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I have a Vectrex overlay scan at home that I think you could get some ideas from. I look at the other two obscures I have... but I think you could nail a Sam Coupe pretty easy. Lots of popular games on there. Amstrad may be a tough one though.

So wait until SP2 comes out for Vista is what you're telling me. I try to stay on top of things when it comes to computers, since I'm kind of the resident nerd and help people fix easy-to-solve PC issues and do virus removal. Anyone who asks me, I say wait at least a year. Vista will be 100x better then. I'm getting a new laptop with my tax check and it''ll have Vista preloaded. I hope that doesn't present problems with networking them later... *gulp*

I dig that DS png. Very cool! Are you focusing on lesser-used systems this time around? Amstrad CPC and Vectrex are a couple I'd like to see you experiment with (especially Vectrex cause that one's gonna be difficult! )

You don't need a plugin to create your own folders. It's an option under Basic MAME Settings. You just point GameEx at your favorites.ini file. That is what you're asking, right?

When you make the change you have to update your game list. If you've already done that, you need to delete gamelist.ini and update again.

I will test this as soon as I return home. Expect a full report this evening.

It happens immediately after I try to update. It goes right to the MAME game list and flickers, but the progress bar pops up. GameEx doesn't do anything under MAME. The games are there in the previous list, but when I select a game it won't launch MAME. The only button that works is the exit button, and from looking at the log it's as if I never hit the Update List button at all. The first list is custom, yes. But my Model 2 and ZiNc icons are at the end with Update List and all these (including my personal folders) disappear. I use vanilla MAME and I don't have anything else running (except my CPU speed monitor).

there isn't one. I have tens of thousands of games too, but I had to download manuals one by one.

It's also in the default install.

Tom- Newest version, had the same problem again. A reboot did not correct this. I get all my lists up to Golden Age lists and the rest disappear. I don't get it - other than I added some CHDs to my HD which was the reason for updating the list in the first place. I can exit GameEx normally when it glitches like that with the exit button.

That looks right to me... Perhaps GameEx can't find the Mame32.106.exe because of the 'double extension' there. Try renaming to mame32.exe instead. also, the next thing GameEx does is load the Loading Image: 00:06:46.2 2/5/2007: Applying GameEx is Loading Image so you may not have GameExIsLoading.png in your theme folder. That MAME thing about not finding the path certainly is troublesome... I'd look into that first.

Yo Nolo! It's working great now. I downloaded the one at the head of this thread, and I tested it on KN1 games. I had to change the buttons around, but you'll have that. Seems to be 100% ready now.

Also, it's good to verify setup after you set things up.

That topic's already been covered in another thread. link link

Hi Matthew! First things first - Unzip your ROM set. I know that GoodTools works on your zipped roms too, but it doesn't change the name of the actual file. When GoodMerging it's best to know all the core files are named appropriately. Also, GoodWindows is crap. You should use GoodGUI instead. Download the latest GoodXXX from here. It's not in English but ya know... *shrug* Open GoodGUI and click SETTINGS > Configuration Scroll down to GoodGen and point the appropriate boxes at your ROMs and your GoodGen file. Save & exit configuration. In the pull-down menu on the top right of the main window, select your Genesis configuration you just created. Put a punch in the Rename option. Click SCAN. Wait forever. Then, open GoodMerge and select GoodGen on the list over on the left side. On the Files tab, point it at the appropriate directory for your ROM set (genrenamed is the folder's name unless you changed it). Also, in the folder where your ROM set was when you initially scanned it, you should see your GENHave.txt file. Start merging and go away for a really long time. I think it took about 5 hours to merge my Genesis set with a 2.5ghz computer and 1 gig of RAM. Need anything else, just ask.

I'm not sure what caused this, but yesterday I was updating my MAME list and it glitched out. Then, when I turned GameEx back on, most of my options in the MAME list disappeared completely, including the Update MAME List option. Any idea what caused this? I haven't been home yet so I have not updated to the version released yesterday (or today for some of you). The only way I was able to update the list was by using GameEx's command line argument which would have been a nightmare for a less command-line savy user. As for the LOG file, it just stopped after the update MAME list comand was sent, and the screen started flickering before going completely black. The dialog box on the bottom never appeared... The one that says what GameEx is doing I mean.

It's super easy. There's a layout that's pretty uniform. Create a new TXT file & open it. The folder tree is like this: [FOLDER_SETTINGS] RootFolderIcon = cust1.ico SubFolderIcon = cust2.ico [ROOT_FOLDER] topgunnr gforce2 regulus rockclim mp_bioI use MAME32 to browse for the games I want to add to my list and write down it's file name. For example: I look for Gauntlet 2 in the MAME32 browser window. It'll show me the name of the game, the set file name, parent/clone relationship, BIOS, times played, etc. I see that Gauntlet 2 is gaunt2.zip I add the file under the [ROOT_FOLDER] without the .zip and bingo! When I constructed my own folders for different thing like BIOS files and favorites and stuff, I would also add [sUB_FOLDER] data under the [ROOT_FOLDER]. However, GameEx doesn't make a tree like MAME32 does, so all my root folders appear on the top MAME level with the Mature, CPS, ZiNc, Model 2, etc. folders. That gets to be a little cluttered to be honest, so I just make one dimentional folders and opt not to use the [sUB_FOLDER] settings. Anyways, save your .txt file as you would like it to appear on the GameEx list and add an .ini at the end to change the extension. (Platformers.ini or Pinball Games.ini) Be sure to say OK when Windows warns you about changing file extensions. Other notes that just occured to me: Although you have the custom icons there, GameEx can't display them so it doesn't matter what you use. I used cust1.ico and cust2.ico because they're in my icon set and will display in MAME32. However, if you don't specify these icons, GameEx can't seem to read the list. So you should just put them there anyways. Any other questions, feel free to ask.

Ha!! You guys still say my bad over on the other side of the pond? (joking of course!)

I'll commence testing when I get home.

No, it's not possible at this time. That's why I made these folders.

I'm aware of the icon in the taskbar... It's got something to do with the bar refreshing. The problem I was having where Joy2Key wouldn't terminate went away (mysteriously) once I updated the wrapper. I'm not entirely sure that's the problem, I just only have this problem with games that are relying on j2k specifically (KN1 games). That's the only different thing I can think of on these games that aren't working. I just have to suspect that because the game played and launched for me the first time I tried it. *shrugs* I'll try that new build.

Works awesome! (except for the previously mentioned issue that hasn't anything to do with your wrapper). Only one problem: Your wrapper isn't killing Joy2Key for me after I exit. This may be because the only method that's ever worked for me was to launch a script that killed Joy2Key manually. I'm not sure why I can't get it to kill the process any other way - I think the script I use opens Joy2Key and kills it with a key combo... I noticed this earlier when I was trying to play a SNES game and my square button was disabling a sprite layer. I'm going to re-test right now. .: EDIT :. I can't re-test. Although I played Hyper Athlete for a few minutes to test and turned GameEx off, posted this post, burned one, came back, reloaded Hyper Athlete. Now for some reason it's doing the same thing the others do: The game seems to load okay but it goes to a black screen. I think it's got something to do with Joy2Key but I can't be sure. It almost seems like Joy2Key is loading and ZiNc is falling to the background and I can't play it in GameEx... Perhaps it's even starting out minimized? I don't know. The only way to get ZiNc, the wrapper and the Joy2Key to terminate is by CTRL+ALT+DEL and killing ZiNc manually. Suggestions? PS - I did try the other renderer with no luck.

Nope... It's not a feature you can disable. Sorry.

Sure. No problem. These folders are MAME favorites folders. You typically put them in a folder somewhere, then under START > GAMEEX > ADVANCED CONFIG select the BASIC MAME SETTINGS tab. 2 lines up from the bottom, there's a thing that reads: Custom Lists Path: Click BROWSE and point it to the folder you put the ini files in. For example, mine's in L:\mame\folders And there ya have it. Update your game list and they should pop up under your MAME Categories screen in GameEx.

Perfect. I already designed the logos and everything. Keep me posted.