headkaze

Just tried it and it worked for me. Selected the NeoGeo database, selected Pulstar, Search AllGame, used "Select All" then cleared Name, Publisher and Date. AllGame doesn't have number of players so it should fill out the Description and Category which it did. Double check you have the latest version right now that's all I can think it could be. EDIT: I missed your previous post about it only happening sometimes. I'll look into it some more EDIT2: Sorry mate I can't replicate it here Wierd. Maybe it was just some issue with the AllGame website or something? Let me know if it keeps happening and if there is some sort of pattern when it screws up.

It's working fine for me Any errors in the log file? It's definately working for me so see if you can track down the problem. The latest version is 1.39

The issues you raise are possibly with GameEx. A plugin responds to events sent from GameEx. If the event is not received then nothing will happen in the plugin. Generally these problems are easily solved in GameEx, so if there is a problem then it will be worth posting in the feature request thread. So Tom will need to know "scrolling through the Last Played list does not trigger the Event_GameSelect event and selecting the back button to return to the Start page does not trigger the Event_MenuChange event".

Oops my bad I am uploading a new version with the fix. Try the ExeOnly version if you want to test now.

Version 1.85 Released - Secondary controls for alternating games now won't light Tempest can you test the new version?

I've just uploaded a new version can you test it? Have you got a default profile setup for "GameEx"? You should definately have one that has the buttons you want when a game is not being lit. If not perhaps GameEx isn't triggering an even when using the "back" button?

Go into Edit->Options and turn on "Custom Emulator Layouts". Now each system can have it's own layout.

Flash: Okay I made a compromise, I added the pinball/scumm info and kept one paragraph about the emulator. Also I updated GameEx DBM to save the search options, and also it will now save the window size/state for most windows

Hey Tempest before I fix CPWizard and PlugInLCD to not light the second player controls if it's alternating I need to verify another thing Right now I am lighting the second control if the controls are mirrored: if (ControlsDat.Mirrored == 1 && NumPlayers > 1) So I'm guessing I need to change it to: if (ControlsDat.Mirrored == 1 && Alternating != 1 && NumPlayers > 1) Which will mean "if the controls are Mirrored AND the controls are NOT Alternating AND the NumPlayers is greater than 1" then light/show the second controls. That should be it right? Like I said very simple fix, but I just want to make sure it's right.

No I meant refresh rate, not resolution. 60 Hz, 75 Hz etc ? Go to your display settings, advanced then the monitor tab and it should tell you.

Just didn't want you to feel alone in this thing We could do with some help on creating the databases though! Do you think it was a bad decision to go with the emulator descriptions eh? Yeah I guess so.. I just thought for the pinball emulators it's not so much about pinball but the emulator. Like Future Pinball is not emulating pinball machines and Visual Pinball emulates some tables while VPinMame emulates the ROMs.

What refresh rate is your monitor set to? I suggest you crank it up to the maximum it can handle.

Your doing a great job Flash! I think my work on the database software helps quite alot, so your not really the only one in this DB business Anyway I just updated GameEx DBM again this time I added a feature to convert mdb's back to xml's. Should come in handy. Flash: I sent you a PM with the new download details. I've included all your xml's I've got to date. Let me know if anything is missing.

I use a program called BootLogo, it lets you create the loading animation too. It's all done by color cycling. bootlogo.zip

I've made boot screens before, give me a picture and I'll make one for you. Also need to know if it should be rotated 90 or 270 degrees.

Tempest: Your right about your assumptions although the "Dual Core" and "Quad Core" tick boxes only changes the number of threads used during the compile so it speeds up the compile. You don't actually need a dual or quad core for these options but the number of threads they use are designed to make the most out of the multi-core processors.

Don't worry about that warning everyone gets it when compiling the 64-bit version, just ignore it. A warning is not the same as an error

No problems I'll add the Biography Totally forgot about that, good thing I haven't released the new version of DBM yet. I just checked the Future Pinball biography in the mdb and all it has is "Evolution from outdoor games". Flash you post your Future Pinball bio so I can add it here?

On the contrary I think your very much in the smarta$$ club now

Yes if you read the last page or so of posts in that thread you will see a post about the problem with Mame64, and then MKChamp posts a new patch which is verified to work with Mame64. So all you have to do is start from scratch and patch it again with the "127 - CURRENT" one.

Hey thanks for the donation mate, it's always appreciated I could have sworn alternating games allowed you to use player 2 controls, maybe it's a Mame setting or something? Anyway if I can have that verified by someone else and that it applies to all alternating games then I will fix that in CPWizard and the plugin, it's not a hard thing to fix and player 2 labels should not be showing if the buttons arn't being used.

The file would be called cfg\asteroid.cfg in your Mame folder. Delete that.

Actually there is no loader at all it's all done using ScummVM's own ini file. I haven't tried the database yet because I don't always have my cab running. I am seriously thinking of setting up GameEx on my dev PC with all the emulators set up just so I can have quick access to testing things. I do have wireless access to my cab, but don't have it running all the time as it's quite noisy (it has two huge fans at the back lol).

There was a problem with the hiscore patches not working with 64 bit compile of Mame and was fixed recently by MKChamp. So you need to download the new patch and apply it again. He's also changed the patch so parts of it can be disabled in mame.ini. More info is in the first post here

Are you using a full XP install or a cut down version? Some of the cut down versions don't have the database drivers required for GameEx.