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Sounds like you may have debug mode turned on in the emulator settings.

You can use an advanced config to map multiple keys to exit in GameEx. The only problem might be if you are using a keyboard encoder or a joystick with more than 16 buttons (some of which you want to map to the exit procedure). If you use a keyboard encoder, I suggest AHK as it's REALLY easy (e.g., a&b::{escape}). If you use a joystick with lots of buttons, you can either use AHK (a bit harder, but still possible with a script I can provide) or XPadder (a little tricky, but definitely usable).

When you run the "Run Last Game.bat" file, does it give any errors in the command prompt?

runitgame.bat is a standard batch file. If that doesn't run, you've got an issue!

AFAIK, GameEx doesn't write to the emulator.ini file for Model2, it sends the info to the command line. I can't remember exactly, but I know it was loading the wrong roms when I checked. For Zinc, it definitely sends the rompath with a "--rompath" (or whatever the syntax is) statement. I have it set in the config file for zinc, but the command line overrides it.

That looks about right. I read that there was no direct call to it with an AHK builtin function. The threads I saw said it would have to be an API or DLL call. Btw, this isn't that complicated...

My model2 roms were being loaded from the MAME rom path when I checked the runlastgame.bat. Perhaps something was set up wrong, but I don't know what. I didn't understand what was going on and couldn't stop it at the time, so I just added it to the MAME_Loader script along with Zinc (which was also loading form the MAME rom path). It shouldn't do that, but it was. It was sending the path despite not setting it up anywhere that I could see. Anyway, if you have a suggestion for how to get it to NOT do this, then I could remove that section from MAME_Loader. It's not a big deal at this point since it's already included...

I looked on the AHK forum yesterday and didn't see a command. There are apps that you can use to do this though.

When I installed 2.12, all of my settings were defaulted this time. I ended up having to set all of my options up again. Once I finished, CPWizard worked fine again. Btw, is that a new background (blue with waves)? Maybe I had it set to black desktop before. Anyway, looks good!

Just a note... The info from the model2 site says that the new romset is set up to match as close as possible to the official MAME romset, but there are differences. Would now be a good time to add a model2 path for your roms in GameEx (or allow the defined path in the emulator to be used)?

This might be a really good location to host controller files as well. There is currently no repository for a controls.dat project for consoles. If there was a wiki-esc entry where users could update the controls info (and other stuff that's not filled in), that would be spectacular. This information is usually available in the user manuals (which it sounds like you may be hosting on gamesdbase), so the information is available if people want to help enter it. Great site already! Nice work.

Yeah, this is definitely something Tom will have to check into. This might even be a feature request (I don't know if it's a bug or a new feature). If you are using the same image multiple times, you might be able to save some HDD space by using hard links to the same file. Also, you can script the process of creating the copies so you don't have to do it manually. Again, I know these suggestions aren't the solution you want, but at least they could save some HDD space and time in implementing. Tom will have to help you for an actual fix.

Yes, you should be able to run these. No, I don't know how since I'm just starting with my Saturn stuff. You can find pretty much any emulator you need at http://www.emulator-zone.com/

This isn't a solution, but you could put a dummy file in the directory for GameEx to find so it doesn't download artwork. If the file is a 1px transparent image, then it wouldn't take any space or show up when displayed. Just a thought in case there's no other solution.

Both should be supported. If your network is slow or has a lot of latency, it's possible that GameEx (or more likely Windows) is timing out the drive. I know some people have been using servers to store their stuff on and pointing GameEx to that machine, so it should work.

I ran my set through CMP last night with this dat file and it appears that a few things have changed, but everything can be rebuilt. The only thing that's missing is VCop2 and VF2 (as I recall). Thanks!

Thanks for the update HK! The image selection works great now. One question though. Every time I update, my profiles and MAME overrides get messed with. The preferences that have the same name as the default ones are always reverted and reinserted if missing (Far Cry and Project 64). Those aren't too big a deal now that I realized I can just name them something different. The more frustrating one is the MAME overrides. I have rotary joystick and lightgun overrides set up (rotary optical, rotary mechanical, analog lightgun, lightgun) which are not the same as default. Every time I update, default mahjong and lightgun are there, but mine are missing. Any way to keep this from happening? Thanks for the great app!

Simply...no. More complicated...yes. If you write some kind of a simple script that accepts the rom name (use [ROM] as a parameter in GameEx), then you can have it do different for each game. Depending on how many different outliers you have, you may just be better with emulator groups.

If I remember correctly, the reason for different versions of GameEx is to have different game lists for MAME. Since there's only one database for MAME (even with different gameex.ini files) you really need a second installation to make this configuration work.

Yes, if you can see your computer on the display, GameEx will run on it. Make sure you haven't turned on ArcadeVGA settings in GameEx. I don't think this will screw anything up, but it might.

Does this mean that the current 0.129 romset will work with Model2 now? Typical since I just went through grabbing older compatible ones just last month...

Make sure you are working on the [GAMEPADEXIT] section.

I tried SSF a while back, but didn't get anything going. I've basically been sitting on a gigantic set of stuff without the knowledge of how to get it going. It's been on my list to get it set up (just like my Daphne stuff) for a while. I've just finished with the majority of the other things on my list, so Saturn and Daphne are pretty close to the top again. I've been trolling any thread that has to do with Saturn for a while now with the hopes that someone would give a good set of directions for getting it set up. Nothing yet...

I haven't checked to see how many roms are in the Sega CD set, so this may not be applicable. Anyway, is there an automated utility to convert a set of Sega CD games into Bin/Cue without requiring interaction? If the set is large, it would be nice not to have to do each one manually. NOTE: I don't have any Sega CD stuff, so this is more focused on whether I should be interested in them or not. I already have a Saturn US set, so I'm not sure I want to mess with Sega CD also due to shear size!

Hmmm, it might have been nice to remember about that tool Still, I like my final solution better even though it took a bit of time.