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kevinxy

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Hi everyone -

I'm new to GameEx - just installed it yesterday and am having problems with getting the program to display on the secondary monitor (TV) with MCE 2005 in Dual View.

I've set GameEx in the configuration file to have "Display on Secondary Display" as "Yes". It didn't want to work at first - kept putting the software up on the monitor instead of the TV. Then I switched back to a single view with one monitor and switched it back so that the monitor was the primary display and the TV was the secondary.This time GameEx opened the "wait" screen and then froze after a general exception... a series of them, actually.

Anyone have any ideas about how i can get this to work?

katuuuz GameEx God (Top Rank)

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lemme try, i have a dual monitor option, but only use it as a tv out for my cabinet.

do you mean dual as in clone? like having it displayed on both, or dualview as in dragging the mouse over to the other monitor?

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log?

no - not a clone display... a dual desktop, each with it's own properties and display.

here's the log of the error i get when trying to force GameEx to the secondary display (the TV).

fyi - since i'm still trying out this software, i only have it linked to one N64 emulator - no MAME or anything else.

21:51:47.7 8/31/2006: GameEx: Version 6.69: Starting Log

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Operating System Name: Windows XP

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: .net Framework 1.0 Installed

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: 2.01Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Running Randomize()

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Running Misc startup tasks

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Setting Menu types

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Opening Configuration File

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Getting Configuration Values

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Using Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: GameEx will display on Secondary Device

21:51:47.8 8/31/2006: Is Media Center running?

21:51:47.9 8/31/2006: Media Center is running

21:51:47.9 8/31/2006: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

21:51:47.9 8/31/2006: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

21:51:47.9 8/31/2006: Media Center Mode 2

21:51:47.9 8/31/2006: Closing Media Center

21:51:52.8 8/31/2006: Text/Language: English

21:51:52.8 8/31/2006: Applying Language/Text

21:51:52.9 8/31/2006: Snap Delay set to: 2

21:51:52.9 8/31/2006: Get other settings

21:51:53.0 8/31/2006: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

21:51:53.0 8/31/2006: Start work for Form

21:51:53.0 8/31/2006: Getting Original Screen Size

21:51:53.0 8/31/2006: Loading ICON

21:51:53.0 8/31/2006: Initializing Component

21:51:53.0 8/31/2006: Initialising Bass Audio Library

21:51:53.1 8/31/2006: Loading default loading screen

21:51:53.2 8/31/2006: Loading Custom Emulators

21:51:53.2 8/31/2006: Loading Emulator 1: Nintendo 64 Games

21:51:53.2 8/31/2006: Using 2D Animations

21:51:53.3 8/31/2006: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

21:51:53.3 8/31/2006: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

21:51:53.3 8/31/2006: Initialising DirectDraw

21:51:53.3 8/31/2006: Creating DirectDraw Device: Secondary Device

21:51:53.3 8/31/2006: Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

21:51:53.3 8/31/2006: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

21:51:53.3 8/31/2006: Creating Primary Surface - Windowed Mode

21:51:53.4 8/31/2006: Creating Back Buffer

21:51:53.4 8/31/2006: Loading graphic surfaces

21:51:53.4 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

21:51:53.5 8/31/2006: Creating Surface Volume

21:51:53.5 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Arrows

21:51:53.5 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

21:51:53.5 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

21:51:53.5 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

21:51:53.6 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

21:51:53.7 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

21:51:53.7 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

21:51:53.7 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Snaps

21:51:53.7 8/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

21:51:53.8 8/31/2006: Creating Fonts

21:51:53.8 8/31/2006: Creating Menu Font

21:51:53.8 8/31/2006: Creating Game Font

21:51:53.9 8/31/2006: Creating Font Black

21:51:54.0 8/31/2006: Creating Font Black Small

21:51:54.1 8/31/2006: Creating Game Font Faded

21:51:54.2 8/31/2006: Creating Title Font

21:51:54.2 8/31/2006: Restoring Title Font From Cache

21:51:54.2 8/31/2006: Fonts Created Succesfully

21:52:18.3 8/31/2006: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

21:52:18.4 8/31/2006: Loading Controls.ini map file

21:52:18.4 8/31/2006: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

21:52:18.4 8/31/2006: Attempting to load game list

21:52:18.4 8/31/2006: Loading last used Game List

21:52:18.4 8/31/2006: Loading Start Page

21:52:18.5 8/31/2006: Setting Music Volume

21:52:18.5 8/31/2006: Creating DirectSound Device

21:52:18.5 8/31/2006: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

21:52:18.5 8/31/2006: Loading Sound Files

21:52:18.6 8/31/2006: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

21:52:18.6 8/31/2006: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

21:52:18.7 8/31/2006: Unable to create a joystick device

21:52:18.7 8/31/2006: Playing intro sound file

21:52:18.7 8/31/2006: Initializing MCE Remote

21:52:18.7 8/31/2006: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

21:52:18.7 8/31/2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

21:52:19.0 8/31/2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Loading Emulators On thread

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Validating: Emulator_1: Custom Background:

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Warning: Emulator_1: Custom Background Does not exist

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Validating: Emulator_1: Snap Path:

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Warning: Emulator_1: Snap Path Does not exist

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Validating: Emulator_1: Database: N64

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Validating: Emulator_1: Title Snap Path:

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Warning: Emulator_1: Title Snap Path Does not exist

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Validating: Emulator_1: Box Art Path:

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Warning: Emulator_1: Box Art Path Does not exist

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Validating: Emulator_1: Cart Art Path:

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Warning: Emulator_1: Cart Art Path Does not exist

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Loading OfflineList Dat File for emulator: 1

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Cannot Find Offline List Dat File

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Loading OfflineList Dat File for emulator: 2

21:52:19.3 8/31/2006: Cannot Find Offline List Dat File

21:52:19.5 8/31/2006: Loading OfflineList Dat File for emulator: 25

21:52:19.5 8/31/2006: Cannot Find Offline List Dat File

21:52:19.6 8/31/2006: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured: Exiting

21:52:19.6 8/31/2006: Error in the application.

21:52:19.6 8/31/2006: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)

21:52:19.6 8/31/2006: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags)

21:52:19.6 8/31/2006: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DisplayFrame()

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Try telling GameEx not to change resolution. What resolutions are the displays running at?

right now i have my primary monitor (desktop) at 1024x768 and the secondary (TV) at 720x480.

let me try that and see what happens.

if it doesn't work, i'll try setting it to 640x480 too.

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interesting - the same thing happened, but now i get a different log file. (below)

i set GameEx to not change resolutions, and set the standard resolution to 720x480.

when i select "My Games" and press the OK button, there's a pause, then MCE shuts down on my secondary display and the "splash" screen for GameEx pops up on my primary display. then, after the wait period, the splash screen disappears and the error log pops up on my primary display, at which point MCE restarts itself on the secondary display.

i'll try changing the resolution to 640x480 or 800x600 and see if i can get different results.

here's the log file...

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: GameEx: Version 6.69: Starting Log

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Operating System Name: Windows XP

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: .net Framework 1.0 Installed

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: 2.01Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Running Randomize()

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Running Misc startup tasks

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Setting Menu types

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Opening Configuration File

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Getting Configuration Values

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Using Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: GameEx will display on Secondary Device

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Is Media Center running?

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Media Center is running

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Media Center Mode 2

17:46:52.0 9/1/2006: Closing Media Center

17:46:57.0 9/1/2006: Text/Language: English

17:46:57.0 9/1/2006: Applying Language/Text

17:46:57.1 9/1/2006: Snap Delay set to: 2

17:46:57.1 9/1/2006: Get other settings

17:46:57.1 9/1/2006: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

17:46:57.1 9/1/2006: Start work for Form

17:46:57.1 9/1/2006: Getting Original Screen Size

17:46:57.1 9/1/2006: Loading ICON

17:46:57.2 9/1/2006: Initializing Component

17:46:57.2 9/1/2006: Initialising Bass Audio Library

17:46:57.3 9/1/2006: Loading default loading screen

17:46:57.3 9/1/2006: Loading Custom Emulators

17:46:57.3 9/1/2006: Loading Emulator 1: Nintendo 64 Games

17:46:57.4 9/1/2006: Using 2D Animations

17:46:57.4 9/1/2006: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

17:46:57.4 9/1/2006: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

17:46:57.4 9/1/2006: Initialising DirectDraw

17:46:57.4 9/1/2006: Creating DirectDraw Device: Secondary Device

17:46:57.4 9/1/2006: Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

17:46:57.5 9/1/2006: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

17:46:57.5 9/1/2006: Creating Primary Surface - Windowed Mode

17:46:57.5 9/1/2006: Creating Back Buffer

17:46:57.5 9/1/2006: Loading graphic surfaces

17:46:57.5 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

17:46:57.6 9/1/2006: Creating Surface Volume

17:46:57.6 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces Arrows

17:46:57.6 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

17:46:57.6 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

17:46:57.7 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

17:46:57.7 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

17:46:57.8 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

17:46:57.8 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

17:46:57.8 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces Snaps

17:46:57.8 9/1/2006: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

17:46:57.9 9/1/2006: Creating Fonts

17:46:57.9 9/1/2006: Creating Menu Font

17:46:58.0 9/1/2006: Creating Game Font

17:46:58.0 9/1/2006: Creating Font Black

17:46:58.1 9/1/2006: Creating Font Black Small

17:46:58.2 9/1/2006: Creating Game Font Faded

17:46:58.3 9/1/2006: Creating Title Font

17:46:58.3 9/1/2006: Restoring Title Font From Cache

17:46:58.4 9/1/2006: Fonts Created Succesfully

17:47:22.5 9/1/2006: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

17:47:22.5 9/1/2006: Loading Controls.ini map file

17:47:22.5 9/1/2006: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

17:47:22.5 9/1/2006: Attempting to load game list

17:47:22.6 9/1/2006: Loading last used Game List

17:47:22.6 9/1/2006: Loading Start Page

17:47:22.7 9/1/2006: Setting Music Volume

17:47:22.7 9/1/2006: Creating DirectSound Device

17:47:22.7 9/1/2006: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

17:47:22.7 9/1/2006: Loading Sound Files

17:47:22.8 9/1/2006: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

17:47:22.8 9/1/2006: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

17:47:22.9 9/1/2006: Unable to create a joystick device

17:47:22.9 9/1/2006: Playing intro sound file

17:47:22.9 9/1/2006: Initializing MCE Remote

17:47:22.9 9/1/2006: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

17:47:22.9 9/1/2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

17:47:23.1 9/1/2006: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

17:47:23.1 9/1/2006: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)

17:47:23.1 9/1/2006: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags)

17:47:23.1 9/1/2006: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DrawHorizMenu(Boolean drawfront)

17:47:23.1 9/1/2006: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DisplayFrame()

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ok, so i tried three different resolutions, both with GameEx set to change the screen resolution and not to change the resolution. no luck.

if i have GameEx default to the primary monitor it does the same thing, unless MCE is also running on the primary monitor, in which case it seems to function fine.

i almost wonder if there's a problem with the splash screen, which seems to be forced onto the primary display...?

i know that purchasing the program will get rid of the splash screen, which i will do, but i want to know that the program is going to do what i need it to before i spend money on it.

if it isn't the splash screen, then i don't have a clue what could be the issue...

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

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ok, so i tried three different resolutions, both with GameEx set to change the screen resolution and not to change the resolution. no luck.

if i have GameEx default to the primary monitor it does the same thing, unless MCE is also running on the primary monitor, in which case it seems to function fine.

i almost wonder if there's a problem with the splash screen, which seems to be forced onto the primary display...?

i know that purchasing the program will get rid of the splash screen, which i will do, but i want to know that the program is going to do what i need it to before i spend money on it.

if it isn't the splash screen, then i don't have a clue what could be the issue...

The splash screen is still there in the registered version, it just only shows for a second. I cant troubleshoot your problem, as I dont have this kind of setup. I do know that someone else had this problem a couple of months back, and there was a thread detailing how to get GameEx to do this, I think with MultiMon.

Please try and find that post. As I said I cant help any further with this, as Im not able to duplicate the scenario, but it sounds like theres a bug somewhere in GameEx that I need to fix.

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