izike

You the man Smiff, perfect. I had a skip disclaimer command on there that might have done it. I'll have to take a look at the new command line option set, thank you very much for your help. izike

Hi! Is there confirmation that this version works with Mame32 .100? I upgraded Mame to .100 a few days ago, and GameEx to 5.09 today. I'm unable to play Mame games now, screen goes black then returns to GameEx. When I play them through Mame it works fine. I updated the game list inside GameEx prior to playing. Was curious if anyone else had problems before I start troubleshooting on this end. Haven't played in about a week, but no problems prior to upgrading Mame and GameEx. Checked the config, Mame was still setup properly. izike

Yes sir it did, thank you very much! Installed over the previous version and everything worked fine. I did notice one issue I was able to fix. GameEx didn't like it if Mame32.exe was at the root of my shared drive. Once I put MAME one directory in (z:\mame32\mame32.exe as opposed to z:\mame32.exe) I stopped getting the invalid directory errors and everything worked fine. Maybe something to look at when you have time, not a very big issue. Also, I grabbed CrashTests(sp?) MNG torrent- WOW! Very cool addition to GameEx. I'll have to up some pics of my cab one of these days, everything is running smooth. izike

Thank you! I'll give it a shot tonight when I get home. I'm really excited about your app for my arcade cabinet, looks top notch. izike

Yes, the Mame share is on z:, the drive was mapped prior to installing GameEx. I run the exe from there to keep the high scores/settings in tact, that way I can play from any machine in the house. Mame32 runs fine alone as well, have always used z: designation for the mame share. I might try installing GameEx on another machine to see if the problem comes up again, but further help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Installed on a fresh MCE2005 system. Tried both the configuration app and quick config app. Checked GameEx.ini file, mediacenter string is set to 2. The only thing that sticks out in the log to me is the "invalid directory" comments. I chose these directories through the GameEx interface, they are correct. Is running Mame32 from a network share not supported? I tried altenate path formats also (\\server\share), no luck, same error. Any help would be appreciated, first time installing/running this app. 18:29:33.8 8/29/2005: GameEx: Version 4.93: Starting Log 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Checking Registration 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Running Randomize() 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Running Misc startup tasks 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Setting Menu types 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Opening Configuration File 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Getting Configuration Values 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Using Theme: Default - Default 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Text/Language: English 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Applying Language/Text 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes) 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Snap Delay set to: 1 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Is Media Center running? 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Media Center is running 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Media Center Mode 2 18:29:33.9 8/29/2005: Closing Media Center 18:29:39.5 8/29/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 18:29:39.5 8/29/2005: Get other settings 18:29:39.5 8/29/2005: Using 2D Animations 18:29:39.5 8/29/2005: Launching HideOS.exe 18:29:40.3 8/29/2005: Hiding Taskbar 18:29:40.3 8/29/2005: Start work for Form 18:29:40.3 8/29/2005: Getting Original Screen Size 18:29:40.3 8/29/2005: Loading ICON 18:29:40.3 8/29/2005: Initializing Component 18:29:40.4 8/29/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library 18:29:40.5 8/29/2005: Loading default loading screen 18:29:40.5 8/29/2005: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 18:29:40.5 8/29/2005: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 18:29:40.5 8/29/2005: Initialising DirectDraw 18:29:40.5 8/29/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device 18:29:40.5 8/29/2005: Using Device: RADEON 9700 PRO 18:29:40.7 8/29/2005: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color 18:29:41.7 8/29/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 18:29:41.7 8/29/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 18:29:41.7 8/29/2005: Creating Back Buffer 18:29:41.7 8/29/2005: Loading graphic surfaces 18:29:41.8 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 18:29:41.8 8/29/2005: Creating Surface Volume 18:29:41.8 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces Arrows 18:29:41.8 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 18:29:41.8 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 18:29:41.8 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 18:29:42.2 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 18:29:42.2 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 18:29:42.2 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 18:29:42.2 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces Snaps 18:29:42.2 8/29/2005: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 18:29:42.3 8/29/2005: Creating Fonts 18:29:42.3 8/29/2005: Creating Menu Font 18:29:42.4 8/29/2005: Creating Game Font 18:29:42.5 8/29/2005: Creating Game Font Standard Size 18:29:42.8 8/29/2005: Creating Font Black 18:29:42.9 8/29/2005: Creating Font Black Small 18:29:42.9 8/29/2005: Creating Game Font Faded 18:29:43.0 8/29/2005: Creating Title Font 18:29:58.2 8/29/2005: Initialising Windows Media Player Component 18:29:58.2 8/29/2005: MAME Path is: z: 18:29:58.2 8/29/2005: Invalid Mame Path: MAME Disabled 18:29:58.2 8/29/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file 18:29:58.2 8/29/2005: Loading Custom Emulators 18:29:58.4 8/29/2005: MAME CMD options: -skip_disclaimer -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 18:29:58.4 8/29/2005: Attempting to load game list 18:29:58.4 8/29/2005: Loading last used Game List 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: Creating DirectSound Device 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: Loading Sound Files 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: Unable to create a joystick device 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: Playing intro sound file 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: Initializing MCE Remote 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 18:30:02.6 8/29/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 18:30:02.7 8/29/2005: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING 18:30:02.7 8/29/2005: at GameEx.Functions2.IsPlaying() 18:30:02.7 8/29/2005: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DisplayFrame()