Tom Speirs

Also: Play=Play Resume=Resume Restart=Restart GameEx will soon support resuming of videos even after close/reboot, which is something than MCE does not do at the moment. I am also looking at the ability to add videos to Favorites too. This will mean that videos will also have an Info page where you can carry this out. This may lead later on to the ability to display movie information such as synopsis, actors, director etc. Again something MCE does not do.

Hi, These will be new text/translation settings in the next version. Chapter=Chapter Aspect=Aspect Aspect0=Original Aspect - Not Zoomed Aspect4=Widescreen on 4:3 - Stretched Aspect3a=Widescreen to 4:3 - Zoomed Aspect3b=Letterbox to Widescreen - Zoomed Aspect2=Original Aspect - Zoomed Aspect1a=Widescreen to 4:3 - Shrunk Aspect1b=4:3 to Widescreen - Stretched Paused=Paused Thanks. Tom

Hiya all, Just wanted to say thanks for all the feedback. I can see practically everyone wants to help me build a better GameEx. Some of these (but not all (please undersrtand)) will deffinitly get implemented into the software. Some if not already, very imminently. Thanks again. Keep 'em coming Tom.

Not bug, just different. Help is at hand though. So dont be pissed In the emulator cmd try prefixing the command with start /wait e.g start /wait gens.exe [ROMPath]\[RomFile]

Hi, I do like the attractmode-Coin-in idea very much too. I am going to try to implement this. Tom.

Hi, Random game is coming!

Hi, The only way I know of to do this is to compile your own version as said above. There no cmd line switch and there is no hack that I know of that works. Thanks, Tom.

Hi, The log file should explain why. Could you post it, if you cant figure it out? Thanks.

Thanks cupid, Ill do that.

Are you running Windows 98 or ME by any chance?

It should just be a case of disabling the Jukebox under audio settings. Also check the Playlist location is blank.

Thanks Cupid. Looks good. The Umlauts and Ã? appear to work fine. I'll include in next release.

Hi, this is because the page is Cached, probably by your ISP. Heres a little trick for you. Add a query at the end of a page name to make it frefreh and not use cache. Like this. http://tomspeirs.com/gameEx/download.htm?random=sddserererre http://tomspeirs.com/gameEx/Download/GameE...andom=retrt4334 That should work.

20th May 2005 - GameEx 4.01 With Version 4 GameEx now features a DVD Player (complete menu and chapter navigation) with support for FFDSHOW, choice of MPEG 2 codec, and an all formats Video Player. These features have an on screen display, have support for various aspect ratios, and can be controlled with a Gamepad, Arcade controls, remote control and keyboard (you can navigate a DVD's menu and chapters with all devices) The Video module can also play DVR-MS using FFDSHOW (on Windows XP). Videos and DVD's can also show at ArcadeVGA resolutions on an Arcade Monitor at the correct aspect ratios. Snap shots can also be taken for all of your videos/movies, and this is now stable with version 4 and above. NOTE: DVD Software, Codecs/FFDSHOW required The GameEx window can now be minimized. Various bug fixes. Improvements and better error handling when GameEx sets the resolution. Should fix slow down after running about 20 emulated games.

Cheers! This is one for the comments page!

It already does that. Its under Audio settings I think.

640 X 288 is the maximum LOW-RES Arcade Monitor resolution with the AVGA card. Anything above 288 is too much for an old low res arcade monitor, it cant physically display it. Its nothing to do with Veritcal (which GameEx does not support anyway). So yes. Or if your monitor wont display it properly then 632 X 264.

It should in fact be very cut and dried. GameEx has buil in support for ArcadeVGA including resolution settings. Dont use the Set ArcadeVGA tool. For GameEx: 1. Set the resoultion to 640 x 288 2. Enable the Use ArcadeVGA setting. 3. If your monitor does not stretch the screen vertically at 640 X 288 turn off Stretch 256 First (Under ArcadeVGA settings). It really should be that simple. Thanks. Tom

1. Is there an automated way to make .map files? Would the emulator games list load quicker (like the 4000+ nes games)? - No automated way. yes it would load immediatly probably with a map file. 2. What config would I use for MisfitMAME? Would I need to set it up as an emulator with a map fle or can the frontend handle 2 MAMEs? - If its an illegal mame build, dont ask, but the only current way is as you described. Files would probably work too though. 3. Has anyone been able to run Fruit Machine emulators on it? Anyone have a config they can copy here for me? - No idea. Sorry. 4. Is there a place to change the titles on the start page... where is says something like (at work, not sure exactly) "MAME Games" and "Emulated Games"? - Yes in the config under Text/Language Thought I had more questions, but that's all I can think of right now. Thanks in advance! Really is a great program, much more user friendly than trying to set up 3D Arcade.

No the functionalitliy has always been there and still is. Under Display settings, change the Background setting to Use Backgrounds and not use Game Images as backgrounds. I bet your kicking yourself now

Hi, I am not really sure what you mean in your first suggestion, could you explain in more detail? It might just be that the screenshots were taken at a different resolution (800X600)? I really like your second suggestion, Ill certainly look into that.

Hi, I know what the problem is. Thanks for pointing this out, you have actually identifed the fix. I just need to reinitialize DirectDraw when returning to GameEx each time.

On the MNG videos, No not yet, its nothing simple. I am going to produce a debug version for you as soon as I have the time.. For the josytick have you checkd the MAME CMD line options in gameEx? It may be enabling the Joystick on the command line, which overides MAME.ini

Ill check it out for sure.

Have you tried optimizing your PC for games usage? What I mean is disabling certain windows services, and stopping things starting up with the PC such as messenger, tray ICONS, Video control panel. Also disabling unused hardware in the BIOS such as parralel and serial ports. For example, if your not using Wireless networking disable the service. If your not using messenger, dont let it start with windows. Theres some links on the docs page for optimizing. Also use Startup control panel, for disabling the memory/resource eating apps from starting up each time windows loads. http://www.mlin.net/ http://tomspeirs.com/gameEx/docs.htm Also, get the latest 'specific manufacturer device' drivers, dont rely on windows update. Also - use .net framework 1.1 SP1 You could also try a different mame build specific to your CPU, or also FastMAME. I would use command line version of MAME rather than MAME32. I am pretty sure MAME32 uses more memory, as the GUI takes it up.