[RESOLVED] GameEx 12.71 stops responding when loading

[Tom Speirs]

Sorry folks. I needed to sleep. Ive just released 12.73. Please let me know. Cheers.

[Draco1962]

Sleep? You don't need no steenkin' sleep! LOL! Look forward to testing the update when I get home. Thanks, Tom!

[thurmansevolution]

Hello!

Ummm....I hate to break the news to ya this early in the a.m. Tom (well, here its am lol), but I just downloaded 12.73 and tested it on my cab, and its doing the same thing as 12.71 did - crashes when loading.

Thanks for all the help so far I'll attach the log and config files in case ya need it.

log.txt

GameEx.ini

[Tom Speirs]

Sorry about that. Please replace GameEx.exe with the attached.

PS. We are dealing with a seperate issue here.

GameEx.7z

[thurmansevolution]

Lol, its cool man....You are working hard on this issue, and I have all the patience in the world - plus v12.70 to keep my cab up in the meantime

I downloaded the file you attached and reinstalled 12.73, but it still has the same issue as it did before with crashing. If it's a different issue, please put whatever's going on in my cab with 12.73 on the back burner to take care of the larger picture of what's going on . I can still live with using 12.70 for however long it takes, and I know that when the new version will be ready to work on my cab, it will be better than ever!

Thanks again, and you da man Tom!

LC

[Tom Speirs]

Hi, no problem. I want fix it if you don't mind helping. Are you sure that exe did not fix it? Dont install over the top of it as it will replace it. If that fixes it I will releas a new version.

[thurmansevolution]

Lol, well since ya offered -

This is how I installed:

I first uninstalled 12.70, without deleting any of the remaining files in H:\GameEx, and redownloaded 12.73 from the website. I then installed the 12.73 version and before launching the application, I replaced gameex.exe file with the gameex.exe file that you attached earlier. I then ran GameEx via the new gameex.exe file.

I'm attaching the log and config files that was created in case you need them

Lol, if you lived close to Mississippi, I would share a beer with ya for all your hard work - since ya probably live further away though, I will upgrade my membership to a lifetime membership to GameEx when I get my next paycheck - you can buy yourself a few ice cold ones with that money lol

Thanks in advance!

log.txt

GameEx.ini

[Tom Speirs]

Here is a version with more logging. Please try. Thanks.

GameEx.7z

[Tom Speirs]

Also please try turning off the music/jukebox. That may be the issue.

[thurmansevolution]

Hello!

I've tried with the new file you attached, and also disabled "Play jukebox on startup", and it's still doing the same - crashing on loading.

Here is the new log and config file in case you need it.

Thanks again for all the help! Lol, I have faith that we'll get this to work somehow

GameEx.ini

log.txt

[Tom Speirs]

Thanks again. Here is a debug version with a LOT of logging. You will have to zip the log file.

Cheers.

Tom.

GameEx.7z

[Tom Speirs]

More problems... This time it came after pressing a key to exit attract mode:

00:20:35.6 7/17/2012: Running: cmd.exe /c F: F:\Emulators\MAME\mame.exe twinbee -rompath F:\Emulators\MAME\roms -nowindow -joy -mt -video d3d -mouse -noka -volume -32 -bezel -artpath artworkgameex

00:22:28.8 7/17/2012: Key/Joy press detected: Exiting Attract mode, closing MAME

00:22:28.8 7/17/2012: XPADDER PLUGIN: Profile for MAME was not enabled!

00:22:28.8 7/17/2012: XPADDER PLUGIN

00:22:28.8 7/17/2012: XPADDER PLUGIN: Profile successfully loaded for GameEx Interface!

00:22:31.7 7/17/2012: Shutting down RawInput Hook

00:22:33.2 7/17/2012: Warning: Display is running in full screen compatibility mode.

00:22:52.1 7/17/2012: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured

00:22:52.1 7/17/2012: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

00:22:52.1 7/17/2012: at Direct2D.Direct2d.Device.BeginScene(Boolean Clear, Color ClearColour)

00:22:52.1 7/17/2012: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.c(Boolean A_0)

00:22:52.1 7/17/2012: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.dw()

00:22:52.1 7/17/2012: Trying reinitialising the display after sleeping for 4 seconds

00:22:52.1 7/17/2012: Exception count will be dropped to 15

I ignored the error and it worked fine (although it crashed MAME).

Then I exited and reloaded GameEx, and it took me 4 tries to get it to actually start. Then it took about 4 mins to get past the loading screen.

I hope this can be fixed quickly... My cab's really kind of unplayable in its current state.

I think it should be fixed for you in the current release. I have a feeling the error above might be due to the plugin.

[thurmansevolution]

Thanks Tom

I've tried it and its still crashing when loading. Here is the log file it created

log.rar

[Tom Speirs]

Here is another one. When you say crash do you just mean freeze or do you get an error?

GameEx.7z

[Adultery]

Sorry to interrupt... the offline installer seems to have fixed my error so far. Thanks Tom, as always.

I think it should be fixed for you in the current release. I have a feeling the error above might be due to the plugin.

Is there something I'll need to change in my plugin to keep it working, or was it something on your end that crashed out?

[Tom Speirs]

Sorry to interrupt... the offline installer seems to have fixed my error so far. Thanks Tom, as always.

Is there something I'll need to change in my plugin to keep it working, or was it something on your end that crashed out?

Sorry, not really sure to be honest. Might have just been a temporary display issue.

[thurmansevolution]

Here is another one. When you say crash do you just mean freeze or do you get an error?

Cool! Thanks Tom! I just made it to work, but when I get home, I will test it out and see how it goes.

What I mean by "crash", basically what it does is after I click the GameEx.exe, it will look like it's trying to load (the screen will go black, and the GameEx Home screen will be kinda faint)...while the animation for GameEx starts, the whole screen will then go black again, and the Windows Error window will pop up saying that the program will be shut down (in other terms lol). After hitting cancel a couple of times, it will return to "a portion" of the desktop...and to better explain "a portion", it shows the toolbar, but all the icons on the desktop are hidden - which I think its the "hide OS" still runs or something...

Anyway, lol, I hope that how I explained it (even in a not so clear way) helps some. I'm looking forward to all the awesome new features to the new version of GameEx!

Thanks in advance

LC

[Adultery]

It's still crashing for me Tom. Same as before.

Except now it always crashes, not just once in a while. I cant even load it.

I used your debug version and here's the log.

log.txt

[AlphaUMi]

Same for me. Just tried the 12.73 with the last executable provided.

EDIT: with "crash" I mean that it ends abruptely, no error widnow.

log.txt

[Draco1962]

Any luck after clearing your cached files?

[AlphaUMi]

Cleaning the cache? I emptied the whole GameEx directory just to be sure to have a clean installaton...

[Adultery]

No joy Drac. Instant crash. Can't get it to load past the first second or two of the startup animation,

[Draco1962]

Worth the asking. I had a long, delayed start after the install. Not everyone is experiencing issues the same way and clearing cached files is one of our common troubleshooting steps.

[Tom Speirs]

Hopefully found the problem. I did find a bug that could cause a crash. Please try the attached. Thanks. It won't occcur if your not using emumovies.

GameEx.7z

[thurmansevolution]

Thanks Tom! I'll try it out when I get back home later tonight ...Just to make things a little clear, would I have to disable the login information to Emumovies in the Setup Wizard before running GameEx (for at least the first time)?

@Draco - when you say something about clearing the cache, are you talking about deleting the remaining files after uninstalling GameEx?

Thanks again for all your hard work and efforts!