Specific Rom not working in GameEx, Works in MAME.

[waywardson747]

I am trying to trouble shoot an issue I am having. I have had my GameEx and Mame working for some time but I recently updated a significant number of ROMS. Most everything seems to work fine but I am having trouble with 1 ROM. When I launch it from Gameex, it gets stuck on a black screen and doen't ever load. The Rom runs completely fine with no errors or issues if i run it directly from MAME. It works both in the MAME GUI and the via the command prompt.

The even more confusing thing from a troublshooting perspective is, I deleted the new ROM, and put back in the old Rom that used to work. It still did not work exhibiting the same faults. 

 

I have tried to change many different configuration settings in the GameEx set up as well as the MAME configuration but still no dice. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure there is something simple I am missing but I am about out of ideas. 

 

Including GameEX logs, GameEX.ini, and Mame.INI

 

Any help would be very appreciated. I am

 

log.txt GameEx.ini mame.ini

[Draco1962]

Thanks for attaching the support files!

A few questions:

1. What version of MAME are you running?

2. Are your ROMS the same version as the version of MAME that you are running? 

3. Did you Update List after updating your MAME and ROMS?

4. What game and ROM names?

 

[waywardson747]

1. Mame 0.227 (Most Recent MAME)

2. The newest Roms I installed are for Mame 0.227.  Updating to newest Mame release is why I updated all of my ROMs to match. The old ROM in question did work on the newest MAME and GameEX despite being the "Wrong" version.

3. I did update the list in game ex ( A significant number of new ROMs were detected because they now are all the right versions)

4. The ROM in question is Ms. Pacman. ROM name mspacman. It does show up in both "Search" and it is still in my favorites, it just won't load when started in GameEX.

 

 

[Draco1962]

Is the log.txt file from right after launching mspacman? I am not seeing a reference in the log at all.

If not, please launch it again and attach a new file in reply. Thanks.

[waywardson747]

Yes this is the log file directly following the GameEx failing to launch mspacman. I noticed that there was no mention of it in the log and thought this strange. 

I tried it several times and the logs ended up the same. I end up having to press esc to get out of the black screen when it fails to launch and that is the "Exiting Game Ex" command in the log.

 

[waywardson747]

Any other thoughts on this? Is there any reason why the log would not show a reference to the game? Is there somewhere else i can see what action gameex is attempting to take? 

[Draco1962]

I will attempt to launch the ROM from my side. I have MAME 0.222 installed so not the same. It won't be before this evening, however, as I am working. Real life problems, eh?

[Draco1962]

I tested on my system and can launch Ms Pac Man via GameEx Arcade Edition v16.78 (latest released today) with MAMEUI 64 v0.222.

I am not sure what is going on in your setup as your settings look OK to me.