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Ahh o.k. I think I got the older version. Thanks for the info fRequEnCy, that gives me a lot more understanding on how that works then. I have Zince setup as a seperate emulator (Thats where I am using the old wrapper) and using the intergrated version (Without wrapper), when you say enable zinc support do you mean enable zinc in the Advance MAME setting? oh, and how do you update lists? (thought game ex did that automatically every time you turn it on) I completley forgot how serious this Zinc setup thing was. On the brink of folding on this one as 1 week later I still dont get it. Anyone got the contact number for the author of Zinc? I wanna have a word with them If anyone is gona try to make a new wrapper thingy I would be glad to help though my code skills are not great,

Yeah it is an autoIT script that launches the .INI's which in turn feed the config options to Zinc. I dont think Joy2Key is implimented in this one however unless its a hidden process in the wrapper and even then I see no mention of it in the script (I do have n00b script understandings though). All the Zinc games have a standard set of controls KN1, RZ, S11, S12, ZN1, ZN2 which corresponded to the amount of buttons a game uses. with the wrapper you set the config for each system then applied it to the games INI file. This function is working for me. I do have a new problem though and I really want to cry. it seems no matter what ROM I choose to play Star gladiator executes. I notice that the game number for star gladiator is "1" and this is in the wrapper. $ini_01 = IniRead( $CmdLine[1] , "GAM" , "Number" , "1" ) its my understanding that this line of code should read line 1 from the specified INI and return the digit after "number" so having "1" there would always launch 1. Does anyone know what the command is for retuning the value after "number"? I tried $number but that messed up everything. Its hard to explain my issue without referring to specific files or code.

Hey thanks for all the feedback. Dont think there is no forum on earth that has this level of support and as friendly community. I found the "old wrapper" and have gone back to using that. With that I have finally got this issue working. Using the "old wrapper" is definitley much more simple to setup but I dont want to say too much about it as I dont know what the situation is with posting about it on the forums. Regards

My the lord hath mercy upon my soul. Zinc is driving me INSANE......... I tried using ZincFE and for some unknown reason it makes no difference what config I put in there, only the directional, coin and start buttons will work. ZincFE does update the controller.cfg file but its all in vein it seems. I thought I would start afresh with a completley new setup following this from another post but this does not even launch games, even though rom paths etc are correct, (this is outside gameex) So I have basically gone backwards. I went back to the old setup where I am able to at least launch games and I added --use-controller-cfg-file=G:\HomeArcade\Zinc2\controller.cfg to zinc.cfg but this did nothing as well. I actualy had this sussed years ago using nologics wrapper thingy, but with his departure and my formatted HDD I am lost in the cosmos. Mesk, could you possibly give us your zinc.cfg, controller.cfg, controller.znc and the contents of your cfg directory? maybe I can do a comparison and find the issue. I hate zinc Regards

Yeah sorry about that, I just assumed you was psycic and could read my mind In Game EX I can get Zinc games to load via its intergrated setup (Advanced MAME settings rather than a sepereate emulator) but it loads the default controller settings which of course does not work on every game. Ninjas second post here uses that command line to bring in the specific game config --use-controller-cfg-file=O:\Emulators\Zinc\pcfg\[ROM]cp.cfg Which does work as in game EX does load the file accoring to runitgame.bat However even though the controller profile [ROM]cp.cfg is loaded it still does not work. So I was wondering if I have missed something else on the Zinc side. for instance the controller.znc in the zinc root dir is not used, I have tried to in the past but it did not make any difference. As it stands in the command line I call upon the ROM and the control ([ROM]cp.cfg) config file in the pcfg folder when loading zinc. For those of you who have this working have I called upon the correct commands? Any help would be greatley appreciated. Regards

Thanks for the quick response fRequEnCy. I do actually have the \ in there but because the box that runs game EX is not this one I couldnt do a copy/paste. But as far as you are concerned have I used the correct command line options? like there isnt another command I am missing am I? Regards

I am trying to impliment this. --use-controller-cfg-file=O:\Emulators\Zinc\pcfg\[ROM]cp.cfg this works in the sense that game EX is opening the correct file but I cant get this to actually use the right control. Could you provide me with the entire command line argument you have in the "Advanced MAME settings\ Zinc Options" as I think I am missing something simple. Mine as it stands is --renderer=.\renderer.znc --use-controller-cfg-file=X:games\zinc\pcfg\[ROM]cp.cfg I know I am missing something but not sure what. Thanks in advance Regards

o.k I sat down for a day and after a lot of stress and time I sussed it. I know this is a simple feature but for me this allows me to use a wireless xbox 360 pad to control every function on my box. One of the biggest issues with having 40k + games over 30+ emulators is the button maps for the varying controllers, I have a lot of friends who I play with a lot (Especially on the MAME/FBA/SNES/Dreamcast/PS2 emus) and they all have different models of pads and sticks. instead of trying to match a config system that fits all I thought it would be better to simply press a button on my wireless master device/remote and the config menu for ANY emulator opens. So for FBA this is what I have done. in advance config Also Launch: E:\games\Ultils\xpadder\xpadder.bat The .bat contains @echo off E: cd games\Ultils\xpadder\ start "" xpadder.exe "E:\Games\Ultils\xpadder\fba" /M c: cd\ cd Program Files\AutoHotkey start "" autohotkey.exe "E:\Games\Ultils\Scripts\fbaconfig.ahk" @echo on That opens my xpadder profile for the master wireless remote/pad and launches the autohotkey script that maps the commands to open the config window for this specific emulator. contents of fbaconfig.ahk m:: send, {Altdown}{Enter}{Altup} sleep, 1000 send, {F5} return ESC:: Run, tskill autohotkey Notice, pressing ESC will kill the ahk script, I also have in advance config Launch After: tskill.exe xpadder In my xpadder profile for this, ESC is mapped, so once I press the mapped button both xpadder and AHK is killed, putting everyhting back to normal. This probably wont be of use to most but if it helps at least 1 person it was worth it You can mark this as [RESOLVED]. Thanks again for your input.

Thing is I have a lot of friends who use a variety of pads/sticks and to map a standard set for every combination would probably kill me, being able to map on the fly is the best solution for my circumstance.

Once again you sussed it I just tested this and your right. in full screen mode setting the button maps is impossible. bah. Maybe the solution would be for me to make some sort of script that "when button XXX" is pressed Alt+Enter is sent to fba as well as F5. The only issue I see is sending the Alt+Enter command again once the button is mapped. I am trying to elimiate the keyboard in my setup and would like to do it all via gamepads, do you think this would be possible with AHK? **EDIT** I was thinking of having the ahk script run as part of the bat file. Something like return:: send, {Altdown}{Enter}{Altup} Sleep, 1000 send, {F5} ESC:: { Process, close, fba.exe } Basically when I press the return key, Alt+Enter gets sent followed by F5 a second later. When I exit the emulator the ahk is killed. Thats what I am trying to achieve but my code skillz suck and it does not work, I think I have done a mistake somewhere there but cant seem to figure it out. Perhaps one of the masters can see the error of m ways

Thanks for the help, I tried various scenarios and no luck (Esc still works but F5 does not) I removed the "Also launch" command and made the Launch before start "" "E:\games\Ultils\xpadder\xpadder.bat" changes, this however made no difference. I disabled the advance emu config (Alt +F4) and still this changed nothing. I swapped over the button maps in the xpadder profile (Key mapped to Esc that works with key mapped to F5 that dont work) that didnt change anything either. I am super confused by this because this all works perfectly outside game ex. Below is my .bat but there is nothing here that will affect my setup i am sure @echo off E: cd games\Ultils\xpadder\ start "" xpadder.exe "E:\Games\Ultils\xpadder\fba" /M @echo on **UPDATE** I just added more button maps for the xpadder config (Coin, start etc) and guess what. They work in game EX So there can only be to possibilities here for the F5 not working. 1 - there is a conflict somewhere for the F5 key 2 - in FBA when you press F5 a new window opens with the config options (Windows sees it as 1 window but there is 2), perhaps gameex is blocking the new window from openeing I did try show desktop = true but that did not work. I hope this helps you help me. Thanks again for your help Regards

Thanks for the prompt response. Yeah I just run the bat file then manually run fba and it works perfect (F5) So far this .bat config works in other emulators so I don think the issue is there as its a copy/paste job (All I do is change the xpadder profile filename) The thing I find odd is that Esc works (it is also mapped in my xpadder config) is F5 mapped to something that game EX uses? maybe a conflict somewhere?

Hi all, Its the n00b again. I have an issue that seems unique to the FBA emulator. Outside of game ex I am able to open the emulator and press F5 to open the button map config. Inside game EX I cant, the only key that works while FBA is running is Esc I had a quick look on the forum but couldnt find anything. Again thanks in advance for your continued support Regards

I have been using 1.9 as well as I had mad issues with previous versions. Tom I applied the Alt+F4 config and it seems to work, I tested it 10 times in a row no issues at all. I do notice however multiple images of the loader in the icons tab in windows but if I hover the mouse over it, it dissapears. Not an issue at all, probably a windows bug Thanks for your help Regards

Thanks for the response tom. I see the templates in \config\emulators and I kind of get the drift of what I need to do here, I am guessing I need to apply an Alt+F4 command to properly close free_do but I am stuck with where to begin with this. Can I use one of the existing templates or will this have to be a brand new script that I would need make? Regards

Odd issue here. I have free_do setup on my game_EX install and it has been working perfectly (though I dont play it often to know if there was an issue before) but when I run it through Game EX free_DO launches and runs fine but Game EX crashes often 30% of the time roughly. Even when game ex crashes Free_Do is still running the selected game in the background. Any suggestions would be much appreciated Regards.

Thanks, I prefer to use deamon tools lite as virtual clone drive does not run as well as deamon in my experiance. I did another forum search and have got SSF working fine now, ish... lol Thanks again, Rehards

Ok I know this is going to be an easy solution but I have looked EVERYWHERE and I cannot find it. I want to configure SSF via deamon tools but game EX needs to have iso support installed. I ran setup wizard with all options but could not see it there, even in the search fields I couldnt find anything. How do I enable iso support in Game EX? do I have to re-instal? Thanks in advance Regards

This seems to have worked, though winape is still running when I exit gameex, perhaps there is a setting i missed somewhere, ill have a look Thanks

Hi Guys. I have this odd problem when using winape for amstrad CPC. The emulator works fine outside Game EX and it does run fin in game EX until I exit the emulator. Whenever I exit the emulation I get a game ex crash 100% of the time and I notice that winape is still running even after the crash. Crash log Run lat game log Emulator config I am using the winapeloader as you can see, I dont know if it has something to do with this. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Regards

Thanks very much. I had no Idea I could re-run the setup wizard without messing up my existing setup. Worked a charm

Hi Guys, Another simple question again. I am using Joy2Key to map keys to joysticks for some Emulators, After testing dozens of joysticks/adaptors I have found a keymap that will suit any gamepad (xbox, ps3, psx, gamecube etc). I have mapped the "0" key (Scancode 10) for the select/back button for most gamepads. My issue is that when I press this key/button it pauses emulation and goes to the game ex pause screen (the "resume game" screen), but for the life of me I cant find the corresponding key in the Custominput.ini to remove it. I actually looked in all the C:\gameex\config\ Ini files and there seems to be no setting to change the "0" function. I did search the forum but founf nothing of value. Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place. Thanks in advance Regards

Its still the same to be honest. I just want a more complete collection

Hi, thanks for the reply. I did change the timings in the autohotkey script (saved and compiled too) with varying times but to no avail, I also tried removing the f2f command in the script but it crashed so I put it back to normal with the increased time intervals. I also tried the wait before send keys function for the enter command but it still sits on the Rom load screen. Very odd indeed I forgot to mention the reason I tried to remove the f2 part of the script was because the emulator opens in full screen anyway, there is no need to send f2

Man I feel like such a noob for posting so much in such a short space of time. I have set this up in GameEX but what I happening with me is the screen reverts to the "Open ROM file" Dialogue with the correct rom name filled in etc All I have to do is press enter and all is good but |wanted to get this working without doing that if poss. I even tried the sendkeys function {ENTER} but nothing happens. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks