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jhollon

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jhollon Advanced Member

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got the latest version of GameEx and installed on a MCE2k5 box in the house so I and son can play games from my era instead of the new stuff. I have used older versions of GameEx in the past without any problems. Got a new MCE2k5 box and wanted to get it running as well.

and on to the point......

I can't get this to work at all. I even installed newest updates of

1. Mame32

2. Advance Mame

3. ZNes

4. Project 64

5. WGens

I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times trying to get this to work and have had no luck.

The is the specs of my latest try. New install of GameEx. Have run the 'Easy Config' program in GameEx and set the directories for Mame32. When I start GameEx, it shows the update list command, but when I run it, it never finds any ROMS. I have triple checked everything is correct and I am now at a loss as to how to get the ROMS to pop up. I will worry about the other emulators later, they are all doing the same thing. I am sure the directories are correct, so i have no clue what I am missing.

Please, anyone out there that can help me I would appreciate it very much.

Thanks,

Jeff

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

Tom Speirs

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got the latest version of GameEx and installed on a MCE2k5 box in the house so I and son can play games from my era instead of the new stuff.  I have used older versions of GameEx in the past without any problems.  Got a new MCE2k5 box and wanted to get it running as well. 

and on to the point......

  I can't get this to work at all.  I even installed newest updates of

  1.  Mame32

  2.  Advance Mame

  3.  ZNes

  4.  Project 64

  5.  WGens

I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times trying to get this to work and have had no luck.

The is the specs of my latest try.  New install of GameEx.  Have run the 'Easy Config' program in GameEx and set the directories for Mame32.  When I start GameEx, it shows the update list command, but when I run it, it never finds any ROMS.  I have triple checked everything is correct and I am now at a loss as to how to get the ROMS to pop up.  I will worry about the other emulators later, they are all doing the same thing.  I am sure the directories are correct, so i have no clue what I am missing.

Please, anyone out there that can help me I would appreciate it very much.

Thanks,

Jeff

Post the log file, and Ill help.

jhollon Advanced Member

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09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: GameEx: Version 4.07: Starting Log

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Running Randomize()

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Running Misc startup tasks

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Hiding Cursor

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Setting Menu types

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Opening Configuration File

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Getting Configuration Values

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Using Theme: Default - Default

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default

09:50:29.7 6/28/2005: Applying Language/Text

09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Snap Delay set to: 2

09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Is Media Center running?

09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Media Center Mode 2

09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Get other settings

09:50:30.0 6/28/2005: Launching HideOS.exe

09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Hiding Taskbar

09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Start work for Form

09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Getting Original Screen Size

09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Loading ICON

09:50:30.7 6/28/2005: Initializing Component

09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Initialising DirectDraw

09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device

09:50:30.8 6/28/2005: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color

09:50:31.2 6/28/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

09:50:31.2 6/28/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

09:50:31.3 6/28/2005: Creating Back Buffer

09:50:31.3 6/28/2005: Loading graphic surfaces

09:50:32.5 6/28/2005: Creating Fonts

09:50:32.5 6/28/2005: Creating Menu Font

09:50:32.6 6/28/2005: Creating Game Font

09:50:32.7 6/28/2005: Creating Menu Font Standard Size

09:50:33.2 6/28/2005: Creating Font Black

09:50:33.3 6/28/2005: Creating Font Black Small

09:50:33.4 6/28/2005: Creating Game Font Faded

09:50:33.5 6/28/2005: Creating Title Font

09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: MAME Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32

09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: MAME EXE file is: mame32.exe

09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: ROM Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\roms

09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

09:50:33.7 6/28/2005: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

09:50:33.8 6/28/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file

09:50:33.8 6/28/2005: Loading Custom Emulators

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Snap Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\snap

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: AVI Snap Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\snap

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Flyer Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\flyers

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Cabinet Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\cabinets

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Title Path: Not Found

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Panel Path: Not Found

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Icon Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\icons

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Marquee Path is: D:\Emulation\Mame32\marquees

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: MAME CMD options: -skip_disclaimer -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

09:50:33.9 6/28/2005: Attempting to load game list

09:50:34.0 6/28/2005: Running: mame32.exe -help

09:50:34.0 6/28/2005: Running: D: D:\Emulation\Mame32\mame32.exe -help > D:\Emulation\Mame32\help.txt

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: Now Outputing mame32.exe - Help

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: --BEGIN--

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: M.A.M.E. v0.62 (Nov 13 2002) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: Copyright © 1997-2002 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken.

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: Usage: MAME gamename [options]

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -list for a brief list of supported games

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -listfull for a full list of supported games

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: See readme.txt for a complete list of options.

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.3 6/28/2005: --END--

09:50:34.4 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.4 6/28/2005:

09:50:34.4 6/28/2005: Loading last used Game List

09:50:34.4 6/28/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library

09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: Creating DirectSound Device

09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: Loading Sound Files

09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

09:50:35.7 6/28/2005: Creating ICONS

09:50:36.2 6/28/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

09:50:36.2 6/28/2005: Playing Startup Video

09:50:36.3 6/28/2005: Playing intro sound file

09:50:36.3 6/28/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

09:50:36.3 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

09:50:36.3 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Getting Tick count

09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Checking for song change

09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Front buffer exists?

09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Surfaces need restore?

09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Checking Joystick for input

09:50:36.4 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Drawing Background

09:50:36.6 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Flipping Surfaces

09:50:36.6 6/28/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

09:50:43.3 6/28/2005: Updating MAME Game List

09:50:43.3 6/28/2005: Running: D: D:\Emulation\Mame32\mame32.exe -listxml > D:\Emulation\Mame32\listinfo.dat

09:50:43.7 6/28/2005: Opening Listinfo.dat

09:50:45.3 6/28/2005: Reading ListInfo.dat

09:50:45.4 6/28/2005: Reading ListInfo.dat - DONE

09:50:45.4 6/28/2005: Processing ListInfo.dat

09:50:45.5 6/28/2005: Listinfo.dat Processing Complete

09:50:45.7 6/28/2005: Sorting MAME Game List

09:50:45.8 6/28/2005: Adding History.dat info to gamelist

09:50:48.7 6/28/2005: Adding Catver.ini info to gamelist

09:50:52.0 6/28/2005: Adding Nplayers.ini info to gamelist

09:50:55.3 6/28/2005: Writing MAME Game List To File

09:50:59.1 6/28/2005: Adding MAMEInfo.dat info to gamelist

09:51:08.0 6/28/2005: Updating Year List

09:51:08.1 6/28/2005: Updating Manufacturer List

09:51:08.3 6/28/2005: Updating Category List

09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Writing Year List To File

09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Writing Manufacturer List To File

09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Writing Category List To File

09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Recreating ICONS

09:51:08.4 6/28/2005: Loading Game List

09:51:14.5 6/28/2005: Exiting GameEx!

09:51:14.5 6/28/2005: Saving Settings

09:51:14.6 6/28/2005: Media Center was not open when starting GameEx, so not launching

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

Tom Speirs

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09:50:29.7  6/28/2005:  GameEx: Version 4.07: Starting Log

09:50:29.7  6/28/2005:  Operating System Platform: Win32NT

09:50:29.7  6/28/2005:  Operating System Name: Windows XP

09:50:29.7  6/28/2005:  Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

09:50:34.3  6/28/2005: 

09:50:34.3  6/28/2005:  Now Outputing mame32.exe - Help

09:50:34.3  6/28/2005: 

09:50:34.3  6/28/2005: 

09:50:34.3  6/28/2005:  --BEGIN--

09:50:34.3  6/28/2005:  M.A.M.E. v0.62 (Nov 13 2002) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

See above, the version of MAME you are using is over 2 and a half years old. I would try getting a newer version as my suggestion at this time.

Simply: Old versions of MAME cannot create the output files necessary for GameEx to update the list. Get a new version.

Tom

jhollon Advanced Member

jhollon

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alright, that fixed mame, but what do i need to do about the other emulators. I can't get any of their roms to pop up when i choose. 'emulated games' and then say 'N64' any ideas. I am pretty sure i have the most up to date versions of those emulators.

thanks for the help.

jeff

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alright, that fixed mame, but what do i need to do about the other emulators.  I can't get any of their roms to pop up when i choose.  'emulated games' and then say 'N64'  any ideas.  I am pretty sure i have the most up to date versions of those emulators.

thanks for the help.

jeff

sounds to me its a filter issue are your n64 roms zip packed or extracted ?

if packed look for this line ...

RomFilter=*.zip <--- should work

if the roms are extracted then change it to

RomFilter=*.v64;*.n64;*.rom;*.z64 i think thats all the differents types i hope i wrote it right tho hehe :)

and make sure you have the rom path direction pointed correct to your rom folder

hope it helps

jhollon Advanced Member

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should there be a listing for 'update list' inside of the other emulator categories or is the update list under mame a global that finds all?

the reason i ask is when i go into the listing for N64 or SNES, the only option it gives me is to create snaps.

thanks,

jeff

jhollon Advanced Member

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GOT IT!!!!

looks like all the emulators had the setting 'ROM in folders' checked to 'YES' and i changed it to 'NO' and all it well. Thanks for the help.

jeff

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