ATTN: Nologic

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

Hey.

So when I run WinKawaks it runs great, but when I run it through your wrapper it's all over the place... There's a window that keeps flickering back and forth... Like this.

This and the gameplay screen switch back and forth to create a nearly unbearable 'flicker' effect on my machine.

Suggestions?

**lingpanda** · October 26, 2006

Hey.
So when I run WinKawaks it runs great, but when I run it through your wrapper it's all over the place... There's a window that keeps flickering back and forth... Like this.
This and the gameplay screen switch back and forth to create a nearly unbearable 'flicker' effect on my machine.
Suggestions?

Is show desktop on or off? Which wrapper version are you using.(1st or 2nd)?

**Nologic** · October 26, 2006

Well I'm at a loss, I looked at all three scripts, simple wrapper and both kill scripts, none of them have any thing that should alter window focus.

If any thing the "WinGetTitle('')" bit would at worse grab the wrong window title...or at least should.

Try the original kill script that linpanda re-uploaded for us and see if that makes a difference...if not...then more than likely its nothing to do with the scripts since that one is very cut and dry.

Wish I could be of more help, but right now I'm in a fight with the State...and well my house needs to be clean for the time being.

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

Show Desktop = False

Not sure which wrapper I'm using... Downloaded the whole kit from the uploads catagory here.

**lingpanda** · October 26, 2006

Show Desktop = False
Not sure which wrapper I'm using... Downloaded the whole kit from the uploads catagory here.

Here is the original wrapper.

Kill_WinKawaks.zip

**lingpanda** · October 26, 2006

Adultery,

See if you can dl this attachment and run it. Its a flash program I made. Might help with your problem.

http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=951...d35a86ae81c35f4

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

Thanks Ling, but I got everything set up the same way as you showed me and it's still not working.

I'm using the Simple_Wrapper.exe and *.ini files to launch. If I change to the Kill_Winkawaks wrapper same thing happens.

*frustrated*

**lingpanda** · October 26, 2006

Thanks Ling, but I got everything set up the same way as you showed me and it's still not working.
I'm using the Simple_Wrapper.exe and *.ini files to launch. If I change to the Kill_Winkawaks wrapper same thing happens.
*frustrated*

Is your command line like this? "winkawaks" [rom] -fullscreen

With the quotes?

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

It was for the Kill_Winkawaks wrapper:

"winkawaks" [rom] -fullscreen

But for the Simple_Wrapper.exe it's set at the default that was inside the .ini for GameEx:

Simple_Wrapper.exe "[ROMPath]\[RomFile]"

Neither method works for me... They both launch, just get the 'strobe' effect where WinKawaks seems to be pausing and starting itself over and over again.

**lingpanda** · October 26, 2006

It was for the Kill_Winkawaks wrapper:
"winkawaks" [rom] -fullscreen
But for the Simple_Wrapper.exe it's set at the default that was inside the .ini for GameEx:
Simple_Wrapper.exe "[ROMPath]\[RomFile]"
Neither method works for me... They both launch, just get the 'strobe' effect where WinKawaks seems to be pausing and starting itself over and over again.

Ok I just looked at the simple wrapper config. I noticed it puts a filter of *.ini for roms. When you use the kill_winkawaks wrapper did you make sure to delete this?

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

Yes sir.

I added *.zip to my alternate winkawaks config...

I set each method up as a seperate emulator.

*hopes* Man I wanna get this to work... Neo Geo looks nice with the 2xSai filter!

**lingpanda** · October 26, 2006

Yes sir.
I added *.zip to my alternate winkawaks config...
I set each method up as a seperate emulator.
*hopes* Man I wanna get this to work... Neo Geo looks nice with the 2xSai filter!

Ok I just tried with the simple wrapper and it works fine. I'm going to have to assume its with how your initial winkawaks is setup. I'm going to see if anything jumps out on me.

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

My WinKawaks.ini:

; Configuration file for WinKawaks 1.56
; Aug  4 2006:17:16:55
; -------------------------------------

[VideoSettings]


; If you want to use 640x480 in full screen with Capcom games, make sure to set FullScreenCorrectRatio=1


; This is the resolution for non rotated Capcom games
HorizontalFullScreenWidth=800
HorizontalFullScreenHeight=600

; This is the resolution for rotated Capcom games
VerticalFullScreenWidth=1024
VerticalFullScreenHeight=768

; This is the resolution for NeoGeo games
FullScreenWidthNeoGeo=800
FullScreenHeightNeoGeo=600

; Zoom window
; 100: Zoom 100% (default)
; 150: Zoom 150%
; 200: Zoom 200%
; 250: Zoom 250%
; 300: Zoom 300%
ZoomWindow=100

; Windowed mode ratio correction
; 0: no ratio correction
; 1: correct windowed ratio, smaller display (works good for all blitters)
; 2: correct windowed ratio, bigger display (works good for non scanlined blitters)
WindowCorrectRatio=0

; Full screen mode ratio correction
; 0: no ratio correction
; 1: correct full screen ratio, smaller display (works good for all blitters. Allows 640x480)
; 2: correct full screen ratio, bigger display (works good for non scanlined blitters)
; 3: stretch to full screen
FullScreenCorrectRatio=3

; Window position (no need to edit, this is saved automatically)
WindowXposition=0
WindowYposition=0

; set this to 1 to stop vertical games being rotated (default 0)
NoRotate=0

; setting this to 1 for smooth scrolling (default 0)
TripleBuffer=0

; try setting this to 1 for a potentially big speed boost (default 0)
UseVRAM=0

FrameSkip=0
AutoFrameSkip=1
EnableRowscroll=1
EnableBgHi=1
EnableMasking=1

; set to 1 to have the emu run as fast as it can (bench purposes) or 0 for realtime emulation
Turbo=0

;  0 = Normal (very fast)
;  1 = Scanlines
;  2 = Scanlines 50%
;  3 = Alternate scanlines (very fast) (default)
;  4 = 2xSai
;  5 = Super2xSai
;  6 = SuperEagle
;  7 = Scanlined 2xSai
;  8 = Zoom 2x software (no blur)
;  9 = Monitor dot matrix blitter
; 10 = KScale (very fast edge enhancer)
; 11 = KScale with 25% scanlines (very fast edge enhancer)
; 12 = KScale with 50% scanlines (very fast edge enhancer)
; 13 = KScale with 75% scanlines (very fast edge enhancer)
VideoEngine=5

; Inter-frame blending (motion blur. reduces flickering)
; 0 = None (default)
; 1 = Yes
; 2 = Yes, with MMX (faster)
BlendFrames=0

; Enable sprite transparencies (BLD files in BLEND directory)
; 0 = No (default)
; 1 = Yes
EnableTransparencies=0

; color settings CPS2(prefered values 15..17)
GammaRed=16
GammaGreen=16
GammaBlue=16

; gamme settings (prefered values 0..512, 256=normal)
TrueGammaRed=256
TrueGammaGreen=256
TrueGammaBlue=256

; color for the background (usefull for the gfx rippers out there. values 0..255, -1=no force color)
BgRed=-1
BgGreen=-1
BgBlue=-1

; color for on screen display (values 0..255)
OSDRed=147
OSDGreen=207
OSDBlue=228


[NeoGeo]

; Hardware type
; 0 = Console
; 1 = Arcade (default)
NeoGeoSystem=1

; Country
; 0 = Japan
; 1 = USA
; 2 = Europe (default)
NeoGeoCountry=1

; Freeplay
; 0 = Off (default)
; 1 = On
NeoGeoFreeplay=1


[Misc]

; Name of the language pack (no .lng extension)
LanguagePack=English

RunCount=15

; Auto start game after load
AutoStartGame=1

; Games to enable
EnableCPS1=1
EnableCPS2=1
EnableMVS=1
NoClones=1

; 0 Show all
; 1 Show only available
; 2 Show only missing
ShowOnlyAvailable=1

; Set to 1 to disable emu text on screenshots
NoMsgScreenShots=1

; Set to 0 to disable menu shortcuts (handy for Hotrod players)
EnableHotKeys=1

; Set to 1 if you have joysticks/joypads attached to your PC, but don't want to use them in Kawaks
DisableJoystick=0

AutoPause=1
AlwaysOnTop=0


; Sound frequency. The higher, the better the quality. Values : 11025, 22050, 44100, 48000
SoundFreq=44100

; Sound segments. if sound gets choppy, try fiddling with those (SoundSegLag < SoundSegs)
SoundSegs=6
SoundSegLag=5

; Interpolate sound. Affects NeoGeo only
InterpolateSound=0

LowPassFilter=0

; CPS1 sound. YM2151=music, OKI=SFX
EnableOKI=1
EnableYM2151=1

; QSound
; Auto start game after load
; 0=Normal, -1=Softer, 1=Louder
QSoundAmplification=0

PlayMusic=1
PlaySFX=1
PlaySFA3Announcer=1

; NeoGeo sound. YM2610=music+speech+sfx, AY-3-8910=noise
EnableYM2610=1
EnableAY38910=1

DisplayTrackName=0

; set to 1 for mono sound
MonoSound=0

; set to 1 to reverse right and left channels
ReverseStereo=0

; Task priority. Valid values are the following :
; HIGH_PRIORITY	 : 128	Use this for slower machines
; NORMAL_PRIORITY   : 32	 Fast machines (full frame) use this (default setting)
; IDLE_PRIORITY	 : 64	 Not really useful...
; REALTIME_PRIORITY : 256	Using this one will disable multitasking. CAUTION
TaskPriorityLevel=128

; Try changing this (0/1) if Kawaks is slow :
MultiTaskFriendly=1

; Same, for Netplay :
MultiTaskFriendlyNetplay=1

; Number of frames to display chat text
NetChatDuration=300

; Number of chat text lines to display
NetChatSize=5

; Autoscroll Net chat text
NetChatAutoscroll=0

; Auto switch to full screen when net game starts
NetAutoFullscreen=0



[Path]

; path for your zipped roms
RomPath1=L:\winkawaks\roms
RomPath2=
RomPath3=
RomPath4=
RomPath5=

SavesPath=L:\winkawaks\saves
EEPROMPath=L:\winkawaks\eeprom
INIPath=L:\winkawaks\ini
TracklistPath=L:\winkawaks\tracklst
CheatPath=L:\winkawaks\cheats
ScreenShotPath=L:\winkawaks\sshots
CapturePath=L:\winkawaks\capture
LanguagePath=L:\winkawaks\lang
RecordPath=L:\winkawaks\recinput
BlendPath=L:\winkawaks\blend

**lingpanda** · October 26, 2006

My WinKawaks.ini:

; Configuration file for WinKawaks 1.56
; Aug  4 2006:17:16:55
; -------------------------------------
SNIP.....

The only thing I see that I would change for testing purposes is

; try setting this to 1 for a potentially big speed boost (default 0)

UseVRAM=1

I believe you have "0" Change to 1

; set to 1 to have the emu run as fast as it can (bench purposes) or 0 for realtime emulation

Turbo=0

; 0 = Normal (very fast)

; 1 = Scanlines

; 2 = Scanlines 50%

; 3 = Alternate scanlines (very fast) (default)

; 4 = 2xSai

; 5 = Super2xSai

; 6 = SuperEagle

; 7 = Scanlined 2xSai

; 8 = Zoom 2x software (no blur)

; 9 = Monitor dot matrix blitter

; 10 = KScale (very fast edge enhancer)

; 11 = KScale with 25% scanlines (very fast edge enhancer)

; 12 = KScale with 50% scanlines (very fast edge enhancer)

; 13 = KScale with 75% scanlines (very fast edge enhancer)

VideoEngine=0

Change it "0" till we get it working.

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

Made the appropriate changes - now it runs really fast but still deos the same thing. I was not having speed issues before (other than the pause screen the game ran at normal speed)

**lingpanda** · October 26, 2006

Made the appropriate changes - now it runs really fast but still deos the same thing. I was not having speed issues before (other than the pause screen the game ran at normal speed)

; Inter-frame blending (motion blur. reduces flickering)

; 0 = None (default)

; 1 = Yes

; 2 = Yes, with MMX (faster)

BlendFrames=0

Longshot... try this setting. Any way to make a video of the problem? Maybe setting "show desktop" will work for you. I know others had to set show desktop to get chankast to work while others didn't.

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

No good... Same problem either way.

What software would I need to create a video of the problem?

.:. EDIT .:. I just discovered CPZN games don't run at all... I am using the most recent BIOS files.

**Nologic** · October 26, 2006

lingpanda maybe share your ini for winKawaks...wish I could pitch in on the trouble shooting.

Adultery -

Now the pathing in the actual WinKawaks ini is correct far as pathing is concerned correct?

**lingpanda** · October 26, 2006

lingpanda maybe share your ini for winKawaks...wish I could pitch in on the trouble shooting.
Adultery -
Now the pathing in the actual WinKawaks ini is correct far as pathing is concerned correct?

here is my ini file adultery.

WinKawaksini.zip

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

Now the pathing in the actual WinKawaks ini is correct far as pathing is concerned correct?

Yes. I have a removable drive specifically for MAME games (blasted CHD's ) so the winkawaks folder is at the root. I used MAME 0.109 ROMs and had them recompiled for winkawaks with clrMAMEpro. I have tested (and am able to run) Neo Geo games and CPZN 1 & 2 games run properly in fullscreen through Winkawaks itself...

However when I run them through GameEx I cannot run CPZN games at all. Neo Geo games are choppy (like I mentioned before).

I'm looking at ling's ini right now... Hopefully we'll solve the mystery cuz these games look so much cleaner with the filter...

**amos_82** · October 26, 2006

Thanks for the wrapper Nologic, i set this up today & love it! Its just happily feeding off my mame roms directory

Adultery - I read over your 'winKawaks.ini' here's where mine is different to yours, if you want to try some changes:

[NeoGeo]
NeoGeoCountry=2
NeoGeoFreeplay=0

[Misc]
RunCount=9

[Path]
SavesPath=.\saves
EEPROMPath=.\eeprom
INIPath=.\ini
TracklistPath=.\tracklst
CheatPath=.\cheats
ScreenShotPath=.\sshots
CapturePath=.\capture
LanguagePath=.\lang
RecordPath=.\recinput
BlendPath=.\blend

Best of luck

**Adultery** · October 26, 2006

No luck.

I tried to use a default install also but the same thing happens.

**Nologic** · October 27, 2006

amos_82 -

Good to hear

Adultery -

Sad to hear

Maybe try killing all unneeded background process's and see if the issue clears up...maybe some thing is taking focus away.

**Adultery** · October 27, 2006

Sadly, already tried that too.

**lingpanda** · October 27, 2006

Sadly, already tried that too.

I have no clue.

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