Vertical Games won't start anymore?

[Arcadegek]

Hi Everyone,

I suddenly experience some problems to start Vertical games in GameEx on a Horizontal installed monitor.

Recently things where ok? Becuase I'm still tuning Up the setup maybe I did something wrong? Alltough I've been cracking my cells on what it could be....., and after hrs trying and checking the setup, I coudn't find any logical problems or sollutions so far. I even tried to reinstall both mame32 and GameEx. Didn't solve the problems either

First let me tell you what kind of configuration I use;

Hardware

P4 3.2Ghz

Ati Rage Pro 128

512mb Memory

S/W

Windows Xp SP2

DirectX 9+

Netframe 2.0

Mame32 0.110 (also tried other Mame32 versions)

Latest GameEx version (Also tried older versions)

I am currently thinking abouth a clean Install and start all over again but before I do, I rather prefer to solve the problems without re-installing everything Maybe I overlooked something? So any suggestions or experiences from my fellow readers would be more then apreciated .

Btw. I never occur real strange things in GameEx I coudn't solve so...? (only great words for Tom:).

Last test before placing my question on this forum;

I also tried (in the Adv. Config area) to use the rotate monitor option and...... this way it works out ok !!

Therefore I think it must be something to do with my resolution configuration In GameEx? In Mame32 everything works ok without the rotation set to thrue.

Thanks in advance!

[Arcadegek]

Update!!

I tried the rotation option 90 and -90 degrees once more and the result was strange? (at least in mine opinion;) The vertical games start up ok now (even on the horizontal monitor, like it did in the past;). Only the menu

of GameEx's menu is now Vertically 90 or -90 degrees orientated like it should be for Vertical installed monitors!

As soon as I change the option back in the ' default setup ' vertical games won't start again.

When I tried to start a game, it returns in the gameEx menu.

What do I do wrong?

Anybody?

[emphatic]

Update!!

I tried the rotation option 90 and -90 degrees once more and the result was strange? (at least in mine opinion;) The vertical games start up ok now (even on the horizontal monitor, like it did in the past;). Only the menu

of GameEx's menu is now Vertically 90 or -90 degrees orientated like it should be for Vertical installed monitors!

As soon as I change the option back in the ' default setup ' vertical games won't start again.

When I tried to start a game, it returns in the gameEx menu.

What do I do wrong?

Anybody?

Hi,

Go to your C:\Program Files\GameEx\CONFIG\ and open up gameex.ini in notepad -> Edit menu -> Find & Replace

Enter this into find: BezelVersion=1

Enter this into replace: BezelVersion=2

Click on Find next (notepad will now fix this)

Save & close

Start GameEx and start a vertical game

Working?

There's currently a bug that changes BezelVersion to 1 everytime you change any setting in GameEx, so if you run into this again, I'm afraid you'll have to do it again.

Emph

[Arcadegek]

Hi Emph,

Thanks for your reply!

Hmmm..., I tried to follow your great advise but the GameEx.ini file can't find,

BezelVersion=1??

Don

[emphatic]

Hi,

Okay, then I'm guessing that only registered users has this line in gameex.ini.

That's the one thing you haven't put in your setup info.

If you are registered, try going into the Advance Configuration app from the GameEx program group in the start menu -> Basic MAME settings ->Use Bezel for vertical games

Is this set to "Use bezel" or "don't use bezel"? Or if you're not registered, can you see this field at all?

Have you set up MAME32 to use Artwork/Bezels? Experiment with these settings and see what happends.

Does GameEx prompt you to update the gamelist? Have you done this since upgrading to 0.110?

Hope this helps you. It's late and I should get some shuteye. Don't give up and reinstall just yet.

Emph

[Arcadegek]

Problem Fixed Case Closed!

note! I disabled the bezel options in mame32 from the start!

but I forgot or somehow changed the Bezel option in GameEx which was still set as thrue.

This caused the problem in not executing the vertical games in a hor/orientated GameEx!

A litle confusion do why did it work out ok when I tried the rotation option for vertical games?

It showed up horizontal just like I wanted, without the bezel option set to false?

Anyway the problem is solved!! Therefore it's maybe not so interesting to know that answer

Damn.... I was that close I also read the faq several times but didn't noticed the answer on my specific question.

[Arcadegek]

Thanks again Emph,

Sorry for not adding this info in my config list but for your information, I am a registred user!

(Like ' I think' everybody should be!! Btw. otherwise I coudn't use/change the rotation option right;)

Anyway You're right with your last advise! We both came up with the same conclusion for solving the problem (when you replied I was writing the final conclusion)

Anyway I'm very greatfull for your kind and prompt reply's !!

Don

[emphatic]

Thanks again Emph,

Sorry for not adding this info in my config list but for your information, I am a registred user!

(Like ' I think' everybody should be!! Btw. otherwise I coudn't use/change the rotation option right;)

Anyway You're right with your last advise! We both came up with the same conclusion for solving the problem (when you replied I was writing the final conclusion)

Anyway I'm very greatfull for your kind and prompt reply's !!

Don

Hey, no problem. I'm just glad you missed out on a reinstall. The answer to why vertical games worked on a rotated screen is that the artwork is only applied to a horizontal screen with vertical games. In vertical mode, the game fills the whole screen=no need for artwork.

Emph