Wouter

also solved the second problem indeed with resolution in games so I'm a complete happy NOOB now

first problem has been solved, he still reconizes my buttons and joysticks but still I'm wondering how to solve the flickering games

Ok here's some pics of my cab/gameroom. I bought a NBA Tournament dedicated cab and then I modified it with some extra buttons. I only need to change the T-molding because at some points it's totally been broken. But this is my winter project ;-)

1 - I'm going to try the solution of Katuuuz 2 - I'm registered but I already read on the forum of the Bezel turning on or off and I've tried both but both didn't work out. - I've got all the filter on no but I've got 2600 roms and when I use Mame 32 I got a little bit more then 100. - For neogeo and a couple of other games it's a problem that they are really shaky so the screen goes 1 or 2 inches up and down but then 5 times per second, si I don't think I can solve that with the video settings, but I'm a NOOB so I don't know this for sure. Will try it this afternoon, thanks

I've still got some stupid questions : 1 - I have XP and I'm immediately starting through with GameEx but I always have to escape install the WinIpac driver for my J-pac card because otherwise it won't reconize the buttons and joystick ? 2 - If I'm using Mame - command line version I can't run Vertical games If I'm using Mame32 I can only see 10% off all games (but I've read on the forum that I'm not the only one with that issue) If I'm using Mame - command line with AdvanceMame then I can run all games only my neogeo is flickering and the resolution is only using 75% of my screen? Can somebody please help me out here? Many thanks in advance

By the way is there a possibility to configure mame command line version to run with vertical games maybe a other ini file?

thanks for the update

Hi there, I was already helped out fine previously and I now got a registered version :-) Because it's worth it! But I'm wondering I still got a bit of tweak problems. When I'm running mame32 under gameex and try to update I only see a couple of hundred games, when I change that to mame command line version then I see a couple of thousand games, that's more like it, but I've got problems running vertical games (by the way I've tried the bezel turning on and off but with didn't work out). Now I tried run it with mame to update game list and to run the games with advanced mame. I now can play the vertical games but my NeoGeo games and a couple of others are not full screen and they are flickering :-( I'm wondering what to try now, do I have to run the NeoGeo games seperately with a NeoGeo emulator or does somebody maybe have a other solution? Do the most of you use advanced mame or just the normal mame command line and then fix the vertical in some other way? Many thanks again Grtz wouter

Re-installed the driver and the galaga ship was already there, I first tried with a 640X288 theme but also other themes are working perfectly now :-) So I was just following the instructions from the beginning again. I'm totally happy because I think it's the best frontend on the market!!!!!!! Many thanks again for all the help!

Seems to be working perfectly, I'm going to play a little bit further and ofcourse buy the progam Many many thanks for all your help!!

I've turned 32 to 16 bit, but How do I change the resolution of the Arcade VGA because in the windows settings this is the lowest the choose from? The bit weren't helping because I still have the same problem

indeed no problem, should I downsize it to 16 bit and a other resolution?

here's mij log file and GameEx.ini Again much appreciated 19:21:16.7 6-10-2006: GameEx: Version 6.93: Starting Log 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Operating System Name: Windows XP 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: .net Framework 1.1 Installed 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.00GHz 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: 1,99Ghz 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Running Randomize() 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Running Misc startup tasks 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Setting Menu types 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Opening Configuration File 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Getting Configuration Values 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Using Theme: Default - Default 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Launching HideOS.exe 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Hiding Taskbar 19:21:16.8 6-10-2006: Is Media Center running? 19:21:16.9 6-10-2006: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 19:21:16.9 6-10-2006: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 19:21:16.9 6-10-2006: Media Center Mode 2 19:21:17.0 6-10-2006: Text/Language: English 19:21:17.0 6-10-2006: Applying Language/Text 19:21:17.2 6-10-2006: Snap Delay set to: 2 19:21:17.2 6-10-2006: Get other settings 19:21:17.3 6-10-2006: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 19:21:17.3 6-10-2006: Start work for Form 19:21:17.3 6-10-2006: Getting Original Screen Size 19:21:17.3 6-10-2006: Loading ICON 19:21:17.3 6-10-2006: Initializing Component 19:21:17.3 6-10-2006: Initialising Bass Audio Library 19:21:17.5 6-10-2006: Loading default loading screen 19:21:17.5 6-10-2006: Loading Custom Emulators 19:21:17.7 6-10-2006: Using 2D Animations 19:21:17.7 6-10-2006: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 19:21:17.7 6-10-2006: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 19:21:17.7 6-10-2006: Initialising DirectDraw 19:21:17.8 6-10-2006: Creating DirectDraw Device 19:21:17.8 6-10-2006: Using Device: Ultimarc ArcadeVGA 19:21:17.9 6-10-2006: Setting Resolution to 640x480 32 bit color 19:21:18.0 6-10-2006: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 19:21:18.0 6-10-2006: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 19:21:18.0 6-10-2006: Creating Back Buffer 19:21:18.0 6-10-2006: Loading graphic surfaces 19:21:18.1 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 19:21:18.3 6-10-2006: Creating Surface Volume 19:21:18.3 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces Arrows 19:21:18.3 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 19:21:18.3 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 19:21:18.3 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 19:21:18.5 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 19:21:18.5 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 19:21:18.5 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 19:21:18.6 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces Snaps 19:21:18.6 6-10-2006: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 19:21:18.7 6-10-2006: Creating Fonts 19:21:18.7 6-10-2006: Creating Menu Font 19:21:19.0 6-10-2006: Creating Game Font 19:21:19.1 6-10-2006: Creating Font Black 19:21:19.4 6-10-2006: Creating Font Black Small 19:21:19.7 6-10-2006: Creating Game Font Faded 19:21:19.8 6-10-2006: Creating Title Font 19:21:19.9 6-10-2006: Restoring Title Font From Cache 19:21:20.0 6-10-2006: Fonts Created Succesfully 19:21:44.1 6-10-2006: Initialising Windows Media Player Component 19:21:44.2 6-10-2006: MAME Path is: C:\Mame 19:21:44.2 6-10-2006: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe 19:21:44.2 6-10-2006: ROM Path is: C:\Mame\roms 19:21:44.2 6-10-2006: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 19:21:44.2 6-10-2006: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 19:21:44.2 6-10-2006: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 19:21:44.2 6-10-2006: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 19:21:44.2 6-10-2006: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 19:21:44.2 6-10-2006: Loading Controls.ini map file 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\snap 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: Flyer Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\flyers 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: Cabinet Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cabinets 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: Title Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\titles 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: Panel Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cpanel 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: Icon Path: Not Found 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: Marquee Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\marquees 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: Using Ultimarc AradeVGA 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 19:21:44.3 6-10-2006: Attempting to load game list 19:21:44.4 6-10-2006: Loading last used Game List 19:21:44.5 6-10-2006: Setting Music Volume 19:21:44.5 6-10-2006: Creating DirectSound Device 19:21:44.5 6-10-2006: Trying: Primair geluidsstuurprogramma 19:21:44.5 6-10-2006: Loading Sound Files 19:21:44.6 6-10-2006: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 19:21:44.6 6-10-2006: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 19:21:44.7 6-10-2006: Unable to create a joystick device 19:21:44.8 6-10-2006: Playing intro sound file 19:21:44.8 6-10-2006: Initializing MCE Remote 19:21:44.8 6-10-2006: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 19:21:44.8 6-10-2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 19:21:45.5 6-10-2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 19:21:53.3 6-10-2006: Exiting GameEx! 19:21:53.4 6-10-2006: Saving Settings 19:21:55.0 6-10-2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit Cope_of_GameEx.ini.txt

Thanks will do when I'm home in about 6 hours from now. p.s. is Windows 2000 maybe a solution?

I've tried to update but then it says it has all components good (dirextc 9.0c) tried to uninstall en re-install, same problem :-(