cvavruska

No. All my plugin does is make the P1 & P2 controls control P1 when launching a game. I use it so that when playing a two player (alternating turns) game you don't need to move away from the machine to allow the second player to use the controls. Even when playing by myself I like to use player two as it's joystick is more in the middle of the machine and more like the real thing.

I was working on this last night and tried removing the plugin and I couldn't reproduce it. I tried putting the plugin back in and I still couldn't reproduce it. I think the theme got changed as well...not sure how that happened as I don't recall doing anything. I will chalk this up to something weird.

Not sure where in this thread the logs and ini were requested but here they are... thanks! log.txt gameex.ini.txt

Touchscreen setting is not enabled. I did some additional tests. If I move the mouse around in open area it works fine without any delays. It is when I need to mouse over something that it has issues.

That is a good idea but wouldn't it effect how the mouse works in windows? It is almost as if something is lagging down the app in a long operation. I would have to do some additional testing but It is almost as if it happens when gameex is loading the screensshots or playing sounds.

I recently installed a new monitor in my setup as the old tube finally died. After installing the new monitor I upgraded to the latest gameex. Now when running gameex I notice that the mouse pauses and jumps around (sometimes returning to where I started). The keyboard navigation seems to work fine. I am running the windows 7/64.I am also unsure of the version of gameex I was running but it had been a while since I upgraded. I hope I am clear enough on my explanation. Any ideas?

That seems to have fixed it. It ran all night and didn't barf once. Thanks for your help.

I did try that and got the same results. I will try that out and let you know how it goes.

not sure where that is configured. Here is the complete log: 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: GameEx: Version 9.80: Starting Log 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Operating System Name: Windows XP 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 1023MB 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: 2.99Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Running Randomize() 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Loading PlugIns 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Loaded Plugin:"Controlinator" Version 1.1 By Chris Vavruska 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: PlugIn: "Controlinator" Initialized OK 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Running Misc startup tasks 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Setting Menu types 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Opening Configuration File 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Getting Configuration Values 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Using Theme: Default - Deep Purple V1 20:20:55.7 1/23/2009: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Deep Purple V1 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Using Images from theme: Default - Deep Purple\MEDIA\ 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Launching HideOS.exe 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: CPWizard enabled 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Hiding Taskbar 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Is Media Center running? 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Media Center Mode 2 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Snap Delay set to: 2 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Get other settings 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black 20:20:55.8 1/23/2009: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 20:20:55.9 1/23/2009: Start work for Form 20:20:55.9 1/23/2009: Getting Original Screen Size 20:20:55.9 1/23/2009: Opening Database Connection 20:20:55.9 1/23/2009: Initializing Component 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Retrieving resolution setting 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: MAME Path is: d:\Mame32 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: daphne Path is: d:\Daphne 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: daphne EXE file is: Daphne.exe 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Use daphne on. Daphne.exe will launch games 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Model 2 Path Path is: d:\nebula\ 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Multi Core/Hyper Threading detected. Looking for emulator_multicpu.exe 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Model 2 EXE file is: emulator_multicpu.exe 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Model 2 emulator with command line support detected 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Use Model 2 on. emulator_multicpu.exe will launch Sega Model 2 games 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: ZiNc Path is: d:\ZiNc11 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: ZiNc EXE file is: zinc.exe 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Use ZiNc on. zinc.exe will launch PSX games 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: MAME EXE file is: Mame.exe 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: ROM Paths are: D:\mame32\roms\ABC;D:\mame32\roms\09;D:\mame32\roms\DEF;D:\mame32\roms\GHI;D:\mame32\roms\JKL;D:\mame32\roms\MNO;D:\mame32\roms\PQR;D:\mame32\roms\S;D:\mame32\roms\TUV;D:\mame32\roms\WXYZ;D:\mame32\roms\BIOS;D:\mame32\roms\HDIMAGES 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Loading Controls.ini map file 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Snap Path is: d:\Mame32\snap 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Flyer Path is: d:\Mame32\flyers 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Cabinet Path is: d:\Mame32\cabinets 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Title Path is: d:\Mame32\titles 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: PCB Path: Not Found 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Panel Path is: d:\Mame32\cpanel 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Manual Path: Not Found 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Icon Path is: d:\Mame32\icons 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Marquee Path is: d:\Mame32\marquees 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 20:20:56.0 1/23/2009: Initialising DirectDraw 20:20:56.1 1/23/2009: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 20:20:56.2 1/23/2009: Creating DirectDraw Device 20:20:56.2 1/23/2009: Using Device: Primary Display Driver 20:20:56.4 1/23/2009: 61mb video memory available 20:20:56.4 1/23/2009: Setting Resolution to 1024x768 32 bit color 20:20:56.4 1/23/2009: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 20:20:56.4 1/23/2009: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 20:20:56.4 1/23/2009: Creating Back Buffer 20:20:56.5 1/23/2009: Loading graphic Surfaces 20:20:56.5 1/23/2009: Display is running at: 1024x768 32bit color, 60hz 20:20:56.7 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Flags 20:20:56.7 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 20:20:56.7 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Volume 20:20:56.8 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Arrows 20:20:56.8 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 20:20:56.8 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 20:20:56.8 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 20:20:57.0 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 20:20:57.0 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 20:20:57.0 1/23/2009: Creating Surface Unselected 20:20:57.0 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 20:20:57.0 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Snaps 20:20:57.1 1/23/2009: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 20:20:57.2 1/23/2009: Creating Fonts 20:20:57.2 1/23/2009: Creating Game Font 20:20:57.3 1/23/2009: Creating Game Font Faded 20:20:57.3 1/23/2009: Creating Title Font 20:20:57.4 1/23/2009: Restoring Title Font From Cache 20:20:57.5 1/23/2009: Creating Menu Font 20:20:57.5 1/23/2009: Creating Font Black 20:20:57.7 1/23/2009: Creating Font Black Small 20:20:57.8 1/23/2009: Fonts Created Succesfully 20:20:57.8 1/23/2009: 1mb video memory left available 20:20:57.8 1/23/2009: Creating instance of global keyboard hook 20:20:57.8 1/23/2009: Attempting to load game list 20:20:58.0 1/23/2009: Loading Custom Emulators 20:20:58.0 1/23/2009: Loading Emulator 3: Pinball Games 20:20:58.1 1/23/2009: Loading Emulator 10: Future Pinball 20:20:58.4 1/23/2009: Text/Language: English 20:20:58.4 1/23/2009: Applying Language/Text 20:20:58.4 1/23/2009: Initialising Bass Audio Library 20:20:58.6 1/23/2009: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -ctrlr controlinator 20:20:58.6 1/23/2009: Loading last used Game List 20:20:58.6 1/23/2009: Loading Start Page 20:20:58.7 1/23/2009: Setting Music Volume 20:20:58.7 1/23/2009: Creating DirectSound Device 20:20:58.7 1/23/2009: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 20:20:58.7 1/23/2009: Loading Sound Files 20:20:58.7 1/23/2009: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 20:20:58.7 1/23/2009: Creating ICONS 20:20:58.8 1/23/2009: Restoring Cached ICONS from File 20:20:59.0 1/23/2009: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 20:20:59.0 1/23/2009: Unable to create a joystick device 20:20:59.0 1/23/2009: Initializing MCE Remote 20:20:59.0 1/23/2009: Playing intro sound file 20:20:59.0 1/23/2009: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 20:20:59.0 1/23/2009: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 20:20:59.6 1/23/2009: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 20:21:05.7 1/23/2009: Starting Attract Mode 20:21:05.7 1/23/2009: Reading MAME hall of fame 20:21:05.7 1/23/2009: Exception occured running Attract Mode 20:21:05.7 1/23/2009: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. 20:21:05.8 1/23/2009: at DvdCore.GeneralEngineClass.set_UseSampleGrabber(Int32 pVal) 20:21:05.8 1/23/2009: at ae.a(Boolean A_0) 20:21:05.8 1/23/2009: at k.b(Boolean A_0) 20:21:08.3 1/23/2009: Returning From Attract Mode 20:21:20.6 1/23/2009: Saving Settings 20:21:20.7 1/23/2009: Running: cmd.exe /c C: GameExConfig.exe

A while back the screen saver function in gamex stop working. I finally decided to take a look at it and looked in the log and found the following repeated for I image as many times and the screen saver was supposed to be started. 09:34:14.1 1/23/2009: Starting Attract Mode 09:34:14.1 1/23/2009: Exception occured running Attract Mode 09:34:14.1 1/23/2009: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. 09:34:14.1 1/23/2009: at DvdCore.GeneralEngineClass.set_UseSampleGrabber(Int32 pVal) 09:34:14.1 1/23/2009: at ae.a(Boolean A_0) 09:34:14.1 1/23/2009: at k.b(Boolean A_0) 09:34:16.6 1/23/2009: Returning From Attract Mode I do not think I have any thing configured in HTPC that is not the default. Any ideas of where to start?

I had that problem once with the last line in the log file being "Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully". It turned out to be that I either didn't have a new enough directX installed or it was never installed on that machine. I upgraded to the latest directx and it worked great.

Controlinator V1.1 - Allow easy switching of the default MAME controls based on the players as defined in nplayer.ini Here is an update to my Controlinator plugin. This update includes a fix for a crash in the Plug-in Manager as well as automatically creating controller cfg files in your mame directory. To install follow the instruction in the included README.TXT file. Source is included. ControlinatorV1.1.zip

That was my goal....to prove your wrong AGAIN

Well, you are all a bunch of tools. But now back on topic. I found an exception that I am not sure why it was causing an issue, but I think I have fixed it. Here is a new dll. If it fixes the issue I will re-issue a new zip once I have added a few new items that I am thinking of. To install just extract the dll and copy it into your gamex/plugins folder. Chris Controlinator11b.zip

I had thought of that but it is not as clean. I would imagine that it wouldn't be hard to add the ability to change the command line before the execution the MAMEEXE. Anyways, I will implement it this way. I want to be able to have a few global configs that would make it cleaner and not make the ctrlr directory a complete mess. I wanted to make it easy for the people who don't want to try and figure everything out. Sure, there is more than one way to skin a cat. I just wanted to give people the easiest way.

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Go into the cfg directory and remove the game's cfg file in case it got corrupt somehow. You can also look at it. Also, look at the gameex.log file and see what the command line looks like. If you are using a -ctrlr file that does not contain definitions for p3+p4 then that might be the culprit.

I have my plugin working except for the part where it appends the -ctrl <ctrlfile> to the exec line. Is there any way to intercept the command before it executes? I tried using "Event_GameRun" but that does not contain the cmd line. Thanks for any help. Chris

What I am looking for is when you go to launch a game...say 1942 which is a 2p alternating game and the rom zip is 1942.zip. It would look up 1942 in nplayer.ini and it would find: 1942=2P alt. It would cross reference "2P alt" to a controller configuration file 2palt.cfg (or whatever it was called) and run mame with the proper command line. For example: mame -ctrlr 2palt 1942. This way I wouldn't have to have separate configuration files for each game. If this is something that could be done via a plug in then I might go ahead and write one...but I want to make sure it is possible before I put the energy into it.

Is there a way to have game tell mame to load a different ctrlr file based on the data provided in nplayer.ini? I would like to be able to have mame use a different ctrlr file for "2P alt" games so that players don't have to move away from their joystick. The ctrlr file would have something like this: <port type="P1_JOYSTICK_UP"> <newseq type="standard">KEYCODE_UP OR KEYCODE_R</newseq> </port> Is it possible today or an enhancement request?

Issue #1: My vpt files are named things such as machine (manufacturer) (year) (other info) (version).vpt When loaded in gamex I want the display to look like Machine I selected the options to remove the text in brackets but it only removes the last bracket thus leaving me with Machine (manufacturer) (year) Can we get a while loop here so it will remove the text in all the brackets? Perhaps a option to remove all would be better to make sure it doesn't break what people already have. Issue #2: When creating snaps for VP it works fine at first but after a number (unknown amount) of machines vp starts crashing on exit. I am using VP8.0 (I think) on XP. What I think is happening is that gameex is starting a new instance of VP before the old one has been completely removed from memory. Memory fragmentation from previous instantiations of VP maybe the cause of the delay in shutting down VP. I think if there were a configurable delay in between quitting and starting the next table it would allow windows to clean up memory. Also, after creating a number (again, unknown number) of snaps sometimes the snap is the vpinmame screen. If we could change from 10 seconds to another value this might prevented it.