Icons with wrong games

[Mike_Fu]

I just downloaded the icon pack from

http://www.mameworld.net/icons/

I copied and pasted these into my icons folder and pointed GameEx to that directory. However, some of the icons are being associated with the wrong games (not all the icons but I would guess maybe 25%). I double checked the Icon name and the rom name and they are the same; but in GameEx sometimes they just don't match up correctly.

Is there some sort of dat file or db file I need to sort these out or should GameEx handle this automatically?

[Mike_Fu]

As an update.... I've double checked the icons in Mame32 and all of the icons line up properly with the right games. However, in GameEx I am still having trouble. As I go down the list it looks like the first game to be off is Batman.

I've rebooted and played with every setting in GameEx I can think of. I've renamed my icons directory and so forth but no matter what I do the icons still wont associate with the right games.

Also, I should point out that in the "all games" section the icons seem to be pretty close and are only off by a game or two (could it be possible that GameEx is only looking at the first couple of letters in the file name?). However, if I go into a sub-menu (zinc or model 2 for example) the games aren't even remotely close.

Is anyone else having this problem? Could this be a bug?

I saw another thread where someone else was having this issue but they never posted if they got it fixed.

I love the icons and would really like to use them but it's pointless if they line up with the wrong games.

If anyone needs any additional info to help sort this out I can provide whatever you need.

Thanks in advance.

[headkaze]

A long time ago I had a similar problem, try deleting the generated icon files in the MEDIA directory and then do a MAME list update. You will need to exit GameEx after the update because I believe when the icons are generated again they need to be reloaded at the start of GameEx.

[Mike_Fu]

Thanks for the response. This fixed my problem.

As a side note.... I did not have to update my games list. After I deleted the files from the media directory they were recreated properly the next time I loaded GameEX.

I'm wondering if it's necessary to delete this file any time you add or remove games from the list.