Update List Crash

[Muza]

Hello,

I really beieve that GAMEEX is going to become the biggest FrontEnd, so far I would say that GAMEEX is the best frontend I have every seen.

I have GAMEEX on my notebook computer testing and customizing. I have recently tried to install GAMEEX on my Cabinet PC. Everything Runs and seems to be fine exept when you try to update the list for the very first time.

As soon as you go to update the list it crashes and goes to log file.

I have searched previous posts and I cannot find anyone having the same problem.

Please help, I really want GAMEEX on my cabinet.

Cheers.

Muza

[Tom Speirs]

As soon as you go to update the list it crashes and goes to log file.

Please help,  I really want GAMEEX on my cabinet.

Posting that log file will certainly help

[Muza]

Oops, sorry about that. log.txt

[lukexi]

Hallo,

I'm in the same boat here:

Mame was initially in C:\Emulators\MAME 0.95. Gamex was configured as such, and this was the configuration with which I updated the game list in Gamex. I then discovered MAME would not run because of the space in the path (between MAME and 0.95).

I moved MAME to just C:\MAME as recommended in its documentation, and then updated GameEx's configuration to reflect this. MAME ran fine, but when I attempted to update GameEx's list I got the same result as Muza (It would also crash in the same manner when trying to run any of the now-defunct game entries).

I uninstalled GameEx, moved MAME to C:\Emulators\MAME, reinstalled GameEx and reconfigured. I am still getting the crash on attempting to update the game list, even though there are no remaining games in the game list pointing to lost games.

Would be great to get GameEx back! It's terrible using the mouse, and typing "OK" instead of joystick-left-right.

Log and INI attached.

log.txt

GameEx.ini.txt

[Tom Speirs]

Hallo,

I'm in the same boat here:

Mame was initially in C:\Emulators\MAME 0.95.  Gamex was configured as such, and this was the configuration with which I updated the game list in Gamex.  I then discovered MAME would not run because of the space in the path (between MAME and 0.95).

I moved MAME to just C:\MAME as recommended in its documentation, and then updated GameEx's configuration to reflect this.  MAME ran fine, but when I attempted to update GameEx's list I got the same result as Muza (It would also crash in the same manner when trying to run any of the now-defunct game entries).

I uninstalled GameEx, moved MAME to C:\Emulators\MAME, reinstalled GameEx and reconfigured.  I am still getting the crash on attempting to update the game list, even though there are no remaining games in the game list pointing to lost games.

Would be great to get GameEx back!  It's terrible using the mouse, and typing "OK" instead of joystick-left-right.

Log and INI attached.

It should work with spaces in the path. Not sure why thats not working.

Can you try deleting gamelist.txt in the Data directory, then see if the list will update?

Tom

[Tom Speirs]

It should work with spaces in the path. Not sure why thats not working.

Can you try deleting gamelist.txt in the Data directory, then see if the list will update?

Tom

In your MAME directory, you can also try deleting

Listinfo.dat

and

Verify.dat

Also, the attached log is not entirely the same as the first post in this thread, because it looks like GameEx was exited normally rather than a crash. Although it may not have been.

Does updating the Gamelist just do nothing? Rather than actually crash?

Also, it looks like your running on Windows Server 2003. Is this correct? Was this the same OS that you were originally able to update the list with?

Tom

[lukexi]

In your MAME directory, you can also try deleting

Listinfo.dat

and

Verify.dat

Also, the attached log is not entirely the same as the first post in this thread, because it looks like GameEx was exited normally rather than a crash. Although it may not have been.

Does updating the Gamelist just do nothing? Rather than actually crash?

Also, it looks like your running on Windows Server 2003. Is this correct? Was this the same OS that you were originally able to update the list with?

Tom

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Tom,

I must have just run GameEx normally without attempting to update the list before I posted the log, so sorry about that. Another is attached.

FYI - Yes, I was running Windows Server 2003 at that time, and was able to update the list originally. Yesterday I managed to get the list to update again, though I have no idea how, as I did not make any changes I had not made before in trying to get this going.

Today I reverted to Windows Media Center Edition to get both my gamepads working again. I once again cannot update the list without a crash. I only replaced my Windows directory - I did not reformat, but I did reinstall GameEx when it completed.

Deleting the files had no effect.

Attached is a new log file, with the 20 consecutive exceptions closing message.

Thanks for looking into this!

log.txt

[Tom Speirs]

Hi Tom,

I must have just run GameEx normally without attempting to update the list before I posted the log, so sorry about that.  Another is attached.

FYI - Yes, I was running Windows Server 2003 at that time, and was able to update the list originally.  Yesterday I managed to get the list to update again, though I have no idea how, as I did not make any changes I had not made before in trying to get this going.

Today I reverted to Windows Media Center Edition to get both my gamepads working again.  I once again cannot update the list without a crash. I only replaced my Windows directory - I did not reformat, but I did reinstall GameEx when it completed.

Deleting the files had no effect.

Attached is a new log file, with the 20 consecutive exceptions closing message.

Thanks for looking into this!

I think I can see the problem from your log. Your using MAME .062 which is pretty ancient (at least a year and a half old).

Go ahead and get yourself the latest version of MAME or MAME32.

Good luck.

Tom

[lukexi]

I think I can see the problem from your log. Your using MAME .062 which is pretty ancient (at least a year and a half old).

Go ahead and get yourself the latest version of MAME or MAME32.

Good luck.

Tom

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks Tom! That was it!