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Ok got it thank you.

Is GameEx suppose to download artwork from EMU Movies (with an account) then the GameEx artwork repository? Or is does it do one or the other?

Awesome thank you!

Hi, Can you please share what you used for the command line? I tried testing it out today, but i'm not sure which exe file to use. Thank you, Z

I fixed it. It was my mame.ini file writeconfig was set to 1 instead of zero. I also moved my mame.ini file to the root directory instead of the ini folder. Now when the screensave runs it does not create a new .ini file. "Changing the write config to on (make it a 1) will tell mame to write a new config or ini file every time a game is started (Thus it makes a "game.ini" file..If you turn that on and start frogger mame will make a frogger.ini file.)" http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=329.0

I'll do some more troubleshooting. Looks like it's replicating the mame.ini and appending the rom name to it.

Here is a copy of my mame.ini. I'm not sure with it might have to do with MAMEUI64. If I launch a game in MAMEUI it will create an ini file in the ini folder. mame.ini

It's not a big deal basically i just do a bulk edit on the ini files and change artworkgameex to artwork. I suppose I can just move all my artwork files to artworkgameex instead. If I don't edit the files the bezels don't display on the games.

One more thing just curious how is the artpath "artworkgameex" created? Is that something I can modify. The reason I ask is if I let the screen saver in GameEx run. Mame automatically generates .ini files. It will set the artpath to "artworkgameex" instead of "artwork".

I don't think GameEx is creating it either. If I launch a game from MAME it creates the ini files in the MAME Ini directory. If I launch it from GameEx it creates the ini file in the root directory. Not sure when the feature was introduced. I noticed when I launched games I didn't play before from GameEx the artwork and spinner was working. So, I went back and checked out what was going on with the ini files.

I figured it out!!!!!!!! When I first launch a MAME game in GameEx it creates a config file in the MAME root folder see attached. That config file does not update when there is a change, but GameEx always refers to that file. I deleted the tempest.ini file and launched it again and now the spinner is working. tempest.ini

The setting is off. I've attached my config file. Even with it off I get what you are seeing in the runitgame.bat. I'm using MAME .225. I tried the .bat file you created and same result. If I run MAME64 directly and launch Tempest everything works fine. GameEx.ini

Yes, if I launch MAME alone without GameEx everything the spinner and artwork border shows up. I just tried running the runitgame.bat for Tempest and I get the same results. I tried testing with a few different games. The spinner works for some games through gameEx, but not everything. When I try the same games directly from MAME they work fine.

Here are the logs. I disabled the virtual driver . Arknoid 2 still works , but Tempest doesn't . Tempest - log.txt Tempest -runitgame.bat arknoid2 -log.txt arknoid2 -runitgame.bat

Here is the file for Tempest. log.txt runitgame.bat

Here you go . log.txt runitgame.bat

Ok so i tested with Arkanoid 2 and the spinner worked. I tried Tempest, but that did not work. I don't know if it makes a difference, but I changed my MAME rom path to point to 1 directory instead of 2. I've attached the runitgame.bat runitgame.bat log.txt

Ok i'll do some more troubleshooting and get back to you.

No worries at all I really appreciate the help. GameEx is a great product keep up the good work. I will get a file for Arkanoid.

Still the same the spinner is not detected when running MAME. I've attached the runitgame.bat using american speedway. runitgame.bat

Sorry can we take a step back. I think something is getting lost in translation here. My original issue is still not resolved. The bezels still do not show when I launch a MAME game in GameEx, but when I launch a game with just MAME64.exe they display. See the attached photo from my original post. I have circled in red the bezel which is not displaying when I launch a game. If it helps I can send my who config and data directories for analysis. I have already tried completely uninstalling gameex and restarting from scratch and I'm still getting the same results.

Weird i don't know where those setting are being cached at. If you look at my GameEx.ini there are no command line options there.

Yes I agree very strange. Here you go. runitgame.bat

Yes, the mouse and multimouse options are set to one. I have attached my mame.ini file and the log. If I launch MAME without GameEx the spinner works fine. GameEx.ini log.txt mame.ini

I installed 16.64, and I still get the same results the spinner is not recognized.