Hadoken

Hi Guys, just thought I would let you know that GameEx is up and running sweetly now I must say thanks to all those who contributed especially tthurman who's patience and dedication got me to the finish line have been busy playing the classics. I'm not sure why it didn't work but I did an update and went from scratch regarding the update list, I knew it wasn't the GameEx software as it worked perfectly before I must have gone wrong in the early stages which had a knock on effect. As you say get it working outside GameEx first then it will fall into place. Many Thanks Again!

Finally I got it working outside of gameex by copying one of the roms to the roms folder on my C: drive where mame is located but it but the bulk of my roms as you know are on my main USB so how do I get mame or gameex to see this? Many Thanks P

I cant get it working it just says no machines found when i try to run a game outside gameex im not out to frustrate anyone but it is a riddle that i cant solve the pc is fast and up to date as is the software the paths seem to be correct i have deleted everything and gone from the start there is no reason for it not to work

http://www.mame.net/?p=407 If you click it will bring you to mame 0.164 b you wont have a choice even though it clearly says 0.163

if you go to the mame website and look for 0.163 it sends you to 0.164B i had no choice when i run it out of gameex i take a mame rom in zip format and drag and drop it into the mame exe and it says the machine could not be loaded something about a mame.ini look im not an expert so i dont know what that means

So where I am now is deleted all to do with mame. downloaded 0.163 roms. externally. Downloaded From mame website Mame 064( 64 bit version. put it on my C: drive Its what showed up when i clicked in the 0.163 link. So EVERYTHING is fresh Ran GameEx did paths which Unzipped MAME did update of gameslist at 25% for the last 3 and a half hrs so its not working.

I have done as asked and got rid of the emulator in the setting up mame section no joy still the same. Black screen tries to load the game notice that say building machine and a % then nothing kicked back to gameex. I don't want to cut the japan games if I could get any of them to work japanese or not id be a happy man. anything else I could try? Thanks P

17:12:21.0 02/08/2015: Opening Configuration File 17:12:21.1 02/08/2015: GameEx Background Mode: Version 14.33: Starting Log 17:12:21.2 02/08/2015: Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit 17:12:21.2 02/08/2015: Aero running 17:12:21.2 02/08/2015: Initializing Vista/Windows 7 volume control 17:12:21.2 02/08/2015: Getting CPU and RAM info 17:12:21.2 02/08/2015: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 5375MB 17:12:21.2 02/08/2015: 2.4Ghz - 4 Cores or CPU's 17:12:21.2 02/08/2015: Running Randomize() 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Loading PlugIns 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Setting default net connection limit to 15 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Running Misc startup tasks 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Setting Menu types 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Getting Configuration Values 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Using Theme: Default - Media Center 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Media Center 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Using Images from theme: Default - Media Center V1\MEDIA\ 17:12:21.3 02/08/2015: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Is Media Center running? 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Media Center Mode 2 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Snap Delay set to: 4 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Get other settings 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Start work for Form 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Getting Original Screen Size 17:12:21.4 02/08/2015: Opening Database Connection 17:12:21.6 02/08/2015: Initializing Component 17:12:21.6 02/08/2015: MAME Path is: D:\Emulators 17:12:21.6 02/08/2015: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe 17:12:21.6 02/08/2015: ROM Path is: D:\Emulators\roms 17:12:21.6 02/08/2015: Catver.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 17:12:21.6 02/08/2015: controls.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\controls.ini 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: History.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: command.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\command.dat 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Loading Controls.ini map file 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Snap Path: Not Found 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Database Snap Path: Not Found 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Background Snap Path: Not Found 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Flyer Path: Not Found 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Cabinet Path: Not Found 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Cabinet 3D Path is: C:\GameEx\DEMO\MAME\cabinets3d 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Title Path is: C:\GameEx\DEMO\MAME\titles 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: PCB Path: Not Found 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Panel Path: Not Found 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Manual Path is: C:\GameEx\DEMO\MAME\manual 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Icon Path is: C:\GameEx\DEMO\MAME\icons 17:12:21.7 02/08/2015: Marquee Path: Not Found 17:12:21.8 02/08/2015: Applying Language/Text 17:12:21.8 02/08/2015: Text/Language: English 17:12:21.8 02/08/2015: Loading Language/Text 17:12:21.8 02/08/2015: Using Version 3 Themes Animations 17:12:21.8 02/08/2015: Retrieving resolution setting 17:12:21.8 02/08/2015: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 17:12:21.8 02/08/2015: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 17:12:21.8 02/08/2015: GameEx will try to reduce CPU usage 17:12:21.8 02/08/2015: Initialising Direct3D 17:12:21.9 02/08/2015: Attempting to load game list 17:12:22.2 02/08/2015: Initial Emulator Load 17:12:22.2 02/08/2015: Loading Custom Emulators 17:12:22.2 02/08/2015: Loading Emulator 1: [Arcade] Arcade (MAME) 17:12:22.2 02/08/2015: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES 17:12:22.2 02/08/2015: Loading Emulator 3: [Handheld] Nintendo Game Boy (BGB) 17:12:22.2 02/08/2015: Loading Emulator 4: [Console] Sega Genesis (Fusion) 17:12:22.3 02/08/2015: Checking if Steam enabled 17:12:22.3 02/08/2015: Steam support is turned off in configuration. 17:12:22.3 02/08/2015: Checking if Origin enabled 17:12:22.3 02/08/2015: Origin support is turned off in configuration. 17:12:22.3 02/08/2015: Checking if Uplay enabled 17:12:22.3 02/08/2015: UPlay support is turned off in configuration. 17:12:22.4 02/08/2015: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo 17:12:22.4 02/08/2015: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 17:12:22.4 02/08/2015: Loading Start Page 17:12:22.4 02/08/2015: Playing intro sound file 17:12:22.5 02/08/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Snap Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\video 17:12:22.5 02/08/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Database: [Console] Nintendo SNES 17:12:22.5 02/08/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\titles 17:12:22.5 02/08/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Box Art Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\boxart 17:12:22.5 02/08/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\cart 17:12:22.5 02/08/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Manual Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\manual 17:12:22.6 02/08/2015: Restoring Emulator from Cache: 2 17:12:22.6 02/08/2015: Restoring Emulator Database From Cache: 2

thanks very much for the response sorry if I sounded whiny I just put a lot of hours into this project since I bought the arcade machine and converted it to suit my needs thought I was on the finishing straight only to be knocked back. I'm not playing the blame game but as you can understand its frustrating. I will be keeping with Gameex not running MAME separately. I was only checking to see if Gammex was causing the issue which it clearly is not if they wont run outside of it. I did replace the mame with 0.163 in the external usb folder maybe it should be installed on the C: drive could that be an issue? Either way I will send a log and hopefully you can make sense of it, thanks for the support so far have built this arcade twice before hard drive died twice! on the home straight finally and hopefully I can get this resolved with your help.

Hi all thought Id let you know what was up i did try your idea using headkaze software but found it a bit tricky so went for the other solution of updating my roms and mame so I updated using 0.163 and downloaded 0.163 mame. guess what same thing loads up to loading machine and then dumps me back to the main menu. i dumped one of the games into mame without gameex same thing. where am i going wrong please help as you have been great so far, also I lost all my artwork avi snaps etc when i updated so Im sick but any ideas would be great Many Thanks P

The romset I got on DVDs years ago and I just dumped them on a seperate usb drive but its a full 0.119 version I did try to dump in the 0.119 mame and its ini but Gamex went Loco so I went back to what was there and updated again so I'm presuming the mame thats in gameex is up to date and I'm running older version roms which arent compatible but im not sure what my next step is Ill send an updated log and I think its important to say thanks for the help so far. Heres the updated log I get to loading machine then booted back to main menu 21:27:28.5 21/07/2015: Opening Configuration File21:27:28.5 21/07/2015: GameEx Background Mode: Version 14.31: Starting Log21:27:28.7 21/07/2015: Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit21:27:28.7 21/07/2015: Aero running21:27:28.7 21/07/2015: Initializing Vista/Windows 7 volume control21:27:28.7 21/07/2015: Getting CPU and RAM info21:27:28.7 21/07/2015: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 5375MB21:27:28.7 21/07/2015: 2.4Ghz - 4 Cores or CPU's21:27:28.7 21/07/2015: Running Randomize()21:27:28.8 21/07/2015: Loading PlugIns21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Setting default net connection limit to 1521:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Running Misc startup tasks21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Setting Menu types21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Getting Configuration Values21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Using Theme: Default - Media Center21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Media Center21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Using Images from theme: Default - Media Center V1\MEDIA\21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Is Media Center running?21:27:28.9 21/07/2015: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values21:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode21:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Media Center Mode 221:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems21:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Snap Delay set to: 421:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Get other settings21:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black21:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis21:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Start work for Form21:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Getting Original Screen Size21:27:29.0 21/07/2015: Opening Database Connection21:27:29.2 21/07/2015: Initializing Component21:27:29.2 21/07/2015: MAME Path is: D:\Emulators\Mame32\MAME21:27:29.2 21/07/2015: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe21:27:29.2 21/07/2015: ROM Path is: D:\Emulators\Mame32\MAME\roms21:27:29.2 21/07/2015: Catver.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini21:27:29.2 21/07/2015: controls.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\controls.ini21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: History.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\history.dat21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: command.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\command.dat21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Loading Controls.ini map file21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Snap Path is: D:\Emulators\Mame32\snap21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Database Snap Path: Not Found21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Background Snap Path: Not Found21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: AVI Snap Path is: D:\Emulators\Mame32\avisnap21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Flyer Path is: D:\Emulators\Mame32\flyers21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Cabinet Path is: D:\Emulators\Mame32\cabinets21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Cabinet 3D Path is: C:\GameEx\DEMO\MAME\cabinets3d21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Title Path is: C:\GameEx\DEMO\MAME\titles21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: PCB Path: Not Found21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Panel Path is: D:\Emulators\Mame32\cpanel\cpanel21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Manual Path is: C:\GameEx\DEMO\MAME\manual21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Icon Path is: C:\GameEx\DEMO\MAME\icons21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Marquee Path is: D:\Emulators\Mame32\marquees\marquees21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Applying Language/Text21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Text/Language: English21:27:29.3 21/07/2015: Loading Language/Text21:27:29.4 21/07/2015: Using Version 3 Themes Animations21:27:29.4 21/07/2015: Retrieving resolution setting21:27:29.4 21/07/2015: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS21:27:29.4 21/07/2015: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS21:27:29.4 21/07/2015: GameEx will try to reduce CPU usage21:27:29.4 21/07/2015: Initialising Direct3D21:27:29.5 21/07/2015: Attempting to load game list21:27:29.8 21/07/2015: Initial Emulator Load21:27:29.8 21/07/2015: Loading Custom Emulators21:27:29.8 21/07/2015: Loading Emulator 1: [Arcade] Arcade (MAME)21:27:29.8 21/07/2015: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES21:27:29.9 21/07/2015: Loading Emulator 3: [Handheld] Nintendo Game Boy (BGB)21:27:29.9 21/07/2015: Loading Emulator 4: [Console] Sega Genesis (Fusion)21:27:29.9 21/07/2015: Checking if Steam enabled21:27:29.9 21/07/2015: Steam support is turned off in configuration.21:27:29.9 21/07/2015: Checking if Origin enabled21:27:29.9 21/07/2015: Origin support is turned off in configuration.21:27:29.9 21/07/2015: Checking if Uplay enabled21:27:29.9 21/07/2015: UPlay support is turned off in configuration.21:27:30.0 21/07/2015: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo21:27:30.0 21/07/2015: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support21:27:30.0 21/07/2015: Loading Start Page21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Playing intro sound file21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Snap Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\video21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Database: [Console] Nintendo SNES21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\titles21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Box Art Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\boxart21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\cart21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_2: Manual Path: C:\GameEx\DEMO\SNES\manual21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_3: Snap Path: C:\Assets\Nintendo Game Boy\Snaps21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_3: Control Panel Path: C:\Assets\Nintendo Game Boy\Controls21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_3: Database: [Handheld] Nintendo Game Boy21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Warning: Emulator_3: Database Does not exist21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_3: Title Snap Path: C:\Assets\Nintendo Game Boy\Titles21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_3: Box Art Path: C:\Assets\Nintendo Game Boy\Boxes21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_3: Cart Art Path: C:\Assets\Nintendo Game Boy\Cartridges21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_3: Manual Path: C:\Assets\Nintendo Game Boy\Manuals21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_4: Snap Path: C:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Snaps21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_4: Control Panel Path: C:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Controls21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_4: Database: [Console] Sega Genesis21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Warning: Emulator_4: Database Does not exist21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_4: Title Snap Path: C:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Titles21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_4: Box Art Path: C:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Boxes21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_4: Cart Art Path: C:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Cartridges21:27:30.1 21/07/2015: Validating: Emulator_4: Manual Path: C:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Manuals21:27:30.2 21/07/2015: Restoring Emulator from Cache: 221:27:30.3 21/07/2015: Restoring Emulator Database From Cache: 221:27:30.8 21/07/2015: Restoring Emulator from Cache: 3

sure will do it now No im running the latest mame I downloaded it from setup but then I tried the 0.119 mame exe but things got unstable so I reverted back to the latest version

Thanks Guys For the quick response yeah I did my update and it finds roms all of them just none work. I deleted the mame I downloaded with Gameex and replaced it with mame 0.119 thinking this would solve the problem but gameex was behaving erattically so I went back to what was there did the update so I am back to square 1. The paths seem ok as its finding the games any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Should I post the Gameex .ini ? sorry its been a while

Hi All, I was just wondering if someone could help me with an issue I have been having I had built my arcade and bought gameex well premium edition, and all was well until my hard drive died and so did my arcade until recently when I had some time and decided to try again so I sorted a computer and was putting gameex on and put my roms on which are 0.119 but they arent working it tries to run them but I end up back at the main screen Is there any way to solve this? Thanks Hadoken