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Squirrel fishing is a very enjoyable british sport - you really should get out more.. mark my words "should my posts be destroyed, I will only come back far stronger than you can ever imagine. . . "

Well - of course (smug grin)

Don't be sad, all is not lost... Open your Gameex.ini file in notepad and look for this are (disregard the numbers) ControlSpacing=8 FontSize=17 CSVType=comma nextaction=onepage Windowed=False windowx=-32768 windowy=-32768 windowwidth=918 windowheight=643 CurrentStation= CurrentStationURL= Replace whatever values follow the = with ControlSpacing=8 FontSize=17 CSVType=comma nextaction=onepage Windowed=False windowx=0 windowy=0 windowwidth=640 windowheight=480 CurrentStation= CurrentStationURL= This should get ya going again.... fingers crossed!

Hey, what happened to my post on what to wear for night-time squirrel fishing?

It is a coedc issue. I have HQ snaps running (almost perfect) on a lowly micro pc with a single core 1.33 processor... I just installed a Vista codec pack. (no FFDshow)

Yes - it is the only time I can get it to happen? Have now tried several time over several emus. It affects the FP db the most as it incomplete. Also (god I bet you are so-o-o-o glad to know me ) When playing with the coleco list (for the reason above) all roms match in the list, but, when you select a rom to play, some of them then apear to loose their link with the db and no longer display. I hope you can see what I mean from the pictures. This happens regardless of whether "Database naming" is on or off. the filenames are Mr. Do! (1983) (Universal) [!].col Ms. Space Fury (Digital Press) (2001) [b1].col These are the only 2 I can find?????? I have gone through the cache, map, and db and can find no reason????

TOM, Ok, i know you have prob. got it sorted now, but going back to the miss matched snaps. When you first enter an emulator page with "use database names" on, the snaps are incorrectly matched. If you then exit in emulator page and re-enter, they are correctly displayed. If you then exit GameEx and start again, enter the emulator page, you are back to stage one again??? Only you know what goes on behind the scenes, but - if you have not found it, i hope this helps ya!

No, perhaps I should and that may stop the occasional jerks. It will miss a few frames now and again to catch up. HQ were the only set I had at work, but the screen is only 11.5cm (4.5 inches) so perhaps a SQ set would be better and also to conserve a bit more of the 30gig hd?

Bugger - best keep my mouth shut before I have to pay for another reg key

It is a Sony Vaio VGN-UX series - about $1700. It runs it damn well. Even Vidsnaps run ok with a few jerks now and again (mame HQ set). Would love to see what others have?? I also have GameEx running on a Sansung Q1, may paste some picture for a "USELESS" category - no keyboard Typing this on a 251' projection screen. :)

A little off topic thing, I was just curious what systems people run GameEx on apart from Cabinets and Desktop pc's? Here is my entry for the most portable Can anyone beat this? The most ugly?, the most cumbersome?, the tinyest?

Been having lot's of fun on the FP Db at the moment Anyway, thought I would post a couple of pic to show how the new (beta) database naming affects the display of data. You will notice in the saturn one that the game "Asuka...." has now got the % symbol in the games title as intended. This is not possible using the filenames as a display. The Future Pinball one shows that even using the table downloaded of the net and NOT renamed, the db will correct the names for you. The database also supports named 7zipped sets - so it covers all bases! TOM: the problem mentioned regarding snap matching sort of cleared itself up. It happens when i go over a bank of games that have no snaps? or at least it appears to? I really can't find out why? all i did tonight was add some more to the FP db and the problem has lessened? It still affects some other dbs also. sorry I can't be more help! The problem with a rom (& ...) not matching the Db being missed is not affected, or other mentioned. Still having fun - like a kid with a new toy

Most data is now in the DB!!! Hurrah, except.... Descriptions for Recreated tables (and Originals really). Does anyone know anywhere to get any information? Have typed the info from flyers but that is mostly it! Any suggestions would be great! (not IPDB - no info there) Cheers.

The system works fine at the moment, each release of GameEx will come with the current databases. The DB's take a long time to construct and as such there really is no need for releases BETWEEN gameex updates. Many of the DB's can be called complete to a high degree, the Colecovision on for a start has had no updates for 2 years by way of new games found or pd releases.

Hi Tom, Hope you have read the main DB editor sticky thingy? Anyway, thanks for your input regarding the names of the Future pinball tables in 7z format. As mentioned, have edited the DB to contain (what I believe to be) all FP tables as of last month. The DB does not contain all years, publishers and descriptions, but has a selection of data on several of them. I have not got the set like you, though i will get round to doing the same after I have entered all names as extracted files (quite a bit of downloading to do ), so please can you be a dear and just test this for me? ANY feedback good or bad would be most welcome (i don't think any tables end with ... ) Thanks Tom. _Pinball__Future_Pinball.zip

Updated Database Creator Tutorial This has several ammendments that may be of use in the construction of DB's. If you are working on a DB, please read this. Thanks. GameEx_Database_Manager_Tutorial.pdf

And bugger me if going through the DB's using the new options, I found 3 errors on the saturn DB Have edited it.. I will add a few more games before another upload though..

Hi Tom, Been playing with the beta as promised. Had a play using the database naming on the Saturn set and am pleased to say all worked a treat (almost). Was nice to see "Asuka 120% Burning Fest Limited" displayed correctly. The problem with the "..." on the end of a filename still pressents itself ("Nights into Dreams...(U)" being a prime example) and with the database naming on, the end result is that this rom is not displayed at all, not a major worry but still worth looking at. With a Future Pinball set, all appears to match perfectly except if the filename does not make (I renamed one) a match in the database, if this is the case (as above) the rom is not displayed. This is the only problem i can find so far. I think the problem resides in the first stage of the matching (ONLY when database naming is on), when a strict match is done and a match is not found - it just leaves the rom and moves on to the next check, without caching anything. I'm sure this was not intended. Should it not then do a normal match and cache the filename as before (pre database naming) for display? So, for the same reason, the "..." problem is related as that can also not find the database match due to the earlier bug! Well, hope that helps. Thrilled to have full use of the DB's now EDIT: Bugger, just discovered that the snaps no longer match up with the naming on. The first matching snap is from the title 2 games above and so on.. As you get down the list, it drifts further out. The snaps I am using are EXACTLY the same as the rom names, if that is any help?

A pleasure to have you on the team. You do realise that a full list is 12627 entries before you remove the duplicates. I would leave the GoodTools list alone (do not press "ADD MISSING"). If you have any problems, feel free to PM me (I have the same problem with C64, 27574 before duplicate removal - should end at around 18000) All the best

Yes, you need to PM HK. When you get the tool, take a look through the DB's available (check begining of this post to see who is doing what), and pick one. Then let HK know what one you have choosen to work on. And the best of luck, we need all the help we can get... It may seem like hard work - but the satisfaction of the end result is worth it! (HONEST)

Thnks Tom, this has helped me to get a DAT that contains all the names that you are using (cheesy poofs [original] - need that one ). Great, what i will do is have one name for unzipped FPT names, one for the FPT zip set, and the other for?? hm, a general naming convention that people would use to rename roms themselves. This should then cover all bases with any luck?? Will be having a better look at the Beta when I get home, have prepped a C64 Mdb containing 200 Goobase64 entries that include multiple names... Will let you know the results. I think all will be great from this mornings play.. Thanks again..

Tom ol' bean, Can you please give me some examples of how your FP tables are named as archives, it may help finishing the DB. Cheers me ol' china

I don't have mine goodmerged! I 7zip mine idividually. You get the same space saving (for what it is worth) but all snaps still match (oh, but you loose the little flags )

I am just playing at the moment. The DB will contain both the name of the FPT table within the archive and also the name of the zip that is downloaded. I tend to extract the FPT to tables and the scripts and libs to their respective directory.

Thanks for the Beta, have downloaded and installed and will have a damn good play tomorrow :) I will let you know how i get on.. Off to the land of nod where the pixies live. Feels like a long day Cheers Tom!