Draco1962

Thanks, Tom! 12.00-12.03 changes are going to make quite a few very happy campers - myself included!

Nobody else showed - well, Aaron showed but was on Halo Reach. I as there, all by my lonesome... The bullets, the blood... how much can one take by themselves? It was a good thing never-the-less, I got to kill a few, get killed a lot, and sort through getting my headset working properly, my Xbox moved to the firewall DMZ (otherwise, moderate NATting occurs). We will try again!

We used to refer to bugs as "Undocumented Features or Enhancements."

This one has me "by the short hairs" as well. The only thing besides codecs if nobody can replicate would be the video card, however, I find it difficult to reason why now after all of this time if it had been working fine before? I know that there have been some issues with older Radeon cards, but I thought we got most of those ironed out (either that or the cards had been upgraded and the issue resolved accordingly).

Not to worry, we will likely give one of the Halos a go as well!

You may want to try the Shark007 Codec Pack instead of K-Lite. Try uninstalling K-Lite and give Shark007 a try. Another video card may be in your future as well, but this is worth a shot.

The DirectX Runtime version and the DirectX version that gets installed are two separate things. The runtime will install the updates for latest DirectX version written for the respective Windows OS. The runtime package is usually an update provided for systems that are not connected to the internet as DirectX is included with the OS. INstalling the updates will certainly not hurt anything and if one of the updates is corrupt, may help.

The latest version of DirectX for XP - SP3 is 9.0c 4.09.00.0904 (RC0).

@Duke - You may wish to post these under the Pinned Topics > Features and Enhancement Requests thread so that they receive the proper focus! Good suggestions!

Thanks, Tom! The fixes in this and 12.01 releases resolve the issue with the media controls, etc.

Testing the game pads is not as straightforward as everyone may have things configured a little differently, use different gamepads and profilers, etc. I am using an original XBox wired controller at present and I am not having any issues with it. I must note that I am not using it in conjunction with any profiler software (yet). The themes should have no impact on how a controller responds, never-the-less. Since most of the changes implemented as of late are geared towards V4 themes, I wonder if it may be something in those changes that is causing the impact. There were a few other issues similarly reported by other users prior to the 12.01 release (and possibly prior to 11.99 although don't hold me to that). Regardless, please provide a copy of the log.txt file after the incident occurs. Info about your gamepad, profiler software, etc. may be useful.

Clan G-Ex to meet Saturday night at between 10:30-11PM EST for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on XBox Live. Figured we could use the half hour to get acquainted and get in a practice round or two before Clan G-Ex takes on the rest of the world in some Team Death Matches!

So far as I am aware, when installing .net frameworks before version 4.0, they should be installed in version order. .net 4.0 is its own framework and, while not dependednt upon the previous versions, is backwards compatible to them.

Look under \gameex\config .

Thanks, Tom!

As always, it is a good practice to make a backup of your settings on a regular basis. Once you have backed-up your GameEx settings (I usually just back up the entire GameEx folder and contents to a zip file stored elsewhere on my system), you can either download the latest version and install that way or an update install from within GameEx (this requires Enable Auto GameEx Updates set to "Install Updates at startup" - this is automatic, or "Ask me if I want the update" - click to accept or back to abort) via Setup Wizard under Enable/Disable Features.

This is actually governed by the theme you are using. You can find the theme.ini file under \gameex\themes\XYZ theme (the name of the theme you are using). You will need to zip this file and attach it in response to this thread along with noting which theme you are using. Also provide a current copy of your log.txt and gameex.ini files.

I have updated to version 12.00 and tested several of the "Default" themes and I am unable to replicate Troy's issue. I also tested some of my most recent themes in the event he may be using one of them and they appear to be working fine as well as they have ForeGroundTopMost=False. Unless it somehow his theme.ini was somehow changed to ForeGroundTopMost=True we will need for him to upgrade to see if it resolves the issue and provide a copy of the theme.ini and identify the theme he is using to troubleshoot further. I also went through and changed the ForeGroundTopMost=True and this does break a few of the themes where foreground images are present.

Good morning! I would not be concerned about it and would ignore the warning. Mame Mapping Magician.exe is a compiled script that comes as part of the GameEx package. It is not uncommon for programs such as these to throw a "false positive" with anti-malware/anti-virus programs.

Thanks, Tom!

I use the Theme Editor to fine-tune the layout of the various elements (images, lists, etc.), but as for the actual foreground and background graphics, I use GIMP and PhotoShop as I become better acquainted with it. Anyone can put together a decent theme of their own, just takes a little time, effort and patience!

@Adultery - You are definitely getting the word out and doing a fine job lining up sponsors! @All - That being said, it is time we, as a community, put on our best game faces and contribute to this contest in support of Adultery's efforts to line up these sponsors, and also in support of Tom and Ben (Headkaze) as they continue to crank out some great features, enhancements, and bug fixes! The emulation community has GameEx and our forums in its focus now - let's not disappoint!

I can adjust it with difficulty. To make top-most work properly, I would have to cut-out part of the foreground image to allow for those images to show through. Then there is the alignment of the specific images within Theme Editor that has to be considered. It is much easier to work with transparencies and have the control buttons appear as part of the foreground layer rather than coming up from beneath, especially if alignment adjustments have to be made to fine-tune the positions, as is almost always the case. This tends to make the process more complicated than it should have to be, in my opinion. EDIT: I went back through my theme that I am currently developing. What I had to do was "cut-out" the foreground image and paste onto the background image the piece from the foreground. This may seem simple, but there are the issues of making certain that the pieces line up properly, which is especially cumbersome if dealing with any kind of pattern. I tested the changes and, while I was successful, it took me much longer than it should due to the aforementioned added complexity. Additionally, there is a momentary "artifact" that appears where the "cut-out" section is located as the layers are loading on the screen. The background layer is momentarily darker than the foreground mask until full focus is achieved and layers fully merge on the screen. I will try to capture it with video if that would help. I am not pleased with this as it makes the display appear piecemeal and cheap when trying to create a classy presentation.

Yes it will use the top most layer feature. While it means re-doing my approach to theme creation a bit to compensate for a true layering capability, the end results are more polished IMHO.

Slacking my arse! I was chasing sheep at 2:30 something this morning. We all know that Adultery has no life.. LOL!