Are there known conficts with GameEx

**japoolspa** · October 31, 2006

Are there any known drivers/hardware/processes/antiviruses that will conflict with GameEx and not allow it to run properly? I've been looking for help in another topic to try to get GameEx to work on my computer. On occasion, I can get a mame game to run, but most of the time GameEx just returns to the mame menu screen. Since it has worked a couple of times, I'm narrowing it down to a driver or process on my machine that is preventing it to work most of the time. Yes I've searched this forum and tried every adjustment I could find, but none have worked for me. Thanks for any suggestions.

**Ricci** · October 31, 2006

First, what are you using for an OS?? What hardware do you have?? Details man!!

**japoolspa** · October 31, 2006

Thanks Ricci for offering to help. Here's the copy from my first post in another thread:

I'd really love to get this program working and make a donation to unlock all the features. Most of the time it will load, but occasionally it won't and I get an error, I'll post the error log. Also if it does load, when I try to launch a mame game, screen goes blank and goes right back to gameex. I've spent hours reading the FAQ's and trying all the suggestions I can find that were already posted, but I just can't get it to work - turned off bezel, just updated video driver... Any help is appreciated

My setup:

P4, XP home SP2, 1Gig ram, video ati 9200 256mb

I've tried so many things. Without some help I'll have to abort. I've updated to SP 2, latest video drivers, clean install of .net frame 1.1, directx 9.0. I've tried 16 bit graphics, no advanced graphics, turned off bezel. I've given it most of a day. Please - any help out there?

I'm using mame32. It works great outside of GameEX.

Log file:

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: GameEx: Version 7.02: Starting Log

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Operating System Name: Windows XP

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: IntelÂ® PentiumÂ® 4 CPU 2.26GHz

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: 2.27Ghz

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Running Randomize()

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Running Misc startup tasks

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Setting Menu types

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Opening Configuration File

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Getting Configuration Values

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Using Theme: Default - Default - New

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default - New

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Launching HideOS.exe

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Hiding Taskbar

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Is Media Center running?

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Media Center Mode 2

21:20:05.7 10/28/2006: Text/Language: English

21:20:05.7 10/28/2006: Applying Language/Text

21:20:05.7 10/28/2006: Snap Delay set to: 2

21:20:05.7 10/28/2006: Get other settings

21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Start work for Form

21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Getting Original Screen Size

21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Loading ICON

21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Initializing Component

21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Initialising Bass Audio Library

21:20:06.4 10/28/2006: Loading default loading screen

21:20:06.5 10/28/2006: Loading Custom Emulators

21:20:06.6 10/28/2006: Using 2D Animations

21:20:06.6 10/28/2006: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

21:20:06.6 10/28/2006: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

21:20:06.6 10/28/2006: Initialising DirectDraw

21:20:06.7 10/28/2006: Creating DirectDraw Device

21:20:06.7 10/28/2006: Using Device: VisionTek XTASY 9200

21:20:06.8 10/28/2006: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color

21:20:08.4 10/28/2006: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

21:20:08.4 10/28/2006: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

21:20:08.4 10/28/2006: Creating Back Buffer

21:20:08.6 10/28/2006: Loading graphic surfaces

21:20:08.7 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

21:20:08.9 10/28/2006: Creating Surface Volume

21:20:08.9 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Arrows

21:20:09.0 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

21:20:09.0 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

21:20:09.1 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

21:20:22.1 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

21:20:22.2 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

21:20:22.3 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

21:20:22.3 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Snaps

21:20:22.3 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

21:20:22.7 10/28/2006: Creating Fonts

21:20:22.7 10/28/2006: Creating Menu Font

21:20:23.3 10/28/2006: Creating Game Font

21:20:23.4 10/28/2006: Creating Font Black

21:20:23.7 10/28/2006: Creating Font Black Small

21:20:23.9 10/28/2006: Creating Game Font Faded

21:20:23.9 10/28/2006: Creating Title Font

21:20:24.0 10/28/2006: Restoring Title Font From Cache

21:20:28.7 10/28/2006: Fonts Created Succesfully

21:20:52.9 10/28/2006: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: ROM Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\roms

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Loading Controls.ini map file

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\snap

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: AVI Snap Path: Not Found

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Flyer Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\flyers

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Cabinet Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cabinets

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Title Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\titles

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Panel Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cpanel

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Icon Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\icons

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Marquee Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\marquees

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Attempting to load game list

21:20:53.5 10/28/2006: Running: Mame32.exe -help

21:20:53.5 10/28/2006: Running: C: C:\Emulators\Mame32\Mame32.exe -help > C:\Emulators\Mame32\help.txt

21:20:55.3 10/28/2006:

21:20:55.3 10/28/2006: Detected MAME Version as: 0.109

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: Now Outputing Mame32.exe - Help

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: --BEGIN--

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: M.A.M.E. v0.109 (Sep 26 2006) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken.

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: Usage: MAME gamename [options]

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: --END--

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:

21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: Loading last used Game List

21:20:55.5 10/28/2006: Setting Music Volume

21:20:55.7 10/28/2006: Creating DirectSound Device

21:20:55.7 10/28/2006: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

21:20:55.7 10/28/2006: Loading Sound Files

21:20:56.0 10/28/2006: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

21:20:56.0 10/28/2006: Creating ICONS

21:20:56.0 10/28/2006: Recreating ICONS

21:20:56.4 10/28/2006: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

21:20:56.4 10/28/2006: Using Device GamePad Pro USB

21:20:56.6 10/28/2006: Playing intro sound file

21:20:56.6 10/28/2006: Initializing MCE Remote

21:20:56.7 10/28/2006: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

21:20:56.7 10/28/2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

21:20:56.9 10/28/2006: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

21:20:57.1 10/28/2006: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)

21:20:57.1 10/28/2006: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags)

21:20:57.1 10/28/2006: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DisplayFrame()

**lingpanda** · November 1, 2006

japoolspa said:
Thanks Ricci for offering to help. Here's the copy from my first post in another thread:
I'd really love to get this program working and make a donation to unlock all the features. Most of the time it will load, but occasionally it won't and I get an error, I'll post the error log. Also if it does load, when I try to launch a mame game, screen goes blank and goes right back to gameex. I've spent hours reading the FAQ's and trying all the suggestions I can find that were already posted, but I just can't get it to work - turned off bezel, just updated video driver... Any help is appreciated
My setup:
P4, XP home SP2, 1Gig ram, video ati 9200 256mb
I've tried so many things. Without some help I'll have to abort. I've updated to SP 2, latest video drivers, clean install of .net frame 1.1, directx 9.0. I've tried 16 bit graphics, no advanced graphics, turned off bezel. I've given it most of a day. Please - any help out there?
I'm using mame32. It works great outside of GameEX.
Log file:
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: GameEx: Version 7.02: Starting Log
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Operating System Platform: Win32NT
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Operating System Name: Windows XP
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: .net Framework 1.1 Installed
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: IntelÂ® PentiumÂ® 4 CPU 2.26GHz
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: 2.27Ghz
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Running Randomize()
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Running Misc startup tasks
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Setting Menu types
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Opening Configuration File
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Getting Configuration Values
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Using Theme: Default - Default - New
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default - New
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Launching HideOS.exe
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Hiding Taskbar
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Is Media Center running?
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode
21:20:05.6 10/28/2006: Media Center Mode 2
21:20:05.7 10/28/2006: Text/Language: English
21:20:05.7 10/28/2006: Applying Language/Text
21:20:05.7 10/28/2006: Snap Delay set to: 2
21:20:05.7 10/28/2006: Get other settings
21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis
21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Start work for Form
21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Getting Original Screen Size
21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Loading ICON
21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Initializing Component
21:20:05.8 10/28/2006: Initialising Bass Audio Library
21:20:06.4 10/28/2006: Loading default loading screen
21:20:06.5 10/28/2006: Loading Custom Emulators
21:20:06.6 10/28/2006: Using 2D Animations
21:20:06.6 10/28/2006: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS
21:20:06.6 10/28/2006: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS
21:20:06.6 10/28/2006: Initialising DirectDraw
21:20:06.7 10/28/2006: Creating DirectDraw Device
21:20:06.7 10/28/2006: Using Device: VisionTek XTASY 9200
21:20:06.8 10/28/2006: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color
21:20:08.4 10/28/2006: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces
21:20:08.4 10/28/2006: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode
21:20:08.4 10/28/2006: Creating Back Buffer
21:20:08.6 10/28/2006: Loading graphic surfaces
21:20:08.7 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs
21:20:08.9 10/28/2006: Creating Surface Volume
21:20:08.9 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Arrows
21:20:09.0 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text
21:20:09.0 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar
21:20:09.1 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds
21:20:22.1 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls
21:20:22.2 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo
21:20:22.3 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit
21:20:22.3 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Snaps
21:20:22.3 10/28/2006: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars
21:20:22.7 10/28/2006: Creating Fonts
21:20:22.7 10/28/2006: Creating Menu Font
21:20:23.3 10/28/2006: Creating Game Font
21:20:23.4 10/28/2006: Creating Font Black
21:20:23.7 10/28/2006: Creating Font Black Small
21:20:23.9 10/28/2006: Creating Game Font Faded
21:20:23.9 10/28/2006: Creating Title Font
21:20:24.0 10/28/2006: Restoring Title Font From Cache
21:20:28.7 10/28/2006: Fonts Created Succesfully
21:20:52.9 10/28/2006: Initialising Windows Media Player Component
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: ROM Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\roms
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Loading Controls.ini map file
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Snap Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\snap
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: AVI Snap Path: Not Found
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Flyer Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\flyers
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Cabinet Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cabinets
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Title Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\titles
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Panel Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\cpanel
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Icon Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\icons
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Marquee Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\marquees
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy
21:20:53.2 10/28/2006: Attempting to load game list
21:20:53.5 10/28/2006: Running: Mame32.exe -help
21:20:53.5 10/28/2006: Running: C: C:\Emulators\Mame32\Mame32.exe -help > C:\Emulators\Mame32\help.txt
21:20:55.3 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.3 10/28/2006: Detected MAME Version as: 0.109
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: Now Outputing Mame32.exe - Help
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: --BEGIN--
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: M.A.M.E. v0.109 (Sep 26 2006) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: Copyright Â© 1997-2006 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken.
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: Usage: MAME gamename [options]
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: --END--
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006:
21:20:55.4 10/28/2006: Loading last used Game List
21:20:55.5 10/28/2006: Setting Music Volume
21:20:55.7 10/28/2006: Creating DirectSound Device
21:20:55.7 10/28/2006: Trying: Primary Sound Driver
21:20:55.7 10/28/2006: Loading Sound Files
21:20:56.0 10/28/2006: DirectSound Device Created Successfully
21:20:56.0 10/28/2006: Creating ICONS
21:20:56.0 10/28/2006: Recreating ICONS
21:20:56.4 10/28/2006: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support
21:20:56.4 10/28/2006: Using Device GamePad Pro USB
21:20:56.4 10/28/2006: Using Device GamePad Pro USB
21:20:56.6 10/28/2006: Playing intro sound file
21:20:56.6 10/28/2006: Initializing MCE Remote
21:20:56.7 10/28/2006: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!
21:20:56.7 10/28/2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame
21:20:56.9 10/28/2006: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING
21:20:57.1 10/28/2006: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)
21:20:57.1 10/28/2006: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags)
21:20:57.1 10/28/2006: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DisplayFrame()

I think it was suggested that you upgrade to net framework 2.0. I see you are using 1.1. It also appears that your log file is exiting at a direct x error. I see you are using 9.0. But what ver.? Make sure you have the latest DX. I think its ver C. Plus you are using a PCI card I think. I'm not sure how that impacts things with gameex.

**japoolspa** · November 1, 2006

I have upgraded to net framework 2.0 and after that gameex will start every time with out that error log. So I was pretty excited to get that far. However, when I go to launch a mame game, the screen goes blank and comes back to gameex. Like I said, I've tried turning off the bezel feature, am running 16 bit color and turned off advanced graphics. The video card is agp. I tried playing with the bios settings and increased agp appeture from 128 to 256mb.

I double checked and have the latest directx - but again, Gameex starts every time now. The problem now is getting the mame games to launch and not get sent back to gameex.

Twice I was able to launch a mame game (battlezone). After running the game and exiting, I would try to run the same game again, but it went back to gameex. This is when I started thinking there may be something in my set up that is causing the problem.

Here is my last log file:

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: GameEx: Version 7.02: Starting Log

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Operating System Name: Windows XP

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.26GHz

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: 2.27Ghz

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Running Randomize()

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Running Misc startup tasks

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Setting Menu types

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Opening Configuration File

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Getting Configuration Values

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Using Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Launching HideOS.exe

20:38:03.7 10/31/2006: Hiding Taskbar

20:38:03.8 10/31/2006: Is Media Center running?

20:38:03.8 10/31/2006: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

20:38:03.8 10/31/2006: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

20:38:03.8 10/31/2006: Media Center Mode 0

20:38:03.8 10/31/2006: Text/Language: English

20:38:03.8 10/31/2006: Applying Language/Text

20:38:03.9 10/31/2006: Snap Delay set to: 2

20:38:03.9 10/31/2006: Get other settings

20:38:04.0 10/31/2006: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

20:38:04.0 10/31/2006: Start work for Form

20:38:04.0 10/31/2006: Getting Original Screen Size

20:38:04.0 10/31/2006: Loading ICON

20:38:04.0 10/31/2006: Initializing Component

20:38:04.0 10/31/2006: Initialising Bass Audio Library

20:38:04.4 10/31/2006: Loading default loading screen

20:38:04.5 10/31/2006: Loading Custom Emulators

20:38:04.6 10/31/2006: Using 2D Animations

20:38:04.6 10/31/2006: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

20:38:04.6 10/31/2006: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

20:38:04.6 10/31/2006: Initialising DirectDraw

20:38:04.6 10/31/2006: Creating DirectDraw Device

20:38:04.6 10/31/2006: Using Device: VisionTek Radeon 9200

20:38:04.7 10/31/2006: Setting Resolution to 640x480 16 bit color

20:38:05.0 10/31/2006: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

20:38:05.1 10/31/2006: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

20:38:05.1 10/31/2006: Creating Back Buffer

20:38:05.1 10/31/2006: Loading graphic surfaces

20:38:05.2 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

20:38:05.3 10/31/2006: Creating Surface Volume

20:38:05.3 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Arrows

20:38:05.3 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

20:38:05.4 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

20:38:05.4 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

20:38:05.4 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

20:38:05.4 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

20:38:05.5 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

20:38:05.5 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Snaps

20:38:05.5 10/31/2006: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

20:38:05.6 10/31/2006: Creating Fonts

20:38:05.6 10/31/2006: Creating Menu Font

20:38:05.7 10/31/2006: Creating Game Font

20:38:05.8 10/31/2006: Creating Font Black

20:38:06.0 10/31/2006: Creating Font Black Small

20:38:06.1 10/31/2006: Creating Game Font Faded

20:38:06.2 10/31/2006: Creating Title Font

20:38:06.2 10/31/2006: Restoring Title Font From Cache

20:38:06.3 10/31/2006: Fonts Created Succesfully

20:38:30.4 10/31/2006: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: MAME Path is: G:\GAMING\Mame32

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: ROM Path is: G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Loading Controls.ini map file

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Snap Path is: G:\GAMING\Mame32\snap

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: AVI Snap Path is: G:\Gaming\Mame32\avisnap

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Flyer Path is: G:\GAMING\Mame32\flyers

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Cabinet Path is: G:\GAMING\Mame32\cabinets

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Title Path is: G:\GAMING\Mame32\titles

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Panel Path is: G:\GAMING\Mame32\cpanel

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Icon Path is: G:\GAMING\Mame32\icons

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Marquee Path is: G:\GAMING\Mame32\marquees

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: MAME CMD options:

20:38:30.5 10/31/2006: Attempting to load game list

20:38:30.6 10/31/2006: Loading last used Game List

20:38:30.6 10/31/2006: Setting Music Volume

20:38:30.6 10/31/2006: Creating DirectSound Device

20:38:30.6 10/31/2006: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

20:38:30.6 10/31/2006: Loading Sound Files

20:38:30.6 10/31/2006: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

20:38:30.6 10/31/2006: Creating ICONS

20:38:30.6 10/31/2006: Recreating ICONS

20:38:30.9 10/31/2006: Gamepad/Joystick disabled

20:38:30.9 10/31/2006: Playing intro sound file

20:38:30.9 10/31/2006: Initializing MCE Remote

20:38:30.9 10/31/2006: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

20:38:31.0 10/31/2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

20:38:31.2 10/31/2006: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

20:38:48.0 10/31/2006: Running: cmd.exe /c G: G:\GAMING\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms -volume -32

20:38:56.4 10/31/2006: Exiting GameEx!

20:38:56.4 10/31/2006: Saving Settings

20:39:00.6 10/31/2006: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

**headkaze** · November 1, 2006

Is Mame running okay outside of GameEx? Try it by selecting Start->Run and enter the following:

cmd.exe /c G: G:\GAMING\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms -volume -32

Does the game run okay?

**japoolspa** · November 1, 2006

Mame32 has been working great - that is launching games from the Mame32 application. I've play around with what you are asking me to do. If I go:

Start > Run> cmd /c G: G:\GAMING\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms -volume -32

my screen goes blank and returns to windows

If I go

Start > Run > G:\GAMING\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms -volume -32

I'm playing battlezone as if I had launched it from the Mame32 app.

I'm assuming this is correct. Isn't the "cmd /c" command necessary only from within the GameEx internal command and not necessary from Start > Run...

**headkaze** · November 1, 2006

GameEx uses cmd (Command Line) to launch emulators but you can run cmd from Start. The problem with the command line arguments looks to me like the G: just after cmd /c. I don't know what it's doing there.

Try Start > Run>

cmd /c G:\GAMING\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms -volume -32

Does that work?

**Atari800** · November 1, 2006

Just a thought....

Have you updated/reinstalled your video drivers? - Give that a shot

**japoolspa** · November 1, 2006

yes to all current video drivers.

If I try Start > Run

cmd /c G:\GAMING\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms -volume -32

I come right back to desktop.

If I remove the /c switch, like this:

cmd G:\GAMING\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms -volume -32

I get the command prompt.

It seems that anything after the "cmd" command is ignored. I'm currently trying to find any settings on my system that are not allowing these commands. From the command prompt I did a "help cmd" and that had me poking around in the registry. From what I could understand, I think the values are correct. I get really grey in this area so some help would be great.

Help me on this. From Start > Run, try "cmd edit" . I get the command prompt. If I try Start > Run "edit" I get the blue "dos" text editor. On your computers, what do you get if you go Start > Run "cmd edit" ??? If you get the same as I do, maybe were looking in the wrong place for my gameex trouble?

**lingpanda** · November 1, 2006

japoolspa said:
yes to all current video drivers.
If I try Start > Run
cmd /c G:\GAMING\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms -volume -32
I come right back to desktop.
If I remove the /c switch, like this:
cmd G:\GAMING\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath G:\GAMING\Mame32\roms -volume -32
I get the command prompt.
It seems that anything after the "cmd" command is ignored. I'm currently trying to find any settings on my system that are not allowing these commands. From the command prompt I did a "help cmd" and that had me poking around in the registry. From what I could understand, I think the values are correct. I get really grey in this area so some help would be great.
Help me on this. From Start > Run, try "cmd edit" . I get the command prompt. If I try Start > Run "edit" I get the blue "dos" text editor. On your computers, what do you get if you go Start > Run "cmd edit" ??? If you get the same as I do, maybe were looking in the wrong place for my gameex trouble?

I get what you get..

**japoolspa** · November 1, 2006

lingpanda said:
I get what you get..

I think others will get the same. Running "cmd..." from Start > Run would be like running cmd cmd (twice) or that's the best way I can explain it. Maybe someone else can confirm and I can move on to the next most likely cause - whatever that may be..

**headkaze** · November 1, 2006

japoolspa said:
I think others will get the same. Running "cmd..." from Start > Run would be like running cmd cmd (twice) or that's the best way I can explain it. Maybe someone else can confirm and I can move on to the next most likely cause - whatever that may be..

That's not true, running from start does not run cmd, so it's not running twice.

Quote
I get what you get..

Well, if your Mame and Roms are not located in the same place as his then of course you will get nothing!

Okay, I've done some testing myself, running the following on my machine (with paths changed) does not work...

Start->Run

cmd /c C: C:\Emulators\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath C:\Roms\Mame -volume -32

But this DOES work...

Start->Run

cmd /c C:\Emulators\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath C:\Roms\Mame -volume -32

After launching bzone from GameEx I get the following from the log file...

05:52:59.8  2/11/2006:  Running: cmd.exe /c C: C:\Emulators\Mame32\Mame32.exe bzone -rompath C:\Roms\Mame -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

The game launched fine from GameEx with that line above, so now I'm pretty sure there is something other than GameEx causing your problem.

**lingpanda** · November 2, 2006

I wasn't actually trying to launch a game. I was just typing "cmd edit" to see if I got the same results as him. I have experienced the same launching rom back to gameex bug/user error. I can't remember how I fixed this in the past. I do know it was something on my part I was doing wrong. I think I was trying to launch a rom that either didn't work or was missing files.

**Tom Speirs** · November 2, 2006

japoolspa said:
Are there any known drivers/hardware/processes/antiviruses that will conflict with GameEx and not allow it to run properly? I've been looking for help in another topic to try to get GameEx to work on my computer. On occasion, I can get a mame game to run, but most of the time GameEx just returns to the mame menu screen. Since it has worked a couple of times, I'm narrowing it down to a driver or process on my machine that is preventing it to work most of the time. Yes I've searched this forum and tried every adjustment I could find, but none have worked for me. Thanks for any suggestions.

There's nothing I am aware of. I think the majority of folks have no issues. I have no ideas why its not working for you, and its nothing to do with the command line, it's generally very stable software as most folks here will tell you, more stable than a lot of software. All I can suggest, is if your that keen to run GameEx you try reinstalling windows and starting from scratch with the latests versions and drivers.

TSpeirs said:
There's nothing I am aware of. I think the majority of folks have no issues. I have no ideas why its not working for you, and its nothing to do with the command line, it's generally very stable software as most folks here will tell you, more stable than a lot of software. All I can suggest, is if your that keen to run GameEx you try reinstalling windows and starting from scratch with the latests versions and drivers.

By the way, that command in the log is kind of pseudo, to test the Game on its own look at the run last game link in the program group. GameEx creates a batch file .bat everytime it runs something and runs the .bat file (I dont think your realised that HK).

**japoolspa** · November 3, 2006

While I've been suspecting a problem on my system all along, I now know for sure.

**japoolspa** · November 3, 2006

If I open a cmd window, I can't use mame commands to launch a rom. If I open a command.com window, mame works fine. I think my problem is with my cmd.exefile

**headkaze** · November 3, 2006

TSpeirs said:
GameEx creates a batch file .bat everytime it runs something and runs the .bat file (I dont think your realised that HK).

Actually I was aware of the batch file GameEx creates for launching an emulator. DATA\runitgame.bat. Totally forgot about it!

@ECHO OFF

C:
CD "C:\Emulators\Mame32"
Mame32.exe bzone -rompath "C:\Roms\Mame" -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

You should probably try running that to see if the game launches. The log file is obviously not the command it uses to launch. Oops

Are there known conficts with GameEx

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