{Error} GameEx 6.76

[Nologic]

Seems this version rather than just simply ignoring a bad Emu being enabled...it actually exits.

Not sure if this is the best behavior...tho I honestly can not say its wrong ether.

*Update*

LOL this is a ball buster now...hehe any thing that I have thats in the config wrong its calling bullshit on.

Any ways log file:

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: GameEx: Version 6.76: Starting Log

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Operating System Name: Windows XP

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: .net Framework 1.0 Installed

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: 2.01Ghz

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Running Randomize()

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Running Misc startup tasks

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Setting Menu types

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Opening Configuration File

07:32:19.2 8/31/2006: Getting Configuration Values

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Using Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Launching HideOS.exe

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Hiding Taskbar

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Is Media Center running?

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Media Center Mode 2

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Text/Language: English

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Applying Language/Text

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Snap Delay set to: 2

07:32:19.3 8/31/2006: Get other settings

07:32:19.4 8/31/2006: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

07:32:19.4 8/31/2006: Start work for Form

07:32:19.4 8/31/2006: Getting Original Screen Size

07:32:19.5 8/31/2006: Loading ICON

07:32:19.5 8/31/2006: Initializing Component

07:32:19.5 8/31/2006: Initialising Bass Audio Library

07:32:19.7 8/31/2006: Loading default loading screen

07:32:19.7 8/31/2006: Loading Custom Emulators

07:32:19.8 8/31/2006: Loading Emulator 1: Nintendo GameCube

07:32:19.8 8/31/2006: Error: Emulator_1: WorkingPath Does Not Exist

07:32:19.8 8/31/2006: --Please correct the error above for this emulator or disable the emulator.

07:32:19.8 8/31/2006: ---------------------------------

07:32:19.8 8/31/2006: Error: 5 - Procedure call or argument is not valid.

07:32:21.3 8/31/2006: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

[Deadly]

This "feature" is not specific to this version. I cannot honestly tell you what rev I started using but I know that if you enabled lets say Mame or Daphne and the application path was wrong it'd exit just like what you're seeing. You're going to have to take your time when you put the application paths in or you'll be seeing alot of this happening. Maybe Tom can change this behaviour and maybe create a "Log file dump" but yet allow GameEx to load up anyway regardless of user input errors?? Heck ....forget the error dump file and incorporate the windows feature of a pop up error dialog box! Click ok and GameEx doesn't exit. I dunno just my thoughts.

[headkaze]

I think this is the intended behaviour of GameEx to do that. It's debatable as to whether or not it should function this way, but there are positives for it being this way to. It does force the user to have a correct working directory for every enabled emu.

I think a better way to handle this would be to allow GameEx to launch but upon selecting the emulator an error message pops up indicating the working path is incorrect. In a way using the log file method makes debugging easier though, since making a screenshot of an error message is more difficult than pasting the log text file.

[Tom Speirs]

It always used to error on startup if an emulator was setup incorrectly to the extent that it just would not work.

What I did do is try not doing this and just disabling the emulator in the versions last week.

I then realised that non experts and newbies would have absolutely no idea why there emulators where not showing up, so decided to put it back how it was. Headkaze is absolutely correct that there could be a better way, and I like his suggestion. but for now until I get round to it I think this is best.