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i get this error in the daphne log .txt --DAPHNE version 1.0.0 --Command line is: Daphne.exe dlair2 vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -fastboot -cheat daphne.exe lair2 vldp -framefile vldp_dl/lair2/dl2-framefile.txt -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1680 -y 1050 --CPU : AuthenticAMD 2400 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs --OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS --OpenGL: Compiled In --RGB2YUV Function: MMX --Line Blending Function: MMX --Audio Mixing Function: MMX Setting alternate home dir: . ERROR: Unknown game type specified : dlair2 Bad command line or initialization problem (see daphne_log.txt for details). To run DAPHNE, you must specify which game to run and which laserdisc player you are using. For example, try 'daphne lair noldp' to run Dragon's Lair in testing mode. But it runs absolutely fine using the Daphne Loader.......? I just played it....... ****Here is my command line in my gameex daphne setup for this game daphne.exe lair2 vldp -framefile vldp_dl/lair2/dl2-framefile.txt -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir . -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1680 -y 1050

well i got space ace to work.... but no luck with Dragons Lair 2. Dragons Lair 2 has a bunch of different roms.....it works fine outside of game ex though....i woulda thought lair2 would work for sure but it doesnt

I searched all over the forums for an answer but couldnt find one... (BTW im running the latest version of Daphne) i set up daphne successfully by using some tutorial on the site that shows how to set up Dragon's Lair in his instructions he said 14. Under Game 1 Rom type: dle21 which i believe plays all new scenes. tutorial works fine....dragon's lair is all good. i tried to apply the same logic he gives for my other 2 daphne games, Daragon's lair 2 and Space Ace. I'm not sure what to type in "Game Rom" for Dragon's Lair 2 and Space Ace.....i tried a few different ones that i saw in my daphne rom folder like lair2 and ace91 but neither of those worked. They run fine outside of GameEx. Can someone tell what i use for those 2 rom names pls? thanks!

ok ive been messing around with this and have some questions / problems i have a computer monitor that runs at 1680 x 1050 resolution all the themes that use a predefined resolution 800x600 1024 x 768 etc. etc. look really terrible on my machine all the themes that "aren't" a predefined resolution look fine......but they are all V1 themes.... so i used that conversion utility on the site to convert some of them to V2 problem is when i edit the theme and save it and go into gamex the screen is all like "scrunched up"? hard to explain but suffice it to say it doesnt look right. I was basically just trying to resize the game video preview window to make it bigger. is it because my monitor runs at a funky resolution?

hi guys everything is good now it was the Don't Use Bezel weird thing is i never touched it....im not sure how it changed to the other option again thx!

hi stu, i dont see anything like that in advance mame settings only think i see is in regular mame settings there is an option: Use Bezel > use bezel vertical games or dont use bezel i have mine set to > use bezel vertical games Are your bezels showing up for you in older games like donkey kong? galaga? etc etc? do u have the lastest verion of gamex? like i said it was working fine a week ago....until i upgraded i guess. Works just fine outside of gameEx thx!!!

ok after playing around with this i think something may have happened in the new version of GameEx. In-game "Bezel" artwork seems to no longer show up at all........i took the effect out of the command line and the bezel artwork still ins't showing up. For games that i have artwork for im getting that default left side mame and right side gamex graphics replacing the games artwork. this was working just fine a week ago..... maybe a bug creeped into the new version?

ok im an idiot....sry. i didnt recognize that not all the themes that come with GameEX by default are version2 themes........the ones i was trying to open are not Version2 themes i guess..... hence nothing happening when i click on them funny when u get a new FE you go through a painful period of discovery and trial and error.....

ok spoke too soon......same exact problem as i originally posted........ when i closed the editor to come to the forum to post that i fixed it i went back and relaunched the editor and now its doing the same thing again.....UGH anyone have this problem with the editor before? like it just doesnt work?

lol u always figure it out right after u post.... it was a weird fix.....by default the theme editor points to the MS Paint .exe for some reason that did nothing for me at all.......like the editor was broken when i re-pointed it to my adobe photoshop .exe it fixed everything......well at least it seems to work know i mean

I use mame overlay effect files for my mame games to make it look like an actual arcade monitor http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showt...part=1&vc=1 So in order to use them in GameEX I added this to my advance mame config for mame options...... -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -effect scanlines it works perfectly fine "except" on all the older MAME games that i have in-game artwork like bezels. Games like Galaga, Donkey Kong, Ms.Pac, etc. etc. etc. what happens is the artwork isnt there at all and its replaced by that default graphics gameex uses on the sides....mame logo on left side and the gameex logo on the right side of the screen and the game in the middle. the mame overlay effect doesnt even show up. "Newer" games with ingame artwork files...like samurai shodown, marvel vs. capcom, etc etc which actually instruction card artwork files not actual bezel "artwork" work just fine....... so gameex doesnt seem to like the combination of an mame overlay effect file + in game artwork (i think bezels). Older games that i have no in game artwork for the overlay effect shows up just fine.... i believe it's a GameEx bug because the old FE i used to use "Emuloader" this wasn't a problem at all...... any advice? need help! Thanks!

For some really odd reason my GameEx theme Editor doesn't seem to do anything at all....likes it totally broken When i start it up and try to choose a template nothing happens at all....like I didn't even click on it. or if i go file > open >themes i get this error message this is old version theme. you can only open V2 themes or if i go >edit video nothing happens at all either no menu or list to choose from....nothing its like the whole thing is busted. did i miss something?

forget it......its "effect" not "effects"

hey i went in and tried this Mame Options -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -effects scanlines but now my mame games wont launch.....its just goes back to GameEx did i do this right? and yes i do have a png named "scanlines" in my artwork folder.....

ok after a lot of trial and error i found the software that best works for making VisualPinball movie previews www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp easily the best one......i tried about 8 diff apps. have fun...!

i did some research...seems capturing video from Visual Pinball is a LOT more complicated than it seems......everything else is easy. seems the easiest way is using CamStudio....and its free. but my sound card doesnt seem to like it geez

i acutally found a real cool one http://www.planetgamecam.com/?locid=news there's only 1 problem.....it doesnt recognize visual pinball as an application.... launch annything else, MAME, COD4, GTA3, etc etc and it recognizes it automatically......launch visual pinball and nothing happens i wonder why that is??

Im trying to make my own Visual Pinball preview movies since the built in gameex one isn't working to well. Well i ran into a bad problem..FRAPS causes Visual Pinball to crash everytime. Anyone else have a problem like this....maybe that why there are no visual pinball movies? Also FRAPS causes games to slow down tremendously.... maybe someone could recommend a better one? one that is free and very simple to use? thx

awesome guys thx....will try it when i get home!

oh i never noticed that ok thx

Hi, Has anyone out there successfully resized the little game preview video screen to a larger size? By default it's a too small for my taste. I have registered access to the High Quality set of MAME EMUMovies. Would probably look really good a little larger..... If anyone out there has done this and if there are any suggestions or hints you could provide would be much appreciated. I saw the video tutorial on the GameEx site of how "i think" you would do it but I'm not too sure....i'll try to follow that but I'm afraid ill break something! Thanks

yes thats how i have it now....shows only my roms....but it will be very cool to be able to toggle easily between "All" MAME roms and just "My" roms just on the fly....

k thx Brian!

Now that i'm a registered user there is one thing I would really like to see as a function in GameEx. Being able to easily toggle or choose between "All" MAME roms and just "My" MAME roms on the fly via the FE interface. I like looking through the list of "all" mame games just to see what i don't have....and since Emumovies now has a complete set of movies its cool seeing gameplay from them. Having to go back and forth into the advanced config and doing this is very ugh..... Hope to see this added to an already awesome FE. Thanks!

Hi Stu, How and where would i globally apply just 1 effect file to ALL my mame games? i can just choose 1 i really like...... Also, for the suggestion you said about adding the line "effect scanlines25x4_j" for a "particular" game what file exactly would i adding that line to? a little confused thx!!