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@Draco1962 Thanks for jumping in and helping Pirat. @Pirat I am going to mark this one resolved.

Yo Big G, I did a little testing with demul for the first time using bat files and eventually got games to run without going through the menu. Funny enough though, I am not entirely sure how. I tried all sorts of tweaks in the emulator and all of a sudden they started loading. The original command line you have in your first post is correct for starting a game using an image: demul.exe -run=dc -image="[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]" And FYI, the image can be run directly (ie, no need for mounting). The only thing I did that stands out is that I set GD-ROM Image under the Config menu to the image for Crazy Taxi and then launched Crazy Taxi. I then quit the game, cleared the GD-ROM Image setting and loaded Crazy Taxi successfully again...from there I was able to load other games. I can only assumed it somehow set some parameter in one of the ini files that needed to be set. Maybe this will help you. The one thing I did see in another forum is that if you plan to use the 'dc' setting, you must use images with a .cdi or .gdi extension.

I think this is a known issue. It was reported in July in this thread. Tom was going to take a look at it.

Hi Pirat, If I understand, your hard drive failed. You installed a new hard drive and set up GameEx again. Now you want to know how to boot the PC directly into GameEx. Is that correct? Would you please attach your gameex.ini and log.txt file in a post? They can be found in the GameEx\CONFIG and GameEx\LOG directory. I am currently traveling, but I should be able to look at this in a day or two (unless someone else jumps in)

This may sound like a generic answer if you have a knowledgeable computer background, but... If you have a 64-bit system and a 64-bit version of a program exists, it is usually in your best interest to try the 64-bit version. It means that aspects of the program have been written to take advantage of 64-bit architecture that should allow the program to run better (though you may or may not notice a difference). Note that 32-bit versions of programs should run just fine on 64-bit systems and you will not have any loss of features or functionality, so it is generally ok to go with a 32 bit version. In this case, the 64-bit version of Gameex was released earlier in the summer, so we have seen a few incomatibilities crop up. Tom has been working to fix these as they have been discovered. If the 32-bit version works fine for you and you are happy with it, then I suggest leaving it at that. However, you could try the 64-bit version down the road if the itch ever strikes you.

Unfortuantely, I cannot help with this right now. I am away on business until the end of the week with no gameex setup and little extra time. I just noticed that it was posted in the incorrect forum.

You don't drop a product the moment a new version is released. Customers want to know that the product they purchased will have a reasonable amount of 'life'. End of life a product too soo, you will have unhappy customers. Sadly, I have not had a lot of time to dive into Evolution. I would be disappointed if the team decided to stop supporting GameEx now.

Translation from Italiano to English-o via Google Translate-o: Hello everyone, this morning I bought the license of gameex because I consider it a fantastic front end. This evening I uninstalled an old gameex that I had installed to try it, and now every time I start my new gameex (purchased) it makes me wait 20 seconds. Can someone help me? Hello Tatobarresi, Sorry, mostly English speaking people here. Tom Speirs, the lead developer, is the person to contact. It would be best if you could send a message him directly. If you could do so in English I am sure it would be appreciated. I don't recall seeing him speaking much Italian on this board.

You could certainly can ask for a feature enhancement (even though you said you had no intention). This is the first time I've seen anyone inquire about subfolders for the screen saver, but you never know. But, if you can't give up the OCD for this one little thing, you may want to consider seeking professional help.

Apparently, that is the way it works. Just tested it.

Good catch Draco!!!! Happy Birthday T-man! You go by T-man, right? Well, maybe it will catch on. Good thing your handle doesn't start with P...or C even...

I would not have asked if I did not think they would be helpful. It would be appreciated if you could post the files when you are able.

@btptr321 How are you implementing the use of save states in GameEx?

@kemikal Would you also post your log.txt file and gameex.ini files? These have helpful information about your installation and setup.

@Draco: You do not need to recommend that members get newer mame sets. As long as he is running the latest GameEx, he should be ok for newer and older rom sets. If we were to find a problem validating older roms set versions, Tom will want to know about it. @btptr321: Would you please confirm if your .105 rom set are all indeed version .105? Have you ever attempted to 'upgrade' the set to .105 and if so, how did you go about it? Also, what Mame .105 are you using? Is it from mamedev.org, your own compiled version, or a compiled version from another website? As Draco pointed out, making sure the Mame version matches the romset version is extrememly important when it comes to creating the game list within GameEx. Also, it is normal for GameEx to only show a small portion of games from a full rom set. For example, my 30,000 split file set results in a list of about 2500 games. How large is your rom set and is it merged or split (if you know)?

All right @Draco1962...it's all yours. Check your messages.

Hey funky, You have a space inbetween the hypen and ctrlr command in the Mame Options line: "- ctrlr X-Arcade". Remove the space. The rest looks ok. Also, I am not sure if the X-Arcade option is still supported by Mame. I used to have a legacy X-Arcade stick a few years back and had trouble making it work. I recall having to go with the keyboard emualtion instead. If removing the space above does not do it, try removing the ctrlr option all together as a test.

Demonseedling. We stay away from talk about downoading rom and bios files here. Of course, that means we won't point you in the direction of any of those sorts of files either. It's best to not mention it. However, we do try to lend a hand in getting emulators set up with GameEx. The first thing you will want to do is get the emulator and game working outside GameEx. It sounds like you are trying to do just that. Sadly, I am away from my primary rig for a few weeks so I am limited in what I can help with. CD based games are a little more challenging as well. Hopefully somone who already has a setup can provide some direction.

I've got a Steam code for the Talisman: Digital Edition from the board game Humble Bundle that I won't use (since I already have it). Anyone interested? If so, I will check this post in the next week and choose someone at random. The game is only $7.00 on Steam (yeah, I know, big prize right)...but someone may as well get some fun out of it.

Let me first say that placing together words like 'downloading' and 'roms' in our forums is not so welcome here...so let's just not talk about that, please. Next, Carnevil is not a good game to start with. It is known to be very finicky. From what I have read, the best way to run Carnevil is to find a Mame and Rom verson that is known to run it well. not every version appears to do that. If you are new to emulators, you would be better off testing other games that are known to be more stable. I am not a Mac guy, so I don't know if that impacts anything. I would think the specs of your rig would matter more.

If I recall correctly, GameEx_Background.exe is what downloads assets in the backgorund when you first launches. It may also do other tasks too (not sure). I've never actually tried to launch it manually, but I just did and it did indeed launch GameEx Arcade. I have no idea if that is intentional, but I assume it is sicne it does work. Tom may need to chime in. GameEx.exe and GameEx_Lite.exe are the executables that you would normally use to launch GameEx Arcade. If you cannot launch using either of them, you may want to post the resulting log.txt and any error dialogue that appears. Maybe it is something related to the Ultimate version of Windows 7 64 bit. The new vesion worked fine for my Windows 7 home 64 bit.

Funky, GameEx Arcade 15.40 is now available and should fix the launch issue you experienced. Would you upgrade and give it a try? Then you can get back to see if Tom's fix for the attract mode/screen flipping has improved.

Tested GameEx 15.40 and GameEx Arcade 15.40 on Windows 7 64 bit. Both confirmed working.

Hey funky, there may be a launch issue with 15.39. See this thread.

I was able to replicate the launch error in 15.39 as well. Log.txt is attached. Here is the crash dialogue: Description: Stopped working Problem signature: Problem Event Name: CLR20r3 Problem Signature 01: gameex.exe Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0 Problem Signature 03: 5b8f48da Problem Signature 04: GameEx Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0 Problem Signature 06: 5b8f48da Problem Signature 07: 10db Problem Signature 08: 1ec0 Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 log.txt