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Yeah, but what about videos and manuals in GameEx?

Don't get me wrong, I love GameEx and would donate the $25 if I had it. Is it possible to view 7zipped manuals and videos (and roms) without donating for the full version? The roms are not goodmerged. Or do I have to un7zip them? Will zip or rar work?

Read the new user setup and documentation first, then come back if you still need help. Documentation New user setup

Was leaning more towards GB-PVR. Looked very nice. Once I get my tuner card, I'll let you know how it goes.

I understand this is turning into more of a general query rather than a GameEx specific question, but people around here are really helpful. Thought I would ask here. I'm thinking of getting a PCI TV Tuner card for my GameEx machine sometime soon. I don't have the luxury of having multiple PC's laying around (was a bad idea to give away my other 3 older computers). So I'm thinking of having my GameEx machine be a PVR system as well. What is the best way of doing this? Some ideas I have... 1. Launch GameEx from the PVR software as an external application (or vice-versa) 2. Have two partitions of windows. One that starts with GameEx automatically and one that starts the PVR software automatically. Both have a problem. 1. Possible incompatibilites or slowdowns (not sure) 2. It's a pain to have to select the partition at boot up. It also takes a while to boot it up every time I want to switch. I do have a question on #2. Is there a way to select a partition to restart into from windows? Example: Shutdown from GameEx partition and reboot into PVR partition without having to interfere. Looking for an opinion on what people would suggest for this. Also, some new ideas are welcome. (Can't wait for GameEx to support TV )

Yep. Wouldn't have been able to do it without your delta wrapper and autounrar script. I learned by example from them. The power of open source

EDIT: FIXED I have made a simple Autoit script. But there is one problem. It works fine when i launch it via cmd prompt. But through GameEx, it skips extracting the file and goes right to the emulator. This is a problem because it can't play a file that is not there! It just loads the Sega CD bios. Here is the (fixed) script: ; Check For Valid Commandline If NOT $CmdLine[0] = 1 Then Exit ; Extract the game into a temp folder Runwait( 'C:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe x -ibck -y "' & @scriptdir & '\' & $CmdLine[1] & '" "' & @scriptdir & '\temp\"' ) processwaitclose( "winrar.exe" ) ;Run a search for any cue files $search = FileFindFirstFile( @ScriptDir & '\temp\*.cue' ) ;Run a search for the first cue file it finds in the temp folder $game = FileFindNextFile($search) ;Close the search fileclose($search) ;Run Fusion Run ( 'C:\emulation\emulators\fusion\fusion.exe -scd -fullscreen "' & @scriptdir & '\temp\' & $game & '"') ; Wait for Emu to Start ProcessWait ( "Fusion.exe" ) ; Wait for Emu to Exit ProcessWaitClose( "Fusion.exe" ) ;Clean up by deleting all files in the temp folder FileDelete(@scriptdir & "\temp\*.*") ; Close Wrapper Exit BTW: Place the script in the folder with the images EDIT: placed a processwaitclose( "winrar.exe" ) after running winrar and that fixed it It takes about a maximum of 1 minute to extract one of these images on this machine. There is almost no delay in deleting the files afterwards and getting back to GameEx. I wish there was a better way, but this will have to do for now.

Really just looking for a quick answer here. Thanks.

Is there any way for GameEx to play a cd game without extracting it or any other workaround? I have some Sega CD files that are zipped. All of them together are about 40gb. That is a lot of space unzipped. If I had the resources, I would extract them all and play them like that. But, I do not. Also this makes it tough for other things (seeding). Thanks to anyone who replies. EDIT: edited for clarity.

BAhhhh... Bit the bullet and did a complete reformat. The only thing different I did was not install Firedaemon. I'm pretty sure Firedaemon was the culprit. It is a program that sets other programs to start as a service. Must've been interfering with the startup of GameEx. Stay away from this evil program

For installing the new hard drive: There is another connector in the middle of the gray ribbon cable that connects the motherboard to the current hard drive. This is where the new hard drive will go. Just plug the connector into where it fits into the hard drive. Take the same kind of power connector coming from the power supply that goes to the current hard drive and plug it into the new hard drive. You will also need to set the jumpers correctly. (see the attached image) That little blue thing is a jumper. Make sure the current hard drive is set to master and the new one is set to slave. For installing the CD ROM drive: you need another gray IDE cable (the same kind that connects the 2 hard drives). This goes from the CD ROM drive (same spot as hard drive) to the slot right under where the hard drive cable connects to the motherboard. Also connect a power connector to it. Make sure the jumper is on master. It's as simple as that. It's been awhile since I used DOS, and even then i had barely used it at all. You shouldn't need drivers for the CD ROM or Hard drive. just connect them and go. Although you may need to format/partition the hard drive.

I'm thinking it may be an issue with other things loading at the same time. IE: pcanywhere or filezilla taking focus and GameEx losing it. Any way for it to regain focus after it starts?

Reinstalled DirectX and my video drivers. Still loads minimized Here is my most recent long when. 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: GameEx: Version 7.71: Starting Log 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: AMD Athlon processor 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: 1.2Ghz 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: Running Randomize() 14:50:45.1 3/4/2007: Loading PlugIns 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Running Misc startup tasks 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Setting Menu types 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Opening Configuration File 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Getting Configuration Values 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Using Theme: Default - Dark Gloss 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Dark Gloss 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Launching HideOS.exe 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Hiding Taskbar 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Is Media Center running? 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 14:50:45.2 3/4/2007: Media Center Mode 2 14:50:45.3 3/4/2007: Snap Delay set to: 2 14:50:45.3 3/4/2007: Get other settings 14:50:45.3 3/4/2007: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 14:50:45.3 3/4/2007: Start work for Form 14:50:45.3 3/4/2007: Getting Original Screen Size 14:50:45.4 3/4/2007: Initializing Component 14:50:45.5 3/4/2007: MAME Path is: g:\Mame32 14:50:45.5 3/4/2007: Cannot Find MAME Path: MAME Disabled 14:50:45.5 3/4/2007: Loading Controls.ini map file 14:50:45.6 3/4/2007: Loading Custom Emulators 14:50:45.6 3/4/2007: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES (ZSNES) 14:50:45.8 3/4/2007: Using 2D Animations 14:50:45.8 3/4/2007: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 14:50:45.8 3/4/2007: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 14:50:45.8 3/4/2007: Initialising DirectDraw 14:50:46.0 3/4/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device 14:50:46.0 3/4/2007: Using Device: Primary Display Driver 14:50:46.0 3/4/2007: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color 14:50:46.0 3/4/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 14:50:46.0 3/4/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 14:50:46.1 3/4/2007: Creating Back Buffer 14:50:46.1 3/4/2007: Loading graphic Surfaces 14:50:46.2 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 14:50:46.3 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces Volume 14:50:46.3 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces Arrows 14:50:46.3 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 14:50:46.3 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 14:50:46.3 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 14:50:46.6 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 14:50:46.7 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 14:50:46.7 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 14:50:46.7 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces Snaps 14:50:46.7 3/4/2007: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 14:50:46.9 3/4/2007: Creating Fonts 14:50:46.9 3/4/2007: Creating Menu Font 14:50:47.0 3/4/2007: Restoring Menu Font From Cache 14:50:47.0 3/4/2007: Creating Game Font 14:50:47.1 3/4/2007: Creating Font Black 14:50:47.3 3/4/2007: Creating Font Black Small 14:50:47.5 3/4/2007: Creating Game Font Faded 14:50:47.6 3/4/2007: Creating Title Font 14:50:47.7 3/4/2007: Restoring Title Font From Cache 14:50:47.8 3/4/2007: Fonts Created Succesfully 14:51:11.9 3/4/2007: Text/Language: English 14:51:12.0 3/4/2007: Applying Language/Text 14:51:12.0 3/4/2007: Initialising Bass Audio Library 14:51:12.2 3/4/2007: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 14:51:12.2 3/4/2007: Attempting to load game list 14:51:12.3 3/4/2007: Loading last used Game List 14:51:12.3 3/4/2007: Setting Music Volume 14:51:12.3 3/4/2007: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename 14:51:12.3 3/4/2007: Loading music 14:51:12.5 3/4/2007: Creating DirectSound Device 14:51:12.5 3/4/2007: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 14:51:12.5 3/4/2007: Loading Sound Files 14:51:12.5 3/4/2007: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 14:51:12.6 3/4/2007: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 14:51:12.7 3/4/2007: Using Device TigerGame PS/PS2 Game Controller Adapter 14:51:12.7 3/4/2007: Initializing MCE Remote 14:51:12.7 3/4/2007: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 14:51:12.8 3/4/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 14:52:00.8 3/4/2007: Exiting GameEx! 14:52:00.9 3/4/2007: Saving Settings 14:52:02.7 3/4/2007: Disposing Plugins 14:52:02.7 3/4/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

Problem... It loads the white donation page and then it minimizes itsself. It's very annoying to have to hook up a keyboard and hit alt-tab. Any way to fix this? EDIT: Not sure if its been doing this all along, but after I reinstalled GameEx there is an error in the log file 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: GameEx: Version 7.71: Starting Log 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: AMD Athlon processor 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: 1.2Ghz 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: Running Randomize() 13:29:51.1 3/4/2007: Loading PlugIns 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Running Misc startup tasks 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Setting Menu types 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Opening Configuration File 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Getting Configuration Values 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Using Theme: Default - Dark Gloss 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Dark Gloss 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Launching HideOS.exe 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Hiding Taskbar 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Is Media Center running? 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Media Center Mode 2 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Snap Delay set to: 2 13:29:51.2 3/4/2007: Get other settings 13:29:51.3 3/4/2007: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 13:29:51.3 3/4/2007: Start work for Form 13:29:51.3 3/4/2007: Getting Original Screen Size 13:29:51.4 3/4/2007: Initializing Component 13:29:51.5 3/4/2007: MAME Path is: g:\Mame32 13:29:51.5 3/4/2007: Cannot Find MAME Path: MAME Disabled 13:29:51.5 3/4/2007: Loading Controls.ini map file 13:29:51.5 3/4/2007: Loading Custom Emulators 13:29:51.5 3/4/2007: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES (ZSNES) 13:29:51.7 3/4/2007: Using 2D Animations 13:29:51.7 3/4/2007: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 13:29:51.7 3/4/2007: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 13:29:51.8 3/4/2007: Initialising DirectDraw 13:29:51.8 3/4/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device 13:29:51.8 3/4/2007: Using Device: Primary Display Driver 13:29:51.9 3/4/2007: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color 13:29:52.2 3/4/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 13:29:52.2 3/4/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 13:29:52.3 3/4/2007: Error: Error in the application. 13:29:52.3 3/4/2007: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface..ctor(SurfaceDescription desc, Device dev) 13:29:52.3 3/4/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.InitDirectDraw(Boolean FullScreenWindowed, Boolean nodispose, Boolean reinit, Boolean DontLoadSurfaces, Boolean SetSizingX) 13:29:52.3 3/4/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.InitGameEx(Boolean reinit, String ctheme, Boolean nohideos) 13:29:52.3 3/4/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform..ctor() 13:29:52.3 3/4/2007: GameEx is exiting with errors 13:29:54.1 3/4/2007: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

Edit: started a new thread

ok, thanks

Before setting up instant sheller for my HTPC, I have one question. With instant sheller, when it boots up GameEx, will it also start other windows services? Such as a FTP server?

I cannot get the exit game with gamepad function to work. While playing a game, if I press the combination of buttons 3,4,5 and left-up, nothing happens. I'm not sure if the buttons that GameEx assigns are the same as the ones in the control panel>game controller. But I am pressing the buttons that correspond to the game controller setup. (square,X,L2,left-up) Any help please? EDIT: Nevermind, figured it out. GameEx starts the counting of the buttons at 0.

It may not technically be correct, but it works all the same.

Here is a full vba-over.ini for all the games with problems that i found over at ngemu. Attached.. vba_over.zip

Found out what the game code is... Open the rom in VBA and go to file>rom information. The game code is the 2nd one down. DBZ Legacy of Goku's code happens to be ALGE [ALGE] saveType=1 This is my vba-over.ini placed in the emulator's folder. I run it and it works! Thanks for sparking my interest in this. Hope this helps other people. PS you can also go here: http://releases.pocketheaven.com/?section=dupecheck_results and just search for the games name and it will show you the game code. edit: you must've edited your post like 10 seconds before i did

The emulator is Visual Boy Advance. Pretty sure that type of thing wouldn't be in the command line options. I have done a brief google and found nothing along the lines of saveType. Not quite sure what you mean by a base workable setup.. I have a somewhat small to medium-small experience with programming. (I was in a VB.NET class last semester in high school)

I needed a way to change different settings with emulators in order to get some games working. For example, Legacy of Goku would not work unless the save type was EEPROM. Another example is maybe a certain game will only run with a certain emulator. I got around this by making batch files for every single game. I then changed the certain games' batch files that needed different settings to accommodate for that. Here is the batch I used to create all the batch files for the games. @echo off FOR %%G in (*.zip) DO (echo yank vba\vba.ini "saveType=1" "saveType=0^13^10" >> %%G.bat) FOR %%G in (*.zip) DO (echo vba\visualboyadvance "%%G" >> %%G.bat) Yank.exe is a program from '96 I found that will search and replace a line in a text file. Then, for Legacy of Goku, I modified yank vba\vba.ini "saveType=1" "saveType=0^13^10" to yank vba\vba.ini "saveType=0" "saveType=1^13^10" This works fine...but there's got to be an easier way. Is there a way to do this inside GameEx?

AHHH this site was exactly what i was looking for ! http://no-intro.dlgsoftware.net/main.php thanks! edit: can't seem to find box or cart scans though

Hmm... you guys know of a tool that will rename the artwork jpg's to match the no-intro or goodset file naming convention?