[RESOLVED] GameEx v19.80 Registration

[Gandalf467]

I've had my cabinet since 2004 and recently made the decision to invest in some upgrades across the board to bring it out of the dark ages.  This has included everything from the monitor to the controller boards to the PC running the system (I was running a very old Windows 98 setup...yes...that old 🙁).  As part of the upgrade process I also decided to take a look at the software I was running.  I'm not doing anything fancy, only MAME with old arcade roms, but I was using Mamewah as a front end.  Generally been very happy with it, but getting it running on Windows 11 was a little work (long story...if someone is interested message me and I'll write it up).  That said Mamewah is obviously not supported any longer, so I went looking for alternatives to see if I could find something that was still being supported and would allow me to get the same kind of behavior that I had from Mamewah.  That is how I stumbled on GameEx.  I've got it up and running, but still have a lot of questions.

For this particular post I want to focus on the registration stuff.  As I'm going through different configuration I keep coming across information in the setup wizard and other places that indicates there are features which are only available to registered users.  So I paid for a lifetime "membership", however, then I came across a post that indicated that everything was now totally free, so I'm confused.

Is GameEx free at this point?  If so are there still features that require registration, or are those actually just cleanup problems in the various text, guides, etc. that I'm coming across.

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem paying for something that seems to be pretty decent (albeit not well documented), and that I think I can get to work for my purposes, but I'm just trying to figure out if I have access to everything, or if there is something I'm missing that I need in order to get access to additional features.o

Any help/assistance appreciated.

[Draco1962]

Free. All free. Nothing behind a paywall. Donations welcome as they help towards defraying the costs of "keeping the lights on."

If you are seeing any references to registered version or the like, then you are likely using a very old version and not on the latest.

[Draco1962]

P.S. if you are seeing references to registered version, please provide screenshots or links. Thanks!

[Gandalf467]

Draco1962, thanks for the quick response.  I'm finding it in a number of different, and possibly strange locations as I poke around.  For example, in the advanced config editor it shows up in a couple of different locations.

And then in the setup Wizard I'm finding a bunch of references like this...

These are examples of what prompted my question.

I believe I'm using the latest version of GameEx...I downloaded it like 3 days ago from the download link on this site (unless that is not the correct place to get it from).

 

[Draco1962]

Thank you for providing some examples. That is the correct place to download the latest version.

@Tom Speirswill need to address these references.

I have not touched the definitions within these features in some time so was not aware. 

[Tom Speirs]

I've fixed the advanced config editor and just released a new version of GameEx. Thanks for pointing it out. I obviously missed that.

Ill fix up the text soon.

Thanks.

[Gandalf467]

Thanks Tom!  I'll download it and give it a try!

[Gandalf467]

New versions are working as expected.  Thanks!