Rainy

No problem Tom, just thought I'd ask before bugging you guys too much. Basically, I ran the update list option and it did it's thing. I guess GameEx or MAME32 comes with a bunch of games already because I was only expecting one game to be listed but there was a ton. So I went to select Asteroids to play and the screen refreshes a couple time(it's black the entire time though) and I can tell it even resizes, but then it just goes back to GameEx. This happens for every game I try.

Hi, I'm new to emulators and gameex in general, but is there any step by step documentation on how to setup gameex with different emulators. I can't even get MAME32 to work playing asteroids. Here is my log.txt file: 18:05:07.0 8/12/2005: GameEx: Version 4.73: Starting Log 18:05:07.1 8/12/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 18:05:07.1 8/12/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP 18:05:07.1 8/12/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 18:05:07.1 8/12/2005: Running Randomize() 18:05:07.1 8/12/2005: Running Misc startup tasks 18:05:07.1 8/12/2005: Hiding Cursor 18:05:07.1 8/12/2005: Setting Menu types 18:05:07.1 8/12/2005: Opening Configuration File 18:05:07.1 8/12/2005: Getting Configuration Values 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Using Theme: Default - GameEx - Animated 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - GameEx - Animated 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Using Images from theme: Default - GameEx\MEDIA\ 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Text/Language: English 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Applying Language/Text 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes) 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Snap Delay set to: 1 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Is Media Center running? 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Media Center Mode 2 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 18:05:07.2 8/12/2005: Get other settings 18:05:07.3 8/12/2005: Launching HideOS.exe 18:05:08.5 8/12/2005: Hiding Taskbar 18:05:08.6 8/12/2005: Start work for Form 18:05:08.6 8/12/2005: Getting Original Screen Size 18:05:08.6 8/12/2005: Loading ICON 18:05:08.6 8/12/2005: Initializing Component 18:05:08.6 8/12/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library 18:05:08.9 8/12/2005: Loading default loading screen 18:05:08.9 8/12/2005: Using General Font: HandelGothic BT 18:05:08.9 8/12/2005: Using Title Font: HandelGothic BT 18:05:08.9 8/12/2005: Initialising DirectDraw 18:05:08.9 8/12/2005: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 18:05:09.1 8/12/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device 18:05:09.1 8/12/2005: Using Device: GIGABYTE RADEON 9600 PRO 18:05:09.3 8/12/2005: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color 18:05:10.6 8/12/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 18:05:10.6 8/12/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 18:05:10.6 8/12/2005: Creating Back Buffer 18:05:10.6 8/12/2005: Loading graphic surfaces 18:05:10.6 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 18:05:10.7 8/12/2005: Creating Surface Volume 18:05:10.7 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Arrows 18:05:10.8 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 18:05:10.8 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 18:05:10.9 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 18:05:11.9 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 18:05:12.0 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 18:05:12.0 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 18:05:12.0 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Snaps 18:05:12.0 8/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 18:05:12.2 8/12/2005: Creating Fonts 18:05:12.2 8/12/2005: Creating Menu Font 18:05:12.6 8/12/2005: Creating Game Font 18:05:13.0 8/12/2005: Creating Game Font Standard Size 18:05:13.2 8/12/2005: Creating Font Black 18:05:13.3 8/12/2005: Creating Font Black Small 18:05:13.4 8/12/2005: Creating Game Font Faded 18:05:13.7 8/12/2005: Creating Title Font 18:05:14.3 8/12/2005: MAME Path is: C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME 18:05:14.4 8/12/2005: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe 18:05:14.4 8/12/2005: ROM Path is: C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME\roms 18:05:14.4 8/12/2005: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 18:05:14.4 8/12/2005: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 18:05:14.4 8/12/2005: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 18:05:14.4 8/12/2005: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 18:05:14.4 8/12/2005: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 18:05:14.4 8/12/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file 18:05:14.4 8/12/2005: Loading Custom Emulators 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: Snap Path is: C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME\snap 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: Flyer Path is: C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME\flyers 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: Cabinet Path is: C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME\cabinets 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: Title Path is: C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME\titles 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: Panel Path: Not Found 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: Icon Path is: C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME\icons 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: Marquee Path is: C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME\marquees 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: MAME CMD options: -skip_disclaimer -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 18:05:14.6 8/12/2005: Attempting to load game list 18:05:15.0 8/12/2005: Loading last used Game List 18:05:15.0 8/12/2005: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename 18:05:15.0 8/12/2005: Creating DirectSound Device 18:05:15.0 8/12/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 18:05:15.0 8/12/2005: Loading Sound Files 18:05:15.1 8/12/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 18:05:15.1 8/12/2005: Creating ICONS 18:05:15.5 8/12/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 18:05:15.6 8/12/2005: Using Device Saitek X52 Flight Stick (USB) 18:05:15.6 8/12/2005: Playing intro sound file 18:05:15.6 8/12/2005: Initializing MCE Remote 18:05:15.6 8/12/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 18:05:15.6 8/12/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 18:05:15.8 8/12/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 18:05:29.0 8/12/2005: Running: cmd.exe /c C: C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME\Mame32.exe asteroi1 -rompath C:\Program Files\GameEx\Emu\MAME\roms -skip_disclaimer -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 18:05:51.5 8/12/2005: Exiting GameEx! 18:05:51.5 8/12/2005: Saving Settings 18:05:51.5 8/12/2005: Writing Game List to disk 18:05:53.7 8/12/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit Thanks for any help provided!