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First things first. If you have a problem with GameEx itself crashing, post your log file. Now, it sounds like this is actually an emulator problem, but I'm not sure. If emulators crash when run from GameEx, can you verify that they also crash when run independently? The best way to check is to use the "Run Last Game.bat" file in the GameEx start menu. Also, you apparently have your joystick mapped to 2 and 4 number keys for some reason. That's not typical, but I don't think it's a problem. Can you verify that pressing 2 + 4 (on the keyboard, not the joystick) crashes things? If you do the legwork, we can help provide suggestions. In the end, we'll get it running for ya!

EmuMovies doesn't currently have all of their projects up. The main one Circo was working on was the MAME set that took 18 months. The consoles are currently in the works, but I believe he has some help with them, so they aren't on the site. I don't know if Circo regularly reads the forums anymore, but if he does, this would be something he could answer. There are others who have created extensive avi snap collections both here and around the web. I'm not sure of anyone with a more complete collection than Circo at EmuMovies though.

The XArcade can be reprogrammed, but it's usually better to have a single setup for the stick and remap keys in the emulator. Either way will work, but if you write to the chip in the stick too many times, it's possible you could kill it. I don't know what kind of a chip they used in it, so I can't say what kind of a time frame that is. If it's on the order of 10,000 writes, then you might see issues if you leave the machine on in demo mode frequently and it keeps changing setups. If you instead keep the same config and use the emulator (or a wrapper) to change the mappings you will not have any issues. Your choice though as either will work.

I don't know if they are all importable or not, but, as you said, you can use them like a guide to set things up correctly. Importing just does it quicker, but there's no reason you can't do it manually. Either way works. And yes, I think it needs the .ini extension.

If you use the Advanced Config tool, you will see a location to import emulator configs. It should be self explanatory from there, but if you still have questions, just ask.

Are you looking at the 'Applications' tab or the 'Processes' tab? You need to use whatever is listed in the 'Processes' tab.

If you are using the HiQ set, you might try running the standard resolution set instead. There's been problems with freezing on that set even on high powered machines. I thought Circo had figured out what was going on (a codec issue as I recall), but I can't remember exactly.

It's not impossible to get it working. I don't know what else to suggest though. You really need to know what the process the actual game is running. The only other thing I can think of is adding the loader to the process list. Perhaps the loader quits prior to the game showing up in the process list and so GameEx doesn't see it before taking over again. Try this...add the loader to the process list. #Additional processes to wait to exit or close on exit. Dont include the .exe. Leave blank not to use. Process1=AvP.exe Process2=AvP_loader.exe (replace this with the appropriate process) Process3= Process4=

I've been playing with the script you uploaded and ended up rewriting mine since it had "features" that didn't work and basically made it very complicated. I also changed the way I did things so I don't have the mouse trapped in a small box, I use the whole screen. This probably won't make a difference for anything right now, but I really want to figure out a way to use this for playing 270° steering wheel games in MAME at some point. In fact, if this could work in other games, maybe I can get NFS going! That would be sweet!!!!!! Mouse2Key_v2.1.zip

That's what the advanced emulator setup file is for. If you look on your hard drive under "C:\Program Files\GameEx\CONFIG\EMULATORS", you will see a bunch of ini files. These are advanced emulator configs. They can do several things that can be useful but aren't always needed. For instance, you can set GameEx up with this file such that if you hold down a set of buttons and/or directions on a game pad, GameEx will send a command to exit from an emulator. What you want to do is have GameEx look for a process that's running (AvP.exe or whatever it's actually called). So, you need to edit one of those files and save it as AvP.ini (or whatever makes you happy). In that file, look for: #Additional processes to wait to exit or close on exit. Dont include the .exe. Leave blank not to use. Process1= Process2= Process3= Process4= You need to put the process name as it appears in task manager after "Process1=". So, if it appears as AvP.exe, you would have: #Additional processes to wait to exit or close on exit. Dont include the .exe. Leave blank not to use. Process1=AvP.exe Process2= Process3= Process4= Just make sure you set that emulator to use AvP.ini as the advanced emulator config.

The batch files contain the command used to launch a game through Zinc. What you need to do is set up an emulator using the ini provided in the thread and make sure the rompath is set to wherever you put the batch files. Also, make sure that the batch files run on their own prior to trying in GameEx. ... I just looked at the setup Brian uploaded and didn't realize it was the complete zinc setup! So, what you need to do is put that wherever you want. Then, get the controls working correctly in the games (winterblast if necessary). Then use the setup (or ini if it were saved in an ini file) to configure GameEx. It's explained in that thread.

A loader is a program that loads another one. In this case, there is a loader and there is the exe for AvP. When you run AvP from the start menu, you are actually starting up the loader which will do some stuff and then start the actual exe. GameEx doesn't understand that the loader isn't the program, so it will take over again when the loader is done. The goal you are trying to get to is having GameEx understand that the game isn't done until the exe is done. So, you have to tell it what that exe is called so GameEx can watch for it.

Please don't mention where/how you obtained roms. Tom doesn't want this site to become a place where people talk about illegal activity. Tom only gives one warning for breaking the rules. There's an option when you setup GameEx that you can turn off the sound in the video snaps. This usually speeds things up, so many people turn it on. The feature can only be setup using the Advanced Configuration tool. Look under Audio Settings (1) for Audio in SNAP AVI's.

Thanks for the explanation on groups HK! I didn't really understand what the point was, and now I do. I don't know if I'll set any up, but it's good to know what they are there for.

This is a better set of zinc setup help: link I have had the version numbers show up in the past. I was thinking it might have been caused by a bad catver file. Now that I think about it some more though, I think it was actually caused by having it located in the custom folders directory. You don't want to put it there!

Yeah, that's what I was looking for, I just couldn't find it!

1) The version numbers that you are seeing are contained in the catver.ini file. They shouldn't be in the main list like you are describing. I suspect that the catver.ini file may be malformed. Try getting a new version and updating your list. 2) There is no way to identify in GameEx the CHD games. The only thing I can think to do is create a custom list. You would basically need to make a MAME32 formatted list and put it in your custom folders directory. 3) You got me. I'm not sure why you need them, but it's been discussed here before. I don't remember what they were for, so you might want to search here since there should be an answer. 4) There's no real need to make a second emulator for Zinc since it's possible to build it into GameEx's MAME list. If you really want to have a separate list (and 'Playstation' isn't suitable for whatever reason), then you can find details here on the forum how to do it. Go to the wrappers thread in the stickies and someone has uploaded a set of batch files here.

I think there's some newer stuff, but this might help: link

Of course you can! There's a guide here that shows how to set up zinc as an emulator. The alternative that you probably want to do instead is to just create a batch file with the command to run the game through zinc. Then, set that up as an application or an emulator and you should be good to go. If this is a common problem, then it means that Tom will probably have to fix it. I know there were some games he just added to the Model2 list, so it can be done...as long as he sees the thread. TOM?! I think we need your help here...

The log file is in C:\Program Files\CPWizard. I don't know if there's a subdirectory there or not, but it's called log.txt as I recall. Also, you may want to turn on the "verbose logging" first as it might provide a bit more detail to run down the problem.

NICE TUTORIALS!!!

Is the file really named "Outrun Coast to Coast.lnk.lnk"? It looks like your setup might need some tweaking. Can you upload your setup for that emulator so we can take a look?

Oh, after looking at wobbly's post, the config I uploaded won't work without a quick edit. You will need to set the command line to "[RomPath]\[RomFile]". Not only did I forget the rompath part, but I also forgot the quotes!

I can't create a link file, but you can. I should have called them shortcuts though. Just right click the exe and select copy. Then go to the folder where you want to have GameEx find the games and right click -> paste shortcut. Then proceed with step 1 and rename it however you want. So, first copy C:\Program Files\<outrundirectory>\OR2006C2C.exethen past a shortcut to it to G:\Emulation\PC Games\which will create a file called G:\Emulation\PC Games\Shortcut to OR2006C2C.exethen rename it to G:\Emulation\PC Games\Outrun Coast to Coast.lnk Then in GameEx, you need to set up an emulator properly. I was going to explain it, but I think it might be easier to just give you a setup to import. Hopefully this is correct. Just remove the '.txt' from the end and using the advanced configuration tool import it. PC_Games.ini.txt