ZekeZookeeper

I can't see Bubble Bobble anymore on my wheel. The ROM runs fine in MAME itself. I've played it a hundred times from this same GameEx installation. It's at a rental home that I only visit every few months. When I went a few days ago Bubble Bobble was gone. Could a guest somehow have changed what displays? Seems unlikely. The MAME ROM filter option is off. It's also set to allow imperfect games. How is that wheel generated, an .xml file? Can I edit it manually? Unfortunately, I'm not at the home so I can't attach any files. Thanks for any info anyone can provide.

I understand AE is designed to be "plug and play," and that's a good thing. I'm wondering, however, if there's a way to directly edit the menu (knowing, of course, that doing so "voids my warranty"). I ask this because I have a cabinet in a rental house and would like it as stripped down as possible. I have disabled most menu choices and would like to designate the "All Games" (which I've renamed as "Arcade Classics") menu item as the default item instead of "Genres". I've seen the CustomMenu config file but haven't messed with it. Is there where I might change the default starting item? Thanks again.

Great! Thanks for looking into it and addressing the issue. I ditched HyperSpin (and the dozens of hours I sunk into it) because, when I installed GameEx, it was immediately clear that the latter is far more user friendly. It's a bonus that Tom is willing to update so frequently. Thanks again.

Thanks for confirming, RedDog. We'll see what Tom says.

I have an arcade cabinet set up in a rental house. I need it to be as "dummy proof" as possible. AE is good for that purpose. I am having a problem getting AE to display the control panel for certain MAME games, however. Robotron, specifically, refuses to display the controls for both joysticks. It only shows the left hand joystick. I'm using the most recent control.ini file I could find (;;Controls.dat INI file Version=0.141.1, Time=2011-01-05 18:17:26, Generated by=SirPoonga), which shows Robotron's controls as: [robotron] gamename=Robotron (Solid Blue label) numPlayers=2 alternating=1 mirrored=1 tilt=1 cocktail=0 usesService=0 miscDetails=The drivers in mame don't have a cocktail mode, but klov shows a cocktail cab, and the robotron drawing set shows two (cocktail) sets of dual joysticks. P1NumButtons=0 P1Controls=Dual 8-way Joysticks+doublejoy8way P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_UP=Move Up P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_DOWN=Move Down P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_LEFT=Move Left P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_RIGHT=Move Right P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_UP=Fire Up P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_DOWN=Fire Down P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_LEFT=Fire Left P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_RIGHT=Fire Right It appears GameEx is not recognizing the designation "P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT" as the other controller. This is especially confusing because it displays both controllers for Alien vs. Predator: [avsp] gamename=Alien vs. Predator (Euro 940520) numPlayers=3 alternating=0 mirrored=1 tilt=0 cocktail=0 usesService=0 miscDetails=The default dipswitch is two player mode; you need to F2 into the game's service mode and change it to three player mode to play with 3 players. Each character has special moves. P1NumButtons=3 P1Controls=8-way Joystick+joy8way P1_BUTTON1=Shoot P1_BUTTON2=Attack P1_BUTTON3=Jump (Dash) P1_JOYSTICK_UP=Up P1_JOYSTICK_DOWN=Down P1_JOYSTICK_LEFT=Move Left P1_JOYSTICK_RIGHT=Move Right I've changed Robotron's "alternating" and "mirrored" parameters to those of AVSP's, and I've even copied all of AVSP's entry to the [robotron] entry in controls.ini just to see if I can get the second joystick to display labels, but GameEx's "View Controls" option still will not display the second joystick when I run Robotron. GameEx is clearly pulling information from the controls.ini file, as the labels change when I change them in the file. Anyone have an idea how I can get the control panel to show both of Robotron's joystick labels? Thanks.