djrobx

Since upgrading to the new version of Mame, did you try going to the command line and running the problematic games? It's not unusual for the MAME team to change things about the ROM sets that cause something that worked before to stop. If that's the case, running MAME from the command line would show you the ROM problems.

So I'm not the only one with Sierra adventures in GameEx.... There isn't a way to do that at the moment, but more menu customization options is a highly requested feature. -- Rob

An OpenGL->DirectX wrapper ultimately behaves like a DirectX app, so I imagine that would work with "Show Desktop = false" okay.

If you donate, you will receive a key that disables the nag screen. I highly recommend donating. He's really not asking for a lot, and it gives him motivation to keep working on and improving GameEx.

Default - GameEx - Animated is the same as Default - GameEx, just with animation turned on. You can see in the themes.ini ThemeImages=Default - GameEx It just grabs the images from the former folder. -- Rob

I couldn't agree more!

Ditto the above, except I use z26 for my 2600 emulator (wasn't able to get Stella to totally fill my screen for some reason). MESS for Vectrex emulation Magic Engine for TG16 emulation. Visual Pinball+VPinmame for pinball emu/simualtion

They need to go under the theme you're using. For example, because I'm using the Default - Default theme, my custom images go in \Program Files\GameEx\THEMES\Default - Default\MEDIA\LOGOS I do not think that the size of the image matters.

When you say images, do you mean screenshots? Have you configured the snap path? Do the images match the ROM names exactly? Are they in PNG or JPG format? GIF is not supported. I thought I saw a chanka configuration somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.

Also check under tweaks/performance, the Wait Vsync and Reduce CPU Utilization options. Reduce CPU should be either a low number or 0. You can experiment with turning vsync off.

Thanks for posting that, Toonces! I wasn't aware that they had made a driver for GunCon2. I've been desperately wanting an RGT-G1 (plasma/LCD compatible lightgun, I don't own any CRTs!) but have been holding off for a PC driver. Looks like it works in one of the posts on the forum. Naturally the RGTs are backordered now, but I can wait.

I'm kind of surprised you have AVI support but not MPEG2 or Windows Media support. What playback functions did you use?

Just search for "skip_intro" in the C:\Program Files\GameEx\config\GameEx.ini file and add it in the same place.

Interesting exploit! -- Rob

I think I've just been on message boards for too long. Too many posts get taken the wrong way, so I proofread.

Give this a try.. keymonitor.zip

You could, however, make a map file and use that to present the list of tables. You can look in the C:\Program Files\GameEx\Data for the cached .MAP files to get an idea of how it should be formatted. To get a list of dir names and make a map file out of them, go to a cmd prompt and try: cd \dir_with_tables dir /b *. > baredir.txt for /F %s in (baredir.txt) do echo %s %s >> tables.map del baredir.txt In the gameex config, set the map file to point ot tables.map Assuming the VPT is exactly the same as the DIR name, you could use a command line like vpinball -play -[ROMFile]\[ROMFile].vpt

Good idea to check that, but onboard cards rarely go very high in my experience -- Rob

For most emulators, you can set "Show Desktop" to false. This doesn't work for VPinMame, though. Like you said, changing the desktop image and hiding the icons are about your only choice.I managed to make mine start up a bit cleaner by minimizing the visual pinball table editor (might be able to do the same thing with "START /MIN vpinball.exe"). Now I just see the VPinmame splash screen instead of the ugly white "rendering" dialog. -- Rob

Agreed. Anything newer than 66.93 is not working reliably for me either. I get video freeze-ups and all kinds of odd behavior with the 7x.xx drivers.If you have 480mb of RAM, I'm assuming you're using onboard video with 32mb of RAM. What you probably need is a better video card. -- Rob

I wrote KeyMonitor entirely for personal use but it seems I end up posting it on here regularly. On my PS2 controller the d-pad is mapped as a POV hat. From what I understand different PS2 adapters do different things. Just tell me what button numbers you want to use (flipper left, right, coin in, start) and I'll recompile a customized version for you. Eventually I intend to have config files, but I may end up re-writing the whole thing before I get to that. The analog stick controls the arrows. You can use it for baby pacman and the plunger on Scapino's Cirqus Voltaire -- Rob

Attract mode is like a screen saver. If you leave GameEx and don't pick a game for a while, it will start running random games (or with the new version, possibly playing videos).

Would it be possible to put a "jump to" drop-down list with numbers on the top of the screen where you edit emulators? Or otherwise some sort of shortcut to get to higher-numbered emulators?I've had to revert to editing ini files. Although I prefer the config app, it just takes way too long to get to emulator 10 and above especially when you need to go back and forth to try and get something to work. It would also be great if the screens could be organized so the fields are in the same place for each emulator (more of a "fixed form" per emulator). That would make it easier to compare the values between emulators and ensure that you've filled things in right. -- Rob

Can you clarify what you mean by "worse" sound? Is it maybe that the volume level of the sound has changed?

How long is it taking for Update List to run? It should take a while. If it comes back quickly it is not finding your games.