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The problem is that before changing versione it worked one day and it didn't the next one! I changed nothing to .Net or GAmeEx itself!

Some more info: setting in GameEx.ini EnableStartPage=False will work, True will work only if ShowStartPageFirst=False. The weird issue is that I can go to the main page when it works, but I cannot autoload it...

Hi all. I used GameEx a few times, but since its last usage I cannot start in anymore! I upgraded to the latest version from 7.x and I still cannot start, it returns an error after the startup screen. Here is my log, I would really like to restore it without losing my emulator configurations... is there a file or two I can reset to make it work again? 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: GameEx: Version 8.12: Starting Log 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: .net Framework 1.0 Installed 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: .net Framework 1.1 Installed 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: AMD Sempron(tm) 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: 2,4Ghz 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Running Randomize() 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Loading PlugIns 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Running Misc startup tasks 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Setting Menu types 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Opening Configuration File 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Getting Configuration Values 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Using Theme: Default - MCE Glossy 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - MCE Glossy 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Launching HideOS.exe 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Arcade Mode is on 04:21:03.8 16/05/2007: Hiding Taskbar 04:21:03.9 16/05/2007: Is Media Center running? 04:21:03.9 16/05/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 04:21:03.9 16/05/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 04:21:03.9 16/05/2007: Media Center Mode 2 04:21:03.9 16/05/2007: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 04:21:03.9 16/05/2007: Snap Delay set to: 1 04:21:03.9 16/05/2007: Get other settings 04:21:03.9 16/05/2007: Start work for Form 04:21:04.0 16/05/2007: Getting Original Screen Size 04:21:04.0 16/05/2007: Opening Database Connection 04:21:04.1 16/05/2007: Initializing Component 04:21:04.2 16/05/2007: MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32 04:21:04.2 16/05/2007: MAME EXE file is: mame32.exe 04:21:04.2 16/05/2007: ROM Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\roms 04:21:04.2 16/05/2007: Catver.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 04:21:04.2 16/05/2007: controls.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 04:21:04.2 16/05/2007: History.dat is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 04:21:04.2 16/05/2007: nplayers.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 04:21:04.2 16/05/2007: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Loading Controls.ini map file 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\snap 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: AVI Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\avisnap 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Flyer Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\flyers 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Cabinet Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cabinets 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Title Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\titles 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Panel Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cpanel 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Manual Path: Not Found 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Icon Path: Not Found 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Marquee Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\marquees 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Loading Custom Emulators 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 6: PC Apps 04:21:04.3 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 10: WinKawaks 04:21:04.4 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 11: Sony Playstation (ePSXe) 04:21:04.5 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 12: Nintendo SNES (ZSNES) 04:21:04.5 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 13: Nintendo NES (VirtuaNES) 04:21:04.6 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 14: Nintendo NES (NEStopia) 04:21:04.7 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 15: Nintendo GameBoy Advance (VBA) 04:21:04.7 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 16: Nintendo DS (DeSmuME) 04:21:04.7 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 17: Nintendo N64 (Project 64) 04:21:04.8 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 18: PC Games 04:21:04.8 16/05/2007: Loading Emulator 19: Microsoft DOS (DOSBox) 04:21:05.0 16/05/2007: Using 2D Animations 04:21:05.0 16/05/2007: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 04:21:05.0 16/05/2007: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 04:21:05.0 16/05/2007: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -video d3d 04:21:05.0 16/05/2007: Attempting to load game list 04:21:05.3 16/05/2007: Initialising DirectDraw 04:21:05.4 16/05/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device 04:21:05.4 16/05/2007: Using Device: Primary Display Driver 04:21:05.4 16/05/2007: 62mb video memory available 04:21:05.5 16/05/2007: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color 04:21:05.5 16/05/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 04:21:05.5 16/05/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 04:21:05.5 16/05/2007: Creating Back Buffer 04:21:05.5 16/05/2007: Loading graphic Surfaces 04:21:05.6 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 04:21:05.8 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces Volume 04:21:05.8 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces Arrows 04:21:06.0 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 04:21:06.0 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 04:21:06.3 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 04:21:06.7 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 04:21:06.7 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 04:21:06.8 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 04:21:06.8 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces Snaps 04:21:06.9 16/05/2007: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 04:21:07.4 16/05/2007: Creating Fonts 04:21:07.4 16/05/2007: Creating Menu Font 04:21:07.6 16/05/2007: Creating Game Font 04:21:07.7 16/05/2007: Creating Font Black 04:21:07.9 16/05/2007: Creating Font Black Small 04:21:08.0 16/05/2007: Creating Game Font Faded 04:21:08.1 16/05/2007: Creating Title Font 04:21:08.8 16/05/2007: Fonts Created Succesfully 04:21:08.8 16/05/2007: 33mb video memory left available 04:21:31.9 16/05/2007: Text/Language: English 04:21:31.9 16/05/2007: Applying Language/Text 04:21:31.9 16/05/2007: Initialising Bass Audio Library 04:21:32.2 16/05/2007: Running: mame32.exe -help 04:21:32.2 16/05/2007: Running: C: C:\Emulators\Mame32\mame32.exe -help > C:\Emulators\Mame32\help.txt 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: Detected MAME Version as: 0.109 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: Now Outputing mame32.exe - Help 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: --BEGIN-- 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: M.A.M.E. v0.109 (Oct 1 2006) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: Copyright (C) 1997-2006 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken. 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: Usage: MAME gamename [options] 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: --END-- 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: Loading last used Game List 04:21:33.0 16/05/2007: Loading Start Page 04:21:33.3 16/05/2007: Error: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: Argument 'Array' is Nothing. 04:21:33.8 16/05/2007: at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Information.UBound(Array Array, Int32 Rank) 04:21:33.8 16/05/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.loadstartpage(Int32 Menu) 04:21:33.8 16/05/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.InitGameEx(Boolean reinit, String ctheme, Boolean nohideos) 04:21:33.8 16/05/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform..ctor() 04:21:33.8 16/05/2007: Closing database connection 04:21:33.8 16/05/2007: GameEx is exiting with errors 04:21:35.3 16/05/2007: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

I can confirm that it works ok with the old 66.XY drivers. I really hope they can fix the bug in the 90 series drivers!

The FAQ says you need the old drivers for cards up to GeForce 3. I'll try them anyway, but I shall lose MCE Certified Drivers which, in my case (GeForce 4), resolve a graphical tearing issue on non DX9 cards. I will eventually report if those drivers worked for me, so maybe this can complete the FAQ.

I'm using the latest 91.9x (?) MCE driver from NVidia (I was previously using the XP version with the same consequences), the FAQ talked about other versions and the same driver (XP Version) works nicely with my 6600 GT. From a feature point of view my cheap GeForce 4 should be no worse than your GeForce 3, so this is puzzling me a bit. If I could keep this card I'd be quite happy as re recent drivers added MCE compatibility which was not there before with the same drivers and with the same version for standard XP (full screen random glitches due to dx9 calls in fullscreen mode). This problem is really bothering me, at first I was quite sure that GameEx had some kind of very basic and light interface that would not result in being anywhere near heavy but unfortunately it's not like that! :'(

OK, time to go for a cheap passive DX9 card to get 100% MCE compatibility

Hi all, I recently installed GameEx on my HTPC ([email protected], 1GB, Geforce 4 MX 440 64 MB) with both .net frameworks 2.0 and 3.0. With versions 7.09 and the latest 7.52, there is no way I can get a decent performance in the main menu of GameEx. I tried everything posted in the performance topic but it won't help, I get between 4 and 10 FPS and never more@ 100% CPU or less (if I set some sleep). On my main PC (Ath64 [email protected]) it works like a charm but I don't understand why it's not running on the first computer... any hint? Thanks!