[RESOLVED] SNES Rom List won't show

[Dal1980]

Ok

Same thing happends as before except on a couple of tries I managed to get in to the menu Yay!

Problem remains tho, no games and the options were:

Play This Game

Add To Favourites

Rate this game

Times Played: N/A

Last Played: N/A

I think it skipped a stage as selecting the emulator screen went straight through to as if I had selected a rom ?

I got an error! (Not related)

Looks like something to do with display issues but I was getting these the other day (randomly), I've since updated from nVidia 347.25 to 358.50 which is the latest for my Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti 900Mhz 1GB PCI-E HDMI (overclocked) graphics card (lol I keep that info on the side of my PC)

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16:56:05.0 28/10/2015: Initializing MCE Remote
16:56:05.0 28/10/2015: Playing intro sound file
16:56:05.0 28/10/2015: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!
16:56:05.0 28/10/2015: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame
16:56:05.2 28/10/2015: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully
16:56:08.7 28/10/2015: Validating: Emulator_6: Database: [Console] Nintendo SNES
16:56:27.9 28/10/2015: Restoring Cached ICONS from File
16:56:42.7 28/10/2015: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured
16:56:42.7 28/10/2015: Error in the application.
16:56:42.7 28/10/2015: at Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Device.BeginScene()
16:56:42.7 28/10/2015: at Direct2D.Direct2d.Device.BeginScene(Boolean Clear, Color ClearColour)
16:56:42.7 28/10/2015: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.m(Boolean A_0)
16:56:42.7 28/10/2015: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.d0()
16:56:42.7 28/10/2015: Trying reinitialising the display after sleeping for 4 seconds
16:56:42.7 28/10/2015: Exception count will be dropped to 15
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: --**--
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured: Exiting
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: Closing database connection
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: First Exception:
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: Error in the application.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: at Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Device.BeginScene()
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: at Direct2D.Direct2d.Device.BeginScene(Boolean Clear, Color ClearColour)
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.m(Boolean A_0)
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.d0()
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015:
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: It was detected you experienced a DirectX error.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: Please note the following for possible solutions to your problem:
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: 1. Ensure you have the latest version of DirectX installed.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: 2. Ensure you have the latest Manufacturer provided video card drivers.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: NOTE: Windows/Microsoft Update does not contain the latest.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: NOTE: Manufacturer normally means ATI, NVidia, or Intel. Not the brand.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: www.ati.com www.nvidia.com
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: 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
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: 4. Ensure any required video codecs are installed.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: 5. Try a different theme, or try running the theme at the resolution it was designed for
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: 6. Try the latest version of GameEx. GameEx is updated all the time.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: 7. If you performed an auto update to this version. Try performing a manual download and install.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015:
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: Last Exception:
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: Error in the application.
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: at Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Device.BeginScene()
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: at Direct2D.Direct2d.Device.BeginScene(Boolean Clear, Color ClearColour)
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.m(Boolean A_0)
16:56:57.6 28/10/2015: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.d0()

[nullPointer]

It also might be helpful to go into the GameEX/DATA directory and verify the existence / contents of EMU_2.map (or whatever number corresponds to your SNES emulator at this point - in the most recent log it appears to be _6). When or if you find that file, I'd be curious as to whether 1) it exists and 2) what the contents look like. You don't necessarily need to post it or anything; I'm mainly interested whether it shows the contents of your ROM directory as it should.

[Dal1980]

2 is my original SuperNES

6 is my NES Test

Full Contents of EMU_2.map

Donkey Kong Country (USA).avi "Donkey Kong Country"
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (USA).avi "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior"
Super Mario Kart (USA).avi "Super Mario Kart"
Super Mario World (USA).avi "Super Mario World"

(theres them games!)

EMU_6.map doesn't exist

Other UMU_x.map files

EMU_1.map

EMU_3.map

EMU_801.map

What about uninstall - reinstall (is there a better version to use than the most current?)

[tthurman]

Unless you kept an older version installer, then the current one is all that is available.

I haven't followed this entire thread FYI, because I don't run consoles currently, but as for uninstall/reinstall, you really can just install the current version right over the top of your present install if you feel something is botched from the install.

[Dal1980]

Thanks - well I'll give that a whirl then

[Dal1980]

Eh! It works - didn't change a thing! all I done was reran the setup and it opened GameEx at the end of the install process. I thought I would have needed to setup the config files for emulators again but noticed that Nintentdo SNES was there... Opened it and hey presto - everything loaded in!

WTF!?!

[nullPointer]

All's well that ends well I suppose! Guess I should have suggested an outright reinstall much earlier in the thread! Happy gaming man!

[Dal1980]

Thanks so much for your help bud! I appreciate it. Hope this helps other people like me in the future at least so maybe not such a waste (We tried everything lol)