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I am going to assume cpwizard will not do what i want above. Okay, so guess I'll just use it under single screen mode which is still better than without the customized cpanels. Next question... trying to understand the rotation settings. Under display tab there is "rotation" section and "auto rotation" section. I'm running auto rotation on mame with a screen that I physically rotate mounted on wall. Everything within mame and gameex works fine but would like the cpwizard screen to adjust accordingly. Again have tried varying these settings and cannot understand how these settings work nor get what would be the obvious desired result. Can you please explain these settings and/or tell how i should set them in order to have the cpanel within cpwizard adjust accordingly to vertical or horizontal game? thanks.

Thanks but i'm still having issues or should say not getting the results I'd like but not sure if it's even possible. Just changed the top line which you've mentioned. Now getting this: 1. start game on monitor 2 in gameex 2. cpanel from cpwizard shows up on monitor 2 for a few seconds then disappears 3. game comes on monitor 2 then disappears after a few seconds 4. cpanel from cpwizard reappears on monitor 1 and stays on this time 5. game comes back on monitor 2. What'd i'd like to see happen is this: 1. start game on monitor 2 in gameex 2. game comes on monitor 2 3. cpanel from cpwizard comes on monitor 1 and stays there. possible?

Okay, but just so i understand, this current thread is active and my question is hopefully being looked at by someone in the know?

2 attached.... thx. GameEx.ini log.txt

For some reason the topic i started last month is locked so i have to start a new one, ref old topic http://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/11592-resolved-cpwizard-modify-text-displayed-in-control-panel/page__hl__cpwizard__st__60 Okay, so after stepping away from this and coming back after a few weeks and running nearly same setup on a different machine I'm about to lose what's left of my mind trying to figure out how in the h*ll I ever got this to work before. Unfortunately I made the mistake of not copying and saving out my configuration file for cpwizard. I should have just punted by now but it's become more of a battle i'd like to win and I have spent embarassing hours trying every combination of settings I can try but nothing works as hoped. I have 2 monitors, monitor "2" is default". When I start a game on monitor 2 within gameex i want the control panel from cpwizard to appear on monitor 1 and stay there until i quit the game. Sounds simple right? I'm attaching my current desperate attempt at making this work, hopefully someone can give me a simple explanation for why it's not working. With this current config I experience the following: 1. start game on monitor 2 2. cpanel from cpwizard shows up on monitor 1 for a few seconds then disappears 3. game comes back on monitor 2 then disappears after a few seconds 4. cpanel from cpsizard reappears on mointor 1 for a few seconds then disappears 5. game comes back on monitor 2. Thanks in advance to whomever, hopefully headkaze, can once more help me with this. I promise to save the config file next time around and copy to a secure location. Also, if anyone reading this is currently successfully using cpwizard the way they'd like and wouldn't mind explaining their setup and attaching the .ini file, might be helpful. CPWizard.ini

Just loaded the latest and greatest and unfortunately the nag screen showed up so won't be able to test this to see if my problem goes away by upgrading. I bought the year subscription about 18 months ago or thereabouts I think.

Have been having regular crashes happen when exiting visual pinball games. Someone please check out this log and let me know what you think. Thanks much.

Just discovered turning on autostart on mame solves the problem.

Happening everytime..... any ideas?

I appreciate the responses. The BIG question at the moment is what is the option for as I've stated does nothing based on my testing and the "next option" it refers to appears to have nothing to do with this.

i'm confused..... i thought you've indicated gameex has to run on the default monitor but yet you're saying this option allows you to run it on a non-default monitor???

nope, not utilizing the 3rd party app at the moment and still not seeing any difference whether which choice made under "run gameex on second monitor" is made.

just curious to know what the "run on secondary monitor" options is for.... it says "If you have a dual display setup the next option allows you to run GameEx on the Secondary Display. Default is false." I've tried it and does nothing. also worth noting the "next option" it refers to doesn't seem to be right.

Would like to have the option of setting a non-default display show the gameex interface. Example, laptop with additional monitor connected. Additional monitor connected is set as default display but in this situation would like the display on the laptop to show the gameex interface.

I use a program called Actual Tools Window Manager which is fairly powerful managing windows however it has same problem you've mentioned and is not going to be a viable option. So as it stands now from what you're saying gameex will always open on the "default" display. Not good for my situation and would think this would be a simple addition for those in power to add as new functionality given the 4011 million other options already available.

I've got 2 displays, 1 is the laptop screen and the other is a secondary monitor. I want gameex to appear on the laptop screen but can't seem to figure out which setting controls this. Thanks.

Okay, here's the situation... Have 3 individual displays hooked up to the computer. I'm only using 1 display to run gameex and games themselves. The other 2 displays have there own purposes. When i startup gameex all other displays either freeze up or go blank. What settings do i need to choose in order to play gameex in full screen mode but not cause the other displays to freeze or go blank? I've tried different options and haven't figured it out yet or know if it's even possible. Thanks.

Thanks. Is the 64bit version of Mame significantly faster, better, stable, etc? Curious to know before I do this. Also, if i wanted to maintain both a 32 and 64 machines and wanted to utilize 64bit mame on the 64bit machine, what files would need to be seperated... in other words assume roms do not change and therefore could be used on both machines but what files would i not want to copy over to the 32bit machine?

Draco... i apprecaite your reply but you only stated the obvious. What i'm asking is when you compile mame using 64bit compiler does it actually configure mame for a 64bit machine (i.e. runnning 64 OS) or is it just a faster way to compile but still runs on a 32bit OS? Based on your reply I'm guessing the answer to my question is answer A.

Thanks folks. It's been a loooong time since I compiled, have been using the same version for a couple years now. You have however got me thinking about something.... the last time i compiled, the 64bit version wasn't available (i don't think). Now that I'm running 64bit win7pro, although my cabinet is still a 32bit machine but hope to upgrade eventually, if i compile using 64bit stuff does that mean it won't work on a 32bit machine or simply mean it just speeds up the compiling but will work on a 32bit xp machine?

Has anyone come up with a way to avoid the occasional "hit OK" or "move joystick from left to right" on some mame games? Assuming there is someone out there that has done this by creating an ahk script or something and incorporating into GameeX maybe.

Thank you gentlemen, obviously picking the same options during install on both machines is important... dah. Tom, question, why would installing first then copying over the files be a problem if both machines are running the same gameex version?

Yes, I installed the same version as the other one, then coped over all files. Again, what is the gs folder (ghost script) for, it's on my original machine but don't remember when/why/or how I installed it.... what is it for? It apparently is needed in order to use pdf files in the interface. also worth noting, i don't see ghost script in my program list. found the install files here http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html problem is even though i'm running 64 bit on all machines my original machine shows as explained earlier shows it under x86 and apparently gameex is looking for it there. If i start installing the 64bit ver of gs then going to assume gameex won't find it. Where does gameex configure this setting, i.e. how do you tell gameex where to look for gs?

thanks, always forget to do that.... i see a line that says pdf viewer exe not found at: c:\program files (x86)\gs\gs\bin\gswin32c.exe after further investigation i see the folder on the original computer that is working fine and see it has something to do with ghostscript and has your name attached in the uninstall readme file. I'm lost, where did this come from? I don't remember installing it. Apparently it is required or something... please inlighten me. thanks.

I have this working fine on one machine and recently copied all settings and files exactly same on a new machine. When I click on manual for a vpinball game it is supposed to display the rules pdf file for the game but for some reason on the new machine the screen blinks and nothing happens. Again, setup is identical on both machines so guess it has to be something outside of gameex or vpinball. Any ideas? Everything else works fine.