How to play games?

[Gamer]

Hello, My first post here and just installed GameEX. So please excuse me for not knowing such a simple thing

I managed to watch the movies and view pictures and play sounds but when I came to the gaming section, I couldn't find anything Can some please address me to, where I can download and install games so I can play via GameEX.

Thank You

Gamer

[hansolo77]

Sure I can help you. But a lot of the help has to come from you.

The number 1 rule is don't ask where to download games. GOOGLE is a great tool if you just use it.

Now that being said, let me explain what GameEx does, and the process to get your gaming on.

GameEx is a FRONTEND. There are no games "for" it specifically. What this means, is that you have the games already installed. You then tell GameEx where they are, and it stores their locations. This makes everything easy for you so all you have to do is pick the game you want to play, and GameEx launches it. Piece of cake. The tricky part, after getting your games, is configuring them within GameEx. There are plenty of configurations already posted from other users in THIS THREAD. Its a STICKY so it'll always be in the top section of the forum. Browse/search through there and see if any of their examples can help. Basically what you need is:

1) The program (we'll say 'Counter-Strike Source') installed.

2) The path on your computer where the program is located. (such as C:\Program Files\Steam\CS [or whatever])

3) The "working path" or location where edited files go (typically the same as the root path where the program is installed...).

4) The name of the file which launches the program. (like steam.exe)

All of the other stuff is just FLUFF to make it look nice. For instance, you may want to have a screenshot image of the ingame screen so you know what you're looking at. You can also have box art, etc. Settings such as "show desktop", "launch before/after", "database", "7z/goodname", etc are all things you may or maynot need.

So lets take it one step further. Suppose you have a whole BUNCH of games for a specific system like the Nintendo NES. After you have the program installed and working, and a collection of roms to play on it, you configure GameEx to "launch" it. Just remember the primary basics:

1) The program (we'll say 'Nintendo NES' this time) installed.

2) The path on your computer where the program is located. (we'll say C:\Program Files\jnes)

3) The "working path" or location where edited files go (same folder in this case).

4) The name of the file which launches the program. (jnes.exe in this case).

Ok so there's our new emulator installed. Right now though, it'll just launch the program. But whats nice about GameEx is that you can have it retrieve a listing of all the games/roms you have and launch them individually. So to do that you need to change some of the "FLUFF" settings.

5) Locate the path to the roms (C:\Program Files\jnes\ROMS)

6) Assign a filter (may not be needed) so GameEx only looks for a specific filetype. (*.nes)

7) Change the command line to= jnes.exe "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"

Piece of cake! Now if you've got screenshots and other artwork for your games, make sure they all match in filename. So (for example) "SuperMarioBros3.nes" would have a screenshot called "SuperMarioBros3.png". A file like "super-mario-brothers-3-screen.jpg" may be a screenshot of the game, but unless it's an exact match (minus the extension) GameEx won't find it and won't associate it with that game.

So there you go. It's not that hard to configure GameEx to work with games. The tricky part comes in picky details, but if you just remember the 4 basic things you need, you should be fine. Just remember the link above to find other examples (much of them GREATLY better than mine!) and don't hesitate to ask questions. There are no stupid questions here. I'm still a new guy myself, and without the great support of everybody in this forum, I'd still be soooooo lost!

Hope that helps!

- HAN

ps, I'll let you in on a little secret. My good pal Adultery is hosting a website designed specifically to help new people, such as yourself, with configuring GameEx and a whole bunch of emulators. The Emulator part isn't up yet, but should be completed soon. He'll probably reply to this thread too. He's cool so you'll be alright. Just remember to ask!

[Adultery]

I might have responded but it looks like Han has everything under control here.

Move along everyone! Nothing more to see here!

Seriously though - welcome to the forum, GAMER - and we're all here to help you. Just follow the most important thing about this or any other gaming related site:

The number 1 rule is don't ask where to download games.

It's all about Emu Etiquette ( Bet I misspelled that terribly! )