GreggV

Well that's good to know. On my end, Zaxxon shows immediately when I "Update List" (MAME) and it shows in "All MAME Games" if I activate that menu (which I normally don't, but tried it to test it with this), but it doesn't show in "All Games" which is my go-to menu. If I remove the zipped ROM and I "Update List" it goes away from all, and if I replace the ROM and repeat that process it does the same thing as before - doesn't show in All Games. I'll try to capture a video this weekend of it and will try to find other games that are acting the same. Thx

Thanks. Is that something easy for you to check? Like, you already have current MAME and ROMs and can briefly see if it shows up differently for your menus vs mine? To narrow it to my machine? When I get more time I could probably do some kind of grid with changes to eliminate everything and write the results of each (old roms vs new, filters, old sound sample, etc) but it might be a while before I can get to that. Thanks again.

Thanks for the response, Tom. What's odd to me is that everything is current (AE, MAME, and ROM) and the game is shown to be in working status in MAME, opens natively in MAME, is picked up in the AE MAME menu after updating the list, but doesn't show in the All Games menu.

Thanks for helping. This week I upgraded from the old separate AE to the newer integrated one (I know, I'm late to the game) but copied the old ini first and brought it over per instructions. Some things needed to be adjusted, as expected, but I don't remember this being a problem before. I may have been though, it's been a while since I've used my arcade. I've tried several newer and older roms from various websites, along with clones/bootlegs, and along with a sound sample that used to be required with older roms, but the best luck I've had is with this way - which is the latest rom, no clones or bootlegs, no sound sample, zaxxon in filter. And every time I made a change I'd update the MAME in AE and check results. I would also try removing it or adding it to the filter with each trial. It at least shows in the MAME menu now, just not the All Games menu. But my All Games menu is my go-to. I hope that helps. Any other ideas?

I'm running MAME 287

GameEx 19.78 Arcade Edition - Several MAME Games Don't Appear in "All Games" Menu. One example I've seen in Zaxxon and I can't remember some others. When I refresh the MAME list it appears but when I switch to the All Games menu they aren't there. Not sure if it has something to do with filters, but I can't seem to figure out what's causing it. The games work. Thanks! GreggV Edit 3: The zipped ini is from the config arcade edition file. Also, I'm running MAME 287. GameEx.zip

I'm happy to report that I got the joysticks working properly again. I uninstalled Gameex Arcade with Revo Uninstaller and allowed Revo to clean up the registry for leftover files. Then I used CCleaner for further PC & registry cleaning. Then I restarted and reinstalled Gameex Arcade (18.64, latest) from scratch and reconfigured it. Viola. Yes Tom, I think the Logitech Gamepads and related software messed with how Gameex was utilizing the DirectInput controllers. Edit: That worked for some emus like CEMU and RSPC3 but I had to manually uninstall others with their sub-located configuration files, like Dolphin. I also had to uninstall and reinstall Joy2Key. That basically reset everything that was using DirectInput controllers. Thanks again for the help, everyone. Gregg

Reverted back to 18.60 and 18.54 but the problem persists. Going to reinstall 18.64.

NM, I found them...changelogs. Thx

I really hate to ask, but can you provide a link to the older versions? I can't seem to find them in the downloads section, only the latest version. Thx

Thanks for the advice but it didn't work. I've spent a good part of the day turning settings on and off and nothing seems to work. I've even tried altering settings in the gameex ini. I also reattached the gamepads to properly identify them in Windows device manager and manually uninstalled them there when they popped up then disconnected them. Nothing solved. From everything I can tell, the joysticks work fine in the Cemu and RSPC3 emus when Gameex arcade didn't launch them, but if Gameex arcade did launch the emus the joysticks don't work in-game even though they do control Gameex arcade menus. Oddly enough, even the runitgame.bat allows the emus to use the joysticks in-game if the .bat wasn't launched from Gameex, but if it was launched with Gameex with the debug option, the joysticks don't work in-game. So basically, it seems that when Gameex arcade launches the emu it is trying to force Cemu and RSPC3 to use a controller in-game that is no longer present. And that sucks because Gameex Arcade is pretty much useless to me & the kiddos right now. Boo hoo. Also, if I try to use a website keyboard tester while Gameex arcade is running, the tester acknowledges the joystick just fine, even though the joystick doesn't work in-game if Gameex arcade launched it. So it appears that if Gameex arcade launches the emu, the joystick won't work in-game. And finally, if I launch the emu from Gameex arcade, then hit escape to minimize the emu so I can alter the emu settings while they are both running, the input settings will not recognize the joystick if I try to reconfigure. But if I start the emu without Gameex arcade running, the emu recognizes the joystick with no problems.

You're the best,Tom. Thanks to everyone for the assistance. Gregg

When I run the runitgame.bat, the cemu game works properly with the joystick. I've been running the cemu games from the command lines with no issues for about a year with no problems until recently. Is there a good direction I should be taking here? Are you suggesting that I should change all of the individual shortcuts I made (i.e. command line short cuts) to new, custom .bat files? Thank you for any suggestions. Gregg

Thank you. The log file is from after I disconnected the gamepads and uninstalled the software. Here's what I think happened: The keyboard-encoded joysticks worked fine, then I connected two gamepads and I think a stick on one of the gamepads became assigned as the new joystick, then I disconnected the gamepad and uninstalled the gamepad software (Logitech) but for some reason GameEx still tries to assign the gamepad as the joystick. If I run CEMO or RSPC3 by themselves they use the joystick just fine. Does that help? I'm considering looking in my Windows 10 for a restore point from before I attached the gamepads. But then does that mean I won't ever be able to attach the gamepads properly? I'm afraid so. I appreciate your responses. *Edit - Theere are no previous restore points that are saved. Only after uninstalling the gamepad software.

Thanks Tom, I suspected that too. I did have two Logitech gamepads connected and configured with Logitech software, but disconnected them and uninstalled the Logitech software. I'm not sure if that assisted in the problem, but with the gamepads disconnected and the software uninstalled, the problem is there. Gregg