smario

Oh.... now that was easy :-) I figured the part with the persistent script, but never would have guessed the solution with the second script... my my [scratching head]. You guys are great. Thank you!!

Hi all, since the MAME volume control buttons do not seem to work on my installation, I decided to map global Windows volume controls to control panel buttons with AutoHotKey, such as X::Send {Volume_Up 3} Y::Send {Volume_Down 3} All works fine using MAME stand-alone. However, when starting the AHK script with the "Run on launch" item in the Advance MAME settings like "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" "C:\Emulators\MameUI32\_keymappings\mame.ahk" 1. the CPWizard panel is shown 2. the AHK script is started and that's it. MAME does not start. Hint: Had the same problem using AHK scripts with emulators until I tried the "Also launch" item which works perfectly. Is there an "also launch" rather than the "run on launch" with MAME also? Is there a workaround? (I am using the current GameEx version 12.98) Thanks in advance!

Oh... you're right! Got it now. (I probably didn't get it right the first time because after hitting Change View 5 or 6 times it seemed to me the same views started over again...) Thanks for your patience :-) smario

Hello Draco, thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Unfortunately, the hint with changing the view didn't help. Isn't there a way to disable the pcb, control panel etc. pics from being used as a background image in the MAME list? I added two additional pics to clarify things, one showing my Commodore 64 list with black backgrounds (same with all other emulator lists) and the other one showing the MAME list with the unwanted background images. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, smario

Hi there, I want to get rid of background images showing in my MAME list (and only there). - in all other emulator sections there is no background image showing (just the black background). That's the way I want it to be in the MAME list as well - Background Mode on the setup wizard "display settings" page is set to "display black background" - "Background snap path" entry on the "Mame settings" page is left empty - I am using the Space Invaders theme, trying to toggle the DisplayBackgroundImage=False entry in theme.ini didn't help I included my gameex.ini and a screenshot. Thank you very much for your assistance! smarioGameEx.ini

Right on the spot, guys! For whatever reason I had a second GameEx.ini deep down in ~user\AppData\Local\VirtualStore (and so on) and that one had the wrong paths in it. Only one GameEx.exe though. Thanks very much for helping me out!

I am new to GameEx, hello everybody! I am experiencing a black screen right after the nag screen (I _will_ donate right after it's up and running :-). I have installed GameEx properly, but even after a new install it's just the same. I have attached the log file and the current GameEx ini (in which I haven't made too many modifications after my last reinstall). Please also note that the MAME paths in the GameEx.ini and the Log file differ - which seems odd to me. The MAME path in the GameEx.ini is the right one and I can start Mame properly on the command line from that location. The path in the Log file is an old path where there is no current Mame installation anymore. Probably a hint at the black screen... Thanks very much for helping me out (and sorry in advance if that should turn out to be a dumb question...) Cheers ============================================== Log File ============================================== ============================================== GameEx.ini ==============================================