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I got the layout figured out. Still need a decent mic though... The broadcast screen came out pretty nice imho. @Draco1962 I was thinking about the next level up for the same cam, I wanna be able to put a nice background in there without having to go through the trouble of a green screen. The mic is my main priority right now though.

He's handsome, in'teee? Right now I have to stream through a Galaxy S7 cell phone camera since I have an extra one laying around, I'm trying to decide how much I wanna spend on a camera. Decisions, decisions!

I've already started working on a plugin to send some data over to Twitch from GameEx. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in streaming some retro games? I still need a mic and a decent video camera to get going, and I'm working on getting all the bugs out of the plugin (specifically with MAME) and making a configuration UI, but what I have works. It's just up to you to make the layout you want (I've been using Streamlabs OBS, which is free)... I figure if we can get a pack of us, we can do a bunch of specialty stuff through GameEx. I was thinking I would do a GameEx Retro Roulette, where every Wednesday I will play random games through the GameEx interface and force myself to play through 30 minute intervals. Here's something I came up with on rather short notice, where the images and the crawler update with the game (still playing with the layout): I'm working on another layout that taps into the RetroAchievements API as well, and will list the user's last 5 achievements on the side by the web cam. Maybe we could have some online multiplayer sessions, like a Dusty Diamond or NBA Ja bracket tournament? Maybe a Street Fighter playthrough? We can even post it back here since the forum has a decent integration with Twitch already... What do y'all think? Would you be down for Twitching? Maybe passing off a stream hosting on some official GameEx channel? What else would you like to see in the plugin? I'm thinking of leveraging the Streamlabs API to push in custom events for some cool thing or another (achievements probably). I know we don't have the time and won't keep up with the young kids, but maybe collectively we might have something? Here's my profile if ya wanna throw me a follow:

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Fantastic! I can't remember the last time I left Wisconsin, so you're lucky there!

They shouldn't depend on each other unless the game name and the archive name are the same... If you remove the check mark next to the Bubble Symphony on the main screen (#1) you should still be able to enable it for the individual ROM file (#2). These two things only work together if the archive name and the rom inside the archive are named the same. Please try this: Remove the configuration for Bubble Symphony (#1) by using the CLEAR button. Uncheck the box next to the dropdown in #1. Click the "extract" icon to open up the extracted ROM file menu (#2) Select your ROM Apply your profiles and click SAVE Exit #2 Your #1 should still be disabled. If that's not the case, it's a cosmetic bug. It will only run the main game profile in a very certain circumstance: Bubble Symphony.zip > Bubble Symphony (1997)(Ving)(JP).smc If the plugin doesn't find a profile for Bubble Symphony (1997)(Ving)(JP).smc, it will prune out the bracketed text and instead look for Bubble Symphony.smc as a fallback. If it doesn't find this either, it will default to the emulator profile settings. If no profile is set for the emulator, it will do nothing. Unless like I mentioned your ROM archive and ROM file are named exactly the same: Bubble Symphony.zip > Bubble Symphony.smc In this case, the profile is the same for the archive and the file inside it, and I would expect that behavior... It shows in the "Extracted" menu (#2) as well as the main menu (#1), since the profile is technically the exact same.

Sorry @Alan Ribas It was an issue with the zip file, I fixed it. Please install it again.

Something is definitely wrong alright... I'll fix it shortly.

I love touching people, especially in ways being the norm! Lol Thanks for the kind words @Draco1962, it's nice to wake up to positive vibes! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

All fixed up @Alan Ribas! Update from the Repository Manager. I will gladly accept beer and Bloody Marys. Happy Thanksgiving!

Updated to 1.3.8: Added a new feature to set profiles for specific games inside archives The Zip/7zip/GoodMerge/RAR setting must be enabled for the emulator to leverage this feature! Click the icon next to the dropdown to open the "Extracted Game" option: A popup will open to set up to 8 profiles for each individual ROM in the archive, similar to how flat "games" work. Set your profiles and save, just like a "regular" game. Updated plugin framework to latest version Fixed a settings bug that I hadn't noticed until now Set the default value for "Diable Controller Enumeration" to "Yes" to remove some of the confusion from new people Thanks to @Alan Ribas for the bug report! Grab it here:

I'll take it!

It's uncommon for single zipped ROMs to have a different file name for the archive and the ROM file, which is what I mean by "junked up". I've been in the game for 15+ years now, and have never run into that (exception being GoodMerge). I'll figure this out, I just need some time to work on it. And I think you mean thank you, not congratulations... But I got the gist. Lol

Argh, I'm just gonna deal with this my own way and pull in a dll, add a button to the Xpadder settings and have it display a list of files inside the archive so you can click the rom file. So in Xpadder Plug-in, you'd select the game from the drop-down, click a button, and a pop-up will list all the files in the archive. That way, you can specify profiles for every rom in the zip file for GoodMerge. I'll stop being lazy now.

Wait, I'll have to re-read your comments... The example I saw was for Master System. Your Saturn archives are junked up too? 7-zip saves so much space... Let me see if I can work out a regex that looks for the file name without bracketed text if it can't find a match, that might be useful for you if your archives are just clean ROM names.

You don't need to unzip them, most emulators can take them as zip files. Just uncheck the option in the emulators settings in GameEx, don't do anything to the actual files. It'll probably be fine unless you have multiple files in the archive. I asked Tom for a variable, I'll wait and see what he says. Don't worry about my random musings.

Whelp, this might not be as easy as I thought. GameEx never passes me the archive name. For the emulators you're having an issue with... Can you just uncheck the "zip/7z/GoodMerge" option in the emulators settings? There's really no good way for me to get around this easily unfortunately... I'll do some more digging around. I may add a browse button in the GUI so you can click the game directly in Windows to get the file name, but that could be messy.

Yeah I can fix it, it's not an issue. I just have to carve out the time to do it. It's really not a problem at all, I just need to grab the name of the file inside the archive myself since GameEx's internal variable is passing me the archive name. This will inadvertantly fix GoodMerge support too, although it hasn't come up yet. I'll push out a plug-in update sometime this evening after my 2yo goes to bed.

I suspect it's because the zip file is named differently than the rom inside it, and the profile is looking for the name of the zip. I'll see what I can do about it, but it won't be until later this evening since I'm on my way to work.

To be fair, I think it's just really difficult to shell that screen in W7 & up, so Instant Sheller has it disabled. I've seen people get around it in rather sketchy ways that involve kernel patching (gross)... Eventually I just gave up on trying to do it.

Challenge accepted! I'll hit you up here in a bit.

@Alan Ribas I completely understand, and what I offered was advice based on my perception and in no way reflects anyone else's opinion but my own. Thank you for the explanation, and I will always keep that in mind moving forward. It's already really hard to "read" people over the internet, and the difference in culture only makes it more difficult. Believe me... Google Translate is also tough to use and read from, although it does get the point across without taking into consideration the tone or purpose. The fact that you're even trying to learn English just to be able to communicate is nothing short of amazing, and I admire you for that.