Not a newbie but running out of patience

[8trek]

I've been a paid user of gameex for a while now and recently decided to attempt making things more to my liking. I'm going to try and hold my frustration to a minimum in this post and hoping someone can give me an answer that is helpful. I will say that i believe gameex is a good tool for a frontend, more specifically i am just using it for mame and visual pinball and daphne. My rant is the configuration is convoluted and anyone can easily get lost in the maze. I've just about run out of patience going in and out of the software, making one config tweak after another only to waste hours getting no where, well, maybe accomplish 1 thing every couple hours. At this rate I'll have lost most of my hair and will never get gameex setup the way i want.

Here is my wish list:

1. when i start gameex i want to see just, VIDEO ARCADE (which is a group of mame and daphne), PINBALL (which is just virtual pinball), and the obvious EXIT.

2. under VIDEO ARCADE i want to see my favorites, ALL MAME, JUST DAPHNE (or something like that)

3. i had visual pinball showing snaps and flyers at one point, now i don't see flyers anymore,... they are there, the path is correct.

4. this could be related to item 3 above. Loosing my mind on how to set the view the way you want it and lock the damn thing. as of now it appears to be locked by i want to change some views and then lock it back.

5. going back to 1 and 2.... since i've paid for the software i supposedly have the ability to really custom the menus and menu structure even more, have played around as stated earlier with the config menu app but seems to have no affect.

Probably more issues but at the moment figured i see if i get a useful response first. Thanks in advance to anyone out there reading this and who has something to contribute here.

[Draco1962]

Welcome to the forums. Before we get down to the meat of your issue, I want to prepare you for what you will have to do to help us help you.

First, we are going to ask some questions - lots of questions - and for you to provide us with information before we just start dolling out resolutions or suggestions to fix your problems.

Second, we ask that you show patience with us as we attempt to guide you towards a resolution.

Finally, realize it isn't as bad as you think.

Before we get started, you will need to provide us with a copy of your gameex.ini and custommenu.ini files (located under the \gameex\config path). You can attach them in your reply within this thread.

Also, we need to know if you have any of the emulators you mentioned functioning outside GameEx. This is crucial. If you haven't, then you will need to do so first before we can help you to properly configure the frontend.

[8trek]

Thanks for the prompt reply. Yes, I can confirm that both visual pinball and mame and daphne all work fine both outside and inside the program, that isn't a problem for me. The problem is customizing the menu structure the way i want it and the view displays in general. I cannot figure out how to attach a file in this forum, will be glad to send them, please explain. Have hovered over every icon and see nothing that resembles attaching a file.

More problems to add to the list. I have renamed my .ini file, started up gameex, exit, and attempting to create a whole new config. Now experiencing the following addtional problems:

1. First time I select Pinball menu it shows no games but if go back and then select again games appear. This is Repeatable everytime.

2. Certain pinball games now show a snap image that is not the same name as the table now. seems to default to a particular table.

3. No idea how to make my exit button in my cabinet work with pinball games. have to pull out the keyboard and hit exit everytime. Is there a setting amongst the many within gameex that will allow me do this. have seen posts on this topic but not sure if it's related and the solutions seem to be pretty involved for something that i would think would be simple.

[Adultery]

OK!

For #1 we might need to remove the temporary cache files... It might be something else though. Really need your gameex.ini first (its pretty important).

For #3 you need to set up the global exit combo or an advanced config, but let's not jump into that right away. We should divide and conquer starting with your custom menus, then cosmetics, then fine tuning.

To attatch files make sure you click 'advanced reply options' (not sure the exact verbage) button in the bottom of the 'quick response' area, file attachments are on the bottom. We need these so please zip them up and attach them. If you still have trouble, open them in notepad and copy the text into a post.

[Chaos.Tiki]

I use the Custom Menus Tool a bunch for my setup. It is a seperate program in the GameEx folder. I'm not sure if you found that EXE yet. But that should take care of the menus you want and dont want on your page.

Edited August 31, 2012 by Draco1962
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