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[RESOLVED] New Theme Crashing GameEx - WinXP

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rtkiii GameEx God (Top Rank)

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I am working on a new theme for my cabinet. I am buidling the theme on a Win7 PC at work and then bringing the same files back home to my WinXP arcade cabinet. Today when I moved the files over and chose the new theme Game Ex crashes. I test with other themes so I am guessing it is a change I made today that is causing the issue. I brought over files on Friday and GameEx worked fine...but GameEx works fine on the Win7 PC I create the theme on.

I was missing the gameexlogo file so I moved that from another theme but no dice...any ideas?

16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: Opening Configuration File
16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: GameEx: Version 13.20: Starting Log
16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: Operating System Platform: Win32NT
16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: Operating System Name: Windows XP
16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600
16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: Getting CPU and RAM info
16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+, 2047MB
16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: 2Ghz
16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: Running Randomize()
16:59:58.7 12/9/2013: Loading PlugIns
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Loaded Plugin:"LEDBlinky" Version 4.0.0 By Arzoo
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: PlugIn: "LEDBlinky" Initialized OK
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Using Plugin System Version: 1.3
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Setting default net connection limit to 15
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Running Misc startup tasks
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Setting Menu types
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Getting Configuration Values
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Using Theme: Time Machine v1.1 - 1600x1200
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Time Machine v1.1 - 1600x1200
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Launching HideOS.exe
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: CPWizard enabled
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Hiding Taskbar
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Using Cabinet Friendly Control System
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Is Media Center running?
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode
16:59:58.8 12/9/2013: Media Center Mode 2
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: Snap Delay set to: 4
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: Get other settings
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: SlikStik support enabled
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: Using DirectInput for keyboard input
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: Start work for Form
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: Getting Original Screen Size
16:59:59.0 12/9/2013: Opening Database Connection
16:59:59.1 12/9/2013: Initializing Component
16:59:59.2 12/9/2013: MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\mame2
16:59:59.2 12/9/2013: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe
16:59:59.2 12/9/2013: ROM Path is: C:\Emulators\mame2\roms
16:59:59.2 12/9/2013: Catver.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini
16:59:59.2 12/9/2013: controls.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\controls.ini
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: History.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\history.dat
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: command.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\command.dat
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Loading Controls.ini map file
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Artwork files\MAME\Snap
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Background Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Artwork files\MAME\Snap
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: AVI Snap Path: Not Found
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Flyer Path: Not Found
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Cabinet Path is: C:\Emulators\Artwork files\MAME\Cabinet
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Cabinet 3D Path: Not Found
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Title Path is: C:\Emulators\Artwork files\MAME\Title
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: PCB Path is: C:\Emulators\Artwork files\MAME\PCB
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Artwork Preview Path is: C:\Emulators\Artwork files\MAME\Artwork_Preview
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Panel Path: Not Found
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Manual Path: Not Found
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Icon Path is: C:\Emulators\Artwork files\MAME\Icon
16:59:59.3 12/9/2013: Marquee Path is: C:\Emulators\Artwork files\MAME\Marquee
16:59:59.4 12/9/2013: Applying Language/Text
16:59:59.4 12/9/2013: Text/Language: English
16:59:59.4 12/9/2013: Loading Language/Text
16:59:59.4 12/9/2013: Loading Custom Emulators
16:59:59.4 12/9/2013: Loading Emulator 1: Mame v129
16:59:59.4 12/9/2013: Loading Emulator 2: Mame v147
16:59:59.4 12/9/2013: Loading Emulator 3: Super Nintendo
16:59:59.4 12/9/2013: Loading Emulator 4: Nintendo
16:59:59.4 12/9/2013: Loading Emulator 5: Sega Genesis
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: Checking if Steam enabled
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: Cannot find steam path
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: Using Version 3 Themes Animations
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: Retrieving resolution setting
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: Error Loading Font: Zero Hour
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: Using General Font: Arial
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: Error Loading Font: Zero Hour
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: Using Title Font: Arial
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: GameEx will try to reduce CPU usage
16:59:59.5 12/9/2013: Initialising Direct3D
16:59:59.7 12/9/2013: Applying GameEx is Loading Image
16:59:59.7 12/9/2013: Setting Resolution to 1600x1200 32 bit color
16:59:59.7 12/9/2013: Creating Surfaces
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Creating Back Buffer
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Version 2 Theme being used. Loading.
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Loading Button Data
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Loading Font Data
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Loading Layout Data
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Loading Taskbar Data
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Loading graphic Surfaces
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Display is running at: 1280x1024 32bit color, 60hz
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Adapter: WinFast A400 LE
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Max texture size: 4096x4096
17:00:00.4 12/9/2013: Available texture memory: 224MB
17:00:00.5 12/9/2013: Initialising Bass Audio Library
17:00:00.6 12/9/2013: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs
17:00:00.7 12/9/2013: Creating Surfaces Volume
17:00:00.7 12/9/2013: Creating Surfaces Arrows
17:00:00.7 12/9/2013: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text
17:00:00.7 12/9/2013: Creating Surfaces Toolbar
17:00:00.7 12/9/2013: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls
17:00:00.7 12/9/2013: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds
17:00:00.7 12/9/2013: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: --**--
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: Error: Error in the application.
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Texture..ctor(Device device, Int32 width, Int32 height, Int32 numLevels, Usage usage, Format format, Pool pool)
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at Direct2D.Direct2d.Surface.CreateSpriteAndTextureIfNothing()
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at Direct2D.Direct2d.Surface.a(Bitmap& A_0, Device& A_1)
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at Direct2D.Direct2d.Surface..ctor(Bitmap Image, SurfaceDescription Description, Device Device)
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.a(Surface& A_0, String A_1, SurfaceDescription A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5)
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.e(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2)
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Int32 A_4, Int32 A_5, Int32 A_6, Boolean A_7, Boolean A_8)
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.f(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2)
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform..ctor()
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013:
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: It was detected you experienced a DirectX error.
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: Please note the following for possible solutions to your problem:
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: 1. Ensure you have the latest version of DirectX installed.
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: 2. Ensure you have the latest Manufacturer provided video card drivers.
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: NOTE: Windows/Microsoft Update does not contain the latest.
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: NOTE: Manufacturer normally means ATI, NVidia, or Intel. Not the brand.
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: www.ati.com www.nvidia.com
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: 3. If you do not have a modern video card try the following. 1. Turn off advanced Graphics. 2. Try a lower resolution. 3. Try turning on and using 16-bit colour
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: 4. Ensure any required video codecs are installed.
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: 5. Try a different theme, or try running the theme at the resolution it was designed for
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: 6. Try the latest version of GameEx. GameEx is updated all the time.
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: 7. If you performed an auto update to this version. Try performing a manual download and install.
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013:
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: Closing database connection
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: Disposing Plugins
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: GameEx is exiting with errors
17:00:02.0 12/9/2013: Deleting search cache
17:00:02.7 12/9/2013: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING
rtkiii GameEx God (Top Rank)

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I just tested on my Win7 PC again and the theme is still working.

nullPointer GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Hi rtkiii

I'm guessing this is due to differences in environments between your two machines. Are theses systems running the same codecs (or equivalent)? Are they running the same version of DirectX? Are they running the same version of .NET? These situations can be tricky to see where the differences are.

rtkiii GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Yeah they should be.

Like I mentioned above I took Files from my Win7 PC on Friday and the theme worked on the XP PC.

But whatever changes I made to the theme yesterday, then moved to XP caused the issue. I'm hoping someone will see what it is in the error report. I did update DirectX on XP, just in case, and that did not help.

If any of the things you mentioned were out of whack, to me GameEx would not have been working this whole time with other themes...right? The XP PC continues to work fine with other themes.

Draco1962 GameEx God (Top Rank)

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I would go over the list in the log file:

It was detected you experienced a DirectX error.
Please note the following for possible solutions to your problem:
1. Ensure you have the latest version of DirectX installed.
2. Ensure you have the latest Manufacturer provided video card drivers.
NOTE: Windows/Microsoft Update does not contain the latest.
NOTE: Manufacturer normally means ATI, NVidia, or Intel. Not the brand. www.ati.com www.nvidia.com
3. If you do not have a modern video card try the following. 1. Turn off advanced Graphics. 2. Try a lower resolution. 3. Try turning
on and using 16-bit colour
4. Ensure any required video codecs are installed.
5. Try a different theme, or try running the theme at the resolution it was designed for
6. Try the latest version of GameEx. GameEx is updated all the time.
7. If you performed an auto update to this version. Try performing a manual download and install.
Items in red are especially important in this.
rtkiii GameEx God (Top Rank)

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I went over some of them last night(DirectX version, 16bit color, lower resolution) but again doesn't it seem more of an issue with the new theme, my PC and GameEx?

GameEx itself works fine with other themes I have used and nothing has changed on the PC except for me adding the theme. So in theory all the things in red are working appropriately with except with this one theme.

Draco1962 GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Seems odd indeed. Have you done a side-by-side comparison of your gameex.ini files to see if there is any differences between the two machines other than the OS?

rtkiii GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Seems odd indeed. Have you done a side-by-side comparison of your gameex.ini files to see if there is any differences between the two machines other than the OS?

No. I would've thought the files I moved from Win7 would be the same on XP but maybe some files did not make it over during the copy...not the 1st time I have seen that. I'll do another dump from Win7 to WinXP and check.

The main difference from Friday to Monday is I added an avi for testing the idea of using a video file at the startup of GameEx. It worked on the Win7 PC but I found it to loop and the file size was just too big, so I removed it(by deleting the files in the theme's folder) and it is gone on Win7 PC and the theme boots fine on Win7 PC.

Is there maybe something I missed where there is some portion of the .ini that is referencing that video file causing a directX, codec error on the XP PC? Even though the video file is not there? I only ask because in the theme editor there did not seem to be a "pretty" way to get rid of the video file. You add through the theme editor options but you cannot remove it in the theme editor that I could see...plus the dang thing worked on XP PC on Friday. all I changed Monday was that video file and changed logo files - which that was just the design...filenames remain the same.

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I read your comments about AVI vs MP4. My memory (Which is unreliable) seems to think that you can rename the .mp4 file to an .avi extension and it will work.

Now my memory is arguing that it was flv files, not MP4. :(

It still might be worth a shot.

rtkiii GameEx God (Top Rank)

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I read your comments about AVI vs MP4. My memory (Which is unreliable) seems to think that you can rename the .mp4 file to an .avi extension and it will work.

Now my memory is arguing that it was flv files, not MP4. :(

It still might be worth a shot.

Yeah that didn;t work :) - I did try browsing all file formats inside of theme editor and it lets me pick my .mp4...but alas it does not play...Boo! :)

rtkiii GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Seems like it was a file copy issue. Once I moved any work I did from Tuesday over onto the XP PC(I removed all existing files related to that theme from XP beforehand) it worked like a champ. Well it launched. New issues with the theme itself came up which I will address in my other forum.

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