[RESOLVED] Couple of newbie questions

[Andy L]

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?

[Draco1962]

The setting you mention regarding scanning the ROMs is likely something unrelated. Anytime you update your ROMS, you should update your list.

[fRequEnCy]

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?

Welcome to the forums. Simply just change the key set for changing full screen and then GameEx will handle closing it correctly.

In VisualBoyAdvance-M, do the following:

• Click on Tools
  
• Click on Customize..
  
• Scroll down to FileToggleFullscreen
  
• Assign a new key other than ESCAPE
  

[Andy L]

That worked fine - thanks for the help guys!

[fRequEnCy]

That worked fine - thanks for the help guys!

Glad you got it sorted out. Enjoy!