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Like the other threads, going back to MAME 0.131 resolves the problem. In 0.132 the log looked to show after processing listinfo.dat it skipped going through the rest of the game list processing (history, controls, etc..) that happens with 0.131. Comparing listinfo.dat files created with each versions seems to show an element change. <!ELEMENT game (description, year?, manufacturer, biosset*, rom*, disk*, sample*, chip*, display*, sound?, input?, dipswitch*, driver?)> <!ELEMENT game (description, year?, manufacturer, biosset*, rom*, disk*, sample*, chip*, display*, sound?, input?, dipswitch*, configuration*, adjuster*, driver?)> Not sure if that's messing anything up. <configuration name="Cabinet"> <confsetting name="Upright/w One Hit Button"/> <confsetting name="Upright/w P1/P2 Hit Buttons" default="yes"/> <confsetting name="Cocktail"/> </configuration> Watching the progress, 0.132 looked to show a progress update at 20%, then sped through creating the list of 8000 games including BIOSs, etc... 0.131 showed progress updates at a few more instances in listinfo.dat and then went through the rest of the steps of building the game list - ending up with the ~1000 that are in my collection.

I just installed MAME 0.132 and am seeing the same problem. After an update list it shows 8000 including a bunch I don't have.

There may be an easier way now, but when I did this ages ago I had to launch them from .bat files: [Emulator_11] Enabled=True STARTPAGENAME=PC Apps TITLETEXT=PC Apps StartPageLogo=PC ROMFilter=*.bat;*.lnk RomsInFolders=False RomPath=C:\batch SnapPath=c:\batch\snap WorkingPath=C:\batch MapKeys=False WaitBeforeKeys= SendKeys= ReplaceDash=True ReplaceUnder=True Capitals=True RemoveBrackets=True ShowDesktop=True Debug=False MAPFile= AlsoLaunch= Command=cmd.exe /c "[ROMPath]\[RomFile]" OLDatZip= TitlePath= BoxPath= LaunchBefore= LaunchAfter= CartPath= configFile= ExcludedFiles= CustomBackground= PlayMusic= PCGame= DATABASE= DumbyValue= GamesIn7Zips= PlayInScreenSaver=True LastGame=False|11|House Of The Dead|House of the Dead.bat|House of the Dead|PC Apps|26 Then in c:\batch I had all of them along with a snap folder for the screenshots: Directory of \\arcade\c$\batch 09/14/2005 03:44 PM <DIR> . 09/14/2005 03:44 PM <DIR> .. 04/03/2005 10:42 AM 87 Board Games.bat 04/02/2005 07:17 PM 69 BreakQuest.bat 04/03/2005 10:36 AM 84 Card Games.bat 04/03/2005 10:23 AM 79 Casino.bat 04/02/2005 07:18 PM 71 HamsterBall.bat 09/14/2005 03:51 PM 71 House of the Dead 2.bat 09/14/2005 03:48 PM 57 House of the Dead.bat 04/03/2005 09:04 AM 40 Jazz JackRabbit 2.bat 04/02/2005 09:43 AM 62 Jets n' Guns.bat 04/02/2005 07:19 PM 59 Luxor.bat 04/02/2005 10:11 AM 71 Magic Ball.bat 04/10/2005 11:55 AM 70 Panda Craze.bat 09/11/2005 08:08 AM 73 Pyramid Runner.bat 04/02/2005 07:27 PM 69 RocketBowl.bat 09/05/2005 06:13 PM 53 Slot Machines.bat 09/14/2005 03:39 PM <DIR> snap 04/02/2005 09:41 AM 64 Zuma.bat Each of the batch files would just luanch the game. House of the Dead.bat: @echo off CD "\sega\thotd" THOTD.exe -cd_nocheck -d3d Pyramid Runner.bat: @echo off cd "\Program Files\Alawar\Pyramid Runner" PyramidRunner.exe

That got butchered. Above should have read \snap\<rom>\ "0000.png"

Sorry for wasting your time and thanks for pointing me to runitgame.bat. If I just launched mame using the command line exposed in the log while in my user directory, it worked as it appears it looks for mame.ini in the current directory. When changing to the mame directory and launching the same command line, it uses mame.ini for additional configuration options. I was able to remove -resolution 640x480 from the mame options in GameEx and rename my mame.ini to get back in working order. I'll sift through the ini later to see what got set away from the defaults that was causing this behavior. Thanks again.

I added -resolution 640x480 to MameOptions= and the screen is now sized correctly and not cut off (at least on Area51). The only thing I see in runitgame.bat is that it's changing directories to my mame folder (I wasn't doing this). I'll play around with it a little more, but at least with the -resolution setting, my problem appears fixed, though I don't know if this will give me problems in other games or provide me with a non-optimal display. Thanks for your help, and your app is great.

As for the command line, I initially tried: C:\mediacenter\MAME\mame.exe area51 -rompath C:\mediacenter\MAME\roms -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -lightgun -dual_lightgun -offscreen_reload and then to make sure it wasn't the spawning of a new prompt, I tried: cmd.exe /c C:\mediacenter\MAME\mame.exe area51 -rompath C:\mediacenter\MAME\roms -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -lightgun -dual_lightgun -offscreen_reload The extra C: had to be removed. I'll look into the ini file to see if I can figure out how to tell GameEx not the change the resolution for MAME if that's what you're asking. I did tell GameEx not the change the resolution for itself without change in behavior. I currently have: XResolution=640 YResolution=480 MameOptions=-skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -lightgun -dual_lightgun -offscreen_reload DontSwitchRes=True (I assume this is from telloing GameEx not the change the desktop resolution.) The only others in see in the big blob related to resolution or stretching are: VectorResX=632 VectorResY=264 AlwaysStretch=410x256 AllowWindowResize=True DeadZoneX=0 DeadZoneY=0

I noticed this start happening quite a while ago, so unfortunately I don't know what version of gameex or mame changed this behavior... Currently many MAME games when launched from GameEX are stretched beyond the screen limits on the TV in my cabinet. My desktop is running at 640x480 and GameEx has been configured both for 640x480 and use what windows is set to with the same results. Some games are fine (mostly vertical games) but many are extended off screen so I can't see the insert coin dialogs or score at the top. If I launch mame using the same parameters from a cmd prompt, it's displayed normally. The GameEx log shows: cmd.exe /c C: C:\mediacenter\MAME\mame.exe area51 -rompath C:\mediacenter\MAME\roms -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -lightgun -dual_lightgun -offscreen_reload Again, if I paste this directly in a cmd prompt when GameEx isn't running it displays fine. Any suggestions?

I haven't kept up on my cabinet for a while and just upgraded to the latest MAME and GameEx over the weekend. I was going through my old routine of hitting F12 to create snaps of new roms, but the new snaps weren't showing up in GameEx. I see that MAME now creates .\snap\<rom>00.png instead of .\snap\<rom>.png. GameEx doesn't pick these up so whenever I make new snaps I have to for loop a rename and move operation. It's not huge deal, but I was wondering if there's a way to revert the behavor of MAME or if a future version of GameEx will check for snaps in both the old and new ways.

quote name='AwesomeAlbert' date='Feb 5 2007, 10:46 PM' post='18620'] Has anyone made an instruction card for their arcade (to stick on the glass) ? you know, that tells the player how to select a game, go back, volume, up down the menu ect. . Ive been thinking of making one but dont know where to start. please share. Here's another...

I installed 5.81 last night and went through the GUI config to set the appropriate game database for each applicable emulator. I now no longer see the Create Snaps menu item for those emulators linked to databases. I didn't see a database for Playstation games so I left the databse field blank. I do see Create Snaps under Playstation. Is this a known issue or could it be tied to the theme I'm using?

Thanks. The following was set in the ini. CreateImageOnThread=True I set this to false and it now works great. Thank you very much for the solution and for the front end. I use it in a Quad SlikStik 27" cabinet with an added pair of Act light guns. Your interface ties everything together and wows everyone who sees it.

Lately when scrolling through the monster list of MAME games the snapshots are hit and miss. They used to all work just fine but now many don't show. Sometimes if I scroll back to one that is missing a few times it will show, then vanish again. Am I alone? Is there a cache somewhere that can be cleared?

I'm unable to find the command line options for freedo. Can you enlighten me? Thanks.

On the latest version 3.51 I just experienced the All MAME Games showing just the favorites again.