Draco1962

So far testing is going somewhat OK. I am having problems getting some emulators to access the category that were working before. I noticed that the Use DB Name option is still missing from the Advanced Emulator setup. My guess is that it has something to do with whatever is not allowing GameEx to recreate the emulator map and cache files if they are not showing in the Data directory. I had cleared them out previously as they had errant information once the emulator number sequences changed and they were not being overwritten when accessed afterward. I am at a loss for the moment.

Anytime! Glad to be of help for someone today! So when are you going to submit the WOPR theme for competition? It is an awesome adaptation of the movie images and feel!

Will take me a little time to test thoroughly but will get back to you with my results - thanks again!

All is fine with your theme.ini settings. I think the issue is a change in the Unselected.png file located \Gameex\Themes\WOPR\Media folder. I recommend loading it into an image editor (Photoshop or GIMP or other editor that will allow you to work with layers and opacity. I loaded Default Dark Gloss as a Version 4 theme as it has the same color background for unselected list items. I then loaded the Unselected.png file into GIMP, added an alpha channel to the image (under Layers options) set the opacity % to 0%, saved the file. It now shows as the black background instead of dark blue. Just in case you do not have either of these programs, I am sending a copy attached to this post.

Be glad to try to help. Can you provide me with a copy of your theme.ini file? Also, if you can screen capture may be helpful as well. If you are using a Version 4 theme, there is a setting under Options within Theme Editor that you can disable color key to allow for transparency.

Since Safe Mode assumes Admin rights are enforce, I still feel that you may run into problems in the future. What OS are you using?

Sounds like it isn't a matter of file or app open. Try right-clicking on the install.exe, if you see Run as Administrator, left-click that and try again. You may also want to zip and upload your gameex.ini file.

Done - thanks for looking into this. I have confirmed that there are no apparent permissions issue preventing the update of the CustomMenu.ini file. GameEx (2).zip

I put the menus manually to where they should be (within the Custom Menu App) after running the sort (By Category) with 2.4.1 (first spoiler entry). I then performed a sort via the Setup Wizard by Emulator (no change as noted in second spoiler entry, yet changed in gameex.ini).

Here is my custommenu.ini before: Here is after sort by emulator: Doesn't match what appears in the setup wizard and appears the same as the original. Image matches with GameEx.ini as far as I can tell, however.

I am not all that good, either. Just enjoy it as an alternative to explosions, zombies, evil hoards, etc.

I tested and noticed no change after sorting and enabling custom menus. Copying the contents of the config file apparently overwrote the reference in emulator setup to my z-code interactive fiction so I had to reenter that manually which is no big deal. When I click on the menu option for this emulator with custom menus enabled, it shows a table from Future Pinball so it is still "crossing wires" and pulling the incorrect db for the emulator. I went back in and corrected within the custom menus to point to the correct system/emulator. Everything appears to be loading correctly now however, I have noticed that when setting up any of the emulators, the option to Use DB Name is missing. I think this is causing a problem now as I am showing - No Games Found - errors. I deleted all cache and map files to force gameex to rebuild, which it did. My roms now appear as the ROM names and not the db names. I am wondering if it might not be prudent to consider merging of the Custom Menu Editor app with the Setup Wizard. The gameex.in i would show custommenu enable=True or False, then it could then reference the settings within the gameex.ini and append it with the custom menu settings.

I take it you are referring to Custom Menus. Have you recently sorted your emulators via the setup wizard? Please provide copies of your gameex.ini and custommenu.ini files so we can take a look.

Did you confirm that the image file is named exactly the same as the ROM?

I think having the flexibility to decide is cool, but, ultimately, if there is a trade-off in speed of snap display for the sake of fade, then I have to side on speed. A seek offset sounds good so long as it does not compromise the speed of display overall.

Does anyone play or have an interest in playing chess online? If so, what software do you use? I have registered at the Free Internet Chess Server under madubyak. I am using the BabasChess Internet Chess Client (this graphical interface allows you to log in without having to go through the Java browser applet). Chess is my all-time favorite game and I am almost always game to play!

Sorry for the late response. I think it sound to let GEX download and install as you suggested. You will need to enter each emulator's option to setup the paths as GEX will not do that for you. Good luck and I will mark this issue as resolved. Keep us posted and feel free to ask if you need further help!

I think at this time it would be helpful to provide a copy of your gameex.ini and snes9x.ini files. You can export a copy of your snes9x.ini file by loading the Setup Wizard select Custom, then Emulator Selection. From there, click on the snes9x emulator in the Left column then on the Export button in the middle. Having these to review will help to rule-out any conflict with GameEx. It is possible that you are butting against a permissions issue that is not allowing you to make the necessary change as fRequEnCy is suggesting.

Awesome as always! Thanks!

Thanks again!

Updated database - added some missing descriptions and additional item for the Original Adventure (aka Colossal Cave).

I sorted my emulators through the Setup Wizard without any issues, however, since I use Custom Menus, I noticed that I had no games listed when trying to access games where they appeared previously. I did some digging and discovered that the emulator numbers do not update in the CustomMenu.ini when you perform a sort. No games showed as GameEx was accessing the map for the incorrect emu # based upon my CustomMenu.ini settings. Is it possible to fix this so that GameEx will detect the presence of Custom Menus enabled and update the emulator #'s when a sort is performed? While I have become quite adept at creating custom menus, I'd rather not!

You have the option of using it as a stand alone virtual machine or integrated into your Windows 7 environment for use with older applications that are not Windows 7 certified. Again, you will be limited by the VM "hardware" as well as the amount of RAM you have in Windows 7 and hard drive space. I believe that you can have USB access with this VM so external drives may be an option if you have a sizeable external library.

Well, having to rework my Custom Menus after sorting my emulators through the setup wizard (it doesn't update the emu #s in CustomMenu.ini . But, before that, was playing the Original Adventure interactive fiction game.