Andy L

That turned out to be the simplest solution, which hadn't even occurred to me... thanks!

I see the MAME UNC paths bug has been fixed now. But does anyone have an answer to the second question in my original post?

I'm using MAME 0.144 (command line version) on Win7 SP1 x64 and my NAS is running FreeNAS 8.0.2. If I map my NAS share manually and then change the path to the mapped drive in GameEx under the MAME Settings section, it simply works - I don't have to change anything in MAME (I don't think there's even a mame.ini file there to add a ROM path to). The batch file is very simple: net use R: \\192.168.1.9\public\Emulators\MAME\ C:\GameEx\Gameex.exe But that gives a 'MAME ROM folder not found' error, as does putting the UNC path \\192.168.1.9\public\Emulators\MAME\ in the GameEx MAME settings. And like I said, all my other emulators work when using the same UNC path to the Emulators folder in the GameEx settings...

I was previously using a mapped drive to access my ROMs on my NAS in GameEx but due to that causing problems elsewhere on the computer (the "Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed" error whenever I tried to access a different share while the drive was mapped), I've switched to using UNC paths now to access my ROMs. This works for the 6 other emulators I have installed in GameEx but not MAME - any ideas why this could be? And is there a fix? I tried writing a batch file to map the drive before GameEx loads and then another batch file to disconnect the drive when GameEx shuts down but even that doesn't work - the 'net use' command only seems to work when I enter it manually at the command prompt and not in a batch file, even though I'm entering the exact same command! EDIT: also, I have a second MAME config question - I would like to map two of the buttons on my Microsoft Sidewinder Game Pad USB to 5 (insert coin) and 1 (1 player start). Is it possible to do this for MAME only? The Joy Mapping section in Advanced Emulator Config and the custominput.ini file appear to edit joypad mapping globally for all emulators...

That worked fine - thanks for the help guys!

Hi all, I recently came across GameEx and am now using it as a frontend on my Win7 x64 HTPC for several emulators - it's so much easier to set up than XBMC! I've nearly got it set up exactly how I want it but I have a couple of questions regarding Visual Boy Advance and updating the MAME ROM list: 1. In VBA-M (SVN 1022), the Esc key is set to toggle between full screen and windowed modes which means that to exit a game, you have to press Esc first to change back to windowed mode and then Esc again to go back to GameEx when I would like VBA-M to stay in fullscreen mode and then exit seamlessly back to GameEx. Is there a way around this behaviour? 2. I've updated my MAME ROMs and GameEx is now asking me to update the list. I remember browsing some documentation or seeing a video somewhere which described a setting where you can tell GameEx not to scan the existing ROMs that it's already catalogued - I can't remember or find that setting for the life of me though! Can someone point me in the right direction?