Game lists will not load

**Gundoid** · May 15, 2016

Hi All,

I'm unable to pull up a game list, mame or otherwise, from the GameEx interface. When selecting mame or an emulator from the list within GameEx it simply goes back to the list of emulators without displaying the list of games for me to choose from as it normally would. If I choose a game from "Last Player", "Most Played", or "Favorites" the emulator will start and the game will play normally. Basically just am unable to get to the game lists.

Today I updated to the latest version of GameEx 14.48. Couldn't find anything on the website that indicated this could be a revision issue. I built this arcade cabinet a few years ago. It has been a couple of months since I last used the cabinet but all was well at that time. No modifications to the cabinet, PC, or configuration other than the update today.

Not sure if this is related but...during the course of troubleshooting I did see in the log file that none of the control panel paths were valid. They all referenced the "C:" drive versus the "D:" drive as they should. I "think" these were all configured correctly before. It took a couple of iterations but was finally able to correct this issue. Initially I was unable to make the correction stick using the Wizard so I tried editing the .ini file. This was overwritten when I restarted the application. Ultimately I was able to complete this modification within the Wizard and it is now good. This may just be noise due to a misstep on my part.

Other than the Control Panel Path issue nothing in the log really stood out to me. There are a few media path issues but I'm not aware of these creating the issue I am having.

I've attached my latest log file for reference.

Any insight or assistance would be greatly appreciated. If I have missed the blatantly obvious then my apologies in advance.

Thanks!!

log.txt

**Draco1962** · May 15, 2016

Can we have your gameex.ini as well? It takes both to help. Thanks!

**Gundoid** · May 15, 2016

Draco,

I've attached the GameEx.ini file as requested.

Thanks for looking into this, I greatly appreciate the help.

If there is anything else you need from me just let me know.

Thanks Again!!

GameEx.ini

**jombee** · May 15, 2016

2 hours ago, Gundoid said:

Hi All,

I'm unable to pull up a game list, mame or otherwise, from the GameEx interface. When selecting mame or an emulator from the list within GameEx it simply goes back to the list of emulators without displaying the list of games for me to choose from as it normally would. If I choose a game from "Last Player", "Most Played", or "Favorites" the emulator will start and the game will play normally. Basically just am unable to get to the game lists.

This is exactly the same issue I am also having with Menus

**Gundoid** · May 16, 2016

All,

I have a bit more information. In addition to being unable to enter a listing of the games for Mame or other emulators I am also unable to see a listing of the movies that I have available.

If I run GameEx Game Launcher Mode I can enter the listing of available games for Mame and other emulators as well as the listing of the movies that I have. The interface and features are a bit different when running Game Launcher Mode versus running the regular GameEx application. I'm assuming this was the intent to address a demand for different functionality. I have not run Game Launcher Mode previously and am unfamiliar with using it.

Anyone aware of what the difference would be between Game Launcher Mode and the regular application that would allow me to see these listings. Has anyone else seen a similar issue of not being able to browse the listing of available games or movies?

Thanks!!

**tthurman** · May 16, 2016

In GameEx setup wizard, run the verify utility and see what your results are. After reading your log and ini I was going to ask about those paths, and it seems you could have some stragglers that this will catch.

Also, are you really running AdvanceMAME ?

I've seen some that confuse this with Advance MAME settings under MAME, yet they are completely unrelated.

Anyway, I'd start by seeing what the verify process points out, as it seems some directories still may not be properly aimed aim.

**DrJay24** · May 16, 2016

Greetings all. This is the first issue of any kind I can recall having after many years of enjoying Game Ex so great job goes out to Tom and company first of all.

I am able to load the game lists but the navigation arrows that I always use to navigate the 5,000 games or whatever in the list have suddenly disappeared, which obviously slows down scrolling through the lists significantly. Has anyone else encountered this issue?

**Draco1962** · May 16, 2016

24 minutes ago, DrJay24 said:

Greetings all. This is the first issue of any kind I can recall having after many years of enjoying Game Ex so great job goes out to Tom and company first of all.

I am able to load the game lists but the navigation arrows that I always use to navigate the 5,000 games or whatever in the list have suddenly disappeared, which obviously slows down scrolling through the lists significantly. Has anyone else encountered this issue?

If you don't mind, please provide copies of yo0ur gameex.ini and log.txt files. Click on the GameEx How to ask for help link in my signature with instructions on where to find and how to submit for review. Thanks!

**Gundoid** · May 22, 2016

All,

Here is the latest update to the issue I am having.

Steps taken since last post:

1. Uninstalled Gameex, deleted the directory, reinstalled Gameex but copied the original Gameex configuration file.

2. Performed general housekeeping of configuration based on results of Setup Verification feedback. (based on feedback from tthurman) Did not see any major issues here.

If I run Gameex it still will not load the gamelist. If I select an emulator from the list the list of emulators goes away but is not replaced by the list of games. Instead the list of emulators appears once again. The same holds true for Mame. If I select all games then the list of selections goes away but then reappears as with the list of emulators. The list of games never appears. This is true of every emulator. It will however show of listing of recently played games and I am able to run them from these menus.

If I run Gameex Simple Mode I am able to select games from various emulators and play them successfully, Am also able to play music as well.

I have attached the following files:

GameEx.ini.

Log - GameEx, the log file after running GameEx in regular mode.

Verify Setup text file containing the results of the last run of Verify Setup.

Log - Simple Mode, the log file after running GameEx in Simple Mode.

Is anyone able to explain the difference between GameEx and GameEx Simple Mode that may shed some light onto why I am not able to view games in GameEx but am able to view and play games in GameEx Simple Mode?

As always any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

GameEx.ini

log - simple mode.txt

log.txt

Verify Setup.txt