Stu1983

I could do that but that would mean it being on 24/7 I use my arcade as a server so the pc is constantly on, so I'd rather it just came on with GameEx Thanks Stu

On my new control panel I have 2 buttons that I would like to remain lit at all times, this seems easy enough for all emulators other than mame, the buttons are assigned to custom2 in the configuration. I've tried setting them on in the default mame profile but it seems that each individual game profile then switches them off again Am I missing something? Thanks Stu

Problem solved, I just noticed that the 'Speak Game Name' plugin wasn't appearing in plugin manager even though the dll was in the folder so I removed the dll and no my list is back in sync I think this is a minor bug Tom, the plugin isn't initialising so you're not displaying it but you must still be keeping track of it somewhere for it to knock the list out of sync Stu

I'm getting somewhere with this That 'empty' plugin didn't bring up the config screen either so I decided it's definitely not the plugin, I noticed it was the last plugin in my list so I modified my cursor hider so that it was call zcursorhider so it would appear last in the list I clicked the config beside ultrastik again but still no joy, I then clicked the config button beside my zcursorhider but instead of my config appearing, headkaze's ultrastik about screen appears So I enabled zcursorhider and ran gameex and ultrastik plugin now works Obviously I have some sort of corrupt file in the plugin directory that is knocking the list out of sync Now just to work out which one Stu

I've had bother before when I was making a plugin and it turned out it was code further on down the plugin that was causing it break. I was goona go with the opposite approach and start by commenting out pretty much everything apart from the config button code and see if just that would work by itself, then start adding the code back in until it fails to initialise. I am running 640x480 but I can't see this being an issue as all the other plugin about screen appear, I have a fully configured LCD/LED Plugin that was all configured at 640x480. Stu

Yeah I had already tried the one from your site but it didn't make a difference and the new one you posted above didn't help either. It's really odd because all the other plugin config screens appear fine I even tried your rotate plugin which is your most recent, I think. If I had your code I was going to go through commenting out section by section until I can get it to load. My other PC is also Vista x64 and it works on it so thats not the problem. Stu

Any chance I could get a look at your code headkaze so I can try work this out myself? I really can't see what would be causing the about window not to appear, I've reinstalled dot net but hasn't made any difference Stu

I hadn't tried a reboot but just done one there now but now difference Is there supposed to be a config window for this pluggin? Although it lists in the manager when I click config nothing happens Stu **Update** Just tried it on another PC and I can see the about screen after click the config button in the manager. So what would cause that window to not appear on my cabinet pc? Stu

Seemingly it hasn't even managed to create the log file before erroring I have up to dot net 3.5 installed Thanks Stu

I just finished building my new control panel with 2 ultrastiks and I thought I'd give your plugin a try but I can't seem to get it to initialize Here's the interesting bit of the log: 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Loading PlugIns 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Loaded Plugin:"Cursor Hider" Version 1.01 By Stu 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: PlugIn: "Cursor Hider" Initialized OK 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Using Plugin System Version: 1.3 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Loaded Plugin:"LCD/LED Plugin" Version 2.87 By Ben Baker 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: PlugIn: "LCD/LED Plugin" Initialized OK 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Using Plugin System Version: 1.3 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Could Not Load Plugin: 8 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup And here is the full log: 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: GameEx: Version 10.18: Starting Log 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Operating System Name: Windows Vista 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Operating System Version: 6.0.6001 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Vista Aero NOT running 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Initializing Vista volume control 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Intel® Core(tm)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz, 4094MB 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: 3.17Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Running Randomize() 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Loading PlugIns 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Loaded Plugin:"Cursor Hider" Version 1.01 By Stu 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: PlugIn: "Cursor Hider" Initialized OK 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Using Plugin System Version: 1.3 15:56:26.1 28/07/2009: Loaded Plugin:"LCD/LED Plugin" Version 2.87 By Ben Baker 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: PlugIn: "LCD/LED Plugin" Initialized OK 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Using Plugin System Version: 1.3 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Could Not Load Plugin: 8 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Launching and not waiting: E:\GameEx\Utilities\RunB4.bat 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Running Misc startup tasks 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Setting Menu types 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Opening Configuration File 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Getting Configuration Values 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Using Theme: Future Retro v4 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Future Retro v4 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Launching HideOS.exe 15:56:27.8 28/07/2009: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance) 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Hiding Taskbar 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Is Media Center running? 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Media Center Mode 0 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Custom Game Device Input enabled: Getting custom codes 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Snap Delay set to: 4 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Get other settings 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Mouse Input is disabled 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: SlikStik support enabled 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Using DirectInput for keyboard input 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Start work for Form 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Getting Original Screen Size 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Opening Database Connection 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Initializing Component 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Retrieving resolution setting 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: MAME Path is: E:\Mame 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Model 2 Path Path is: E:\Sega Model 2 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Multi Core/Hyper Threading detected. Looking for emulator_multicpu.exe 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Model 2 EXE file is: emulator_multicpu.exe 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Model 2 emulator with command line support detected 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Use Model 2 on. emulator_multicpu.exe will launch Sega Model 2 games 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: MAME EXE file is: mame64.exe 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: ROM Path is: E:\Mame\roms 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: Catver.ini is located at: E:\Mame\catver.ini 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: History.dat is located at: E:\Mame\history.dat 15:56:27.9 28/07/2009: nplayers.ini is located at: E:\Mame\nplayers.ini 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: E:\Mame\mameinfo.dat 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Loading Controls.ini map file 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Snap Path is: E:\Mame\snap 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: AVI Snap Path is: E:\Mame\avisnap 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Flyer Path is: E:\Mame\flyers 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Cabinet Path is: E:\Mame\cabinets 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Title Path is: E:\Mame\titles 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: PCB Path is: E:\Mame\pcb 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Artwork Preview Path is: E:\Mame\artwork 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Panel Path is: E:\Mame\cpanel 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Manual Path is: E:\Mame\Manuals 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Icon Path: Not Found 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Marquee Path is: E:\Mame\marquees 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Loading Custom Emulators 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 8: Nintendo GameBoy Mono & Color 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 9: Nintendo GameBoy Advance 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 11: Nintendo NES 15:56:28.0 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 12: Nintendo SNES 15:56:28.1 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 13: Nintendo N64 15:56:28.1 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 30: Nintendo GameBoy Advance 15:56:28.1 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 31: Nintendo GameBoy Mono & Color 15:56:28.1 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 32: Nintendo Virtual Boy 15:56:28.1 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 33: Nintendo NES 15:56:28.2 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 34: Nintendo SNES 15:56:28.2 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 35: Nintendo N64 15:56:28.2 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 36: Nintendo GameCube 15:56:28.2 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 40: Sega Game Gear 15:56:28.3 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 41: Sega Master System 15:56:28.3 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 42: Sega Mega Drive 15:56:28.3 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 43: Sega Saturn 15:56:28.3 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 44: Sega Dreamcast 15:56:28.4 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 50: Atari 5200 15:56:28.4 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 51: Atari 7800 15:56:28.4 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator 52: Atari Jaguar 15:56:28.5 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator Group 1: Sega 15:56:28.5 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator Group 2: Nintendo 15:56:28.5 28/07/2009: Loading Emulator Group 3: Atari 15:56:28.5 28/07/2009: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow 15:56:28.5 28/07/2009: Using General Font: Alien League 15:56:28.5 28/07/2009: Using Title Font: Microsoft Sans Serif 15:56:28.5 28/07/2009: Initialising DirectDraw 15:56:28.6 28/07/2009: Creating DirectDraw Device 15:56:28.6 28/07/2009: Using Device: Ultimarc ArcadeVGA2 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: 2042mb video memory available 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: Setting Resolution to 640x480 32 bit color 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: Creating Back Buffer 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: Version 2 Theme being used. Loading. 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: Loading Button Data 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: Loading Font Data 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: Loading Layout Data 15:56:28.7 28/07/2009: Loading Taskbar Data 15:56:28.8 28/07/2009: Loading graphic Surfaces 15:56:28.8 28/07/2009: Display is running at: 640x480 32bit color, 58hz 15:56:28.8 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces Flags 15:56:28.8 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 15:56:28.8 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces Volume 15:56:28.8 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces Arrows 15:56:28.8 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 15:56:28.8 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 15:56:28.8 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 15:56:28.9 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 15:56:28.9 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 15:56:28.9 28/07/2009: Creating Surface Unselected 15:56:28.9 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces Snaps 15:56:28.9 28/07/2009: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 15:56:28.9 28/07/2009: Creating Fonts 15:56:28.9 28/07/2009: Creating Game Font 15:56:29.0 28/07/2009: Creating Game Font Faded 15:56:29.0 28/07/2009: Creating Title Font 15:56:29.0 28/07/2009: Restoring Title Font From Cache 15:56:29.1 28/07/2009: Creating Font Black 15:56:29.1 28/07/2009: Creating Font Black Small 15:56:29.2 28/07/2009: Fonts Created Succesfully 15:56:29.2 28/07/2009: 2006mb video memory left available 15:56:29.2 28/07/2009: Creating instance of global keyboard hook 15:56:29.2 28/07/2009: Attempting to load game list 15:56:29.3 28/07/2009: Starting GameExtender Publisher 15:56:29.3 28/07/2009: Text/Language: English 15:56:29.3 28/07/2009: Applying Language/Text 15:56:29.3 28/07/2009: Initialising Bass Audio Library 15:56:29.4 28/07/2009: MAME CMD options: 15:56:29.4 28/07/2009: Loading last used Game List 15:56:29.5 28/07/2009: Loading Start Page 15:56:29.6 28/07/2009: Setting Music Volume 15:56:29.6 28/07/2009: Creating DirectSound Device 15:56:29.6 28/07/2009: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 15:56:29.6 28/07/2009: Loading Sound Files 15:56:29.6 28/07/2009: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 15:56:29.6 28/07/2009: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 15:56:29.6 28/07/2009: Using Device Ultimarc Ultra-Stik Player 1 15:56:29.6 28/07/2009: Using Device Ultimarc Ultra-Stik Player 2 15:56:29.6 28/07/2009: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support 15:56:29.7 28/07/2009: Initializing MCE Remote 15:56:29.7 28/07/2009: Playing intro sound file 15:56:29.7 28/07/2009: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 15:56:29.7 28/07/2009: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 15:56:30.0 28/07/2009: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 15:56:51.4 28/07/2009: Exiting GameEx! 15:56:51.4 28/07/2009: Saving Settings 15:56:52.4 28/07/2009: Disposing Plugins 15:56:52.4 28/07/2009: Closing database connection 15:56:52.5 28/07/2009: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit 15:56:52.5 28/07/2009: Launching and waiting: E:\GameEx\Utilities\RunAfter.bat I tried your test program from the 3rd or 4th post in this thread and it's working fine Any ideas? I'm running Vista x64 Thanks Stu

Having ArvadeVGA mode turned on may be your problem as you say you are using an onboard graphics card.., ArcadeVGA is a graphics card realeased by Ultimarc.com to let u play games at their native low resolutions that are unsupported by standard pc graphics cards So by turning this option on in GameEx you are telling it to play mame games at lower than 640x480 So if you turn off ArcadeVGA mode and just set mame.ini to run at 640x480 it will use that setting for everygame rather than having an separate ini for every game Stu

Have you managed to get PPjoy working with Vista x64? I've previously tried this method, though I was manually selecting the boot option myself but I still get the same installation error saying: "Error installing new device drivers. PPJoy will not be operational. You will need to manually install the device drivers." Thanks anyway, it was worth a shot Stu

Did this work Lawrence? If it did I can ask Tom to include it in the next release. Stu

Are there any alternatives to PPJoy out there? I'm running Vista x64 which won't let the driver install for PPJoy and so many games now will only let 1 player use the keyboard So far I'm thinking my only alternative is to install XP or Vista x86 or replace my keyboard encoder with a joystick encoder. I'd love to upgrade to a pair of UltraStik 360's but than means a whole new control panel Thanks Stu

I'm not at my pc to try this but last night I noticed a file in the config folder that seemed to list all the controls, maybe u can change them in there Stu

Here's the specs lifted from Steam, looks like you just over the minimum Minimum: o OS: Windows XP/Vista o Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz and up o Memory: 1 GB RAM o Graphics: DirectX 9.0c/Shader3.0 and up supported (operation on-board is not guaranteed) o Video: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and up (except for NVIDIA GeForce 7300), VRAM: 256MB and up (operation sharing with main memory is not guaranteed) o Hard Drive: 4.5 GB free hard drive space o Sound: DirectSound, DirectX9.0c Compatible Audio Recommended: o OS: Windows Vista o Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz and up o Memory: 2 GB RAM o Graphics: DirectX 9.0c/Shader3.0 and up supported (operation on-board is not guaranteed) o Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 and up, VRAM: 512MB and up (operation sharing with main memory is not guaranteed) o Hard Drive: 4.5 GB free hard drive space o Sound: DirectSound, DirectX9.0c Compatible Audio Stu

Been chatting with Andy from Ultimarc there and he reckons the latest version of the arcadeVGA supports pixel shader 3... I think it's time for an upgrade The new board is using the ATI HD 2400 chipset, which from looking online, supports pixel shader 4 and fully directx 10 compatible Stu

I gave Street Fighter IV a blast last night and I've some good and some bad news for you cabinet owners. The good news is, other than the initial launcher needing to be clicked the rest of the game is completely controlled via the keyboard or joypad, so a quick ahk script should take care launching the game. More good news is that it lets the resolution drop right down to 640x480 which is is the maximum my arcade monitor will display at. Now the bad, the Ultimarc ArcadeVGA doesn't support pixel shader 3 so I can't play it, I only get the intro movie then a black screen, but I'm sure most of the rest of you should be able to play it no problem. I was playing it on my other gaming PC and it's awesome Stu

I haven't tested it but give this version a go Stu CursorHider.rar

I'm looking for some save game files especially for Project 64 but I'm thinking it would be good to get some gathered up for other systems too Anyone now any sites? Cheers Stu

I've never had much luck with the create snaps or videos option in GameEx but I've been having pretty good success with FRAPS, it let's you assign a record key on your keyboard to start and stop recording. I also wrote a pluggin for GameEx that will automatically rename the FRAPS recording to be the same as the rom you where playing in GameEx Stu

Yeah no problem Tom Stu

I've uploaded v1.01 with the button1 disabled I'm not sure how to add application support though... Where does the plugin in system fire the event for launching an external application? I've checked the Event_EmulatorLoad and the Event_GameRun run but they don't include apllications Stu

Opps that button1 was just me testing stuff, I removed the code for it but must've forgot to remove the button I'll remove it and see about adding application support Stu

With my new found plugin skills I've created another wee plugin This one is to hide the cursor while running GameEx and emulators. I know a few of us have been using various external tools and scripts to this but I thought this would be neater and easier to set up for new people. By default the cursor will be hidden at all times in GameEx and Emulators If you go into the plugin configuration you can select any emulators that you want the cursor to be visible in or you can set it so that the cursors is visible in GameEx but then hidden when you play a game Stu CursorHider.zip