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same thing is happening with me? have 144 mame and all roms including chds (almost 300 gigs) have mame ui and run that and it shoes after verify that available roms are around 18,000 running it through game ex i get only around 10,400? i turned off all filter and even show all. had it update lis multiply times and even tried mame.exe compilled still around 10,000 what to try next?

"The popup descriptions and ratings can now be disabled " thanks for adding this

is there any way to disable the 5 star game rating box that pops up before a game selection? thanks

on this page is a large one that you could remove the background http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/bally-arcade/DSC08378.JPG

i get carnevil.chd DIFF CHD ERROR: invalid parent error required files are missing game cannot be run

i have a strange problem with carnevil 1.03 i have had it set in my favorites and it allways worked but today i try to run it and the screen goes blank like its going to run but then it goes back to the gameex screen? i can run carnevil 1.01, i am using a compiled command line 136 of mame in game ex but i tried mame ui 136 on the same rom and carnevil 1.03 works? how can i tell whats going on in game ex with this game. thanks

i see an the front page that game-ex supports MAME to emulator mapping so that i can use an older version of mame for one game that doesnt work to well with the newer versions of mame, how to i set this up? its simpsons bowling after 129 the music is broken and drivers me nuts nothing else seemed to change with the gameplay so i want to use the old version of mame for this game thanks

to make it run at startup just make a shortcut of the gameex exe and put it in startmenu/programs/startup

i figured it out, it was the resolution game-ex was running at, i had everything at 640x480 and it was the larger snaps would not fit at that resolution under the text so it would not display so i set gameex to 800x600 and it all works

i have a strange problem, about a week ago game ex would crash on startup so i uninstalled and reinstalled the newest version, i them set up everything again and all seemed to be working but when going through the mame games menu or my favorites menu the first game the snap will show up but on the second game scrolling down would not? but then going back to the first noe that has no snap anymore, its kind of ramdom what shows and what doesnot, also i am using the tron theme and when using the wizard to setup i can select tron as a theme and it works but going into the advanced config on game-ex tron and othe non default themes dont show up to select? i am going nuts with this one HELP! thanks

but on carnevil you can go throught all possible calibrations , windows, tab settings this game, bu hitting 9 and f2 in carnevil it wont register the shot to calibrate, i just get a screen flash, using avres to set up the game resolutions area 51 looks great but the screen flash is more brighter white and the white flash sort of distorts on the sides of the screen (you get an hourglass effect) the gun thing from ultimarc looks like it uses a led sensor that is mounted by the monitor? that would be nice to get rid of the screen flashing. i am starting to think the guns arent worth the trouble.

after running soft 15k 800x600 worked in area 51 and poink blank and police trainer. cant seem to get them to work in carnevil, they calibrate but in they game the shots dont register, so i am thinking of getting of going with the ultimarc stuff

how do i find out what resolutions to remove for the d9800? just trial and error? the one thing i cant seem to get correct is the act labs guns with this monitor, act labs say the guns wont work with the d9800 but using soft 15k and setting it to 800x600 it works

i am running an wells gardner d9800 and no arcade vga card but i am running soft 15khz and everything looks great but would it be better to set in gameex the arcade vga setting? that would just set all of the games at the closest original resolution correct? or should i use a program like avres to generate ini files. thanks

right now i am using the built in the motherboard nvidia graphics, i have been running mame at 640x480 i also am using the soft 15k program, at 800x600 60hz that was the lowest setting in windows with the nvidia drivers, i could not get the lightguns to work at all, but running soft 15k and setting multi-res to 640x480 then they worked in windows, now if i can just get everything working in mame i would be happy but once i enable the light guns to work in mame i loose the spinner?

well, i gave up with the arcadevga cards and i had a buddy that purchased the uvc and that was horrible for looking at anything in windows for games it was ok so i went and purchased a wells gardner d9800 and what a nice picture compared to the 25" arcade monitor i had and i have carnevil running with no audio or video hiccups but i am having troubles with light gun setup, i have a slikstik classic with a spinner control that is a usb mouse and in windows everything works together, if i use the program from act labs the guns both register when shooting the target and my trackball and spinner work but in gameex and mame the spinner does not work anymore and gun 2 does not work! if i remove my mame.ini then the spinner works but no guns. i must have something messed in the mame.ini can anyone figure whats wrong thanks for any help p.s attached is my mame.ini <UNADORNED0> # # CORE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS # readconfig 1 # # CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS # rompath roms samplepath samples artpath artwork ctrlrpath ctrlr inipath .;ini fontpath . cheatpath cheat crosshairpath crosshair # # CORE OUTPUT DIRECTORY OPTIONS # cfg_directory cfg nvram_directory nvram memcard_directory memcard input_directory inp state_directory sta snapshot_directory snap diff_directory diff comment_directory comments hiscore_directory hi # # CORE STATE/PLAYBACK OPTIONS # state autosave 0 playback record mngwrite aviwrite wavwrite snapname %g/%i snapsize auto snapview internal burnin 0 # # CORE PERFORMANCE OPTIONS # autoframeskip 0 frameskip 0 seconds_to_run 0 throttle 1 sleep 1 speed 1.0 refreshspeed 0 # # CORE ROTATION OPTIONS # rotate 1 ror 0 rol 0 autoror 0 autorol 0 flipx 0 flipy 0 # # CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS # artwork_crop 0 use_backdrops 1 use_overlays 1 use_bezels 1 # # CORE SCREEN OPTIONS # brightness 1.0 contrast 1.0 gamma 1.0 pause_brightness 0.65 # # CORE VECTOR OPTIONS # antialias 1 beam 1.0 flicker 0 # # CORE SOUND OPTIONS # sound 1 samplerate 48000 samples 1 volume 0 # # CORE INPUT OPTIONS # coin_lockout 1 ctrlr mouse 0 joystick 0 lightgun 1 multikeyboard 0 multimouse 1 steadykey 0 offscreen_reload 1 joystick_map auto joystick_deadzone 0.3 joystick_saturation 0.85 # # CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS # paddle_device keyboard adstick_device keyboard pedal_device keyboard dial_device keyboard trackball_device keyboard lightgun_device lightgun positional_device keyboard mouse_device mouse # # CORE DEBUGGING OPTIONS # log 0 verbose 0 update_in_pause 0 debug 0 debugscript # # CORE MISC OPTIONS # bios cheat 0 skip_gameinfo 0 # # CORE MKChamp OPTIONS # disable_hiscore_patch 0 disable_nagscreen_patch 0 disable_loading_patch 0 # # WINDOWS DEBUGGING OPTIONS # oslog 0 watchdog 0 debugger_font "Lucida Console" debugger_font_size 9 # # WINDOWS PERFORMANCE OPTIONS # priority 0 multithreading 0 # # WINDOWS VIDEO OPTIONS # video d3d numscreens 1 window 0 maximize 1 keepaspect 1 prescale 1 effect none waitvsync 0 syncrefresh 0 # # DIRECTDRAW-SPECIFIC OPTIONS # hwstretch 1 # # DIRECT3D-SPECIFIC OPTIONS # d3dversion 9 filter 1 # # PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS # screen auto aspect auto resolution auto view auto screen0 auto aspect0 auto resolution0 auto view0 auto screen1 auto aspect1 auto resolution1 auto view1 auto screen2 auto aspect2 auto resolution2 auto view2 auto screen3 auto aspect3 auto resolution3 auto view3 auto # # FULL SCREEN OPTIONS # triplebuffer 0 switchres 0 full_screen_brightness 1.0 full_screen_contrast 1.0 full_screen_gamma 1.0 # # WINDOWS SOUND OPTIONS # audio_latency 2 # # INPUT DEVICE OPTIONS # dual_lightgun 0

does anyone know what the keys to press on the keyboard for player one on rampage world tour? on my slikstik the 3 buttons to the right of joystick 1 are 7 h 9 is that correct? i hooked up my old trusty x-arcade and i have no problem anymore with rampage wt its only with the slikstik

this is driving me nuts! the problem started after i redid my mame cabinet i have a slikstik classic i have all the settings correct as far as i can tell, and all of my other games seem to be ok but rampage world tour. if i am playing a 1 player game and i am using the left joystick the gorrilla mover fine but hitting any of the 3 buttons to the right he kicks punches and jumps but when he kicks i hear not the correct sound but i hear the sound of a coins insert, them if i get out of the game and start again i have as many credits as i kicked. and with like 50 or so credits you would think i could hit player game start? but i have have to hit it 4 or 5 times for the game to start? and it is removing credits every time i hit start. has anyone every seen this? if i didnt ever play this game i wouldnt care but there must be some other games not working that i havent found yet. i have tried it with gameex running command line version of mame both 134 and 127 and i have tried mameui 134 by itself and the same thing. thanks

in what folder or what is the file that mame or gameex stores info for each rom, i am having a strange issue with rampage world tour, when i start the game it shows 43 credits, then when i try to start it takes away the credits but takes 5 or 6 times of hitting start button to start the game but its only in this game so is there a file i can delete or a way reset this rom?

did you get a chance to try it?

but a buddy of mine has a mame cabinet using the arcade vga pci-e he has a dual core e8400 4 gigs of ram and carnevil the audio and video stutters a bit, my old machine was a p4 3ghz 1 gig of ram and arcadevga agp and it was way worse then his was but my specs are a lot lower, so i upgraded to a evga board with nvidia graphics on board i have a e5200 cpu 2.5 ghz and less cache then his (the e8400 is 3ghz) and carnevil on my 5200 without using an arcadevga plays perfect! i was so happy when i tried it that it finaly worked perfect, but i have not got around to try his arcadevga in mine yet but that has to be the bottleneck of his system. doesnt carnevil run 648x480 and uses 3dfx hardware?

this is why i am torn on what to do now, if that uvc works with light guns and thats why i upgraded the computer in my cabinet so carnevil plays good and it plays without a hickup or any stutter and thats with the motherboards built in nvidia graphics, i i get a new pcie avga card it might start to stutter and everything was a waste of money that would be great if you could hack the newest nvidia drivers to do the correct resolution so as to not fry my arcade monitor

has anyone here own the ultracade universal video converter- now sold by happ? i just upgraded my mame pc to a newer dual core that uses pci express from a p4 that had a arcadevga agp, so i need to decise to buy a new arcadevga pci e or go with the uvc, what i cant find out is if the uvc will work with light guns or not. with the uvc i would not be stuck with a slower video card and it would be less of a problem to configure it with my arcade monitor. is the newest arcadevga chipset fast enough ? http://www.gameroommag.com/retroblast-articles/hardware-reviews/369-ultracade-uvc-universal

does anyone else run simpsons bowling? it was running fine on mame 119 but i reinstalled my entire software on my cabinet and now am running 113 and now the in game music is not working correctly? i think something changed in mame but i cant finf any mention of it anywhere. so if anyone has this installed please post back

would it be possible to use a different version of mame within game ex for just light guns? i have game ex running great with the command line version of mame, but a friend gave me a set of act labs guns and i have them working fine with a version of mame 32 but trying to get them working with my command line version i end up messing up tracklball, so what i am asking is could game ex use the mame 32 just for light gun games and the command line version for all else thanks