Serverly degraded startup performance and game launching

[OmniV5]

Anyone else noticed a change in the way GameEX Arcade Edition starts up recently and how slow it takes to launch games ? It takes close to 5 minutes to launch a game and first time startup my cabinet..has the recent updates on Windows 10 caused serious performance issues ? I started noticing this about a month ago It just sits at a black screen for more than 5 minutes , no sound , no demo videos or anything

[Draco1962]

I moved your thread to the correct subforum.

In addition to posting within the correct subforum, attaching copies of your gameex.ini and log.txt files goes a long way in allowing us to begin to review the reported issue.

This is a first report of such performance. 

Please be sure to attach the requested files right after the error occurs.

[OmniV5]

 

GameEx.ini ShowLog.exe mameemumap.ini gameex.default.ini

 

log.txt

[OmniV5]

I recently added a lightgun that has been the only changes I really made

[Draco1962]

Are you running LAV codecs?

Assuming you did not notice the latency issue prior to installing the lightgun, have you tried disconnecting your lightgun to rule out that change as a possible cause?

An observation of something that could cause adverse functionality and latency:

MAME and assets installed in C:\Users\vzboo\Documents\ - typically best to avoid installations under areas that Windows considers as "protected" or requiring higher elevation. Think about installing MAME and assets paths under the root of c:\.

Additionally, I am not seeing the latency you are reporting in your log.txt file:

20:51:21.07  5/20/2024:  Opening Configuration File

20:52:11.78  5/20/2024:  Bye

Difference of roughly 51 seconds - pretty decent times.  Please attach an updated log.txt file (NO copy and paste please!) from right after starting and lagging as you originally reported. Thanks!

 

[OmniV5]

Well I have both the lightgun and the sensor, I could unplug both, but my button mappings and device I'd 's would all be messed up. Maybe in the near future an update will provide better support for Aimtrak lightguns and sensors. Are there any button mapping or device ID tools for windows 10 I can use to save my mapping configurations ?

[Draco1962]

I am not aware of any software for saving button mappings. You may need to see if there is a config file saved somewhere that you can backup.

Not aware of any issues with Aimtrak lightguns and sensors with GameEx. Typically issues with peripherals lie with the systems emulated.