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V3 theme? I thought V3 themes were still in the works? Either that slipped by my radar or you mean V1 and V2 not V2 and V3.

The script I wrote only takes the up/down/left/right directional inputs from the mouse and converts them to up/down for use in the menus in GameEx. It was written to support my dual steering wheel cabinet (using a mouse hack) that has no joysticks. The script could be modified to work with other emulators or in other ways for GameEx based on the way it has been written. AHK is definitely a scripting language worth learning AT LEAST the basics of. The only other viable choice is AutoIt (I just happened to try AHK first). I know there are people on this board who are very good with both scripting languages, so either one would work and you might even be able to get suggestions here!

Cool! Thanks again.

I don't think that post mentions using scripts. If you want to start things prior to GameEx launching, you could use a startup script (for instance to launch winlirc and turn on the TV so it doesn't steal focus from GameEx). There are also shutdown scripts that can be used in the same way.

I'm using 'standard' and it works fine, too.

There is no program like MouseToKey that I found during extensive searching. I ended up writing my own in AutoHotKey that works fairly well. There is a thread from a few months ago that talks about it extensively, but I'll add the file for you if you don't want to find it. Mouse2Key__GameEx_.zip

cool! Have fun

I don't have any personal experience with them, but pretty much all of these companies are more or less based out of a garage somewhere. Although the emulation scene is much bigger now than a few years back, there still isn't enough business to demand warehouse space. In any case, these guys have been building CP's for a few years with really good reviews. I suspect (although I have no basis for this) that they have several orders a week and it takes them a little time to assemble and finish each one. They might have a couple units in front of you and, although stock of track balls came in, it might not have been enough to satisfy the required components to get through yours. If you have been waiting for 4 months, you should definitely keep asking, but I don't think there is any concern that you are getting screwed. Just my 2 cents though.

Hey Tom! I looked around on the main page, but couldn't find where these videos were hosted. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks

MAME has a command line argument to tell it where to display. I don't use it, but it was talked about a while back. Best bet is to check the MAME documentation and search for "screen" or "display" or "monitor". EDIT: From MAMEWorld

*bump* to keep this one above the other double posted one.

Just wanted to point out that this is a double post. The other thread has some activity already, so I would suggest we just use that one and ask Tom to delete this one.

If your files are all on C:, then your path is wrong like Brian said. You need to change e: to c: and try it again.

You have a bunch of paths missing for Emulator 2 and 5. Try fixing those first.

Sounds complicated for even the advanced setup wizard, but asking doesn't hurt. If you want the option, add it to the feature request thread and hopefully Tom will address it.

Sorry Brian, apparently had HK on the brain...my bad! Yeah, I didn't see the part where he said it worked in GameEx but not in MAME. In that case, I would agree that it has to be the MAME input file!

Yes, you can edit the categories for you games in 1 of 2 ways. I have tried method 1 and it works. Method 2 should also work, but I have not worked with it. 1) Create a custom CatVer.ini file and use that when updating the list in GameEx. I created one while back and just uploaded it in the last week. I don't know what thread it was in, but searching should produce a result. Basically, you just take your default catver.ini file and edit the categories appropriately to reduce the number of list items. I found having 1 game in a category and 6 categories for the same type of game stupid, so I simplified it. Again, I really recommend at least checking out what I did. 2) Perhaps easier if you know MS Access. I didn't know how GameEx implemented categories when I made my custom CatVer.ini file. Apparently, if you go to the MAME.mdb file (I think) in the DATABASE directory, you should be able to find the categories listed. You could just do your work there and probably have a much easier time than I did. Good luck and let me know if you have questions. It's been a while since I built my file, but I think I have all the files I used, so I might be able to help with some questions. Also, there are some new databases that nologic, Stu and myself have been building (well, mostly nologic and Stu) that might be a good resource as well. The topic has been active recently, so you shouldn't have too much trouble finding it.

If you hit the coin button, it should let you play the game right there. The only problem with that is that it doesn't tell you what game it is, so you would have a tough time finding it next time you wanted to play it. The only way I know to find it then would be to check in the log to see what games were launched or to find it in the 'Run Last Game' batch file. I don't think an overlay would be possible, but perhaps displaying that info in the CP viewer would be. That would be really nice!

Just FYI, but the 'Run Last Game' batch file is what was last run in GameEx, it is not where GameEx determines the commandline for the next game. In other words, changing the commandline in the batch file will not change anything in the long run. This step is just a debugging step meant to determine what the problem is.

Can you verify the joystick itself is functioning correctly? If it's a keyboard emulator, open notepad and hit down to verify it is sending a keystroke. If it's a joystick hack or gamepad emulator, open the game controllers from the conrol panel and hit properties. Push down and verify the controls work. After that is verified, move on to software like HK suggested...

Can you list the sets you use so that we could determine if they will be compatible out of the box with our sets?

If it's just keyboard changes, then that should mean that a script could be written to convert input files. For instance, if the old command was KEY_J and the new command was KBD1_KEY_J, then we could manually update our files rather than rebuilding them from scratch. I have at least 2 setups for the different fighters (SF and NeoGeo) plus my guns, etc. and I don't want to redo it again (it took a few hours the first time). Perhaps just deleting the default.ini file. Could work for me since the only keyboard stuff I have is the default buttons, which I don't use for cab functions.

Actually, I was originally hoping it might be possible to have multiple categories for each game. That way, the original categories could be paired down, but then games that applied to multiple could still be in both. For instance, I would like to see Offroad in say Driving and Circuit Racing (bad example, but hopefully that makes sense). Anyway, it's not possible.

mame.cfg is where the default controls are stored as far as I can remember. The files you need to check are the MAME.ini file in your mame directory and the GameEx.ini file (best viewed through the advanced configuration wizard).

nologic...if you are updating the categories in these files, can I suggest strongly having an example or two listed as well. If you look at my file, I put a couple examples to make it more clear what things like 'vertical shooter' are for guests. That way, they know that if they want 194x type games, they should load that category rather than guessing and checking. Only drawback I found is that the category gets clipped if it's too long, so some categories only got one example when I really wanted 2. Of course, this depends on the theme you pick, so...