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Nevermind I figured it out. I didn't realize I could use an advanced config for another emu.

I am having a hard time getting my USB NES Controller to exit Nestopia. I know that the default for gameex is up+left+4+5+6, but my NES controller doesn't have those buttons. Is there an advanced config somewhere that I can change to allow the use of different buttons?

Somehow when messing with the configuration I am no longer seeing the 'Loading' message that would normally appear when it is searching for the corresponding roms to a selected emulator. It will just show a blank screen for a bit and then the roms. How do I make this 'Loading' screen re-appear?

Anyone else have any ideas?

Interestingly enough, once the screen goes black and the audio becomes choppy, if I press alt+enter (NEStopias fullscreen command) the picure comes back and the game is playable. One other thing is that the game does appear noticeably choppier than if the emulator was being run outside of GameEx. Any ideas? Can the additional load of having GameEx open slowdown emulators?

Thanks for the help. I added the quotes to the GameEx Configuration and it now launches just fine...but after a few seconds the picture goes away and all I have is a black screen with choppy audio. The emulator runs fine outside of GameEx though.

I am trying to get NEStopia and GameEx to work with eachother to no avail. I have the latest version of both pieces of software. When I load GameEx, NEStopia is listed as an emulator, and all my NES roms are listed. When I try to play a game it calls NEStopia and I get a 'Command Line Parser Error', followed by a dialog box that says, "File not found". Here is a copy of the GameEx log: 10:15:20.9 5/28/2007: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES (ZSNES) 10:15:21.4 5/28/2007: Using 2D Animations 10:15:21.5 5/28/2007: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 10:15:21.5 5/28/2007: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 10:15:21.5 5/28/2007: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 10:15:21.5 5/28/2007: Initialising DirectDraw 10:15:21.6 5/28/2007: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 10:15:22.1 5/28/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device 10:15:22.1 5/28/2007: Using Device: VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP 10:15:22.1 5/28/2007: 92mb video memory available 10:15:22.9 5/28/2007: Setting Resolution to 1280x720 32 bit color 10:15:22.9 5/28/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 10:15:22.9 5/28/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 10:15:22.9 5/28/2007: Creating Back Buffer 10:15:22.9 5/28/2007: Loading graphic Surfaces 10:15:23.1 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 10:15:23.2 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces Volume 10:15:23.2 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces Arrows 10:15:23.2 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 10:15:23.2 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 10:15:23.2 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 10:15:23.7 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 10:15:23.7 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 10:15:23.7 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 10:15:23.7 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces Snaps 10:15:23.8 5/28/2007: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 10:15:24.0 5/28/2007: Creating Fonts 10:15:24.0 5/28/2007: Creating Menu Font 10:15:24.0 5/28/2007: Restoring Menu Font From Cache 10:15:24.1 5/28/2007: Creating Game Font 10:15:24.3 5/28/2007: Creating Font Black 10:15:24.9 5/28/2007: Creating Font Black Small 10:15:25.3 5/28/2007: Creating Game Font Faded 10:15:25.5 5/28/2007: Creating Title Font 10:15:25.6 5/28/2007: Restoring Title Font From Cache 10:15:25.9 5/28/2007: Fonts Created Succesfully 10:15:25.9 5/28/2007: 37mb video memory left available 10:15:25.9 5/28/2007: Starting GameExtender Publisher 10:15:25.9 5/28/2007: Text/Language: English 10:15:25.9 5/28/2007: Applying Language/Text 10:15:26.0 5/28/2007: Initialising Bass Audio Library 10:15:26.5 5/28/2007: Loading last used Game List 10:15:26.5 5/28/2007: Setting Music Volume 10:15:26.5 5/28/2007: Creating DirectSound Device 10:15:26.5 5/28/2007: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 10:15:26.5 5/28/2007: Loading Sound Files 10:15:26.6 5/28/2007: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 10:15:26.6 5/28/2007: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 10:15:26.8 5/28/2007: Using Device Retr 10:15:26.8 5/28/2007: Using Device Retr 10:15:26.9 5/28/2007: Playing intro sound file 10:15:26.9 5/28/2007: Initializing MCE Remote 10:15:26.9 5/28/2007: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 10:15:27.0 5/28/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 10:15:28.5 5/28/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_1: Custom Background: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_1: Custom Background Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_1: Snap Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_1: Snap Path Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_1: Database: NES 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_1: Title Snap Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_1: Title Snap Path Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_1: Box Art Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_1: Box Art Path Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_1: Cart Art Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_1: Cart Art Path Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_1: Manual Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_1: Manual Path Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Custom Background: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Custom Background Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Snap Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Snap Path Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Database: SNES 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Box Art Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Box Art Path Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path Does not exist 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Validating: Emulator_2: Manual Path: 10:15:42.9 5/28/2007: Warning: Emulator_2: Manual Path Does not exist 10:15:58.5 5/28/2007: Running: cmd.exe /c C: nestopia.exe C:\NES PC\ROMS\NES Roms\USA\Super Mario Bros. + Duck Hunt (U) [!].nes 10:17:34.1 5/28/2007: Escape Pressed, exiting emulator 10:17:47.2 5/28/2007: Exiting GameEx! 10:17:47.2 5/28/2007: Saving Settings 10:17:48.9 5/28/2007: Disposing Plugins 10:17:48.9 5/28/2007: Closing database connection 10:17:48.9 5/28/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit and the NEStopia log: Nestopia log file version 1.37 ----------------------------------- Language: loaded "english.nlg" version 1.37.0.01 Direct3D: initializing.. Direct3D: enumerating device - name: VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP, GUID: D7B71FE6-7004-11CF-B073-4E13A0C2CB35 Direct3D: dynamic textures: supported Direct3D: texture bilinear filtering: supported Direct3D: max texture dimensions: 2048x2048 Direct3D: vsync on every second refresh: unsupported Direct3D: vsync on every third refresh: unsupported Direct3D: found 6 display modes Direct3D: supported monitor frequencies: 60hz, 75hz, 85hz Direct3D: Warning! IDirect3D9::CreateDevice() failed, retrying without a pure device.. Direct3D: Warning! IDirect3D9::CreateDevice() failed, retrying with software vertex processing mode.. Direct3D: creating HAL device #0 Direct3D: entering 1280x720x32 60hz window mode DirectSound: initializing.. DirectSound: enumerating device - name: Primary Sound Driver, GUID: unspecified DirectSound: enumerating device - name: Vinyl AC'97 Audio (WAVE), GUID: BD6DD71A-3DEB-11D1-B171-00C04FC20000 DirectSound: creating device #0 DirectInput: initializing.. DirectInput: enumerating device - name: Retr, GUID: 25D3BF80-0A39-11DC-8001-444553540000 DirectInput: enumerating device - name: Retr, GUID: 25D3BF80-0A39-11DC-8002-444553540000 DirectInput: found 2 attached joystick(s) Direct3D: enabling VSYNC Timer: performance counter present (3579545 hz) Kaillera: found "kailleraclient.dll" version 0.9 Launcher: database file "launcher.nsd" not present Direct3D: entering 1280x720x32 60hz full-screen mode Any help would be much appreciated. For what its worth, my other Emulators are working just fine, and I can get other NES emulators to work, but NEStopia is the one that I would really like to use.