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So if 11.28 is released with update notes, what's new in 11.29 on the homepage?

Well, I kinda ditched using Instantsheller and opted for putting the shortcut in the startup folder, and that works just fine. GameEx would not write anything to the log file if instantsheller was calling it since it never attempted to load, so I don't really have a log to post for that. So with that out of the way, I just have one more question! I don't really want to make another topic about it My custom keys are set so that my joystick controls the GameEx navigation, and the buttons function as other things like volume, next track, previous track. However, using these buttons when navigating my game menus jumps me to that letter of the game. It doesn't do that for all keys, of course. Anything bound to UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, BACK, HOME, and ACCEPT aren't affected, but volume and track are. Any ideas?

When I used Instant sheller, I had everything checked except for replace cursor. I pointed the program to C:\GameEx\GameEx.exe and it all went smoothly, but when I restarted my computer, GameEx did not load. Instead, when my PC restarted, it went to My Documents instead. I thought I screwed up so I undid the changes and then pointed at Gameex.exe again, but the same thing happened! I'm not a fan of messing with the boot process manually, so I'm looking for a more automatic solution. Using Windows XP SP3

It helped me, but I dunno how haha. changing defualt.cdi to default.cdi got rid of my black screen!

Can you post your entire nullDC config instead of a small portion? I just set mine up last night without using a loader or daemon tools, so seeing your entire config might help me a little better. I set mine up with the .cdi format, so if your NullDC cannot load pakkISO compressed without using daemon tools, you might need to unpack and convert the files to .cdi, .gdi, .nrg, etc

I thought I did that, but it turns out I have 2 mame.ini files, so editing the second one fixed it! Thank you I had an ini at C:\MAME\mame.ini, but the second one was at C:\MAME\INI\mame.ini

Zinc issue taken care of by using a PSX emulator instead of using Zinc . I'm almost ready to hook up the PC to the Arcade cabinet, but I've come across another issue regarding Bezels! Currently in GameEx, I have all of my Bezel options disabled. I don't even have any MAME folders pointing to anything except Snaps and Videos. However, my Neo-Geo games still show a Bezel at the top that I can't seem to remove. They are non-existent in MameUI32, but when I run it through GameEX, they're there. Some games like Pac Man also show bezels on the sides, which isn't too much of an issue but I'd like to know why they are there when my GameEx config says not to enable bezels!

I haven't had experience working with NullDC yet, but you made a typo in this line of the config (unless your ROM is actually named that). DefaultImage=defualt.gdi should be DefaultImage=default.gdi

Deleting a game from the list within GameEx (just hit the Delete key) will remove it from your list and not your hard drive. Try playing Gauntlet, and if it loads the English version, delete the the other one. If it's Spanish, delete the one you just played. It has the same effect of adding a game to your romfilter, as Noddy suggested.

I'll wait until tomorrow to get it resolved in chat! I didn't even know the chat function worked, since the content bar on the left kept redirecting me to gameex.net. I'll be around tomorrow afternoon!

Well, changing the config to --renderer=.\wind3d\renderer.znc fixed the full screen problem, but now the game doesn't run at 60 fps full screen like it does with openGL haha. Any other recommendations? . OpenGL does work with GameEx, just not full screen.

After trying both methods, it's still doing the same thing as before sadly . No full screen, just a black screen with sound, unless I run the game directly from ZincGUI. Config files now show this. GameEx.ini [General] Xresolution=640 Yresolution=480 DisplayOnSecondary=False MAMEPath=C:\MAME MAMEEXE=MameUI32.exe ROMPath=C:\MAME\roms StartWait=False USeAdvanceMame=False AdvanceMAMEEXE=advmame.exe AdvanceMAMEPATH=C:\Emulators\AdvanceMAME ADVANCEMAMEOptions=-device_video_output fullscreen -quiet -dir_rom "C:\Roms\Mame\Roms" UseZinc=True ZincEXE=zinc.exe ZincPATH=C:\Emulators\ZiNc ZincOptions=--use-config-file=zinc.cfg Zinc.cfg --roms-directory=C:\MAME\ROMS --use-sound=yes --sound-filter-enable=no --sound-filter-cutoff=22050 --sound-surround-lite-enable=no --sound-surround-lite-multiplier=40 --sound-stereo-exciter=no --use-slow-geometry=no --use-stackinram-hack=no --use-mem-predict=no --use-renderer-cfg-file=renderer.cfg --renderer=.\ogl_renderer.znc The renderer has to be named ogl_renderer.znc in order for Zinc itself to even load games, so that's why I left it like that. I have renamed it to renderer.znc (and made sure everything was changed to reflect that)with no positive results in GameEx though. Thanks for the help!

I never have GameEx open when making changes to the config UseZinc=true ZincEXE=zinc.exe ZincPATH=C:\Emulators\Zinc ZincOptions=--renderer.\winogl\renderer.znc Are those the options you needed?

Renderer.cfg Fullscreen 0, GameEx set to Windowed = game loads in a window. Renderer.cfg fullscreen 1, GameEx Windowed = Game loads full screen. However, upon closing GameEx, the settings in GameExconfig under Display Settings revert Windowed back to Full Screen. Windowed mode GameEx still launches the FE full screen (not sure if it's supposed to), but it loads Zinc games full screen. I can confirm that the Windowed mode setting was saved after exiting the config and returning, but exiting GameEx and returning to config reverts it back to Full Screen.

I don't even know where to start! I've been working on this for hours the past 3 days, and everything seemed to be going just peachy until I wanted to try to get Zinc games working, but why stop now! Mame PC Specs: XP SP3, P4 3.00 GHZ, 2GB RAM, Radeon 4350 (for soft15khz) I currently have my config file for Gameex set up to not use AdvanceMame, but to use Zinc. In my Zinc folder, I have ZincGUI (since I got tired of working through command prompt). I load ZincGUI, point it to my ROM directory C:\ROM\MAME\ROMS, set the games to run with OpenGL (direct3D doesn't give me 60 FPS, only OpenGL does), fullscreen, 640x480, and the games load just fine through that method. I make sure all things check out in my GameEx config (pointing to Zinc.exe instead of ZincGUI.exe), and when I goto my Mame list in GameEx and go down to Playstation (that's what Zinc's title is, I suppose), it shows all of the Zinc-compatible roms, such as Battle Arena Toshinden 2, Bloody Roar 2, etc. I try to run it, and my screen just goes black. I can hear the game sounds just fine, and it even accepts my inputs for coins and attacks, but I still can't get video. Escape brings me back to GameEx. My Zinc config file is in C:\Emulators\Zinc, and looks like this --roms-directory=C:\ROMS\MAME\ROMS --use-sound=yes --sound-filter-enable=no --sound-filter-cutoff=22050 --sound-surround-lite-enable=no --sound-surround-lite-multiplier=40 --sound-stereo-exciter=no --use-slow-geometry=no --use-renderer-cfg-file=renderer.cfg --renderer=.\winogl\renderer.znc My next issue is this: I made a Batch file using Romlister and I put it in my Roms directory. I set it to move the ones specified into a different folder so I kept the ones I wanted in C:\ROMS\MAME\ROMS. Everything seemed good there, until I went in GameEx to see! (Let me know if there's an easier method, like if GameEx will recognize a specifically named XML file). I let the MAME list update, and it showed about 1200 games, so far so good. I tried to play some games, and I'd hear several quick error messages from Windows without any dialog coming up, and it'd bring me back to GameEx. Some games worked, some didn't, but the very same ones worked in MAMEUI32. This happened even though "Playable" was selected in the configuration. I tried to update the list again, and this time it came back with 700-ish games, even though I didn't change a thing in the configuration. The Zinc list is gone (only Mr. Driller or something shows up), and many games that I did have enabled are no longer visible. I restored my ROM directory, let GameEX make a full list (took quite some time), and now here I am! I don't wanna touch anything unless I know it'll work. I feel like I have to do so much more to get MAME functioning like I want it to, whereas Hyperspin just had Romlister to XML file, then HyperXML and I was good to go. I don't quite understand "Mame 32 formatted folder", or Custom List Mame 32 ini files. When I find a post that relates to my issue, the tutorials linked are also non-existent any longer, or have moved. I sure hope setting up the J-PAC and booting into GameEx will be easier than this! Any help is appreciated, and I can give more information if needed.