[RESOLVED] Zinc Stopped working

[griggs619]

Hey guys i got Zinc set up and wroking fine about 2-3 weeks ago. I played just a bit to make sure it was working and set up the controls. I havent touched it since. Today i go to play a game and i see no game will load. Gameex will attempt to load the game and then will just send me back to gameex. to me everything looks set up correct and should be working. I would be very greatful if someone could take a look and see if im missing something? i wonder if any of the recent Gameex updates had anything to do with it not working. i only say this because thats would be the only thing that has really been changed in the past few weeks because i have been working on custom backgrounds. I thought all my emulators were setup and working. Thanks

Gmaeex ini.txt

[Adultery]

Questions:

Do you use native ZiNc support? If yes, did you try updating your game list?

[griggs619]

Hey Adultery yes i am using the gameex intergrated support. i also tryed updating my game list in mame sill no luck.

[Adultery]

Did you check and make sure ZiNc is enabled under Advanced MAME settings?

[griggs619]

yes zinc is enabled under the zinc menu i have my path,EXE & Options all set and they did work for me a few weeks ago im just not sure what happend. Also under advance MAME i dont see any options for zinc. i do see model 2, atari, lightgun, ect. but no zinc option on that page.

[fRequEnCy]

Please troubleshoot by running the runitgame.bat file. This will give you details in the console window why it's not working. Instruction on how to do so are found in the How to ask for Help topic by Tempest, step 4B.

[griggs619]

Please troubleshoot by running the runitgame.bat file. This will give you details in the console window why it's not working. Instruction on how to do so are found in the How to ask for Help topic by Tempest, step 4B.

i did the steps but when i add the "pause" to my runitgame.bat file the window is still closing so i cant read the errors? this is what my runitgame.bat file looks like.

zinc.txt

[griggs619]

ok i got the runitgame.bat working its saying "Error cannot open controller plugin"? i havent changed my controller plugin i even tryed deleteing it and the re extracting the zip but still not working.

[griggs619]

i forgot to mention i am usin the winterblast inp controller plugin with wirless xbox360 controllers.

[Adultery]

According to this:

ZincOptions=--renderer=.\renderer.znc

You're not even calling the controller plugin via command line.

[griggs619]

Strange I barrowed this zinc options line from mesk gameex.ini. It's the same one he uses. I swear it was working fine for me the way it is now. Has anyone (mesk) tested there zinc setup lately? But I'm willing to make what ever changes needed as long as I can get it working again. Do u have any suggestions for a new zinc options line? I'll have to try it after later today after work. Thanks for your help guys

[mesk]

Strange I barrowed this zinc options line from mesk gameex.ini. It's the same one he uses. I swear it was working fine for me the way it is now. Has anyone (mesk) tested there zinc setup lately? But I'm willing to make what ever changes needed as long as I can get it working again. Do u have any suggestions for a new zinc options line? I'll have to try it after later today after work. Thanks for your help guys

ill try right now

yes it works.with a 360 controller.but i used aldo FE to set the zinc ini

TBH,zinc is so F**ked up,I really wish they would release a newer version,but that wont happen as im pretty sure that the next few mame releases will play all the games zinc does even better then zinc does

[Dan_Dan_91_07]

TBH,zinc is so F**ked up,I really wish they would release a newer version,but that wont happen as im pretty sure that the next few mame releases will play all the games zinc does even better then zinc does

Really? Why do you think that if you don't mind me asking.

[Adultery]

I remember reading that the MAME devs finally broke the encryption on ZN-1 and ZN-2 games a little while back, and afaik that's the last thing that was holding them back.

Hopefully mesk saw this too and can provide a link as I'm on the mobile atm.

[griggs619]

Sorry didn't mean to quote my last post. Sending from my celly.

Don't worry, I fixed it. -Adultery

[fRequEnCy]

I'm in the chat room for real-time support. Will be there for awhile if interested.

[griggs619]

@frequency can I take a raincheck on the real time chat support? only because I'm at work for the next 2 hours

[griggs619]

@mesk, ill try the aldos FE and see if i have any luck with that. do you have zinc setup as its own emulator or w/ the Gameex native zinc support? can you please provide you command line or zinc options line so i can try it on my system. thanks

[griggs619]

I hope mesk is right about MAME playing all zinc games soon cause i had to disable my zinc support for now :/ it will just take too much time to figure out how to map all the keys for all games to work with my x360 controller. i tried diffrent Zinc Fe but none will work i always get controller plugin error. The problem is the winterblast plugin. It just quit working for some odd reason. Even when i tried starting from scratch and re-setting the emulator/plugins no luck. I have read that winterblast plugin has issues with bluetooth but i dont think that is the problem. I tested my Zinc setup on another pc in the house that also has bluetooth and works fine? my other option was to try xpadder. But not sure how i can make it load different configs when i launch different games. This whole situation has got me Stumped.

[fRequEnCy]

I hope mesk is right about MAME playing all zinc games soon cause i had to disable my zinc support for now :/ it will just take too much time to figure out how to map all the keys for all games to work with my x360 controller. i tried diffrent Zinc Fe but none will work i always get controller plugin error. The problem is the winterblast plugin. It just quit working for some odd reason. Even when i tried starting from scratch and re-setting the emulator/plugins no luck. I have read that winterblast plugin has issues with bluetooth but i dont think that is the problem. I tested my Zinc setup on another pc in the house that also has bluetooth and works fine? my other option was to try xpadder. But not sure how i can make it load different configs when i launch different games. This whole situation has got me Stumped.

Loading different configs based on which game can be easily done in the command-line. Depends on your settings.

[griggs619]

ok the problem was bluetooth after all (kicking myself). Turns out soon as i disabled my wiimote bam-o no more winterblast plugin issue. it must only be certain bluetooth device that have issues with winterblast. Like i said before i got it working on another computer in the house that also has bluetooth on it. but i only use it for the keyboard and mouse on that computer. Thanks for all you help on this guys

[fRequEnCy]

ok the problem was bluetooth after all (kicking myself). Turns out soon as i disabled my wiimote bam-o no more winterblast plugin issue. it must only be certain bluetooth device that have issues with winterblast. Like i said before i got it working on another computer in the house that also has bluetooth on it. but i only use it for the keyboard and mouse on that computer. Thanks for all you help on this guys

Helping you kick yourself. . And you were so sure it wasn't bluetooth. Had to be something since I couldn't duplicate on my end. Glad you got it all sorted out. Resolved?

[griggs619]

Thanks I needed the extra kick after all the time wasted. Yes this isusue is resolved. Thanks

[mesk]

This emulator has to be the most user UN friendly,cab unfriendly,generally unfriendly ever.

:angry:

[fRequEnCy]

This emulator has to be the most user UN friendly,cab unfriendly,generally unfriendly ever.

:angry:

It's not that bad. What makes it worse is that there are too many options of setting up and everyone uses a different one which creates confusion. I think we should standardize it and use only one so that everyone is on the same page. The application hk suggested is probably the way to go. I'll have to take a look at it and see about making a tutorial on it.

Marked as resolved! Something the original poster can do as well.