on the CD.)

Here's the error:

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: GameEx: Version 8.88: Starting Log

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: AMD Duron processor, 511MB

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: 1.6Ghz

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: Running Randomize()

21:45:59.0 10/6/2007: Loading PlugIns

21:45:59.5 10/6/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

21:45:59.6 10/6/2007: Running Misc startup tasks

21:45:59.6 10/6/2007: Setting Menu types

21:45:59.6 10/6/2007: Opening Configuration File

21:45:59.6 10/6/2007: Getting Configuration Values

21:45:59.7 10/6/2007: Using Theme: Default - ArcadeVGA Lo-Res

21:45:59.7 10/6/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - ArcadeVGA Lo-Res

21:45:59.7 10/6/2007: Using Images from theme: Default - Media Center\MEDIA\

21:45:59.8 10/6/2007: Launching HideOS.exe

21:45:59.8 10/6/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

21:45:59.9 10/6/2007: Arcade Mode is on

21:46:00.0 10/6/2007: Hiding Taskbar

21:46:00.1 10/6/2007: Is Media Center running?

21:46:00.1 10/6/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

21:46:00.1 10/6/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

21:46:00.1 10/6/2007: Media Center Mode 2

21:46:00.5 10/6/2007: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

21:46:00.7 10/6/2007: Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes

21:46:00.9 10/6/2007: Snap Delay set to: 2

21:46:00.9 10/6/2007: Get other settings

21:46:01.7 10/6/2007: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

21:46:01.7 10/6/2007: SlikStik support enabled

21:46:01.7 10/6/2007: Using DirectInput for keyboard input

21:46:02.0 10/6/2007: Start work for Form

21:46:02.0 10/6/2007: Getting Original Screen Size

21:46:02.0 10/6/2007: Opening Database Connection

21:46:02.1 10/6/2007: Initializing Component

21:46:02.2 10/6/2007: Retrieving resolution setting

21:46:02.2 10/6/2007: Creating Radio Station Genres

21:46:02.4 10/6/2007: Succesfully created station genres

21:46:02.4 10/6/2007: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: MAME Path is: E:\mame32\

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: daphne Path is: E:\daphne

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: daphne EXE file is: Daphne.exe

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: Use daphne on. Daphne.exe will launch games

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: ZiNc Path is: C:\Emulators\ZiNc

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: ZiNc EXE file is: zinc.exe

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: Use ZiNc on. zinc.exe will launch PSX games

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: ROM Path is: E:\mame32\roms

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

21:46:02.5 10/6/2007: Loading Controls.ini map file

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Snap Path is: E:\mame32\snap

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: AVI Snap Path: Not Found

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Flyer Path is: E:\mame32\flyers

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Cabinet Path is: E:\mame32\cabinets

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Title Path is: E:\mame32\titles

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: PCB Path: Not Found

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Panel Path is: E:\mame32\cpanel

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Manual Path: Not Found

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Icon Path is: E:\mame32\icons

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Marquee Path is: E:\mame32\marquees

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Loading Custom Emulators

21:46:02.6 10/6/2007: Loading Emulator 10: Commodore Amiga (WinUAE)

21:46:02.7 10/6/2007: Loading Emulator 13: Mattel Intellivision (Bliss)

21:46:02.8 10/6/2007: Loading Emulator 14: Mattel Intellivision (Nostalgia)

21:46:02.9 10/6/2007: Loading Emulator 15: Nintendo SNES (ZSNES)

21:46:03.5 10/6/2007: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow

21:46:03.5 10/6/2007: Using General Font: HandelGothic BT

21:46:03.5 10/6/2007: Using Title Font: HandelGothic BT

21:46:03.5 10/6/2007: Attempting to load game list

21:46:03.8 10/6/2007: Initialising DirectDraw

21:46:03.9 10/6/2007: Applying GameEx is Loading Image

21:46:03.9 10/6/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device

21:46:03.9 10/6/2007: Using Device: Ultimarc ArcadeVGA2

21:46:04.0 10/6/2007: 0mb video memory available

21:46:04.1 10/6/2007: Setting Resolution to 640x288 32 bit color

21:46:04.8 10/6/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

21:46:05.2 10/6/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

21:46:05.2 10/6/2007: Creating Back Buffer

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: --**--

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: Error: Value does not fall within the expected range.

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.CreateSurfaceFromHBitmap(IDirectDrawSurface

** lppSurf, HBITMAP__* hbm, SurfaceDescription desc, Device dev)

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface..ctor(Bitmap source, SurfaceDescription desc, Device dev)

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: at w.a(Surface& A_0, String A_1, SurfaceDescription A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4)

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: at w.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5)

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: at w.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: at w..ctor()

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007:

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: It was detected you experienced a DirectX error.

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: Please note the following for possible solutions to your problem:

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: 1. Ensure you have the latest version of DirectX installed.

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: 2. Ensure you have the latest Manufacturer provided video card drivers.

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: NOTE: Windows/Microsoft Update does not contain the latest.

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: NOTE: Manufacturer normally means ATI, NVidia, or Intel. Not the brand.

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: www.ati.com www.nvidia.com

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: 3. If you do not have a modern video card try the following. 1. Turn off advanced Graphics. 2. Try a lower resolution. 3. Try turning on and using 16-bit colour

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: 4. Ensure any required video codecs are installed.

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: 5. Try a different theme, or try running the theme at the resolution it was designed for

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007:

21:46:05.3 10/6/2007: Closing database connection

21:46:05.4 10/6/2007: GameEx is exiting with errors

21:46:08.1 10/6/2007: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

quinxy Member

quinxy

Posted
  • Author
Posted
:)

FYI, I think I may have found the culprit. VNC was running in the background (though not active). In my defense I thought I had it shut down. The problem returned soon after the system restore, and I realized VNC was running, shut it down, and it worked again.

Quincy

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...