Tom Speirs

This is fixed in 0.91, now available. Thanks for letting me know,

Thanks for the information, I didnt know. Ill make sure it gets addressed.

24th April, 2008 - MAME Screensaver 0.90 No longer requires admin privileges. Works on Vista with user account control turned on. Installs properly on 64 bit Windows. If upgrading you will need to configure and update list again.

Are the teachers on strike again? lol

Im just curious, what script are we talking about here?

And yeah, I see what you mean about the configs for Pinball and Project 64. I just fixed those. Although on the zinc I am definitly innocent. In fact my original configs did work, so really I was just trying to confuse people. Seriously I fixed up those configs. I also went through and set showdesktop to True for everything. Should help, as Im convinced eventually Brian will burn out, and BK is already showing signs. lol

You can turn it off. Open up the advanced config app and change the "Bezel" setting for both "Basic MAME Settings" and "Screensaver/Attract mode"

Great, thats good timing, as I just fixed the issue with games from map files showing the rom name instead of game names for the next release. If anyone knows how to contact logiqx he's of course welcome to a free license.

This is actually a bug, it should appear (and theres no way to turn it off currently). This will be fixed for the next release. It should work with a batch file. What yourll lose over the built in GameEx is the ability to exit with the gamepad combo or back button on MCE remote.

6 is fixed for the next release. The hot key to rotate is TAB. However Ive had a few reports of it inadvertadly being triggered, so its going to be changed for the next to shift-tab or ctrl-tab

Actually I think you misunderstand whats involved here. GameEx is in fact so advanced it detects if it is you installing it, and then intentionaly screws up your particular system. And yes your wife looks lovely.

64 bit windows installs gameex to program files (x86)\gameex by default not program files\gameex. If you cpoied GameEx to the latter delete it and copy your old install to the correct location. If your key is not working on 64 bit windows yourll need to email me.

In regard to sluggishness, can you post your log?

Actually from what Ive read that aint right. But didnt you say it was a different ROM you tested in WinUAE?, an AHF? Its deffinitly not the Loader. All that does is launch WinUAE. Its not technically possible for it to be a probem with the loader.

Cheers! Im off down the pub then

This is fixed and will be in the next release

Yeah too right. Show me the money

Beat you to it

Actually just so you know, there is a solution in GameEx to use loaders. What you have to do is use an advanced emulator config file, and set the wait for process to the actual game process name. Q: I launch XXXX using YYYY as a loader. When the game starts, the screen goes black I can hear the audio in the background but GameEx pops back up. What's going on? A: When GameEx launches a game (Arcade/Console ROM, PC Game/Application, etc.), it keeps track of the process that was spawned. When that process ends, GameEx assumes that the you are done playing that game and it's time to return to the front end. The problem is that if a loader is used to launch a game (Daphne Loader is a classic example), that process launches the actual game in a new process and closes. The expected result is that the game is playable. However, GameEx doesn't know anything about the new process. The solution is to either launch the game directly without the loader or modify the loader, if possible, to stay active until the game has closed. The other soution if you still want to use the loader is a little more complex. You need to create an advanced emulator configuration ini file and specify it for use with the emulator. Copy an existing one and in the wait for processes section specify the process name of the actual game (this is the name that shows under processes in task manager). This tells GameEx not to exit until the actual game process has finished.

Your request in this thread was actually fixed yesterday by me. It will be in the next release.

OK, but does the game run without using the loader in Winuae itself?

That would either mean your game rom is bad or the game is not emulated properly by winuae or the version of winuae your using. Its not a gameex or winuae loader issue.

Let me know as I like to nip things like this in the bugd If your still having trouble please post your log. I know Ive seen weird stuff happen with Vista with stealing focus.. Are you running Vista?

No there's no other command line options, what did you have in mind? Or where you just asking? In terms of the alternate config one, I think its just as easy to install another copy of GameEx. Thats what I tend to do.

Can you see if this gameex.exe has fixed it? GameEx.zip