bkenobi

This is a cool idea! I grabbed it now and I'll check it out later when I have access to my own computer (my work machine doesn't read 7zip files). I was thinking about another way to do this that wouldn't require modifying so many files. Maybe your way is better, so let me know what you think. Since MAME supports controller files (slik stik, x-arcade, ipac, etc), I was thinking that I could make a controller file for 5 button and 6 button games. Then, in combination with the MAME_Loader script, I could have a list for 5 and 6 button games that simply added a -ctrl xbutton switch that would call the right config. I haven't used these files before, so I could be wrong on how to implement this. Any thoughts?

I'm guessing that you call the script which launches the game and then the script ends. When GameEx sees the process for the script gone, it assumes you are done and it takes over again. There are 2 solutions to this. You can either keep the script alive until you are done with the game or you can tell GameEx that you want it to wait until the game's process is complete. Neither of these is complicated.

Can you post a list of the 5 button and 6 button games that you've come up with? I need to redo those games again due to a stupid move, so I was hoping there might be a list that would be comprehensive. I can come up with a list of what I had done, but I'd like to compare it to what you've found. Thanks!

This is not an error that I know how to fix as it doesn't give any message to help me. It looks like it's crashing right after it gets everything ready to go. I don't know what runs next, so Tom will have to help on this one.

You know you can have a separate emulator and then group it back with your other PC games, right? I would personally probably use a script, but you can also do it the other way...

Thanks for the report, but Tom will probably need the entire log. Can you attach the entire contents of log.txt so he can take a look?

If you are changing resolutions between where you design the CP and where you display it, then things can get a little screwy. For instance, I designed my CP on my main PC and then tried viewing it on my Cabinet which used a TV. The text was the wrong size and moved around. I found that just by doing the final touch up steps on the cabinet everything worked out.

One other thing that *might* work is enclosing the command in quotes. I don't know if GameEx will set everything to lower case or just stuff outside of quotes. Either way, this is a bug that should be addressed!

I thought Tom was going to do this automatically (actually, I thought it already did...). Anyway, you can always use a launch before command with the following code: IF NOT EXIST C:\Emu\MAME\cfg\[ROM].cfg echo. 2 > C:\Emu\MAME\cfg\[ROM].cfg All you have to do is edit the path to where you keep MAME and you should be good to go. I'm not sure if MAME needs a file to just exist, or if the header needs to be there as well. If it needs a header, then you would need to use a copy rather than the "echo. 2 > ..." stuff.

Yes, GameEx sends "OKOKOKOK" when it launches MAME. I don't think there's any way to turn it off though.

Good fix! I think GameEx should still send the command line as case sensitive if it's not though.

I've always wanted a password protection scheme built into GameEx, but it hasn't been available. I suppose it could be built into a wrapper of some kind, but it wouldn't be nearly as clean. That's just my opinion though.

I assume you aren't talking to me, are you? I was under the impression that you already had cart pics, so you didn't need mine. Correct?

Cool beans! Btw, didn't we have a debate about hide desktop on/off by default a while back? I thought it was considered better to have it set to off so that less people would have problems with consoles. Perhaps I'm getting the settings confused though. Either way, nice work!!!

Not that HK couldn't do that, but you realize that AHK has a script recorder feature built in, right? It will do exactly what you suggested. You do have to review the code and make modifications as necessary (like adding wait times and such), but it gets you most of the way there.

There's probably quite a few others out there. I wonder if anyone has released a freeware/open source suite like this. The Weavefuture software is designed for internet cafe's and such, but would not make much sense for use with kids since you would pay a monthly fee. I think something like this would be really cool if it were available for home use. I personally wouldn't use it since I don't have kids, but If I did/once I do I will more than likely have to do something like this with the arcades.

That'll teach them kids to think ahead! That's critical thinking, so maybe leaving pause out would help.

Actually, now that there's several posts here, you might as well just post the request over there yourself. Either way works though...

Perhaps the code should send some kind of a pause input before locking the keys? I think escape is pretty universal in PC games as a way to get to a main menu, isn't it?

Probably need to add this to the feature request thread. Perhaps one of the mods would be kind enough to move it there for you.

I didn't think there was a working Jaguar Emulator ATM. Last I heard, there were some games out there, but they were just for future use since nothing can actually load them. I could be wrong though. I don't pay much attention to console emulators.

Possibly. I've seen other threads discussing epsxe here, so I know some people use it. You could also try asking at the epsxe message board though. That's where I would try first. http://forums.ngemu.com/epsxe-discussion/ Also, it looks like Act-Labs has a tutorial on setting up guns in epsxe: http://thetroubleshooter.home.mindspring.c.../epsxe/info.htm

I don't run any PSX games. Are you sure epsxe can use mouse input to position a shot on the screen?

You can group single PC games together, but I think there must be a better way to do it. If nothing else, you could have an AHK wrapper that launches the game and hits 'f' for you. I suspect the Digital Leisure forums/FAQ might have an answer to this though.

I personally see many instances where a coin timer would be a good thing and not-for-profit. For instance, you could have an arcade set up in the rec room and give the kids a certain number of tokens a week to play. When they ran out, they were either done or had to earn more via chores etc. This would keep the kids from sitting on their fat arses all day playing video games and maybe teach responsibility. On the other hand, this feature could EASILY be corrupted and used for profit. In the end, I agree with Tom's decision on this one (not that my opinion counts for anything ).