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Thanks Brian and Tempest...I see that I can always count on You !! Tempest, You are right ! I just need these information in case the hard drive crashed and You want to be able to restore Your system exactly as it was or another case : You changed hardware components and must reinstall the system, but everything else will be the same. This is why I am asking for these files... To give You an impression of this section, it will look like that : ----------------------------- 4. Important Files for GameEx : If You have to recover Your system, You surely do not want to again configure the whole system. So it’s very important to know and understand some files where Your configuration is stored, so I definitely recommend to backup the following files : 4.1 “GameEx.ini” Description : This file contains most of Your GameEx settings Location : c:\Program Files\GameEx\CONFIG 4.2 “custominput.ini” Description : Contains all custom defined key mappings in GameEx Location : c:\Program Files\GameEx\CONFIG --------------------------- If You know any other files of interest, please write it in this post... See You, Ränzo

Hello, I am just extending my Mame Installation guide with a new section : Important files, and I think I do not have all files in place. Backround : If You want to reinstall the whole system, which files are very important so that You must not do again the whole work...What I have at the moment is : 1. Gameex.ini for the most cofiguration of Gameex 2. custominput.ini for custom controls I am searching for the file, where the MAME ROM list is saved. As You know when You first start GameEx, You must update the list and that can take very long...so to shortcut this process, I just would like to know the file where its saved and replay this file in the correct location, So whats the name of the file and where must I save it ? Another thing what takes very long is taging Your music : when You start Gameex for the first time, he will look for all Your music, so I also want to shortcut this process...which file and where is it stored ? I think Tempest wrote a thread about that, but I can not find that one... If You know any other files, please write it in this post and I will include it in the guide... Chers, Ränzo

Hups, thanks for the information...learned something new !! Ränzo

I have never heard that expression "I'm a bit past my normal way". Could someone explain me what that means ?? Ränzo

Did You mean this tutorial in the documentation ? : Thread : Installation Guide Guide : Guide There You can find the option -nocrc and You can also see an exampel of the [Daphne] section in the gamaex.ini with DL2, which also works perfect for me... Ränzo

Sorry, I can not help You in this subject because I do not have a Topgun / Lightgun... Ränzo

Updated manual to Version 1.5 Extended DAPHNE section : 1. Example of the gamex.ini - Daphne section 2. Troubleshooting Section : Problems with Resolution Switching 3. Troubleshooting setcion : Problems with Cliff Hanger Included a new tool : Soft 15 KHz in folder "18. Soft 15Khz" Manual is now online ! Chers, Ränzo

Hi Tony, Ok, just updated documentation to version 1.5 : Extended DAPHNE section : 1. Example of the gamex.ini - Daphne section 2. Troubleshooting Section : Problems with Resolution Switching 3. Troubleshooting setcion : Problems with Cliff Hanger Chers, Ränzo

Need Your feedback ! Please give me Your feedback about the manual and the package to enhance this guide... Maybe You would like to have more chapters / subjects / emulators to be discussed ? Ränzo

Hi Brian, I did it exactly the way You wrote it but I always got this error message "Action Failed"...anyway, now everything is ok and thanks !

@Brian, I sent You a PM 1 week ago....regarding deleting attachments...The system does not delete my attachment "MAME Installation Guide V1.2.1.pdf" and I do not know why...I get an "Action Failed" message....I went into The "Manage Attachments" section and deleted the old version of the document, but its still in my first post and You can still download it ??? Please help...

Update : Manual updated to Version 1.4 Changed : a) Eliminated some grammatical faults b Sega Model 2 chapter included c) Included the Configurator program into the Sega Model 2 folder d) Extended the troubleshooting section in Daphne e) Edited a little bit Chapter 2 : why to use MAMEUIFX version of MAME f) Included : directx_aug2009_redist.exe in the FULL Mame Installation Package g) Modified Chapter 3 with DirectX installation h) Modified the script “createdirectories.bat” to create ROMs folder for Sega Model 2 emulator Ränzo DeLaForce

Here You have a part of my DAPHNE section, located in the GameEx.ini, which You can find in Program Files\Gameex\Configuration [Daphne] UseDaphne=True DaphnePath=D:\Emulators\Daphne DaphneExe=Daphne.exe DaphneSnap=D:\Emulators\Daphne\images DaphneOptions=vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -opengl -noserversend -nocrc Enabled_1 =True ROMName_1 =lair2 GameName_1 =Dragon's Lair 2 - Time Warp GameOptions_1 =-framefile "D:\Emulators\Daphne\roms\Dragon's Lair 2 - Time Warp\Dragon's Lair 2 - Time Warp.txt" -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir D:\Emulators\Daphne -sound_buffer 2048 Enabled_8=True ROMName_8=dle2 GameName_8=Dragons Lair 1 GameOptions_8=-framefile "D:\Emulators\Daphne\roms\Dragons Lair 1\lair_dvdrom.txt" -useoverlaysb 2 -bank 0 10011000 -bank 1 01110111 Enabled_9=True ROMName_9=sae GameName_9=Space Ace GameOptions_9=-framefile "D:\Emulators\Daphne\roms\Space Ace\ace_dvdrom.txt" -useoverlaysb 2 -bank 0 10001000 -bank 1 00000111 I hope this will clear the sky...

Update : Manual updated to Version 1.3 Changed : DAPHNE section extended with additional parameters and tips...check out the Revision chapter ...

Update ! Mame Installation Manual, Version 1.2 Now I included a "Daphne" section so everybody should be able to get Daphne running and Brian can take one day off !! Have fun and a nice week-end, wishing You the best from germany !! Ränzo DeLaForce PS : Brian, can You look at the new section so that I can be sure not to forgot anything...

Hi Brain, ...I managed to fix it...but what an attack to my brain !!! I should really write a new section in my document when I have time...

Thanks Brian for the link... I will check them out...

Ok, I was too stupid that I did not realize that Laserdisc games are NOT under MAME, its directly on the startup screen called "Emulated Games"... Now I have another problem with Dragons Lair 2 : He does not accept the command line which I pasted from Daphneloader in GameEx : He just do not play the game ?? When I use the exact same line and paste it into the command line, everything is fine and he will start the game... ...but in GameEx, I will get a black screen for 3 secons and then he returns...strange...

Hi Tony, I am also at the moment fighting with Daphne to integrate it in GameEx...I just opened a new post with this topic : Daphne problem Everything is working in Daphne, but I dont see the game in GameEx... If I finally manage to get everything running, I will maybe add a new section to my Installation Manual... Ränzo

Hello, I have the problem that I can not see my Laserdisk (Daphne) games in GameEx. I successfully can start e.g. Dragons Lair 2 via Daphne Loader and everything is fine. I did the tutorial here in the forum (Daphne Tutorial how to integrate Daphne : 1. Daphne is enabled in the GameEx config 2. I set the command lines 3. I enabled the game itself for Gameex 4. I updated the gamelist ...but I still do not see the game in GameEx...any help would be appreciated... Ranzo

Hello Lurker, Thanks for Your post ! That supports me to continue ! :-) Maybe I will extend the documentation with a new section called "Daphne configuration", but first I have again to test everything. I am just configuring Daphne and then we will see... Bye, Ränzo

thanks for You reply but I WANTED to switch the resolution ! I know these settings...

OK, NOW the problem is solved...what a mess...but what was the problem ? 1. I have a standard resolution of 800x600 2. When I start GameEx, it will switch to 640x480 3. When I start a DVD file via GameEx, it seems to me that he will switch back ti 800x600 4. When I leave DVD playback, he will again switch over to 640x480 5. When I start again the DVD, GameEx seems to have problems again switching to 800x600... How did I resolve the problem ? I simply set the defeault resolution also to 640x480 so GameEx will not switch and now everything is working... I think Tom should have a look at this...could be a bug... Bye, Ränz

Hi Brian, I fixed the links and they are working now. I only used FREEWARE / Shareware software so no problem about that. I also put links to the corresponding pages where I downloaded the stuff. It uses GameEx as a FrontEnd so I think that package would be a nice addition here...:-) I know that GameEx can download all these things but not everybody has an internet connection or maybe just want to set up fast their configuration and will later on do the rest ? Bye, Ränzo

Hello folks, I was now working for over 1 week on this package, which includes scripts, Documentations and tools and I reinstalled over 30 times my PC to check if really everything is working. Now really EVERYBODY is capable to create a complete highly optimized MAME PC system with this package. I created 2 packages : 1. FULL MAME Installation Package V2.0 Here You will find ALL necessary files ROMs excluded to create Your mame system. You will find the following folders : 1. Scripts 2. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP 1 (x86) 3. Windows Media Player 11 (OFFLINE Version) 4. Vista Codec Pack 5. Mameuifx32 6. Sega Model 2 Emu 0.95 7. ZiNc 8. GameEx 9. DiskTrix UltimateDefrag 10. Boot Logo Changer 11. Instant Sheller 12. KeyThis! Testing Utility 13. Refresh Force 14. Nokia Monitor Test 15. TriSync 16. Daphne 17. DirectX 9c August 2009 Redistributable 18. Soft 15Khz 19. Pinball 20. Internet Explorer 8 ...and surely my complete documentation. I wrote everything in english (not in my native language german) so that everybody can use this document. I also made a TXT version of it so that You can use it when creating the high-performance environment (Wordpad will e.g. be deleted) 2. LITE MAME Installation Package V2.0 This version is nothing else than the first package but WITHOUT the following folders : 2. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 3. Windows Media Player 11 4. Vista Codec pack 6. Sega Model 2 7. Zinc 8. GameEx 16. Daphne 17. DirectX 9c 19.2 Visual PinMAME 20. Internet Explorer 8 With the scripts I included, almost 90% of the configuration will be automatically created. I used Rapidshare as Hoster : Here are the links to download...: Ränzos Downloadsektion I just tested everything again and its fine ! Please post feedback, comments, improvements ect...in this thread... So, and now have fun with this package !! Update : Manual updated to Version 2.0 Changed : 1. Added new Chapter 8 : Visual Pinball 2. Modified Chapter 3 3. Replaced new Direct x9c, Version 9.29.1962, June 2010 4. Updated Vista Codec Pack to 5.8.9, Gameex version to 11.50 5. Heavily modified some scripts, e.g. Createdirectoies.bat to also automatically copy all necessary files into the corresponding directories. 6. Added another Script for Visual Pinball support, corrected paths for Instant Sheller, New Registry Hack to hide recycle bin, extended links section 7. PDF has now bookmarks More infos in chapter 11 : Revisions Ränzo DeLaForce MAME Installation Guide V2.0.pdf