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Wow, that "feature" wouldn't get annoying to friends and family.

I was able to get the theme I've been working on (based on the Ambient Occlusion theme) more to my liking, and all of a sudden I can't see any background (startbak.png, etc.). No files have been moved, and I've verified the filenames. Any thoughts or suggestions? Theme.ini

Well, I'm not sure where I'm at at this point I was able to remove the underline, so that is fixed! I've got a new one though, so I'd say mark this one as resolved... I'll pose the new question in a new topic. Thank you!

Thanks for the replies, folks. I had looked at the Unselected and cleared it out, but found that it wasn't applying. After review I'm sure I did this to myself... I made a copy of the entire Ambient Occusion directory and was editing and using that one instead. For some reason it didn't seem to update consistently, so I'm assuming there's some sort of path in there possibly hardcoded? Not sure and haven't had time to investigate much yet, but after copying my changes from the copied directory back to the original it seems that the updates are now applying. Thanks again!

I'd like to get a screenshot but have not had luck getting it. Anyhow, the menu in my theme is laid out properly it seems, but there are underlines between each list item, and they stretch all the way to the right side. Anyone know how to get rid of them? I'm bastardizing the Ambient Occlusion theme. Edit: Here it is:

If you mean an actual shell replacement, I'd say run away from that idea at this point. In the past it made sense and was a lot less likely to blow things up. Now you're playing with fire. Duglim's approach is the safest route.

Thanks, Draco. I did try that, but never got any background even after changing the view for around 20 mins. I'm thinking Adultery's explanation explains why I'm not getting anywhere

LOL So I guess I didn't get that part, Adultery I am pretty sure I am getting what you're saying this time. We'll see when I get home!

No, I've got that part. I am going into the "All Games" section for Mame - sorry for not being more clear on that!

I'm working on building a theme based off the Carbon theme, and one thing that I can't figure out is why I can't seem to apply a background to the all games menu. The foreground "frame" shows up, but it seems as though the game backgrounds are overriding the background that I've specified. I tried to adjust it so the foreground frame included the background, but that didn't seem to do anything. I did click "Edit" to ensure that I was editing the right graphic filename. I'm betting that there has to be a setting that I've chosen that overrides the theme background with the specific game one, but I've yet to find it. The backgrounds do show up for other parts of GameEx, this seems specific to the All Games page. Any thoughts or recommendations? Banging my head against the wall isn't helping... much.

Thank you - I'll give that a try!

I've yet to build a favorites list and wanted to see if there's an app out there for selecting games that you want in a favorites list, vs. visiting each game info and adding to favorites, etc. I know ROMlister can categorize games based on different criteria, but as this one involves personal favorites I don't know if that would apply. Any recommendations? How did you all build your lists?

You need Windows first, and the Raspberry Pi is not going to run that. While admirable, there is no way you'll get from here to there using that approach.

You really helped me today, I appreciate it! The knowledge that there was a difference between AdvanceMame and Advance Mame (as it shows in Gamex Setup here) helped give perspective. I put in a command-line version of 157 that Jumpstile had put together, and voila - after an update list I can finally see Galaga! Thank you very much - it literally is one of the most important ones for me as it's my dad's (senior citizen) favorite and I am looking forward to setting him loose on it!

I think this is where I headed down the wrong path. Re-checking now. Is it ok to use the version I'm using though (MameUIfx), or should I be throwing in a command-line exe only?

The look would be funny for me too had the links literally not had the word integrated" anywhere in them, nor does it come up with a result if I use "integrated" via search either.

Thanks for responding! I've tried a couple different ways but nothing seems to matter. AdvanceMame isn't currently enabled and I removed the emulator for Mame after seeing your post. I don't really understand the integrated support sentence, though - how would I just go with integrated support? A link to the doc if you've seen it would be more than enough!

I have combed through I think every bit of documentation out there over a period of months and have finally decided to ask someone with the risk of having missed something silly. I am trying to see Galaga in GameEx and have yet to find a way. I have updated the game list in GameEx after making different filtering changes and it seems to not matter at all. I am using MameUIfx. I can see it and launch it in MameUIfx if I click on it there, but the game list never shows Galaga. I have added galaga to the "Don't filter these ROMs" list: pacman;splatter;galaga;mspacmnf I have tried turning off game filtering completely and it did not seem to do anything. I have gone so far as to sacrificing a chicken and one small goat. No change. Any ideas? (Update: Mame64 ver 0.157) Arcade.ini GameEx.ini

Thank you, Tom!

I have looked at it but not tried it yet. I'm on the same page, though, in that I am concerned about adding too many things in - not due to power, but more based out of overcomplicating! I'll take a shot at it today, why not?

I've got GameEx running on my main monitor, and on the second monitor I'm currently running GameExtender where it shows the marquee for the game currently being played (or if that game doesn't have an available marquee, a custom marquee that I made shows). It can also show the CP Wizard button layout, though I've had some trouble getting it to play nice with GameEx from a focus standpoint. All of that aside... I would like for that second monitor to still show the marquee and CP Wizard layout, but it'd be great to also be able to view the instruction card. I have a license for CP Wizard, GameEx, and LEDBlinky. Am I missing a setting that would allow for instructions to be viewed, or an app that can do this? Thank you all for all of the resources you have shared!