designone Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 HiIs it possible to have the Space Invader deluxe bezel display while playing the game.I have Missile Command running and it displays the Bezel, is that just the way the game is set up or is there something I can do to have it display around the game much like the real machine looked.Sorry, I am new to this frontend and it will take a little time to figure it out.It seems like a great program and it has so many options I am looking forward to having it set up the way I like.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thank-you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thurmansevolution Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I believe it has to do with the version of Mame you are using. (Someone please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) I have it working on my arcade at home...I'm away on business at the moment, but as soon as I get home (around Thursday or Friday), I'll check my settings and will let ya know something in more detail if you haven't figured it out by then :-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designone Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Hi thurmansevolution,I was hoping somehow it would work. If it is the mame I'm using I'll change it. What do you have to do with the image to get it to display. I have put it in almost every folder so I think Ive got that covered and I've named it the same as the rom but like you said it may be the version of mame.Thank-you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 You won't get too far without posting your settings and logs, we need that info to determine if it's MAME or GameEx. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthurman Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I have no idea why, but like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, this was the first thing that entered my mind..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designone Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Here are the files.Thanks for your inputlog.txtGameEx.ini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterson65 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 have you gone into the video settings for the game while its running and selected use bezel and tried changing from full to crop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzleHP Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Hi there designone!It's been a while but if i recall, you need to have all your bezels, .lay files etc all zipped up (per romname) in a folder/directory in your base MAME directory called "artwork".Once you have this, point GameEx to this directory in the Setup Wizard, under> MAME Settings> Artwork Preview Path.Once you have established this, boot GameEx, go to MAME, scroll down and click Update List.If you still have no joy then open your mame.ini (found in your base MAME directory). Find this:## CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS#artwork_crop 0use_backdrops 0use_overlays 0use_bezels 0use_cpanels 0use_marquees 0Then, change it to this:## CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS#artwork_crop 1use_backdrops 1use_overlays 1use_bezels 1use_cpanels 0use_marquees 0Click File> Save, OR press CTRL+S on keyboard. Reboot GameEx and launch a MAME game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designone Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Hi Dazzle,It soundsl ike a good plan but it didn't change when I put the file in artwork preview and I can't find the mame ini.I an using mame 0165b and it runs the games alright but I cant find the ini to change it.What mame are you running?There is a mame.sym and a whats new txt but all the rest of the files are exe and foldersThanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzleHP Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Hi Dazzle,It soundsl ike a good plan but it didn't change when I put the file in artwork preview and I can't find the mame ini.I an using mame 0165b and it runs the games alright but I cant find the ini to change it.What mame are you running?There is a mame.sym and a whats new txt but all the rest of the files are exe and foldersThanks for your help.Oh OK, i'm still back on .154. My apologies but on MAME .161+ everything changed, and i believe GameEx changed too in that regard. I'm terribly sorry but i'm gonna have to hand you over to anyone who is running .161. Just keep providing them files that you gave us earlier, (new versions when asked) and you will get sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designone Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 I have the bezels working on mame and on gameexlite but not gameex. why would that be. It works perfectly in gameexlite and mame without gameex.Here is the gameex ini and the log file. Any help would be greatly appreciated. log.txtGameEx.ini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designone Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 I found it.In the log file it uses artworkgameex for the bezel and mame and gameexlite use artworkpreview. I changed that and it works perfectly now. On some machines I need to go into mame video settings and direct that to upright in place or cocktail but its good now.Thank-you for your help, This front end is beginning to work very well. Now I'll attempt to add more emulators. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthurman Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Thanks for sharing your solution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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