peterson65

is ther any way within gameex to change the beam width on vector games? i am not using arcade vga mode and thats the only place i see anything about vector, in mame32fx that i have been playing around with its easy to experiment with different sizes to get what looks best. (by the way i am not using mame32 with gameex but a command line mame)

on mame32 is there a way to get around the disclaimer thats says there are known problems with this game, type ok or move joystick to continue. it gets anoying on a cabinet that is running the random game screen saver and its sitting waiting to type ok.

i would love the video if someone would e-mail it to me thanks

i hope you guys are right, it looks like a neat product but they wont respond to e-mails and wont return my calls on the voice machine that i leave .i cant understand how any company can still be around with no comunication with customers and charging the customers credit card for $600 and no straight answer as to why it takes 3 months plus to get what i have allready paid for? i wish this company was as concerned with support as tom is with game-ex, i have never seen support like the support that comes with game-ex and its not even his bread and butter bussines. its a hobby i have seen in other forums people bitch about having to pay for the registration for game-ex and they are stupid because for what little they pay, they will get support that a commercial product cant even come close to. thanks tom for every thing with game-ex

has anyone here had experience with the slikstik company? i ordered a classic dual control in may from them for around $600, they charged my credit card and i cant get in touch with them, i have called and spoke with someone and they said the problem was happ controls trackballs are bad and they are waiting for a shipment, i got a hold of them a week later and they said mine was in line for a trackball and its done and the trackballs did arrive. i left a message a week after that and they e-mailed saying parts are coming in slowley and mine unit needs more parts? are these guys nuts? is the company some goof working out of a garage. should i wait or contact the better business burea. thanks for any input on my problem

i re-downloaded the full newest install and reinstalled it with the default themes and now its fine, thanks tom

after one of the recent updates,(i dont know what one because i update and turn off just to keep up) i cant play anything through gameex i have not changed anything in the configs, help here is the log. thanks 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: GameEx: Version 8.66: Starting Log 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 511MB 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: 3Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: Running Randomize() 20:56:30.5 7/30/2007: Loading PlugIns 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Running Misc startup tasks 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Setting Menu types 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Opening Configuration File 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Getting Configuration Values 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Using Theme: Default - Women We Love To Play 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Women We Love To Play 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Launching HideOS.exe 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Hiding Taskbar 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Is Media Center running? 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Media Center Mode 2 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Snap Delay set to: 1 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Get other settings 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Start work for Form 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Getting Original Screen Size 20:56:30.6 7/30/2007: Opening Database Connection 20:56:30.7 7/30/2007: Initializing Component 20:56:30.8 7/30/2007: Retrieving resolution setting 20:56:30.8 7/30/2007: Creating Radio Station Genres 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Succesfully created station genres 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: MAME Path is: C:\Mame32 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: ROM Path is: C:\mame0112b_i686\roms 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Loading Controls.ini map file 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Snap Path is: C:\mame0112b_i686\Snap 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Flyer Path is: C:\mame0112b_i686\flyers 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Cabinet Path is: C:\mame0112b_i686\cabinets 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Title Path: Not Found 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Panel Path is: C:\mame0112b_i686\cpanel 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Manual Path: Not Found 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Icon Path: Not Found 20:56:30.9 7/30/2007: Marquee Path is: C:\mame0112b_i686\marquees 20:56:31.0 7/30/2007: Loading Custom Emulators 20:56:31.1 7/30/2007: Using 2D Animations 20:56:31.1 7/30/2007: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 20:56:31.1 7/30/2007: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 20:56:31.1 7/30/2007: MAME CMD options: -video ddraw -triplebuffer -switchres -skip_gameinfo -ctrlr XArcade 20:56:31.1 7/30/2007: Attempting to load game list 20:56:31.7 7/30/2007: Initialising DirectDraw 20:56:31.7 7/30/2007: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 20:56:31.7 7/30/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device 20:56:31.7 7/30/2007: Using Device: Ultimarc ArcadeVGA 20:56:31.7 7/30/2007: 126mb video memory available 20:56:31.8 7/30/2007: Setting Resolution to 640x288 32 bit color 20:56:32.2 7/30/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 20:56:32.2 7/30/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 20:56:32.3 7/30/2007: Creating Back Buffer 20:56:32.3 7/30/2007: Loading graphic Surfaces 20:56:32.3 7/30/2007: Display is running at: 640x288 32bit color, 60hz 20:56:32.4 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 20:56:32.5 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Volume 20:56:32.5 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Arrows 20:56:32.5 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 20:56:32.5 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 20:56:32.5 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 20:56:32.6 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 20:56:32.6 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 20:56:32.6 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 20:56:32.6 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Snaps 20:56:32.6 7/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 20:56:32.7 7/30/2007: Creating Fonts 20:56:32.7 7/30/2007: Creating Menu Font 20:56:32.7 7/30/2007: Restoring Menu Font From Cache 20:56:32.7 7/30/2007: Creating Game Font 20:56:33.0 7/30/2007: Creating Font Black 20:56:33.1 7/30/2007: Creating Font Black Small 20:56:33.2 7/30/2007: Creating Game Font Faded 20:56:33.7 7/30/2007: Creating Title Font 20:56:33.7 7/30/2007: Restoring Title Font From Cache 20:56:33.8 7/30/2007: Fonts Created Succesfully 20:56:33.8 7/30/2007: 97mb video memory left available 20:56:33.8 7/30/2007: Creating instance of global keyboard hook 20:56:33.8 7/30/2007: Starting GameExtender Publisher 20:56:33.8 7/30/2007: Text/Language: English 20:56:33.8 7/30/2007: Applying Language/Text 20:56:33.9 7/30/2007: Initialising Bass Audio Library 20:56:34.0 7/30/2007: Loading last used Game List 20:56:34.0 7/30/2007: Setting Music Volume 20:56:34.0 7/30/2007: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename 20:56:34.0 7/30/2007: Creating DirectSound Device 20:56:34.0 7/30/2007: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 20:56:34.0 7/30/2007: Loading Sound Files 20:56:34.1 7/30/2007: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 20:56:34.1 7/30/2007: Gamepad/Joystick disabled 20:56:34.1 7/30/2007: Playing intro sound file 20:56:34.1 7/30/2007: Initializing MCE Remote 20:56:34.1 7/30/2007: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 20:56:34.1 7/30/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 20:56:34.6 7/30/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 20:56:46.9 7/30/2007: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured 20:56:46.9 7/30/2007: Trying reinitialising the display after sleeping for 4 seconds 20:56:46.9 7/30/2007: Exception count will be dropped to 15 20:56:54.1 7/30/2007: --**-- 20:56:54.1 7/30/2007: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured: Exiting 20:56:54.1 7/30/2007: Closing database connection 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: First Exception: 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: at w.r() 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: at w.ap() 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: at w.b9() 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: at w.as() 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: Last Exception: 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: at w.r() 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: at w.ap() 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: at w.b9() 20:56:54.2 7/30/2007: at w.as() 20:56:57.0 7/30/2007: Disposing Plugins 20:56:57.0 7/30/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

i am running an arcade vga card and a 25" arcade monitor in my cabinet, so i am running at 640x288 res. i can run all of the themes from the main page including tron,soul calibur and women we like to play. on nights page it says these themes are 1024x768 for women and soul calibur and tron are 798x597 is that correct? if so how are those displaying correctly on my monitor, there are not many cool themes out for my resolution monitor for gameex there are cool ones for mamewah and to be honest i dont have the time to create a nice lowres theme myself. thanks

thanks! there are not a lot of themes for us guys with cabinets with arcade monitors and your theme so far looks great , nice and clean looking

i like the looks so far but i am sure you are doing this at a higher res than arcade monitor will display, it would be awsome if you made a low res 640x288 version

depending what games you are trying to run, if its some old 80's arcade stuff i then older builds of mame are best, mame 32 seems to run slower for me or find a faster machine. its so cheap to build a computer from tigerdirect.com

i dont know much about fastmame other than the last known version 098b was released july of 05 so its pretty old and i think its no longer being developed i would try some of the newer mame builds

anyone out there using an arcade monitor in a cabinet with the arcade vga and newer mame what settings in advanced settings are you using for the best display on your monitor? -d3d -video d3d -noswitchres -video ddraw ect! i am pulling out my hair to get it to where i think it looks good please share any luck you have had with the video options and arcade vga. thanks

when pressing ~ you can change some rom options like volume ,brightness and gamma. turning the gamma up a bit helps a lot with some games on my arcade monitor but when i exit from the game it does not save what ive tweaked? what am i doing wrong? and is there a way to save the game last state? like if i am far into a game and want to finish it another day where i left off. thanks

how or where is an option to sretch the theme to my res? if i try to use your theme i only see a quarter of the screen and the rest is off of the screen, the themes soul caliber and tron work fine they are 798x597 and also Women We Love To Play 1024x768 works but yours is larger than the screen? any ideas

640x288

looks nice so far, buy i am afraid to ask what is the resolution going to be? i have a cabinet with and arcade monitor and arcade vga and it seems like no one does low res themes

i am having the same problem, i am using an arcade vga card in a cabinet using a arcade monitor horizontal and the bezels no longer show up, i also am having problems getting the games like space invaders, pacman galaga to fit correctly in the screen, mame32 it works fine by itself and through gameex but not with mame with arcadevga settings?

has anyone noticed in mame32 107 and maybe mame107 that the disclaimer (ok to continue) on my arcade monitor i cant even read the warnings game looks fine but something changed in the newest mame with the font for the discliamer warning thanks

i also noticed the same thing, games like galaga and galaxian the top would be cut off a bit in game ex with arcade vga settings but it looked fine in mame32 with arcede vga settings, so am running mame32 and have it arcade vga turned off in gameex and it looks perfect and bezels work .

is there any way using the theme editor to edit a allready complete theme and change the resolution? i have an arcade monitor running at 640x288 and some of the 800x600 themes on the theme page look cool but not on my screen (too big) thanks

my bezels stopped working also, and i tried and deleted the bezel folder and reinstalled and still doesnt work anyone else had the same problem?

thanks for the input. i might strip it down and remove everthing i dont need. or has anyone ever tried a program like xp lite to make a cleaned up install of xp?

i have a mame arcade cabinet with an arcade vga card and i am running windows xp now, but i am thinking of running 2000 instead because its a game machine only any problems with gameex or arcade vga with windows 2000? would i be better with 2000 (faster and lesscrap) thanks

i have a arcade vga card and an arcade cabinet with the arcade monitor, what nintendo 64 emulator works the best with the arcade vga card and game-ex? thanks