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[RESOLVED] Steam integration not working, at my wits end.

Mreitz775

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Mreitz775 Super Member!

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Thank you for this wonderful product. I have a couple kinks to work out but i'm loving it so far. I'm hoping this community is active as I really could use some help.

Steam integration is the feature that really was the deciding factor in my choosing Gameex as my front end. Unfortunately I have yet to get that feature to work. I am not using custom menus or anything other than standard default installation.

Steam does not show up as an option anywhere in my menu within Gameex. I have triple checked my name and password in the setup wizard.

I have Steam installed on my C/ drive. I have my Steam library installed on my F/ drive. I have tried Gameex on each of these drives and still no steam. I also installed a Steam game to the default Steam library on the C/ drive thinking that maybe Gameex required everything to be together on one drive but still no luck.

Please help me. Thank you for your time.

Draco1962 GameEx God (Top Rank)

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In reviewing the gameex.ini file I noted the following:

LoginToSteam=False

Make sure this is showing Enabled, if not, change it, save, and try loading GameEx again. Alternately, load the Gameex.ini file into Notepad and change the setting LoginToSteam=False to LoginToSteam=True , then save and load GameEx again and report back.

Mreitz775 Super Member!

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Perhaps worth mentioning; My C drive is a smaller SSD, while F is a larger HDD. There's plenty of room on both drives but ultimately what I wanted to do was put Steam and GameEx (just the applications and necessary files) on the SSD but have all the content (Steam library, emulator assets and roms) on the F drive so as not to fill up my SSD with content. This is a moot point at the moment as I just want to get things working and then once i'm certain it works I will implement phase 2 of my plan, which is to unlock the paid version of GameEx and start customizing my installation.

For now, I dont care which drive this stuff is on. I will probably eventually uninstall all of it from C and put it all on F but I still need to get it all straight in my head.

Draco1962 GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Ah, there lies the problem! Steam is a Registered feature!


Standard Features:


  • Supports nearly any emulator
  • Advanced support for MAME

  • No other front end has as many options for configuration of MAME and emulators.

  • Works with Vista 32 and 64 bit

  • Optimized for Dual and Quad core Processors

  • Media Center Plug In

  • Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7.

  • Well supported with regular updates.

  • With seven years of development its mature and it just works.

  • Arcade Controls (X-Arcade, Slik-Stik, JPAC,IPAC), MCE Remote, other remote controls and gamepads.

  • Plug-In support including advanced LCD/LED, Ultrastick, and hardware monitor rotation all included in standard install.

  • Specific ArcadeVGA support

  • Native Widescreen and HD support with no scaling required.

  • Completely customizable controls

  • Full Toucshcreen and Tablet PC support

  • Global gamepad and keyboard exit combo to exit any emulator

  • Exit any game with the escape key or remote control

  • In game key. View game info and controls while in a game

  • Highly polished, elegant and effective interface

  • Full featured database driven front end for GameBase and its collections

  • Full integration with GameEx Arcade instantly and automatically adding over 3,500 flash games with new games added daily.

  • Jukebox supports all formats with visulisations and offers integration with iTunes and windows media player.

  • Play the Jukebox while playing games

  • Advanced all formats Video Player with support for different audio and subtitle streams

  • DVD Player with support for choice of codec and FFDSHOW

  • 10 ft DVD Ripping

  • Picture and slide show viewer

  • Internet Radio

  • UPNP / DNLA media server client

  • News Reader

  • YouTube module. Easily browse search and play YouTube content using simple controls.

  • Advanced multi process based attract mode/screensaver

  • Multiple languages, custom languages

  • Theme Editor offers skinning

  • Both advanced configuraztion and easy setzup wizard

  • Emulator and MAME databases, with descriptions and various other data, allows linking and categorising across all systems.

  • Play random background sounds.

  • MAME High Score Support

  • ISO Mounting

  • HTML applications within the interface. Play streaming video from NetFlix and Hulu.

  • Movie Database. Automatically or manually add box art and descrtiptions for your movies.

  • Animated 3D model and X file support.

  • Plus 100's more features you wont find in other front ends as standard.


Registered Version:
  • No nag screen. Fast loading
  • Game manual PDF and TXT viewer

  • GameExtender networked display and remote control. Display game information and custom artwork on another display. Remote control GameEx with any web browser or your iPhone or iPad.

  • Various MAME lists including on line lists

  • Complete menu customization. Organize the layout, structure and appearance of the gameex pages, and create your own menu system.

  • A new front end first for registered GameEx users - Plug and play Steam support with automatic artwork, videos and database. Access all your installed Steam games from the GameEx interface.

  • Advanced emulator configuration with key and gamepad remapping for programs that dont nativly support it.

  • Karaoke

  • MAME to emulator mapping. Launch specifc MAME games or MAME game types with alternate versions of MAME or emulators

  • Search feature. Easily find all games and media

  • Play DVDs from hard disk

  • Play DVD and Blu Ray ISOs

  • Automatically exit launched games and programs after a period of inactivity

  • CD Player with album lookup

  • Goodmerge 7-Zip support

  • Merge game lists for games with multiple regions or disks

  • Play emulators in the screensaver

  • Zip support for emulators that dont natively support it.

  • Rotated monitor support

  • Mouse control emulation

  • eBook and Comic Book reader

  • Play seperate music based on emulator list

  • Over 1,000 additional radio stations

  • CD-Ripper with album lookup

  • Automatic updates

  • Export games to windows media center

  • Automatically create all game snaps as images or video

  • Game Statistics, available online through GameExtender and from the interface.

  • Media Library. The Media library brings all your pictures, videos and audio together in one place. It can also be used as an alternative to the jukebox by allowing you to view your music by folder and filename

  • Run GameEx on Linux and Macs under Wine.

  • Free license for the specific Mac OS X version.

Once you are running a registered copy, Steam will be active for you.

Mreitz775 Super Member!

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Oh my god! I feel like an idiot. I should have looked into that as a possibility. First thing after work this evening I will register. I do have one more inquiry and I don't know if I should make a new post so i'll take a shot here. With the above mentioned directory structure, how difficult would it be to have gameEx and perhaps emulators installed on C but have roms, assets, artowrk, etc... all on my F drive? Do you recommend against spreading things out like this? My logic is that applications run better on the solid state drive but it's a smaller drive and I dont want to fill it up with massive GBs of roms and multimedia. Also, my obsessive compulsive disorder makes me want to have things very cleanly and clearly set up. I'm curious what other people's directory structures look like.

Draco, Thank you so much for your time.

nullPointer GameEx God (Top Rank)

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With the above mentioned directory structure, how difficult would it be to have gameEx and perhaps emulators installed on C but have roms, assets, artowrk, etc... all on my F drive? Do you recommend against spreading things out like this? My logic is that applications run better on the solid state drive but it's a smaller drive and I dont want to fill it up with massive GBs of roms and multimedia. Also, my obsessive compulsive disorder makes me want to have things very cleanly and clearly set up. I'm curious what other people's directory structures look like.

Hi Mreitz775 and welcome to the GameEx forums!

I actually run a configuration similar to the one you describe (GameEx installed on a small SSD boot drive, ROMs, Artwork etc. allocated to a 2TB fat boy). It works like a champ. You should have no issues separating your media, from your ROMs, from your emulators, from GameEx, etc. GameEx is very configurable in terms of directory locations, and you should be able to store just about anything where you see fit. Some users have even had great success storing various system components on network storage.

Good luck, and we're here to assist if you run into any rough patches. Look forward to seeing you around. :)

Mreitz775 Super Member!

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Thank you for the response and the welcome.

I am going to go ahead and set it up. I have some small hiccups in the setup process that I will hopefully be able to overcome on my own. If not, you will be seeing more of me.

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