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got it. thanks jeff

"You need to set emulators to run DirectX full screen. Either that or use the ShowDesktop setting." How do i do that? I mean the DirectX part? thanks, Jeff

no dice, didn't work. my setup below dir - snaps (holds still pics of ROMS) dir - video snaps (holds AVI footage of ROMS) I have (in SNES GameEx Config) snaps path to the snaps directory and the video path to the video snaps. I am missing something here. any ideas. thanks, jeff

same here, since new version of Gameex, i get sound but no video on NES and SNES

i have a bunch of AVIs for the ROMS i have in my collection. Can someone out there tell me how to make them play in GAMEex when i highlight the ROM or however people in here get it play. thanks, jeff

thanks a ton, that did it

can someone tell me how to get fceu to go into fullscreen. I have the settings in the video box to go fullscreen when rom loaded. When gameex triggers a game in fceu the game starts in fullscreen, but then 2-3 seconds later the title and menu bar appear on top of fceu. Anyone got a fix for this. I am lost. thanks, jeff

i did the light install so i could make it more seemless into MCE2k5. Everything looks correct so far it is just that MAME doesn't show up as a emulator choice and i have it enabled. Could someone lead me to how to get MAME to pop up along side of my other emulators. EX. Nintendo 64 Sega Genesis Nintendo Super Nintendo Atari 2600 Atari 5200 MAME <<<---- This is what i would like to see. thanks, jeff

I have FCU i think and have tried nestcle with no sucess. Can someone out there tell me the NES emulator that works best with GameEx and is easy to work with? Also tell which version number if you don't mind. thanks, jeff

GOT IT!!!! looks like all the emulators had the setting 'ROM in folders' checked to 'YES' and i changed it to 'NO' and all it well. Thanks for the help. jeff

should there be a listing for 'update list' inside of the other emulator categories or is the update list under mame a global that finds all? the reason i ask is when i go into the listing for N64 or SNES, the only option it gives me is to create snaps. thanks, jeff

alright, that fixed mame, but what do i need to do about the other emulators. I can't get any of their roms to pop up when i choose. 'emulated games' and then say 'N64' any ideas. I am pretty sure i have the most up to date versions of those emulators. thanks for the help. jeff

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: GameEx: Version 4.07: Starting Log 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Running Randomize() 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Running Misc startup tasks 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Hiding Cursor 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Setting Menu types 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Opening Configuration File 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Getting Configuration Values 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Using Theme: Default - Default 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default 09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Applying Language/Text 09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Snap Delay set to: 2 09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Is Media Center running? 09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Media Center Mode 2 09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Get other settings 09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Launching HideOS.exe 09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Hiding Taskbar 09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Start work for Form 09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Getting Original Screen Size 09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Loading ICON 09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Initializing Component 09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Initialising DirectDraw 09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device 09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color 09:50:31.2 6/28/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 09:50:31.2 6/28/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 09:50:31.3 6/28/2005: Creating Back Buffer 09:50:31.3 6/28/2005: Loading graphic surfaces 09:50:32.5 6/28/2005: Creating Fonts 09:50:32.5 6/28/2005: Creating Menu Font 09:50:32.6 6/28/2005: Creating Game Font 09:50:32.7 6/28/2005: Creating Menu Font Standard Size 09:50:33.2 6/28/2005: Creating Font Black 09:50:33.3 6/28/2005: Creating Font Black Small 09:50:33.4 6/28/2005: Creating Game Font Faded 09:50:33.5 6/28/2005: Creating Title Font 09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: Initialising Windows Media Player Component 09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: MAME Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32 09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: MAME EXE file is: mame32.exe 09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: ROM Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\roms 09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 09:50:33.8 6/28/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file 09:50:33.8 6/28/2005: Loading Custom Emulators 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Snap Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\snap 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: AVI Snap Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\snap 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Flyer Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\flyers 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Cabinet Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\cabinets 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Title Path: Not Found 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Panel Path: Not Found 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Icon Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\icons 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Marquee Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\marquees 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: MAME CMD options: -skip_disclaimer -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Attempting to load game list 09:50:34.0 6/28/2005: Running: mame32.exe -help 09:50:34.0 6/28/2005: Running: D: D:\Emulation\Mame32\mame32.exe -help > D:\Emulation\Mame32\help.txt 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: Now Outputing mame32.exe - Help 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: --BEGIN-- 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: M.A.M.E. v0.62 (Nov 13 2002) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: Copyright © 1997-2002 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken. 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: Usage: MAME gamename [options] 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -list for a brief list of supported games 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -listfull for a full list of supported games 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: See readme.txt for a complete list of options. 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: --END-- 09:50:34.4 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.4 6/28/2005: 09:50:34.4 6/28/2005: Loading last used Game List 09:50:34.4 6/28/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library 09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: Creating DirectSound Device 09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: Loading Sound Files 09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: Creating ICONS 09:50:36.2 6/28/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 09:50:36.2 6/28/2005: Playing Startup Video 09:50:36.3 6/28/2005: Playing intro sound file 09:50:36.3 6/28/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 09:50:36.3 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 09:50:36.3 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Getting Tick count 09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Checking for song change 09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Front buffer exists? 09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Surfaces need restore? 09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Checking Joystick for input 09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Drawing Background 09:50:36.6 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Flipping Surfaces 09:50:36.6 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 09:50:43.3 6/28/2005: Updating MAME Game List 09:50:43.3 6/28/2005: Running: D: D:\Emulation\Mame32\mame32.exe -listxml > D:\Emulation\Mame32\listinfo.dat 09:50:43.7 6/28/2005: Opening Listinfo.dat 09:50:45.3 6/28/2005: Reading ListInfo.dat 09:50:45.4 6/28/2005: Reading ListInfo.dat - DONE 09:50:45.4 6/28/2005: Processing ListInfo.dat 09:50:45.5 6/28/2005: Listinfo.dat Processing Complete 09:50:45.7 6/28/2005: Sorting MAME Game List 09:50:45.8 6/28/2005: Adding History.dat info to gamelist 09:50:48.7 6/28/2005: Adding Catver.ini info to gamelist 09:50:52.0 6/28/2005: Adding Nplayers.ini info to gamelist 09:50:55.3 6/28/2005: Writing MAME Game List To File 09:50:59.1 6/28/2005: Adding MAMEInfo.dat info to gamelist 09:51:08.0 6/28/2005: Updating Year List 09:51:08.1 6/28/2005: Updating Manufacturer List 09:51:08.3 6/28/2005: Updating Category List 09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Writing Year List To File 09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Writing Manufacturer List To File 09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Writing Category List To File 09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Recreating ICONS 09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Loading Game List 09:51:14.5 6/28/2005: Exiting GameEx! 09:51:14.5 6/28/2005: Saving Settings 09:51:14.6 6/28/2005: Media Center was not open when starting GameEx, so not launching

got the latest version of GameEx and installed on a MCE2k5 box in the house so I and son can play games from my era instead of the new stuff. I have used older versions of GameEx in the past without any problems. Got a new MCE2k5 box and wanted to get it running as well. and on to the point...... I can't get this to work at all. I even installed newest updates of 1. Mame32 2. Advance Mame 3. ZNes 4. Project 64 5. WGens I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times trying to get this to work and have had no luck. The is the specs of my latest try. New install of GameEx. Have run the 'Easy Config' program in GameEx and set the directories for Mame32. When I start GameEx, it shows the update list command, but when I run it, it never finds any ROMS. I have triple checked everything is correct and I am now at a loss as to how to get the ROMS to pop up. I will worry about the other emulators later, they are all doing the same thing. I am sure the directories are correct, so i have no clue what I am missing. Please, anyone out there that can help me I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Jeff