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Do I need to be running the GameEx Arcade Edition for this theme to appear as it does in the preview video? I'm running it in GamEx 16.49 and I don't get the background or the wheel menus that are shown in the preview video here: I've attached my gameex.ini and log if needed, just really wanted to confirm that I'm not missing something in my setup to make this theme look like it does in that preview video. Thanks! log.txt GameEx.ini

I ran through the setup wizard again, and the Mame options were showing blank, (reflecting the maunal gameex.ini edit), so I stepped all the way through the wizard to the end, and then closed the wizard on the last screen. When I launched GameEx, the controls worked as they did before. I was able to map multiple keyboards, and have them recognized as separate devices, (kbd 1 kbd 2 etc), and I'm able to map multiple inputs for controls again, (button one in MAME can be kbd 1 Z or Gun 1 B0). Still no clue where the keyboardprovider option was coming from since it wasn't present in mame.ini or gameex.ini, but the controls work again, and the GameEx log reflects that no command line options were injected: 09:42:30.52 7/7/2020: Running: cmd.exe /c C: C:\GameEx\emulators\MAME0209b\mame64.exe mspacman -rompath C:\GameEx\roms\MAME_0.209_ROMs_merged

So, I was able to stop GameEx from injecting the keyboardprovider option when running a MAME game, and the issue is gone. I ran through the setup wizard again, and the Mame options were showing blank, (reflecting the maunal gameex.ini edit), so I stepped all the way through the wizard to the end, and then closed the wizard on the last screen. When I launched GameEx, the controls worked as they did before. I was able to map multiple keyboards, and have them recognized as separate devices, (kbd 1 kbd 2 etc), and I'm able to map multiple inputs for controls again, (button one in MAME can be kbd 1 Z or Gun 1 B0).

I was under the impression that section was for advancemame, and since the UseAdvanceMAME directive was set to false, this was being ignored. USeAdvanceMame=False AdvanceMAMEEXE=advmame.exe AdvanceMAMEPATH=C:\Emulators\AdvanceMAME ADVANCEMAMEOptions=-device_video_output fullscreen -quiet -dir_rom "C:\Emulators\Mame32\roms" I thought that MAME's command options were from this directive: MameOptions= Configured in this section of the wizard: Since my gameex.ini has nothing in that section, I'm puzzled why it's being ran with those options.

Also, I'm a bone head, I see the disclaimer option in the setup wizard, (overlooking it the entire time). I've set that to No, and no change in the issue.

@tthurman In MAME with no game launched, I hit tab, then arrow down to Advanced Settings. @Draco1962 , maybe I'm not understanding you. I used the setup wizard to configure the paths, and set the exe name under MAME settings, and I run games from GameEx under the MAME menu, vs the Emulators menu. FOr reference, I'm referring to this section of the setup wizard: https://www.gameex.com/setup-wizard-configuration-guide/#mamesettings I don't see any Integrated MAME settings in my setup wizard, only what's listed on that page. I do have MAME configured in custom emulators, (Emulator #6 shown in the log ): 20:40:26.69 7/6/2020: Loading Emulator 6: MAME Arcade but its the same mame64.exe and core MAME file set, it just has a different ROM path that I was creating a curated list of ROMs for), but it's not been used for months. Is that what you mean?

Here's a log from it running with the attached GameEx .ini still showing the keyboardprvider option being used on the GameEx command line. I'm still not seeing any disclaimer setting in the setup wizard's advanced MAME settings, is it possible I have an old version of the setup wizard? log.txt

Hi Tom, I'm running MAME 0.209, and there's no disclaimer option under advanced settings in MAME. I noticed that this is the command that GameEx sends to launch a MAME game: 16:39:51.47 7/5/2020: Running: cmd.exe /c C: C:\GameEx\emulators\MAME0209b\mame64.exe bwidow -rompath C:\GameEx\roms\MAME_0.209_ROMs_merged -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -keyboardprovider dinput Even though I've removed the Mameoptions from gameex.ini, (I've attached the current gameex.ini for reference), they are being used regardless. Posts in other MAME forums have questioned why -keyboardprovider dinput is being used on the command line, can you shed any light on this? The setting in mame.ini is set to keyboardprovider auto and this seems to override it. Running MAME from a command line and specifying these same options recreates the issue for me, while running MAME without these allows MAME to see keyboard inputs from different devices, versus treating all keyboard inputs like they come from one device. I've also been able to capture the changes that happen to the MAME default.cfg when MAME is launched from GameEx and the control mappings no longer work. Here's a snippet from the default.cfg with the controls mapped in MAME run manually: <system name="default"> <input> <port type="P1_JOYSTICK_UP"> <newseq type="standard"> KEYCODE_2_UP </newseq> And here's the same snippet from the default.cfg after launching MAME from GameEx and the controls arne't working in game: <input> <port type="P1_JOYSTICK_UP"> <newseq type="standard"> KEYCODE_2_UNKNOWN_SWITCH </newseq> </port> Finally here's a snippet from default.cfg from MAME launched from GameEx with the controls mapped in that session: <input> <port type="P1_JOYSTICK_UP"> <newseq type="standard"> KEYCODE_UP </newseq> This seems to show that GameEx is doing something different in the way of launching MAME games that doesn't happen when I just double click mame64.exe and load a game using that interface. Any ideas on the next steps? GameEx.ini default.cfg defaultMAME.cfg defaultgameex.cfg

No worries, thanks for the Reply Tom. Yes, I'm referring to the controls in MAME only, (accessible by hitting tab when in game). I downloaded the version available here when I installed it on my new machine in May of this year, (not sure what the version number was, sorry), is there a way for me to tell what version I upgraded from? Is the disclaimer option in the setup wizard somewhere? I can't seem to find it. Thanks again!

After I installed the updates to bring my version to 16.48, my MAME controller mappings are being erased when I start a game from GameEx. If I open MAME using mame64.exe and map my controls under general inputs and save the config they work within games, (launching from the mame64 UI), and are saved when MAME is closed. When I launch GameEx and start a game, all the control mappings that have been set are changed to n/a under both the settings for the machine, and the general inputs. I've also noticed that from a MAME session launched in GameEx, the control mappings no longer list the device with the input, (my X-Arcade tank stick normally shows up as kbd 3 up for example), but post update when mapping controls in MAME launched from GameEx it shows the input only, no device, additionally, MAME ran from GameEx isn't allowing multiple controls to be mapped to a button, (for example, I have Button 1 set as kbd 3, gun 1 button 0 so my control panel button 1 is set for all games that use it, and my light gun trigger is available for games that use that). Once I map the controls for MAME ran from GameEx, those mappings are saved across GameEx restarts and system reboots, and MAME is the only emulator with this issue, all others work and have the control mappings they had previous to the GameEx update. I've not changed anything except the GameEx version, (no new MAME, no new controller files, etc). I've attached my gameex.ini and log.txt files, let me know if there's anything else I can provide to help diagnose this. GameEx.ini log.txt