Draco1962

Mine are not all that extravagant. Sometimes Less is More in my opinion. I look forward to seeing it!

Even though we both include the PSD files, it really isn't fair to expect that every need is going to be anticipated and satisfied, nor is it fair to expect not to have to put a little effort into fine tuning things. Krake has a good point in that we should provide as much as is possible for the end user to be able to flexibly (is that even a word?) create additional foreground/backgrounds as needed. I have far greater concerns so far as trying to motivate or challenge others to pick up the tools and create something they can share with others. With the number of years that GameEx has been around and as many users as we have active over that period of time, I think it is a crying shame that only 33 people picked up their virtual paint brushes to create & share 67 themes. As a community, we are much better than that!

Here they are but I don't know how much diagnostic help they will be. I went into the Input Settings and disabled Keyboard Direct Input and this "resolved" the issue, however, I am not certain that this is how DirectInput should be behaving. I have also confirmed that no custom input settings have been activated and also tested with another keyboard to rule out a keyboard driver issue and was able to achieve the same results.

It doesn't mean you can't make one. A few hours here and there. It can be a continuous project as you are able to carve out an hour or two here and there! I have literally gathered GBs of images for use on current themes or future use (guess that makes me a hoarder). Believe it or not, that is where I draw inspiration, thinking about "I have this or that - how can I make them work together and within GameEx.." Boxee.zip

Not sure to be honest. Never noticed it happening before. Makes it kinda hard to search anything with A or S in them, though. Asteroids comes to mind.

I have several thoughts (imagine that). Most themes are initially created for the user's own system. Others are created just because the person enjoys doing so. While it would be nice to anticipate the needs or desires of every user, you have to keep in mind the investment in personal time the creator puts into the theme. Some of us have the time, energy, and skills to whip up theme ideas (I usually have 5 or 6 ideas swimming about at any given time and 1 or 2 end up available for download). I know that as I have progressed I have attempted to make it possible for the end-user to create additional foregrounds/backgrounds as possible. No matter how much we throw at our creations, there is always going to be someone that wants this or that, or would like something like it, but a little different. So whether we spend the time up front, or in the end, it is time that is valuable to us as creators. That is just the nature of doing stuff for the public. All of that being said, I also believe that the end-user has a certain amount of responsibility to learn to use the tools that are available to create some stuff on their own. There is a noticeable disparity between the number of users of GameEx and the number of users contributing themes. Last count, there were 33 members responsible for 67 themes. Imagine how many themes there would be if everyone contributed just 1 theme? There is no lack of encouragement and resources here in the forums if anyone needs help.

Tom - I think I can confirm that something isn't quite right since upgrading to MAME 0.143u2. I am showing a total of 10900 ROMS for MAME (nice round number eh?) when I am showing 12526 in my ROMS directory. This is with all filters off, of course. This seems almost like the issue we had a few months ago where Mesk reported having more than 10000 but GameEx only showed 9000 or so. It is odd also in that when I show 10900, games such as Vanguard do not show in All MAME Games, yet when I enable filters, I show only 2900 games (again, what is with the round numbers?) and it shows! Let me know if you require any further info.

Having a new issue with Search within GameEx. The A and S keys display Next Track and Previous Track respectively. Not entirely sure why this is occurring - here are my gameex.ini and log files: log.txt GameEx.txt

So far I am not able to play any listed (Tekken 1,2 &3, Soul Blade,SF EX and Strider 2). May be that the ROMS I have are bad or something else is not setup correctly.

Leave it to Uncle Fester to throw a damp rag on the cat....

I think pretty much the same as for me and HK. Mine is really no different even though it was said it is.. damned brevity. There I go trying to keep the explanation short... LOL!

actually not my work - just found them when doing some searches.

Possible you may need to delete the cached files. They are located under \gameex\data\. Try deleting all files that contain the word cache in them, then restart GameEx. The files will rebuild. Let's see if this resolves the issue.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it! I prefer to keep things zipped whenever possible to save on space and since GameEx provides ZIP support it generally works out well!

Have you checked the ROM filter in the emulator to make sure that .smc is shown?

It appears that there may be several ways to approach how to install the files and run them through GameEx. By documenting the steps one took to install and load the file within GameEx, what loaders or AHK script were used helps make things a little easier for those that journey behind. I am not really understanding how your response relates to what I was suggesting.

Here are a few images that I was hording for a potential Tron Legacy project - got so far as to create a few bezel files. You are welcome to use whatever you want/need. Tron.zip

Would be great (if Mesk and Adultery wouldn't mind) documenting the install process (where to install wrappers, whether or not files need to be in a folder or can stay in zip file, how to configure GameEx, etc.). I know that Mesk is looking at one way to setup and Adultery is considering, if possible, using .lnk files. Also documenting any pitfalls along the way would be good. I would like to start gathering information so that we can begin building a decent library for most of the common setup issues. Some things we have are nicely documented, others not so much directly but through searching the forum which is a bit time consuming when there are over 300 threads in the General forum alone. If we can all get in the mindset of being thorough in documenting new system introductions and setups this will tremendously enhance GameEx as a whole!

You do not have to reinstall GameEx, just move the folders to the E: drive and edit the drive paths within each emu and GameEx to the new drive:\path .

@ehuonder - How are the logo edits coming along?

I am thinking about backing off on the 20GB in the helmet for now. I actually have a spare 250GB IDE drive (twice the size) that I may use for the 360. I may just put time (as it becomes available) into modding the helmet itself - inflicting battle damage, installing switchable LEDs in the helmet light areas on either side, etc. The base it comes with is nice if you want a "show piece" but, to be honest, I would rather have it sitting on a base of sand and rocks, maybe next to a small ammo canister with a few depleted rounds lying on the ground next to it to give the appearance that it has been abandoned after a desperate fight (where's the owner? Is he dead or alive?). Also considering modding the case of my 360 to match the canister and give it a place on the same base. I designed war dioramas as a kid and into my early adulthood using 1/48 and 1/32 scale WWII and space models. That will mean dusting off those old mad skilz and acquiring some new techniques (may have to actually learn how to solder! Gads!). Definitely a motivator to clean up the garage and build the new work bench I have threatened over the years (and lock up my Dremmel from Adultery).

If you sent a file to Brian, then we will need to wait for him to review it and respond.

A few quick questions as I have yet to see these steps mentioned: Are you running your ROMS through ClrMAMEPro after compiling to the latest update .diff? Are you auditing your ROMS through MAME again after compiling to latest update .diff and updating your ROMS through ClrMAMEPro?

If iRotate has to be used on some games, I would think it easy enough in the starting bat file and also have a closing bat file to start after the game is exited to rotate back.. not in the realm of my experience so if someone knows of a better idea please chime in!

Remember that you can name the .lnk whatever you want to make it stand separate from the other files. That being said, the link is going to point to the required .bat. If that works, I think it would be preferable to running emulator groups IMHO.