Bezel issues...

[Adultery]

If I was to understand the post about the new version (6.98 is what I have I believe) the bezels are supposed to work for vertical games, but not for me. My verts just fall back to the GameEx GUI unless I disable the bezel.

Any suggestions?

[firebrand_X]

If I was to understand the post about the new version (6.98 is what I have I believe) the bezels are supposed to work for vertical games, but not for me. My verts just fall back to the GameEx GUI unless I disable the bezel.

Any suggestions?

Atleast you can get in. GameEx 6.98 freezes up on the Home page for me (details in the GameEx 6.98 post)

[hansolo77]

I was able to get past the Home Page. I updated from within GameEx. I went into the MAME games menu but before I went further I remembered "I probably need to enable the bezel." So I exited GameEx and enabled the bezel. Then I went back into GameEx, then MAME games, then Vertical Games. It popped up an option at the point to update the game list. Ignorantly, I chose not too, and tried to launch 1941. It didn't work, and went back to GameEx. It's possible you have to rebuild/update the game list before the bezel artwork will work. I'm testing the theory by updating it now. It may also need to be directly updated from the website, and not updated from within GamEx. I'll report back if it works/fails.

[Adultery]

I already tried to rebuild the game list - no dice.

[headkaze]

I actually said yes to when GameEx detected a new version of Mame and did the update list thing, then I exited GameEx and turned on the Bezel feature went back into GameEx and tried 1942, but it went straight back to the game select screen. So I can confirm that there may be a problem with bezel feature.

[Adultery]

/me is glad to see he's not losing his mind.

[Tom Speirs]

There still seems to be issues with auto update. You need to do a manual install to get the bezel v2 files

You dont need to update the list, thats just because GameEx now checks for a change in mame version, and as theres no history for the mame version for your install prior to this release it prompts.

The exception problem is fixed in 6.99 now available.

Thanks.

Tom

[headkaze]

Tom: I did do a manual install of 6.98 and I have the same bezel issues as reported here.

[Tom Speirs]

Tom: I did do a manual install of 6.98 and I have the same bezel issues as reported here.

Can you change the mamefilesize in gameex.ini under [internal] ,launch gameex, post your log, and check you have bezelversion=2 in gameex.ini under [internal]

Thanks.

[hansolo77]

I just my rebuilding/updating and came here to report. I didn't know more messages had been posted, but here's what happened. GameEx crashed! It went to a black screen for about 5 minutes. I had to ALT+CTRL+DEL to get out of it. I'm rebuilding it again now. Guess the Bezel problem still isn't fixed yet. I hope this didn't break people's setups that don't use the new bezel format....

[Tom Speirs]

Yeah, I just finished rebuilding, and GameEx crashed! It went to a black screen for about 5 minutes. I had to ALT+CTRL+DEL to get out of it. I'm rebuilding it again now. Guess the Bezel problem still isn't fixed yet. I hope this didn't break people's setups that don't use the new bezel format....

You all need to get 6.99, 6.97 and .98 are going to have crash issues.

HK: Can you also check youve not got an existing bezel there.

[hansolo77]

I erased the original bezel and replaced it with Mr. Do's once it was available. I'm going to just erase all the files in there, and reinstall it from the web.

[EDIT] Just erased the files in /bezel/ and downloaded the latest install from the web. Installed it. Checked the /bezel/ folder and noticed there's 2. /BEZEL/ and /BEZELV2/ Both folders have files in them, where I had erased them before. Tried to run GameEx, mame, vertical, 1941.. it crashed back to GameEx again. Tried 1942 and 1943 as well. Still no go for me.

[headkaze]

Same thing happened, but this time when I tried 1942 I noticed it performed that exception error. So I'm going to update to 6.99 and see if that solves it.

[hansolo77]

Just checked for HK on the gameex.ini too... I do have a line under [internal]:

BezelVersion=2

[EDIT] here's my log:

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: GameEx: Version 6.99: Starting Log

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Operating System Name: Windows XP

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: .net Framework 1.0 Installed

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: AMD Sempron Processor 2600+

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: 1.6Ghz

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Running Randomize()

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

01:58:59.9 10/15/20076: Running Misc startup tasks

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Setting Menu types

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Opening Configuration File

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Getting Configuration Values

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Using Theme: Default - Default - Animated

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default - Animated

01:58:59.9 10/15/2006: Using Images from theme: Default - Default\MEDIA\

01:59:00.0 10/15/2006: Launching HideOS.exe

01:59:00.0 10/15/2006: Hiding Taskbar

01:59:00.0 10/15/2006: Is Media Center running?

01:59:00.0 10/15/2006: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

01:59:00.0 10/15/2006: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

01:59:00.0 10/15/2006: Media Center Mode 2

01:59:00.0 10/15/2006: Text/Language: English

01:59:00.0 10/15/2006: Applying Language/Text

01:59:00.1 10/15/2006: Snap Delay set to: 1

01:59:00.1 10/15/2006: Get other settings

01:59:00.1 10/15/2006: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

01:59:00.2 10/15/2006: Start work for Form

01:59:00.2 10/15/2006: Getting Original Screen Size

01:59:00.2 10/15/2006: Loading ICON

01:59:00.2 10/15/2006: Initializing Component

01:59:00.2 10/15/2006: Initialising Bass Audio Library

01:59:00.5 10/15/2006: Loading default loading screen

01:59:00.6 10/15/2006: Loading Custom Emulators

01:59:00.6 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 1: Atari 2600 Games

01:59:00.6 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 2: Atari 800 Games

01:59:00.7 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 3: Atari 5200 Games

01:59:00.7 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 4: Atari 7800 Games

01:59:00.7 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 5: Atari Lynx Games

01:59:00.8 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 6: Atari ST Games

01:59:00.8 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 7: Atari Jaguar Games

01:59:00.9 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 8: SNK Neo Geo Pocket Games

01:59:00.9 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 9: Nintendo NES Games

01:59:01.0 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 10: Nintendo GameBoy Games

01:59:01.0 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 11: Nintendo SNES Games

01:59:01.0 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 12: Nintendo GameBoy Advance

01:59:01.1 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 13: Nintendo 64 Games

01:59:01.2 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 14: Sega Master System Games

01:59:01.2 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 15: Sega Genesis Games

01:59:01.2 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 17: Sega 32X Games

01:59:01.3 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 18: Sega GameGear Games

01:59:01.3 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 19: StepMania

01:59:01.4 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 20: StepMania (Online)

01:59:01.4 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 21: Visual Pinball Tables

01:59:01.5 10/15/2006: Loading Emulator 22: Future Pinball Tables

01:59:01.6 10/15/2006: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow

01:59:01.6 10/15/2006: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

01:59:01.6 10/15/2006: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

01:59:01.6 10/15/2006: Starting GameExtender Publisher

01:59:01.6 10/15/2006: Initialising DirectDraw

01:59:01.6 10/15/2006: Applying GameEx is Loading Image

01:59:01.7 10/15/2006: Creating DirectDraw Device

01:59:01.7 10/15/2006: Using Device: RADEON X800 PRO

01:59:01.7 10/15/2006: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color

01:59:01.7 10/15/2006: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

01:59:01.7 10/15/2006: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

01:59:01.7 10/15/2006: Creating Back Buffer

01:59:01.7 10/15/2006: Loading graphic surfaces

01:59:01.8 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

01:59:01.8 10/15/2006: Creating Surface Volume

01:59:01.8 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces Arrows

01:59:01.8 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

01:59:01.8 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

01:59:01.8 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

01:59:04.3 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

01:59:04.3 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

01:59:04.3 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

01:59:04.3 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces Snaps

01:59:04.3 10/15/2006: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

01:59:04.4 10/15/2006: Creating Fonts

01:59:04.4 10/15/2006: Creating Menu Font

01:59:04.5 10/15/2006: Creating Game Font

01:59:04.6 10/15/2006: Creating Font Black

01:59:04.7 10/15/2006: Creating Font Black Small

01:59:04.9 10/15/2006: Creating Game Font Faded

01:59:05.0 10/15/2006: Creating Title Font

01:59:05.8 10/15/2006: Fonts Created Succesfully

01:59:05.8 10/15/2006: MAME Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME

01:59:05.8 10/15/2006: MAME EXE file is: MAME32ATXP.exe

01:59:05.8 10/15/2006: ROM Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\roms

01:59:05.8 10/15/2006: Catver.ini is located at: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\_new\Catver.ini

01:59:05.8 10/15/2006: controls.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

01:59:05.8 10/15/2006: History.dat is located at: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\_new\history.dat

01:59:05.8 10/15/2006: nplayers.ini is located at: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\_new\nplayers.ini

01:59:05.8 10/15/2006: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\_new\mameinfo.dat

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: Loading Controls.ini map file

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: Snap Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\snap

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: AVI Snap Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\videos

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: Flyer Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\flyers

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: Cabinet Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\cabinets

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: Title Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\titles

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: Panel Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\panels

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: Icon Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\icons

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: Marquee Path is: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\marquees

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

01:59:05.9 10/15/2006: Attempting to load game list

01:59:06.2 10/15/2006: Loading last used Game List

01:59:06.2 10/15/2006: Setting Music Volume

01:59:06.2 10/15/2006: Creating DirectSound Device

01:59:06.2 10/15/2006: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

01:59:06.2 10/15/2006: Loading Sound Files

01:59:06.3 10/15/2006: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

01:59:06.3 10/15/2006: Creating ICONS

01:59:06.3 10/15/2006: Restoring Cached ICONS from File

01:59:06.6 10/15/2006: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

01:59:06.7 10/15/2006: Using Device PSX/USB Pad

01:59:06.7 10/15/2006: Playing intro sound file

01:59:06.7 10/15/2006: Initializing MCE Remote

01:59:06.7 10/15/2006: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

01:59:06.8 10/15/2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

01:59:07.1 10/15/2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

01:59:23.4 10/15/2006: Running: cmd.exe /c D: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\MAME32ATXP.exe 1941 -rompath D:\!GAMES\_MAME\roms -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -artwork -artwork_directory artwork

01:59:39.9 10/15/2006: Running: cmd.exe /c D: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\MAME32ATXP.exe 1942 -rompath D:\!GAMES\_MAME\roms -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -artwork -artwork_directory artwork

01:59:48.2 10/15/2006: Running: cmd.exe /c D: D:\!GAMES\_MAME\MAME32ATXP.exe 1943kai -rompath D:\!GAMES\_MAME\roms -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -artwork -artwork_directory artwork

01:59:55.6 10/15/2006: Exiting GameEx!

01:59:55.6 10/15/2006: Saving Settings

01:59:58.3 10/15/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

01:59:58.3 10/15/2006: Media Center was not open when starting GameEx, so not launching

It does look like it's trying to run with the artwork... Maybe GameEx is reporting the artwork path incorrectly?

[Adultery]

Updated to 6.99, updated my gamelist, launched a vertical game. It took GameEx a long time (like 30-45 seconds) to drop back to the GUI. Still bezel problems here unfortunately...

[headkaze]

Yeah I just did an update to latest version (6.99) and still same issue with me. GameEx.ini has BezelVersion=2 under [internal] and there is a folder called BEZELV2 in the MEDIA dir. I'll post a log if need be.

[Sterf]

I'm on version 7.01 and still having issues. I had to change BezelVersion=1 to 2 in gameex.ini for vertical games to load, but they still don't show any bezel. I'm not sure what else I can try. It also seems to go back to bezelversion=1 when I try to change some settings in gameexconfig.

Great piece of software by the way.

edit: It's also always asking me to update the gamelist, I've done so a few times by now (by accident mostly) but it keeps asking.

Oh, and a side-question: MAME games don't have any last played info, was that always so or did I just only now notice it?

[Adultery]

If you're using old artwork files instead of the GameEx bezel, open one of the .zips (for 1942 perhaps).

If you downloaded these before 0.106 you'll note that the artwork has a .map file with it. The new MAME (0.106-current) uses a .lay file instead of a .map file to display bezels. If you remove your artwork path in mame.ini and remove it from gameex setup, you should see Tom's bezel.

The GameEx program asks you to update your game list each and every time you make a change to MAME. It's recommended you follow this through.

I think you can enable/disable the last played game feature in the Advance Configuration.

Hope that helps.

[emphatic]

GameEx ALWAYS changes my bezelversion to 1 if I change ANYTHING using the Advanced Configuration app.

And then asks if I want to update the gamelist even though that doesn't help, so then vertical games doesn't work until I manually go to gameex.ini and change the bezelversion to 2 again. Clearly a bug here, Tom. Is there a setting to make GameEx not mess with bezel-settings? Or in the next version?

Emph

[hansolo77]

I've not seen this.. did you do a direct download of the 7.02 version? I believe Tom mentioned the autodownloader still doesn't work right yet.