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@NullPointer: I'm satisfied if native language speakers and readers can at least understand me. [blarney: on] All of us should thank Tom and Ben for creating a soooo versatile software and utilities. Thanks to Adultery for being a plugin and theme factory, to Draco for his amazing themes, to Tempest for his software too, and, finally, I want to personally thank all of you for being a great community that I'm willing to visit daily! [blarney: off]

Instead of opening a new thread I write here because I have the same issue with v12.71. There is a "Not Restoring Emulator Database From Cache" in the log, so i guess it has something to do with the new database format. I emptied my GameEx folder except for GameEx.ini and custominput.ini, in order to get a clean installation, and then ran the offline installer. GameEx starts loading the databases, then crashes to desktop: I mean, no error window, it crashes abruptly and gives me a black desktop. Curiously, the right click doesn't work, maybe because HideOS is still running, but I can't find it in the list of active processes. Running XP SP3. At the moment I am completely unable to run GameEx. Please help. Alpha. log.txt GameEx.txt

Impressive! Thanks to Tom and Circo!

Just to clarify... that you can't click on MAME.exe and load roms. MAME is an only command line application. What you mean, maybe, is that you have a MAMEUI32.exe or a MAMEUI64.exe in your MAME folder. Is my assumption correct?

Yes, English isn't my native language! Some mistakes happen when I write in hurry! Sorry! But, speaking in general, I have to admit that I'm not so good! ------------------------------------------------------------------ In my opinion you should try AdvanceConfigEditor.exe. 1. From its UI, select "Game Pad Exit" tab and set your exit key combo. 2. Save the file in the default directory: GameEx\CONFIG\EMULATORS\ 3. Run Setup Wizard, go to Advanced Emulator Setup, and in the appropriate box (you'll recognize it) select the file you just saved. Repeat this process for every emulator. Your issue should be resolved now. What I've explained doesn't mean that global exit key should work without this workaround. The fact is, as you guessed, that in my setup (running XP SP3) it works well.

My suggestion is to verify if MAME works correclty outside of GameEx.

Great work by the way! We are living a real "renaissance" for GameEx's theming. KRC, could you please apply the glass layer to 1 of your icons, just one, and post here the w/o glass layer version and the one with glass layer, just for us to compare both and see how they differ? I will be more than happy and willing to tell you what I think...

Really, they look fantastic!!!

Great work! This is new to me! Please, in which folder should the font file be putted in order for gameEx to be able to read it? In GameEx\THEMES\ThemeInQuestion\ (in the same folder as snap.png) or in GameEx\THEMES\ThemeInQuestion\MEDIA ???

If you want to substitute (U) with (USA), or things like that, why not to use a file rename utility like Bulk Rename Utility ( http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php )? A program full of filtering and renaming options. Of course you can process file in batch... Give it a try!

For the sake of completeness, I should add that doesn't have this problem with global exit key. Running Windows XP SP3. I too noticed that Windows numbers joypad keys starting from 0, whereas GameEx and most emulators map keys starting from 1, hence the "gap" between numbers. Nothing that can prevent GameEx to correctly interpret the right keys, in my case. Strange thing is that, in your case, GameEx recognises the right keys while browsing, isn'it? The same schema should apply to global exit combo... but it isn't in your case...

Do you have a mame.exe or a mameUI32.exe, or a mameUI64.exe in your mame folder? Set the executable that you have in place of that "sleep.exe".

Use Setup Wizard to include any background (under emulators settings - custom background) you previously putted in the MEDIA folder. It should work. Just like you did.

The correct path is GameEx\THEMES\[yourtheme]\MEDIA.

@scabman: Oh... and after you have done what u-man suggested you to do, don't forget to rebuild your MAME list!

I quote you from I to ! Maybe we should add the advise to label a thread that reports possible bugs with [bUG], do differentiate this kind of threads from general asking/answering questions. Then, when the issue is resolved, the original poster should change the [bUG] tag with [RESOLVED]. That is, more or less, what we are already doing here.

I absolutely agree. A last note: I see only 1 "window" for video\snapshots. Does this mean that there will be no space for a second artwork?

Please post your log. GameEx.log can be found in the LOG folder in your installaiton directory. This will tell us a lot of things about what's happening...

Well, if the OP can play the videos while browsing the games, we can assume that he\she actually has the videos, isn't it han? @STONEDSTONER: The point here is that, if you can see videos while browing the game list, I can see no reason why you can't in the emulators menu. Once the emulator setup is done, no further user intervention is required to achieve what you want. I can't reproduce this problem on my machine. Sorry, I have no idea of what is happening with your setup.

Hello and welcome to the forums! Regarding your issue, I see 2 possible reasons: 1) Are you absolutely sure that everything is in place and that the paths are correct? 2) To display artwork like videos, snaps, titles, ect, your artwok files must have the same name as your roms. For example, if you have a game named "Zelda - Ocarina of Time.zip", the corresponding video must be named "Zelda - Ocarina of Time.mp4", or flv, or .avi...

Amazing, Draco!

Absolutely impressive!

Just an update. I've noticed that, with some pdf files, GameEx auto-correct the right-left ratio. Although I guess it is the way gostscript handles pdf files. These pdfs were created by my be... I mean I converted some scans of and old magazine from jpg into pdf. And in the process I learned something very interesting about pdf. There are a lot of programmes that allow you to edit the pdf's metadata, amongst them BeCyPDFMetaEdit (http://www.becyhome....ription_eng.htm). You can specify the default view, and amongst the possible options, there is "First page on the right". This way, Adobe Reader immediately identify the settings and displays pages accordingly. GameEx is a bit slower (but, I repeat, this should be due to gostscript): I mean that, in the beginning, while browsing the file, the pages are misaligned, but at a certain point they becomes correctly aligned. Further testing is required, but I feel comfortable to say that this happens just because I specifically set the pdf to that kind of visualization. Ok, now to the conclusions. As most e-book software do, first page goes to the right side, if it is an odd one (like page 1). As a logic and inevitable consequence, pages will go to the proper position. Only a few of the pdf files are created with this purpose in mind. But, no matter if they are game manuals, magazines, books, or whatsoever, the principle remains the same: first page on the right, and as a consequence all other pages will be positioned in their proper place. @TOM: Just a suggestion. Maybe a "ghost page", I mean a transparent page, could be positioned before the first page, so that the actual first page will be positioned in the right side?

Your ability is surpassed only by your imagination, Adultery! My compliments!

It seems very interesting! I will take a look at it!!! Thanks for reporting!