Gameex and mame gamelist issues

[OverPower89]

So I was just doing a fresh install of gameex and when I go though the mame options of the setup wizard everything seems to be in place (files and folder paths etc.) but when I update the new mame game list I get a whopping 31 games....

I've installed gameex many of times.. never have I had this problem.

I'm running mame 0.149 and I know the roms are there but I don't know why it won't display the full list.

Thanks in advance for your time.

GameEx.ini

[Draco1962]

You may want to provide us with your log.txt file as well. Also, can you note where in your list it is stopping? Thanks!

[OverPower89]

my mame gamelist starts from the letter "S" and stops at "X" for a total of 31 games I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but I still get the same result

log.txt

[Evilforces]

Have your computer a touch panel?

Have you this option active on your GameEx setup? If so, please try to deactivate it and refresh the games list. Disable also the "TouchScreen Only Compatible Games" option too.

[OverPower89]

Just did what you mentioned it did not change much my gamelist went from 31 to 38 games.

same mame setup I've used for awhile now nothings changed.

[Evilforces]

Have you some filters enabled? If so, try to disable and update the list. Make sure to disable the "verify roms" option on GameEx setup and refresh the list.

[OverPower89]

tried that game list is up to 48 though...

screen shot of my updated gamelist is below if that could help any.

[Evilforces]

I can't see nothing on the screen shot you post... sorry.

Can you please post a new log and gameex.ini after the changes you did?

[OverPower89]

hope this helps.

just odd game list starts out at "005" jumps into street fighter.

currently only displaying 185 games out of the complete 0.149 rom set i'd say it's a few off still.

GameEx.ini

log.txt

[Evilforces]

Please, disable the "Compatible games only" on the touch screen / tablet settings only to make sure this is not the option that make your list short....

And of course, after complete the GameEx setup, refresh the list.

I see you have the touch screen disabled, but the option of compatible games only on this setup is enabled. Please, try this and refresh.

[OverPower89]

still no result. just odd worked yesterday when I tried it out on win7 but went to the win8 route cause I couldn't use my vgaarcade vid card from ultimarc cause of unsigned drivers.

[Evilforces]

Please, try to activate the "run as admin" option on the GameEx executable, and comment if any change on the list. Refresh.

[OverPower89]

Yeah tried that just now and some different compatibility modes.

Still not working properly.

[Evilforces]

Ok let's go to try:

Try setting the only working games to false in the set up wizard also set remove duplicates to "No", and update the list....

EDIT: Please, update the list on your MameUI frontend before you update the list inside GameEx

[OverPower89]

still got nothing.

and I tried that on mameui earlier

[Evilforces]

I'm using this Mameui frontend for my setup: http://mame32fx.altervista.org/home.htm

I don't know if you are using the same, but if you want to make a try with this.... It's possible your mameui are not making a correct xml list of your games....

[OverPower89]

found a way around this. I Uninstalled gameex and found a older version updated my list and now I have over 3500 games. but when I updated gameex to the new version they were still there and working so j updated the list to see what would happen. and it went back down to 38 games. so u suspect it must be some sort of gameex error.

I'm just gonna repeat what I just did only not update the list at the end

[Adultery]

Do you have verify roms turned on?

[OverPower89]

yes at one point till I started tinkering but even with it on only had 31 games displayed on my mame list

[greatflash]

I had the same problem a couple of months ago. Not sure if this is relevant but I then grabbed all the mame support files like MameInfo.dat etc and placed them in the mame directory and updated the list. All the games returned. It could just be fluke. But may be worth a try?

[DazzleHP]

I had the same problem a couple of months ago. Not sure if this is relevant but I then grabbed all the mame support files like MameInfo.dat etc and placed them in the mame directory and updated the list. All the games returned. It could just be fluke. But may be worth a try?

Agreed! mameinfo, history, catver etc need to match your MAME version to get reliable results. I have a feeling/hunch that these things are getting mixed 'n' matched on a disastrous scale, going by the posts we've been having lately.

[Tom Speirs]

It might be because of the changes required for MAME 0.162. I will try to test with .149 shortly.

[Tom Speirs]

I was able to duplicate the issue I am looking at it.

[Tom Speirs]

Its fixed and I attach an updated exe.

I will get youtube fixed then do a full release.

GameEx.zip

[nullPointer]

Tom you are like the Dudley Do-Right of frontend developers. Quick to the rescue, saving your users from being tied to the train tracks of problematic systems. M-yyy Heee-ro!