Mike_Fu

I'm having this same issue. The icons no longer show up in the main game selection list. However, when I select a game, they do show up on that screen.

I tried using a Zinc.cfg file and it didn't work for me either. I just specified the options in the GameEx configuration instead. I use this setup and it works fine for me: For the GameEx configuration I use these options: UseZinc=True ZincEXE=ZiNc.exe ZincPath=C:\Zinc ZincOptions=--renderer=C:\Zinc\renderer.znc --use-renderer-cfg-file=C:\Zinc\renderer.cfg --controller=.\controller.znc --use-controller-cfg-file=.\controller.cfg Here is my renderer.cfg file: ; ogl/d3d renderer settings XSize = 640 ; Window/fullscreen X size YSize = 480 ; Window/fullscreen Y size FullScreen = 1 ; Fullscreen mode: 0/1 ColorDepth = 32 ; Fullscreen color depth: 16/32 ScanLines = 0 ; Scanlines: 0=none, 1=black, 2=bright Filtering = 0 ; Texture filtering: 0-3 (filtering causes glitches!) Blending = 1 ; Enhanced color blend: ogl: 0/1; D3D: 0-2 Dithering = 0 ; Dithering: 0/1 (only needed in 16 bit color depths) ShowFPS = 0 ; FPS display on startup: 0/1 FrameLimitation = 1 ; Frame limit: 0/1 FrameSkipping = 0 ; Frame skip: 0/1 FramerateDetection = 1 ; Auto framerate detection: 0/1 FramerateManual = 100 ; Manual framerate: 0-1000 TextureType = 3 ; Textures: 0=card's default, 1=4 bit, 2=5bit, 3=8bit TextureCaching = 2 ; Caching type: 0-3, def=2, mode 3 is not available on most cards EnableKeys = 1 ; Enable renderer keys: 0/1, def=1 (enables keys for the fps menu/pause) FastExcel = 0 ; Speed hack for SF 'excel' modes. Will cause glitches if enabled! Here is my controller.cfg file (it is mapped to the keys I use so it might not be of any use to you) [general] noerrror=1 output=C:\Zinc\ControllerError.log [all] test=k2b services=k1b [player1] useMM=1 coin=k06 start=k02 up=kc8 down=kd0 right=kcd left=kcb btn1=k2c btn2=k2d btn3=k2e btn4=k34 btn5=k39 btn6=k33 btn9=k35 btn10=k34 btn11=k39 btn12=k33 btn13=k2c [player2] useMM=1 coin=k07 start=k03 up=k13 down=k21 right=k22 left=k20 btn1=k17 btn2=k25 btn3=k24 btn4=k1f btn5=k10 btn6=k11 btn9=k1e btn10=k1f btn11=k10 btn12=k11 btn13=k17

One thing you might try when your emulators only show a black screen would be to set ShowDesktop to True. Also, Smiff is right about the quotes on the command part. While you need quotes for most other emulators, for Project64 you don't. Example: For NES use Command=fceu.exe "[ROMPath]\[RomFile]" For N64 use Command=Project64.exe [ROMPath]\[RomFile]

UPDATE After uninstalling the Divx codec from add/remove programs and then installing FFDshow again I finally got these vids working in GameEx. My problem seemed to be that I was using an older version of FFDshow. If you run into problems make sure you've got the latest daily build. Me = noob. Anyway, these vids look great. Top notch work Circo.

Thanks for the response. This fixed my problem. As a side note.... I did not have to update my games list. After I deleted the files from the media directory they were recreated properly the next time I loaded GameEX. I'm wondering if it's necessary to delete this file any time you add or remove games from the list.

I'm having some issues with these movies. If I use the Divx codec I can play them in WMP with no problem. However, if I try to use these movies in my Snap\Video directory, GameEx pukes when it try's to play them. I've seen other posts that say GameEx needs to use the FFDShow codec to work properly; however when I had the FFDShow codec installed, the movies worked in GameEx but there was a 10 second or so delay before they would show any video (sound was okay). Any ideas?

As an update.... I've double checked the icons in Mame32 and all of the icons line up properly with the right games. However, in GameEx I am still having trouble. As I go down the list it looks like the first game to be off is Batman. I've rebooted and played with every setting in GameEx I can think of. I've renamed my icons directory and so forth but no matter what I do the icons still wont associate with the right games. Also, I should point out that in the "all games" section the icons seem to be pretty close and are only off by a game or two (could it be possible that GameEx is only looking at the first couple of letters in the file name?). However, if I go into a sub-menu (zinc or model 2 for example) the games aren't even remotely close. Is anyone else having this problem? Could this be a bug? I saw another thread where someone else was having this issue but they never posted if they got it fixed. I love the icons and would really like to use them but it's pointless if they line up with the wrong games. If anyone needs any additional info to help sort this out I can provide whatever you need. Thanks in advance.

You probably just need to configure mame32 to see your gamepad. This is done through the mame32 options not the GameEx options (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). Also, if you want to use a keyboard to play games typically you can bring up the options for the games by hitting the TAB key once a rom is loaded. From there you will see a page of options that you can adjust.

I just downloaded the icon pack from http://www.mameworld.net/icons/ I copied and pasted these into my icons folder and pointed GameEx to that directory. However, some of the icons are being associated with the wrong games (not all the icons but I would guess maybe 25%). I double checked the Icon name and the rom name and they are the same; but in GameEx sometimes they just don't match up correctly. Is there some sort of dat file or db file I need to sort these out or should GameEx handle this automatically?

I'm having some issues getting my game videos to play in GameEx. I have a bunch of videos in a directory that GameEx is pointing to. Some are in .mng format and the rest are .avi. The .mng ones play fine when I browse through my game collection. The .avi ones just give a blank black screen. After reading the forums some have suggested it is a codec problem or a 32 bit color problem. I changed to 16 bit color to no avail. I uninstalled Divx and installed ffdshow but that didn't do the trick. Someone mentioned changing the actual codec in GameEx but I can't see anywhere to do that. Is there a way to point to a specific codec in GameEx or am I having other problems? I should also note that I can't play the .avi files in WMP either so that may also be one of my problems.

Depending on how tech saavy you are; it might not be a bad idea just to re-route your PC's power button to a button on the outside of your cabinet. Not sure what you cab looks like but that's what I did and it works great for me.

Hmmm.... Okay so as a test I created a temp directory and pointed Gamex to that as my rom directory. I put a single rom file in that directory and then tried to use the command to create videos. GameEx launched and then I got the warning dialog box about how long it would take etc. I clicked okay and then got nothing. I know that I can launch the game from withing GameEx. Is using the create video command a "registerd user only" feature? Also, I unistalled Divx and got FFDSHOW instead. It basically looks like GameEx is launching and then closing down without doing anything. Any advice? Below is a copy of my log file if that helps. 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: GameEx: Version 6.28: Starting Log 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Operating System Name: Windows XP 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: .net Framework 1.1 Installed 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Checking Registration 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Running Randomize() 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Running Misc startup tasks 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Setting Menu types 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Opening Configuration File 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Getting Configuration Values 10:09:20.9 6/6/2006: Launching HideOS.exe 10:09:21.7 6/6/2006: Hiding Taskbar 10:09:21.7 6/6/2006: Is Media Center running? 10:09:21.7 6/6/2006: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 10:09:21.7 6/6/2006: Media Center Mode 2 10:09:21.7 6/6/2006: Text/Language: English 10:09:21.7 6/6/2006: Applying Language/Text 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: Snap Delay set to: 1 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: Get other settings 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: SlikStik support enabled 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: Using DirectInput for keyboard input 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: Start work for Form 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: Getting Original Screen Size 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: Loading ICON 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: Initializing Component 10:09:21.8 6/6/2006: Initialising Bass Audio Library 10:09:22.0 6/6/2006: Loading default loading screen 10:09:22.0 6/6/2006: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow 10:09:22.0 6/6/2006: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 10:09:22.0 6/6/2006: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 10:09:22.0 6/6/2006: Initialising DirectDraw 10:09:22.2 6/6/2006: Creating DirectDraw Device 10:09:22.2 6/6/2006: Using Device: RADEON 8500 SERIES 10:09:22.2 6/6/2006: Setting Resolution to 640x480 32 bit color 10:09:22.2 6/6/2006: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 10:09:22.2 6/6/2006: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 10:09:22.2 6/6/2006: Creating Back Buffer 10:09:22.3 6/6/2006: Loading graphic surfaces 10:09:22.3 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 10:09:22.5 6/6/2006: Creating Surface Volume 10:09:22.5 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces Arrows 10:09:22.6 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 10:09:22.6 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 10:09:22.7 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 10:09:23.6 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 10:09:23.6 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 10:09:23.7 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 10:09:23.7 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces Snaps 10:09:23.7 6/6/2006: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 10:09:24.0 6/6/2006: Creating Fonts 10:09:24.0 6/6/2006: Creating Menu Font 10:09:24.3 6/6/2006: Creating Game Font 10:09:24.4 6/6/2006: Creating Game Font Standard Size 10:09:24.7 6/6/2006: Creating Font Black 10:09:24.9 6/6/2006: Creating Font Black Small 10:09:25.0 6/6/2006: Creating Game Font Faded 10:09:25.0 6/6/2006: Creating Title Font 10:09:25.5 6/6/2006: Creating Control Panel Font 10:09:25.8 6/6/2006: Fonts Created Succesfully 10:09:48.0 6/6/2006: Initialising Windows Media Player Component 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: MAME Path is: d:\mame32 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: Model 2 Path Path is: C:\Model2 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: Model 2 EXE file is: emulator.exe 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: Use Model 2 on. m2launcher.exe will launch Sega Model 2 games 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: ZiNc Path is: C:\Zinc 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: ZiNc EXE file is: ZiNc.exe 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: Use ZiNc on. ZiNc.exe will launch PSX games 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: ROM Path is: D:\temp 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: History.dat is located at: D:\Mame32\history.dat 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: MAMEinfo.dat Not Found 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: Loading Controls.ini map file 10:09:48.4 6/6/2006: Loading Custom Emulators 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: Snap Path is: C:\snap 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: AVI Snap Path is: D:\Mame32\mame_vid 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: Flyer Path is: d:\Mame32\flyers 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: Cabinet Path is: d:\Mame32\cabinets 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: Title Path is: d:\Mame32\titles 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: Panel Path: Not Found 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: Icon Path is: d:\Mame32\icons 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: Marquee Path is: d:\Mame32\marquees 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 10:09:48.6 6/6/2006: Attempting to load game list 10:09:52.5 6/6/2006: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 10:09:52.6 6/6/2006: Exiting GameEx! 10:09:52.6 6/6/2006: Saving Settings 10:09:54.7 6/6/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

Okay, noob question here: If I run the command "C:\Program Files\GameEx\GameEx.exe -createvideos" it will create video files of every single game in my specified MAME roms directory? What kind of files does this create and how big are they? Where are they output to? Also, are these gameplay files (similar to the attract mode stuff)? Sorry for the questions but my curiosity is peaked.

Thanks for the help.... I finally got it all working! It's amazing how much better Zinc runs those games over MAME. Almost all of the games are playable now.

I've ordered a LCD Top Gun as well. Unfortunately mine is on backorder from Cliff Racer. I too will try to post some sort of review when I get mine.

I have winterblast's plugin as well but I'm a little unsure how to use it. The plugin seems to create a controller config file for each game. Do I need to copy and paste those into one default controller.cfg file and then have GameEx point to that? Also, as a side note... how hard would it be to add controller setup functionality inside GameEx itself? Thanks in advance!