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The new GameEx arcade will not launch. Uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled twice. Same result. Edit. I have reverted back to the last GameEx Arcade and now it will not launch either. This is a dedicated GameEx Arcade build. Could the GameEx reg key have an install limit or something?

Log file. I will install update as soon as possible. Thanx log.txt

I've gone to downloads and installed latest version each time I was informed it was updated. Might have been a slip up do to no revision numbers in the file name. I could have accidentally re-installed the Aug 20th version as that is showing as the date last downloaded. Placing version #'s on the file name would be a kind request. Just downloaded latest version of GameEx Arcade. Setup consisted of only directing it to MAME and ROMS. Attract mode still flips the screen. No change. GameEx.ini

As a note I had just configure the MAME from the Wizard - Emulator Selection. Then set directories in Emulator Setup. It made no difference in the Attract Mode/Screen Saver issue. GameEx.ini log.txt

I am using the MAME included with the MAME GameEX system pack. It is unmodified except for adding X-Arcade and choosing default directories. I have not modified it in any way. The video flipping in Attract/Screensaver(whatever you want to call it) is annoying as it never happened before. It is a fault of GameEx or the included MAME GameEx system pack installer. I assumed it would be an easy fix. It is beyond my simple abilities and attempts at this time. Should I ditch the included MAME build?

Maybe my wording is wrong. When it switches after a period of time to show demo's of the games with an auto switch at user set intervals. You hit a key and it goes back to user interface. I thought this was arcade attract mode.

Thanks for the reply. Same issue as explained in the previous posts. No change. I run GameEx Arcade in Vertical Cab style. Attract mode switches to a portrait mode, so as everything is turned on their side. Everything returns to normal when Attract mode is exited. Could there be some sort of retained registry setting from previous builds? I have upgraded to the latest release each time I am instructed.

Installed newest version and removed all double slashes (should I have removed them all from each directory setup or just MAME?) Attract mode still flips to landscape. The updating game list issue had been fixed for me.

The version of MAME I am using is the one installed with the "MAME GameEx system pack". It is automatically found in the Emulators folder. Is this proper for me to use, and is there a preference under the MAME setup in the GameEx Wizard to choose the mame.exe, mame64.exe, or mamearcade64.exe?

Hello Gents. I hadn't gotten anywhere with my problem so I decided to try out regular GameEx. Upon install I noticed there was a Vertical theme. Trying it out. Setup directories etc... Now every time I launch it a "Update GameEx? Select to confirm. Back to cancel." message appears. All I can do is accept a watch it go through the same DL routine. This is suspiciously similar to the problem I was having with GameEx Arcade. (Read above) Whats happening? I never had these issues with the demo version and now when I subscribe, this? Any help or insight would really be appreciated. Sorry Tom I didn't catch your reply before I posted. I will attempt your suggestions and report back.

The Attract Mode very well could be a glitch. I haven't encountered it before and I have tried every possible setting in the Wizard that could relate to it without success. As far as the directories for GameEx Arcade when configuring MAME, I guess I will have to be satisfied with the ones I could figure out. I am hoping someone could direct me to a guide that fully explains the MAME system pack with full setup within the Wizard. So that leaves my only real concern that I can't figure out. As I mentioned previously, it is the loading of game lists on ever run of GameEx Arcade. The message I get is "Update List? Select to confirm. Back to cancel." I can't figure any keys/buttons that will cancel. The select (player one) button on my X-Arcade stick works for confirm. Once it starts it displays "Updating Game List. Please wait." It take about 15 minutes. I tried disabling options under GameEx Online and Automatic Artwork Download in the wizard thinking that it might be running one of those options with an error, hence retrying every time. Not the case as it made no difference.

Hi Tom. Screensaver mode is set to "Standard GameEx screensaver". GameEx front end and emulator work fine. When entering Attract Mode the display is rotating for no apparent reason. When attract mode is EXITED the display resumes its correct portrait orientation.

I have now updated. None of my issues have changed.

Hi and thanks. I will update soon but wanted to try your solutions first. I have installed the "MAME GameEx system pack" and it creates a folder called Media which holds a MAME folder where I direct my GameEX MAME setup to the correct directories. It has some folders but not others. From your example there are no AVISNAP or ThemeVideos folders. Are you suggesting I need to create these folders? Where would the content come from? I am confused in this matter as I cannot tell GameEx the correct directories and therefor get numerous errors when I select Verify in the GameEx Wizard. As for the rotation of the Attract mode when selecting to rotate 90 deg now make everything landscape. Regular gaming mode and attract mode. Remember it was only attract mode that went wrong. GameEx worked perfectly in the portrait mode automatically. When attract mode kicked in it would switch to a landscape. Never had this issue before. Attract mode always stayed the way GameEx was setup. Third issue, was going to wait until I had the others sorted, but I might as well ask. When I start GameEx as soon as I move the selection wheel it freezes and prompts me to update games list. I say yes, then it configures/DL's for about 15 minutes. Is this normal? It appears to be doing a similar process for what I can tell, each time. Is this part of the setup and will eventually finish or is something wrong. I hope I am not misunderstanding your instructions and thanks for your patience. I am now going to update GameEx Arcade.

Thanks for you interest Draco1962. Not sure if you meant copy/paste the contents of the file? They were hella large to be pasting so I just attached them. Correct me if I did it wrong. log.txt GameEx.ini

Hello folks. New to the GameEx community so hoping some of your wisdom can rub off on me I am running the latest GameEx arcade with the "MAME GameEx system" pack installed. First issue is when it goes into attract mode the gfx reverts to landscape. I am running it portrait like an old school arcade. I can't seem to find a setting for this (although it is probably right in front of me!) Secondly when choosing directories in the GameEx Arcade setup wizard, MAME settings I am finding it hard to find a match. For example "Snap Path" and "Video Snap path". In the MAME directory there is only one folder named "Snaps". For some directory's there is no logical folder to choose. I have been through a number of guides but they are either out of date or I am missing something. Any help is appreciated. Ken