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I'm not sure how to make it print a log, is there an option somewhere and I will post it, thanks

ok, how do I set up the built in viewer then, when I go to the control panel tab in the game menu it just replays the game video

they are named the same as the games

Two things going on, one the sorting options are not working for me (ie no mahjong, no shooting games etc) in the options. Second the controls png's are all in a folder called controls and gameex points to that folder in the settings but when I hover over control's in a game selection it plays the video and doesnt show the arcade controls. All the other options (cabinet etc) work fine. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

thanks, I appreciate it. I was hoping I wouldnt step on any toes. No its completely for home use lol.

Hello, hope this isnt a taboo subject for a post. Either way I built an arcade cabinet a few years ago and paid for a fully registered version of gameex. I'm not great at computers but I worked my way through getting everything to work, barely. I only use maybe 1% of the features of gameex and would love to unlock its full potential. I'm also now having problems where when the mame game starts it is so dark I can barely make anything out, and it only happens in game. I have a fully upgraded gameex installation and a fully upgraded xp computer. Basically what I'm looking for is someone who is very familiar with all the ins and outs of this front end and enjoys messing with these kinds of things. I live in vegas but have logmein on the arcade cabinet (works great). I'm hoping I can get someone that wouldnt mind taking some time to mess with all the little configurations and tweaks to get everything the way I want it. I'm very willing to pay a fair wage and maybe do an ongoing tech support thing for me lol. If anyone at all is interested please email me at davidsapper@gmail.com Now I know a few people will chime in that its so easy, its a waste ect. But please understand I'm at a point in my life where I dont have the time or energy to expend making this right and I'm at the point if I cant I'm going to sell the cabinet which I hate to do. So its either this or nothing for me. Thanks, hope someone jumps on this!

Full installer for gameex or mame?

Hey, I'm getting this error on the log pasted at the bottom So, I've had gameex installed and running for a few years now (purchased full version) with no issues. I recently updated all my roms and was updating mame at the same time. I copied mame into the same folder and made sure gameex was still pointing towards the emulator... Restart gameex and get this issue.. I just updated directx9 like it suggested, and nothing. Any help would be greatly appriciated 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: GameEx: Version 10.06: Starting Log 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: Operating System Name: Windows XP 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: .net Framework 1.1 Installed 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 1022MB 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: 3Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: Running Randomize() 07:55:26.5 5/5/2009: Loading PlugIns 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Running Misc startup tasks 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Setting Menu types 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Opening Configuration File 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Getting Configuration Values 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Using Theme: Default - Default - Animated 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default - Animated 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Using Images from theme: Default - Default\MEDIA\ 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Launching HideOS.exe 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance) 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Hiding Taskbar 07:55:26.6 5/5/2009: Using Cabinet Friendly Control System 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Is Media Center running? 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Media Center Mode 2 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Snap Delay set to: 3 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Get other settings 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: SlikStik support enabled 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Using DirectInput for keyboard input 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Start work for Form 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Getting Original Screen Size 07:55:26.7 5/5/2009: Opening Database Connection 07:55:27.0 5/5/2009: Initializing Component 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Retrieving resolution setting 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: MAME Path is: C:\emulation\mame\emulator 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: daphne Path is: C:\emulation\laserdisk\EMULATOR 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: daphne EXE file is: Daphne.exe 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Use daphne on. Daphne.exe will launch games 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: ROM Paths are: C:\emulation\mame\emulator\roms;C:\emulation\mame\emulator\roms 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Loading Controls.ini map file 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Snap Path is: C:\emulation\mame\emulator\snap 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Flyer Path is: C:\emulation\mame\emulator\flyers 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Cabinet Path is: C:\emulation\mame\emulator\cabinets 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Title Path: Not Found 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: PCB Path: Not Found 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Panel Path is: C:\emulation\mame\emulator\cpanel 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Manual Path: Not Found 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Icon Path: Not Found 07:55:27.1 5/5/2009: Marquee Path is: C:\emulation\mame\emulator\marquees 07:55:27.2 5/5/2009: Loading Custom Emulators 07:55:27.4 5/5/2009: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow 07:55:27.4 5/5/2009: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 07:55:27.4 5/5/2009: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 07:55:27.4 5/5/2009: Initialising DirectDraw 07:55:27.4 5/5/2009: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 07:55:29.7 5/5/2009: Creating DirectDraw Device 07:55:29.7 5/5/2009: Using Device: RADEON 9550 07:55:29.8 5/5/2009: 0mb video memory available 07:55:30.3 5/5/2009: Setting Resolution to 640x432 32 bit color 07:55:30.3 5/5/2009: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 07:55:30.3 5/5/2009: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 07:55:30.3 5/5/2009: Creating Back Buffer 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: --**-- 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: Error: Value does not fall within the expected range. 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.CreateSurfaceFromHBitmap(IDirectDrawSurface 7** lppSurf, HBITMAP__* hbm, SurfaceDescription desc, Device dev) 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface..ctor(Bitmap source, SurfaceDescription desc, Device dev) 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: at j.a(Surface& A_0, String A_1, SurfaceDescription A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4) 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: at j.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5) 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: at j.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2) 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: at j..ctor() 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: It was detected you experienced a DirectX error. 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: Please note the following for possible solutions to your problem: 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: 1. Ensure you have the latest version of DirectX installed. 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: 2. Ensure you have the latest Manufacturer provided video card drivers. 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: NOTE: Windows/Microsoft Update does not contain the latest. 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: NOTE: Manufacturer normally means ATI, NVidia, or Intel. Not the brand. 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: www.ati.com www.nvidia.com 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: 3. If you do not have a modern video card try the following. 1. Turn off advanced Graphics. 2. Try a lower resolution. 3. Try turning on and using 16-bit colour 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: 4. Ensure any required video codecs are installed. 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: 5. Try a different theme, or try running the theme at the resolution it was designed for 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: 6. Try the latest version of GameEx. GameEx is updated all the time. 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: 7. If you performed an auto update to this version. Try performing a manual download and install. 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: 07:55:30.4 5/5/2009: Closing database connection 07:55:30.5 5/5/2009: Disposing Plugins 07:55:30.5 5/5/2009: GameEx is exiting with errors 07:55:30.5 5/5/2009: Deleting search cache 07:55:32.1 5/5/2009: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING