[RESOLVED] GameEx/GameEx AE 16.40 will no longer start

[Draco1962]

Hi Tom - after I downloaded and installed both GameEx and AE, neither are starting up. AE initially started after I enabled the HLSL settings but froze at the intro screen, but upon exiting, not even that. I disabled the HLSL settings but to no avail. GameEx won't even start enough (shows in Task Manager) to update the log file.

log - AE.txt GameEx - AE.ini

[Tom Speirs]

I take it you tried rebooting and tried disabling the plugin??

[Draco1962]

31 minutes ago, Tom Speirs said:

I take it you tried rebooting and tried disabling the plugin??

Rebooting did the trick. The plugin is working fine. Not sure what was hung up but both GameEx and AE working fine now. Now to see what I can do with the .fx files to lessen the courseness of the HLSL effect to make it a little more subtle.

[Draco1962]

Just adding that in my 1920x1080 display, the default HLSL settings in the postprocess.fx are fine. I forgot that in the Draconus theme for AE I had added a simulated scan line image (image names bak_foreground.png, daphnebak_foreground.png, emubak_foreground.png, and startbak_foreground.png ) which were compounding the effect,.

I simply renamed them and the compounding of the effect was eliminated and the HLSL settings took over with no problems.

[Tom Speirs]

Thanks for the feedback.

[Draco1962]

No, thank you for implementing this feature!

I am definitely liking the effect. Coupled with the MAME HLSL effects for the non-vector games makes for more consistent viewing experience.