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Thanks, that's the one I'm going to use. I owe you. Emph

I just wanna use this emu for a while as my controller is giving me a headache with MAME at the moment. How do I get GameEx to present the game names nicely, and so on? Emph

Just out of curiosity, what MAME builds do you guys use? Regular MAME, MAME32, MAME32 Plus!, or MAME32FX? Or something else? Thanks. Emph

Some people (including myself) has a lot of problems with controls hanging and so on with the X-Arcade Dual, but this is ONLY in MAME. PC games and everything else works tip-top. Emph

Thanks for the tip, dynamik3! Powerstip is cool, but not free. Emph

Yes, very nice. Although the old one wasn't bad in any way. Emph

But, GameEx's functionality for sending keys is still working, right? Check out my feature suggestion in the thread where you do that: Feature description in short: Totally hide loading process for MAME games. Now that GameEx has functionality for sending keys to MAME only when needed (skip disclaimer), how does that work exactly? Does GameEx 'sense' when there's a dialog window open in MAME? If that's so, could it be possible for GameEx to completely hide all the "loading", "decoding" and such messages until the game itself is loaded? As the game is loaded, GameEx could either display a black screen or a "initializing game" screen instead. Or perhaps some artwork from that game? Emph

Wow, that is very cool! Is it possible to modify the patches to work with other MAME builds as well? Such as MAME32Plus! or MAME32FX? Emph

Support to view PCB images in the game info page for MAME games. There's a new MAME build called MAME32 Extended that already has support for this, so there are also .dat-files around for this. http://www.progettoemma.net/dany69/ Emph

I have a coin mechanism in my MAME cabinet since I feel it adds to the experience. I don't see how a coin counter would add to the experience though. Unless you were an operator in the past, there would be no nostalgic addition to the overall cabinet authenticity either. Right? But what if it was a GameEx live! only feature? Emph

Thanks. I use the X-Arcade Dual in my cabinet, so I don't suffer from the gamepad support much. Emph

I've had Dreamcast games running before in my cabinet with a lot of workarounds to get it to appear nice and work just as well. Now that a lot lot of fine tuning for emulators other than MAME is available for GameEx users, which is the Dreamcast emu that runs most games at nice speeds AND how do I set them up in GameEx right now with minimum hassle? I have mostly .cdi images for my games, but also some other image files like .img and .iso. I have been using DaemonTools to mount these before (best results for me). Please advice Emph

Wow! It's really hard to keep up with all the GREAT updates (having two small girls to take care of) but Tom and whoever else is involved, you're doing a kick-ass job! Emph

I compare playing for example Twin Cobra in MAME and then playing my Twin Cobra arcade PCB in my JAMMA cabinet. The response time difference is VERY noticeable. Emph

Wow! This is a HUGE DEAL. And it means a lot to me at least. Great work! So how big is the keyboard latency for PC (non-emulated) games? Is it as noticeable as the delay in MAME? Emph

Oh no! Just kidding. Emph

Cool, that's actually sort of what I meant with this: "It would also enable letting both players navigate through GameEx menus using the control of your choice. (Checkbox in configuration)". But your way is more flexible I guess. My additional vote goes to "E-Book / Comic book reader support" Emph

Name: Integrated full control key remapping An integration of remapping of keys (some use AutoHotKey, some use other apps like Joy2Key) into GameEx. It would work like this: In configuration wizard, as you setup your emulator/app/e-book there's a checkbox; "Enable custom key mapping option" and then another checkbox "Show link for remapper window". If both options are checked, as you run GameEx and select any game for any Emu/PC Game/App you will see a link on the info screen for each game "Remap keys", if only the first option is checked you won't see the link, but GameEx will apply your custom controls upon launch of the game. It would also enable letting both players navigate through GameEx menus using the control of your choice. (Checkbox in configuration) Emph

Do you have links to the emus please? Note: Not the roms, but the emulators? Emph

Have you tried starting the setup wizard, and using the settings for choosing the keys for GameEx to use? I'm very tired at the moment, so excuse the fuzzy english. Emph

Here's my log from when I changed to MAME 0.114 (this was a couple of versions back): 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: GameEx: Version 8.07: Starting Log 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: Operating System Name: Windows XP 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: .net Framework 1.1 Installed 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: 2,4Ghz 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: Running Randomize() 20:44:37.0 2007-04-20: Loading PlugIns 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Launching and not waiting: dualcontrols.exe 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Running Misc startup tasks 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Setting Menu types 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Opening Configuration File 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Getting Configuration Values 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Using Theme: Red&Blue 1024 x 768 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Red&Blue 1024 x 768 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Launching HideOS.exe 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Hiding Taskbar 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Using Cabinet Friendly Control System 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Is Media Center running? 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Media Center Mode 2 20:44:37.1 2007-04-20: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Snap Delay set to: 3 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Get other settings 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Mouse Input is disabled 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: SlikStik support enabled 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Using DirectInput for keyboard input 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Start work for Form 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Getting Original Screen Size 20:44:37.2 2007-04-20: Initializing Component 20:44:37.3 2007-04-20: Creating Radio Station Genres 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: Succesfully created station genres 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: MAME Path is: E:\Spel\MAME 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: Model 2 Path Path is: E:\Spel\m2emulator 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: Model 2 EXE file is: emulator.exe 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: Use Model 2 on. m2launcher.exe will launch Sega Model 2 games 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: MAME EXE file is: mame32FXpp.exe 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: ROM Path is: E:\Spel\MAME\ROMS 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 20:44:37.4 2007-04-20: Loading Controls.ini map file 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Snap Path is: E:\Spel\MAME\hitf12 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: AVI Snap Path is: E:\Spel\MAME\MNG\ingame 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Flyer Path is: E:\Spel\MAME\flyers 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Cabinet Path is: E:\Spel\MAME\cabinets 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Title Path is: E:\Spel\MAME\titles 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Panel Path: Not Found 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Manual Path: Not Found 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Icon Path is: E:\Spel\MAME\icons 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Marquee Path is: E:\Spel\MAME\marquees 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Loading Custom Emulators 20:44:37.5 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 1: PC GAMES 20:44:37.6 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 2: Sega Dreamcast (Chankast) 20:44:37.6 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 3: SEGA Games 20:44:37.7 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 4: Gameboy Advance 20:44:37.7 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 5: Comic - 1602 20:44:37.7 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 6: Comic - Battle Angel Alita 20:44:37.8 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 7: Comic - Elektra V2 20:44:37.9 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 8: Comic - Secret War 20:44:38.0 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 9: Comic - The New Avengers 20:44:38.0 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 10: Comic - The Pulse 20:44:38.1 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 11: Comic - Ultimate Fantastic Four 20:44:38.1 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 12: Comic - Ultimate Iron Man 20:44:38.2 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 13: Comic - Ultimate Marvel Team-Up 20:44:38.2 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 14: Comic - Ultimate Six 20:44:38.3 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 15: Comic - Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk 20:44:38.4 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 17: Comic - V for Vendetta 20:44:38.4 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 18: Game Playback 20:44:38.5 2007-04-20: Loading Emulator 19: NEC Turbo Grafx 16 20:44:38.6 2007-04-20: Using 2D Animations 20:44:38.6 2007-04-20: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 20:44:38.6 2007-04-20: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 20:44:38.6 2007-04-20: Initialising DirectDraw 20:44:38.8 2007-04-20: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 20:44:38.8 2007-04-20: Creating DirectDraw Device 20:44:38.8 2007-04-20: Using Device: RADEON 9250 20:44:38.8 2007-04-20: 307mb video memory available 20:44:38.8 2007-04-20: Setting Resolution to 1024x768 32 bit color 20:44:38.8 2007-04-20: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 20:44:38.8 2007-04-20: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 20:44:38.9 2007-04-20: Creating Back Buffer 20:44:38.9 2007-04-20: Version 2 Theme being used. Loading. 20:44:38.9 2007-04-20: Loading Button Data 20:44:38.9 2007-04-20: Loading Font Data 20:44:38.9 2007-04-20: Loading Layout Data 20:44:38.9 2007-04-20: Loading Taskbar Data 20:44:38.9 2007-04-20: Loading graphic Surfaces 20:44:39.0 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 20:44:39.0 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces Volume 20:44:39.0 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces Arrows 20:44:39.0 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 20:44:39.0 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 20:44:39.0 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 20:44:39.3 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 20:44:39.3 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 20:44:39.3 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 20:44:39.3 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces Snaps 20:44:39.3 2007-04-20: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 20:44:39.4 2007-04-20: Creating Fonts 20:44:39.4 2007-04-20: Creating Menu Font 20:44:39.4 2007-04-20: Restoring Menu Font From Cache 20:44:39.4 2007-04-20: Creating Game Font 20:44:39.9 2007-04-20: Creating Font Black 20:44:40.1 2007-04-20: Creating Font Black Small 20:44:40.3 2007-04-20: Creating Game Font Faded 20:44:41.2 2007-04-20: Creating Title Font 20:44:41.2 2007-04-20: Restoring Title Font From Cache 20:44:41.3 2007-04-20: Fonts Created Succesfully 20:44:41.3 2007-04-20: 254mb video memory left available 20:44:41.4 2007-04-20: Text/Language: English 20:44:41.4 2007-04-20: Applying Language/Text 20:44:41.4 2007-04-20: Initialising Bass Audio Library 20:44:41.6 2007-04-20: MAME CMD options: -nvram_directory E:\Spel\MAME\AdvanceMAME\nvram -cfg_directory E:\Spel\MAME\cfg -ctrlrpath E:\Spel\MAME\ctrlr -cheat_file E:\Spel\MAME\cheat.dat -mouse 20:44:41.6 2007-04-20: Attempting to load game list 20:44:42.0 2007-04-20: Running: mame32FXpp.exe -help 20:44:42.0 2007-04-20: Running: E: E:\Spel\MAME\mame32FXpp.exe -help > E:\Spel\MAME\help.txt 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: Detected MAME Version as: 0.114 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: Now Outputing mame32FXpp.exe - Help 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: --BEGIN-- 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: M.A.M.E. v0.114 (Apr 17 2007) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: Copyright (C) 1997-2007 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken. 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: Usage: MAME gamename [options] 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: --END-- 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: 20:44:42.2 2007-04-20: Loading last used Game List 20:44:42.7 2007-04-20: Setting Music Volume 20:44:42.7 2007-04-20: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename 20:44:42.7 2007-04-20: Creating DirectSound Device 20:44:42.7 2007-04-20: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 20:44:42.7 2007-04-20: Loading Sound Files 20:44:42.7 2007-04-20: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 20:44:42.7 2007-04-20: Creating ICONS 20:44:42.8 2007-04-20: Restoring Cached ICONS from File 20:44:43.1 2007-04-20: Gamepad/Joystick disabled 20:44:43.1 2007-04-20: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support 20:44:43.2 2007-04-20: Initializing MCE Remote 20:44:43.2 2007-04-20: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 20:44:43.3 2007-04-20: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 20:44:43.8 2007-04-20: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 20:44:49.4 2007-04-20: Running: cmd.exe /c E: E:\Spel\MAME\mame32FXpp.exe 1941 -rompath E:\Spel\MAME\ROMS -nvram_directory E:\Spel\MAME\AdvanceMAME\nvram -cfg_directory E:\Spel\MAME\cfg -ctrlrpath E:\Spel\MAME\ctrlr -cheat_file E:\Spel\MAME\cheat.dat -mouse -artwork -artwork_directory artwork 20:45:34.0 2007-04-20: Writing Game List to disk 20:45:34.6 2007-04-20: Updating MAME Game List 20:45:34.6 2007-04-20: Running: E: E:\Spel\MAME\mame32FXpp.exe -listxml > E:\Spel\MAME\listinfo.dat 20:45:43.4 2007-04-20: Opening Listinfo.dat 20:45:44.9 2007-04-20: Reading ListInfo.dat 20:46:19.8 2007-04-20: Reading ListInfo.dat - DONE 20:46:19.8 2007-04-20: Processing ListInfo.dat 20:46:25.0 2007-04-20: Listinfo.dat Processing Complete 20:46:25.0 2007-04-20: Sorting MAME Game List 20:46:25.2 2007-04-20: Adding Catver.ini info to gamelist 20:46:47.6 2007-04-20: Writing MAME Game List To File 20:46:54.1 2007-04-20: Adding History.dat info to gamelist 20:47:43.2 2007-04-20: Adding Nplayers.ini info to gamelist 20:48:04.3 2007-04-20: Adding History.dat Series info to gamelist 21:02:47.1 2007-04-20: Adding MAMEInfo.dat info to gamelist 21:11:56.0 2007-04-20: Writing MAME Game List To File 21:12:14.4 2007-04-20: Updating Year List 21:12:14.4 2007-04-20: Updating Manufacturer List 21:12:14.6 2007-04-20: Updating Category List 21:12:14.7 2007-04-20: Updating Custom Folders 21:12:14.7 2007-04-20: Writing Year List To File 21:12:14.7 2007-04-20: Writing Manufacturer List To File 21:12:14.7 2007-04-20: Writing Category List To File 21:12:14.7 2007-04-20: Loading Game List 21:12:15.2 2007-04-20: Importing MAME32 Favorites 21:12:15.2 2007-04-20: Recreating ICONS 21:12:35.5 2007-04-20: Attract Mode Re-Enabled 21:12:48.8 2007-04-20: Running: cmd.exe /c E: E:\Spel\MAME\mame32FXpp.exe 1941 -rompath E:\Spel\MAME\ROMS -nvram_directory E:\Spel\MAME\AdvanceMAME\nvram -cfg_directory E:\Spel\MAME\cfg -ctrlrpath E:\Spel\MAME\ctrlr -cheat_file E:\Spel\MAME\cheat.dat -mouse -artwork -artwork_directory artwork 21:13:00.9 2007-04-20: Exiting GameEx! 21:13:01.0 2007-04-20: Saving Settings 21:13:02.9 2007-04-20: Disposing Plugins 21:13:02.9 2007-04-20: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit 21:13:02.9 2007-04-20: Launching and waiting: normalcontrols.bat Today I installed the lastest GameEx version (not having any issues with favorites and such) and a new 0.114u2 romset. This bezelversion issue remains. Emph

What are the key mappings for your controls? Do you by any chance have "o" or "k" for you firebuttons? Because if that's the case, when GameEx is set to "skip disclaimer", it will send okokokokokokokokokokokoko to MAME in order to skip all of the "press ok" messages. If not, I don't know. Emph

In the program group on your windows start menu, go to your Raiden III folder. Now there are two different shortcuts here, one i red I think (start the game) and the other is either black, white or both. That's the "Settings" shortcut. You have to figure out yourself what goes where though, but it's all just a little bit of trial and error. Emph

Is this for GameEx, MAME or everything? Emph

Can someone please direct me to some informative reading about 7zip and it's advantages for MAME usage? Thanks Emph