Paco62

I am building my Arcade Cab computer and was going to put on MCE 2005 so I can utilize all of GameEX, but I heard that it is a system resources hog. I am putting in an Athlon 3700 in order to help with some of the newer fighting games, but don't want to use MCE if I am shooting myself in the foot by using MCE. This Cab will solely be for emulating games, with maybe some jukebox capabilities and photo slideshows. I am not going to be watching movies or recording TV. Thanks for your opinions...

Right on. I will check into that. Thanks.

I have the MAME Screensaver and when I run Musicmatch Jukebox, if I step away for awhile with music playing and the screensaver kicks on, it distorts the music. When I come back, the screensaver will be on and the music will sound garbled. If I press stop and then play again, it plays fine. Anybody else have a conflict with MMJukebox and the screensaver or any ideas on how to fix it? Thanks.

Thanks, both of you. I am looking forward to the new area. Once again, the community benefits from your (now both of you) dedication. (Do I sound like a suck-a$%?)

I really like that idea, as I would like to learn how to do it but don't even have a cluse as to where to start.

Thanks. Looks like I will trudge through the process. I've got a Slikstik coming and want to be able to use it for ZiNc.

Currently, I am using: AMD Athlon XP2800+ 400MHZ FSB 1GB DDR 3200 RAM NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 8X AGP and I can run most everything smoothly, including ZiNc (with the exception of Tekken 3, which runs at 45-50 FPS). That being said, there are games, like NFL Blitz that I am not sure are playable even with the top-end computers. I agree with djrobx on the price/performance ratio. If you can swing it, it's worth the loot.

Alright, last but not least. I am stumped on how to get ZiNc to use the same keyboard and joystick settings as MAME does. Can anybody throw me a bone, please?

Well, first I apologize for wasting anybody's time. I figured out how to change the .cfg file, but it still just goes blank and then goes back to the selection screen. Any ideas?

I have Zinc config'd the way people have written about on this forum, but when I load a game through MAME (or when I tried it through Playstation Games), the screen goes black, it pauses for a few seconds and then goes back to the game description screen. I've set it up like this: UseZinc=True ZincEXE=zinc.exe ZincPath=C:\Program Files\Emulators\Zinc ZincOptions=--renderer=.\renderer.znc and I've seen a couple posts about this: Have you got: FullScreen = 1 in renderer.cfg? ...but I don't know how to check the renderer.cfg file. Can someone please help me? Thanks in advance for your patience and help.

MAN, I can hardly play any of my games because I am always messing around with the new updates!!! Thanks again for all your hard work. Every release has something great that I enjoy. Anxious to see how PinMame works with a gamepad (while I wait FOREVER for my SlikStik to come it).

Just wanted to drop a line and say thank you, not only to Tom Speirs, but to eveyone that contributes to this forum. I am active in several forums on different subjects, and the biggest problem I have (and what keeps me from posting most of the time) is the arrogance that seems to be prevelant in most forums. People are quick to jump down others throats for asking the wrong question or if they are suspected of "not doing their work" before posting an issue or a question. In this forum, however, there seems to be an air of patience and community and I think that is very important and much appreciated. I know I've posted more than once and thought to myself later that that was a silly post, but I've never felt that from anybody else in this community. Sorry to wax so long on the subject, but I feel it is important. Thanks again.

Thanks, everyone!

First, this screensaver is fantastic. I have poker nights and like to have the attract mode playing while we play cards, but I also listen to music and sometimes want to be more selective about my tunes than using the playlist function in GameEX. This way, I can play individual albums and still have the attract mode playing. Thanks for your hard work. I know this was touched on in the first topic for this forum, but it would be nice to implement the game manager functions that you have in GameEX. I also have this screensaver on my laptop at work and it would be nice to filter out the Adult Games so I don't have to explain why "Boobie Tetris" showed up on my computer while I was out getting coffee. Right now, I am having to filter through the ROMS and delete the ones that are of ill repute. I think someone else mentioned being able to have only your favorites list play as well. That would be nice. I'm sure these are already on the burners, but wanted to mentiion it as well. Thanks again.

This is probably a silly newbie question, but where do I add the command lines? In GameEX, or in MAME32?

Sounds cool, but when I google for MAME Screensaver, the only similar thing I can find is Any Saver. Is this what you are talking about?

I have changed from the "video fun" theme and have had no further hang ups when GameEx is starting, with or without the jukebox.

Please disregard my previous post, as I am haning up at the startup screen again. This is with the jukebox disabled and happens even if the computer is warmed up. I have not added any software and am confused by this. I have been able to exit GameEx, though, instead of having to shut down the computer. The log doesn't give me any clues, it's very similar to the one I posted earlier. Here is that last of the log from my current hang up. 05:07:00.6 7/28/2005: Loading last used Game List 05:07:01.0 7/28/2005: Loading Music Play List 05:07:04.1 7/28/2005: Creating DirectSound Device 05:07:04.1 7/28/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 05:07:04.1 7/28/2005: Loading Sound Files 05:07:04.2 7/28/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 05:07:04.2 7/28/2005: Creating ICONS 05:07:04.2 7/28/2005: Restoring Cached ICONS from File 05:07:05.7 7/28/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 05:07:06.3 7/28/2005: Using Device Logitech RumblePad 2 USB 05:07:06.4 7/28/2005: Playing Startup Video 05:07:06.4 7/28/2005: Playing intro sound file 05:07:06.4 7/28/2005: Initializing MCE Remote 05:07:06.4 7/28/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 05:07:06.4 7/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 05:07:06.7 7/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 05:07:44.6 7/28/2005: Exiting GameEx! 05:07:44.6 7/28/2005: Saving Settings 05:07:44.6 7/28/2005: Writing Game List to disk 05:07:48.0 7/28/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

I finally had a chance to try the last VPAuto that Tom added to this thread and everything works perfectly. Thanks Tom, and eveyone else, for your help.

Alright. I've been hanging up again when GameEX tries to start, but I went back and turned off the jukebox function and now everything works fine all the time. I don't know if it is because my songs are on a different drive or because my playlists are extremelly large, but that seemed to fix my problem.

Alright, here is the log. It will generally hang and I can't exit the program, though the cursor will move around. I can't exit using Ctrl+Alt+Delete either. I generally have to turn the machine off. Sometimes if I let it sit, the monitor will go black and click like it's trying to change resolutions. Anyway, hope this helps. Thanks for your help. 21:32:02.3 7/25/2005: GameEx: Version 4.68: Starting Log 21:32:02.4 7/25/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 21:32:02.4 7/25/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP 21:32:02.4 7/25/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 21:32:02.4 7/25/2005: Running Randomize() 21:32:02.4 7/25/2005: Running Misc startup tasks 21:32:02.4 7/25/2005: Hiding Cursor 21:32:02.4 7/25/2005: Setting Menu types 21:32:02.4 7/25/2005: Opening Configuration File 21:32:02.4 7/25/2005: Getting Configuration Values 21:32:02.5 7/25/2005: Using Theme: Default - Video Fun 21:32:02.5 7/25/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Video Fun 21:32:02.5 7/25/2005: Text/Language: English 21:32:02.6 7/25/2005: Applying Language/Text 21:32:02.7 7/25/2005: Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes) 21:32:02.8 7/25/2005: Snap Delay set to: 2 21:32:02.8 7/25/2005: Is Media Center running? 21:32:02.8 7/25/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 21:32:02.8 7/25/2005: Media Center Mode 2 21:32:02.8 7/25/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 21:32:02.8 7/25/2005: Get other settings 21:32:02.9 7/25/2005: Launching HideOS.exe 21:32:05.8 7/25/2005: Hiding Taskbar 21:32:05.8 7/25/2005: Start work for Form 21:32:05.8 7/25/2005: Getting Original Screen Size 21:32:05.8 7/25/2005: Loading ICON 21:32:05.8 7/25/2005: Initializing Component 21:32:05.9 7/25/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library 21:32:06.6 7/25/2005: Using General Font: Comic Sans MS 21:32:06.6 7/25/2005: Using Title Font: Comic Sans MS 21:32:06.6 7/25/2005: Initialising DirectDraw 21:32:06.7 7/25/2005: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 21:32:06.9 7/25/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device 21:32:07.0 7/25/2005: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color 21:32:07.6 7/25/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 21:32:07.6 7/25/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 21:32:07.7 7/25/2005: Creating Back Buffer 21:32:07.7 7/25/2005: Loading graphic surfaces 21:32:13.4 7/25/2005: Creating Fonts 21:32:13.4 7/25/2005: Creating Menu Font 21:32:14.3 7/25/2005: Creating Game Font 21:32:14.8 7/25/2005: Creating Menu Font Standard Size 21:32:15.2 7/25/2005: Creating Font Black 21:32:15.3 7/25/2005: Creating Font Black Small 21:32:15.4 7/25/2005: Creating Game Font Faded 21:32:15.8 7/25/2005: Creating Title Font 21:32:17.1 7/25/2005: Initialising Windows Media Player Component 21:32:20.1 7/25/2005: MAME Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32 21:32:20.2 7/25/2005: daphne Path is: C:\Daphne 21:32:20.2 7/25/2005: daphne EXE file is: Daphne.exe 21:32:20.2 7/25/2005: Use daphne on. Daphne.exe will launch games 21:32:20.3 7/25/2005: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe 21:32:20.3 7/25/2005: ROM Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\roms 21:32:20.3 7/25/2005: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 21:32:20.3 7/25/2005: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 21:32:20.4 7/25/2005: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 21:32:20.4 7/25/2005: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 21:32:20.4 7/25/2005: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 21:32:20.4 7/25/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file 21:32:20.5 7/25/2005: Loading Custom Emulators 21:32:20.5 7/25/2005: Loading Emulator 3: Pinball Games 21:32:20.6 7/25/2005: Validating: Emulator_3: Snap Path: C:\Pinball\Pinmame\snap 21:32:20.6 7/25/2005: Validating: Emulator_3: Title Snap Path: C:\Pinball\Pinmame\snap 21:32:20.6 7/25/2005: Validating: Emulator_3: Box Art Path: 21:32:20.6 7/25/2005: Warning: Emulator_3: Box Art Path Does not exist 21:32:20.6 7/25/2005: Validating: Emulator_3: Cart Art Path: 21:32:20.6 7/25/2005: Warning: Emulator_3: Cart Art Path Does not exist 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: Snap Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\snap 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: AVI Snap Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\videos 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: Flyer Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\flyers 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: Cabinet Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\cabinets 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: Title Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\titles 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: Panel Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\cpanel 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: Icon Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\icons 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: Marquee Path is: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\marquees 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: MAME CMD options: -skip_disclaimer -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 21:32:21.1 7/25/2005: Attempting to load game list 21:32:21.4 7/25/2005: Running: Mame32.exe -help 21:32:21.4 7/25/2005: Running: C: C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\Mame32.exe -help > C:\Documents and Settings\Toby and Vicki Gee\Desktop\Downloads\Programs\MAME32\Mame32\help.txt 21:32:22.8 7/25/2005: 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: Now Outputing Mame32.exe - Help 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: --BEGIN-- 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: M.A.M.E. v0.96u4 (May 30 2005) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: Copyright © 1997-2005 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken. 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: Usage: MAME gamename [options] 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: MAME -list for a brief list of supported games 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: MAME -listfull for a full list of supported games 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options 21:32:22.9 7/25/2005: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options 21:32:23.0 7/25/2005: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini 21:32:23.0 7/25/2005: 21:32:23.0 7/25/2005: For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt 21:32:23.0 7/25/2005: 21:32:23.0 7/25/2005: --END-- 21:32:23.0 7/25/2005: 21:32:23.0 7/25/2005: 21:32:23.0 7/25/2005: Loading last used Game List 21:32:23.5 7/25/2005: Loading music from Windows Media Player 21:32:39.9 7/25/2005: Creating DirectSound Device 21:32:39.9 7/25/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 21:32:39.9 7/25/2005: Loading Sound Files 21:32:40.0 7/25/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 21:32:40.0 7/25/2005: Creating ICONS 21:32:40.1 7/25/2005: Restoring Cached ICONS from File 21:32:41.6 7/25/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 21:32:41.7 7/25/2005: Using Device Logitech RumblePad 2 USB 21:32:41.8 7/25/2005: Playing Startup Video 21:32:41.8 7/25/2005: Playing intro sound file 21:32:41.8 7/25/2005: Initializing MCE Remote 21:32:41.8 7/25/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 21:32:41.8 7/25/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 21:32:42.1 7/25/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

Sorry, I've been out of town. Next time this happens I will post the log. Thanks.

One thing I've noticed is that when I boot up my computer and then run GameEx, it will lock up on the opening sequence, when the first graphic shows up. It didn't used to do this on the older version. It appears that if I let my computer sit for a few minutes, it doesn't tend to hang up, but I haven't played around with it enough to know for sure if that is the case.

Added new vpauto.exe and it switches from Pinmame back to GameEx just fine, but leaves "Quit to Editor" and the table still running on the desktop. MapKeys are set to false. Am I just missing something here?

My GameEx is running under C:\Program files\gameex, could that be part of my problem with the "quit to editor"? That would certainly suck to have to reinstall everything, but If that will get it working correctly, I guess it's time to bite bullet...