Underhill

Thanks for the reply bkenobi, Yeah, with that info I think I will wait and hope one day a plugin gets written for this. The last time I did any programming was in Basic on my apple IIc in high school =P. Thanks again for all the help. ~Underhill

Thanks Tempest that did it. Working like it should. I may be asking for too much here but is there an option to run the script each time a game is launched? Currently, as I'm sure you probably know, the script will run on the start up of GameEx which then chooses the audio file and remains the same until the next start. One other thing I noticed is the audio will play as long as the controls screen is up but if there is no controls screen at start up or if I close the controls screen the audio is cut off premature. I can understand this since the game sounds are going to take priority. But would be nice if it continued to play while the launched game is starting up. Until the day someone more talented than I comes up with a solution, plugin or it's added to the features I can deal with these 2 minor things. Thank you for your patience and effort helping me get this going. ~Underhill

I did get it working.... halfway. Got it working as far as GameEx playing it but it never changes. It won't copy over the previous file. But if I delete the audio file and run it again it will change. Possibly a problem with vista 64. Going to have to search for some answers to that little problem. ~Underhill

I messed with this for a little bit but I kept getting an error in gameex about not being able to find a file. I have a feeling it's something simple I overlooked. I know I should post the error but it was another busy day and I had to run. If I can't find what I've missed I'll post the error for some help. Just a couple questions though... How much of that script do I need to change? I know I have to change the paths to where the audio files are and the .mp3 to .wav but do I need to change anything else like the total? When I run the script by itself it creates the audio file with one chosen in the directory. But with each additional run the file never changed to a different one. In the theme folders the default intro file is labeled introsound.wav The script looks to save as introsong.mp3 Should I leave this alone or change it to what the default name is? ......Hmm, more I think about it, that's something I can just point to in theme editor isn't it? Anyway I just wanted to let you know I'm still working to get this going. Hopefully I'll have a moment of clarity and I'll find my mistakes. Thanks again, ~Underhill

Thank you, I'll give this a try. It's something I've been wanting to do for a little while since I finally figured out I could change the audio in theme editor a while back. If I knew "anything" about writing a plug in, I'd be all over it. I've got to run right now but I'll give this a shot when I get back. Can't wait to try it out. Until something else comes around I'm more than happy to use this if does what it needs and it sounds like it does. Thanks for the responses, ~Underhill

Tempest, Just pursuing the post from earlier about wanting to be able to have gameex randomly choose a game launch audio file. You said that there was a script available that could achieve what I'm looking to do? Thanks, ~Underhill

I searched the forum for other threads about this and found one but it ended without any real answers. So I thought it might be best if I just asked in a new thread. The old rule.... don't fix what isn't broken. GameEx ran fine before but I wanted to update everything and start fresh so I did anyway. So I downloaded the latest GameEx and the latest Mame (129u3). I can run games fine with MameUI64 but when I try to start up GameEx I get the following error. I tried changing fonts and using different themes but to no avail. I am only using themes that come with the download. Any ideas? TIA 19:55:09.1 2/4/2009: GameEx: Version 9.82: Starting Log 19:55:09.1 2/4/2009: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 19:55:09.1 2/4/2009: Operating System Name: Windows Vista 19:55:09.1 2/4/2009: Operating System Version: 6.0.6001 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Vista Aero running 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Initializing Vista volume control 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz, 4094MB 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: 2.67Ghz - 4 Cores or CPU's 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Running Randomize() 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Loading PlugIns 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Running Misc startup tasks 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Setting Menu types 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Opening Configuration File 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Getting Configuration Values 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Using Theme: Default - GameEx 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - GameEx 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Launching HideOS.exe 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance) 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Hiding Taskbar 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Is Media Center running? 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 19:55:09.2 2/4/2009: Media Center Mode 2 19:55:09.3 2/4/2009: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 19:55:09.3 2/4/2009: Snap Delay set to: 2 19:55:09.3 2/4/2009: Get other settings 19:55:09.3 2/4/2009: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black 19:55:09.3 2/4/2009: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 19:55:09.3 2/4/2009: Start work for Form 19:55:09.3 2/4/2009: Getting Original Screen Size 19:55:09.3 2/4/2009: Opening Database Connection 19:55:09.4 2/4/2009: Initializing Component 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Retrieving resolution setting 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Initialising Windows Media Player Component 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: MAME Path is: F:\Mame129u3\MameUI64 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: MAME EXE file is: MameUI64.exe 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: ROM Path is: F:\Mame129u3\MameUI64\roms 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Catver.ini is located at: F:\Mame129u3\GameEX\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: controls.ini is located at: F:\Mame129u3\GameEX\GameEx\data\controls.ini 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: History.dat is located at: F:\Mame129u3\GameEX\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: nplayers.ini is located at: F:\Mame129u3\GameEX\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: F:\Mame129u3\GameEX\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Loading Controls.ini map file 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Snap Path is: F:\Mame129u3\MameUI64\snap 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Flyer Path is: F:\Mame129u3\MameUI64\flyers 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Cabinet Path is: F:\Mame129u3\MameUI64\cabinets 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Title Path is: F:\Mame129u3\MameUI64\titles 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: PCB Path: Not Found 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Panel Path is: F:\Mame129u3\MameUI64\cpanel 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Manual Path: Not Found 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Icon Path is: F:\Mame129u3\MameUI64\icons 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Marquee Path is: F:\Mame129u3\MameUI64\marquees 19:55:09.5 2/4/2009: Loading Custom Emulators 19:55:09.7 2/4/2009: Using Version 3 Themes Animations 19:55:09.7 2/4/2009: Using General Font: HandelGothic BT 19:55:09.7 2/4/2009: Using Title Font: HandelGothic BT 19:55:09.7 2/4/2009: Initialising DirectDraw 19:55:09.8 2/4/2009: Creating DirectDraw Device 19:55:09.8 2/4/2009: Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 19:55:10.2 2/4/2009: -1816mb video memory available 19:55:10.4 2/4/2009: Setting Resolution to 1680x1050 32 bit color 19:55:10.4 2/4/2009: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 19:55:10.4 2/4/2009: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 19:55:10.5 2/4/2009: Creating Back Buffer 19:55:10.5 2/4/2009: Loading graphic Surfaces 19:55:10.6 2/4/2009: Display is running at: 1680x1050 32bit color, 60hz 19:55:10.6 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Flags 19:55:10.7 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 19:55:10.7 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Volume 19:55:10.7 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Arrows 19:55:10.8 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 19:55:10.8 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 19:55:10.9 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 19:55:13.9 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 19:55:14.0 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 19:55:14.0 2/4/2009: Creating Surface Unselected 19:55:14.0 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 19:55:14.1 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Snaps 19:55:14.1 2/4/2009: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 19:55:14.3 2/4/2009: Creating Fonts 19:55:14.3 2/4/2009: Creating Game Font 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: Error: Only TrueType fonts are supported. This is not a TrueType font. 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: at System.Drawing.Font.FromLogFont(Object lf, IntPtr hdc) 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: at System.Drawing.Font.FromHfont(IntPtr hfont) 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: at k.c0() 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: at k.c(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2) 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: at k.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5) 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: at k.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2) 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: at k..ctor() 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: Closing database connection 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: Disposing Plugins 19:55:14.4 2/4/2009: GameEx is exiting with errors 19:55:16.5 2/4/2009: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING