Attract Mode broken...

[pgjensen]

16:52:06.7 7/29/2007: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

16:52:06.8 7/29/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

16:52:07.2 7/29/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

16:56:31.3 7/29/2007: Starting Attract Mode

16:56:31.4 7/29/2007: Running: cmd.exe /c E: E:\MAME\mamep.exe bzone -rompath E:\MAME\roms -volume -32

GameEx just goes blank and it has to be forced quit. if you need more info please let me know.

there is an E: there that shouldn't be... was working fine until the auto updates to 8.63 then 8.64.

also, it should cd to the mame dir if possible to allow Standard.cfg to load correctly with MAME Plus! (was working in 8.62).

[Tom Speirs]

I dont think so. Its running fine here.

GameE does not actually run that command, its just for logging purposes. Its not changed either.

It runs \data\runitgame.bat

See if that above file runs.

[pgjensen]

  TSpeirs said:

I dont think so. Its running fine here.

GameE does not actually run that command, its just for logging purposes. Its not changed either.

It runs \data\runitgame.bat

See if that above file runs.

that file runs fine. it ran the last played game

any idea why 8.62 -> 8.64 would cause attract mode to go to a blank screen? (can't quit w/o force)

[Tom Speirs]

  pgjensen said:

that file runs fine. it ran the last played game

any idea why 8.62 -> 8.64 would cause attract mode to go to a blank screen? (can't quit w/o force)

I did add exception checking to it. I also made it create a default cfg file to bypass the disclaimer.

Do you have the bypass disclaimer turned off normally? I expect its that thats screwing up MAME Plus for some reason.

[pgjensen]

i disabled mame for screensaver and made it only play videos... that's when it freezes. nothing has changed on my end except the auto-updates.

i re-did the wizard and made it do mame only w/o videos and the screensaver runs fine.

videos run fine for mame previews when browsing games and that's the same folder used for attract mode videos.

[Tom Speirs]

  pgjensen said:

i disabled mame for screensaver and made it only play videos... that's when it freezes. nothing has changed on my end except the auto-updates.

i re-did the wizard and made it do mame only w/o videos and the screensaver runs fine.

videos run fine for mame previews when browsing games and that's the same folder used for attract mode videos.

Plays videos fine for me.

Can you post the log with it freezing. Are you saying it always played videos ok prior to the update, or you ust tried it? I have not changed anything with videos in screensaver last two version.

[Tom Speirs]

  TSpeirs said:

Plays videos fine for me.

Can you post the log with it freezing. Are you saying it always played videos ok prior to the update, or you ust tried it? I have not changed anything with videos in screensaver last two version.

You didnt perhaps by accident turn on the feature to turn off the monitor in screensaver?

[pgjensen]

  TSpeirs said:

You didnt perhaps by accident turn on the feature to turn off the monitor in screensaver?

I disabled my xvid codec and re-installed ffdshow and that seems to have worked... very odd.

[Tom Speirs]

  pgjensen said:

I disabled my xvid codec and re-installed ffdshow and that seems to have worked... very odd.

Hi, I think I have fixed the videos in screensaver in the latest version. Can you try for me please?

[pgjensen]

my system has xvid 1.2 installed with no ffdshow.

videos play fine when browsing games for mame.

they still do not play in the screensaver.

the screensaver just locks up gameex and i have to force quit.

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09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: GameEx: Version 8.68: Starting Log

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.20GHz, 767MB

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: 3.19Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: Running Randomize()

09:10:45.4 8/1/2007: Loading PlugIns

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Running Misc startup tasks

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Setting Menu types

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Opening Configuration File

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Getting Configuration Values

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Using Theme: Default - Future Retro

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Future Retro

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Launching HideOS.exe

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Hiding Taskbar

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Using Cabinet Friendly Control System

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Is Media Center running?

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Media Center Mode 2

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Custom Game Device Input enabled: Getting custom codes

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Snap Delay set to: 4

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Get other settings

09:10:45.5 8/1/2007: Mouse Input is disabled

09:10:45.6 8/1/2007: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

09:10:45.6 8/1/2007: Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings

09:10:45.6 8/1/2007: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

09:10:45.6 8/1/2007: Using DirectInput for keyboard input

09:10:45.6 8/1/2007: Start work for Form

09:10:45.6 8/1/2007: Getting Original Screen Size

09:10:45.6 8/1/2007: Opening Database Connection

09:10:45.7 8/1/2007: Initializing Component

09:10:45.8 8/1/2007: Retrieving resolution setting

09:10:45.8 8/1/2007: Creating Radio Station Genres

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: Succesfully created station genres

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: MAME Path is: E:\MAME

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: Model 2 Path Path is: e:\Emulators\Model2

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: Model 2 EXE file is: emulator.exe

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: Use Model 2 on. m2launcher.exe will launch Sega Model 2 games

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: ZiNc Path is: e:\Emulators\ZiNc

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: ZiNc EXE file is: zinc.exe

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: Use ZiNc on. zinc.exe will launch PSX games

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: MAME EXE file is: mamep.exe

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: ROM Path is: E:\MAME\roms

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: Catver.ini is located at: E:\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: controls.ini is located at: E:\GameEx\data\controls.ini

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: History.dat is located at: E:\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: nplayers.ini is located at: E:\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

09:10:45.9 8/1/2007: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: E:\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Loading Controls.ini map file

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Snap Path is: E:\MAME\snap

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: AVI Snap Path is: E:\MAME\previews

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Flyer Path is: E:\MAME\flyers

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Cabinet Path is: E:\MAME\cabinets

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Title Path is: E:\MAME\titles

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Panel Path is: E:\MAME\cpanel

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Manual Path is: E:\MAME\manuals\arcade

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Icon Path is: E:\MAME\icons

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Marquee Path is: E:\MAME\marquees

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Loading Custom Emulators

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 1: Nintendo NES (VirtuaNES)

09:10:46.0 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES (ZSNES)

09:10:46.1 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 3: Nintendo N64 (Project 64)

09:10:46.1 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 6: Nintendo GameBoy Color (VBA)

09:10:46.2 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 7: Nintendo GameBoy (VBA)

09:10:46.2 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 8: Sega Genesis (Fusion)

09:10:46.2 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 9: Sega Master System (Fusion)

09:10:46.3 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 10: Sega 32x (Fusion)

09:10:46.3 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 15: SNK Neo Geo Pocket (NeoPop)

09:10:46.4 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 16: Atari 2600 (Stella)

09:10:46.4 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 17: Atari 5200 (MESS)

09:10:46.5 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 18: Atari 7800 (MESS)

09:10:46.5 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 19: Atari Jaguar (Project Tempest)

09:10:46.6 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 21: Atari Lynx (Handy)

09:10:46.6 8/1/2007: Loading Emulator 22: NEC TurboGrafx 16 (MagicEngine)

09:10:46.7 8/1/2007: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow

09:10:46.7 8/1/2007: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

09:10:46.7 8/1/2007: Using Title Font: Alien League

09:10:46.8 8/1/2007: MAME CMD options:

09:10:46.8 8/1/2007: Attempting to load game list

09:10:47.1 8/1/2007: Initialising DirectDraw

09:10:47.2 8/1/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device

09:10:47.2 8/1/2007: Using Device: RADEON 9250

09:10:47.2 8/1/2007: 251mb video memory available

09:10:47.2 8/1/2007: Setting Resolution to 1024x768 32 bit color

09:10:47.2 8/1/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

09:10:47.2 8/1/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

09:10:47.3 8/1/2007: Creating Back Buffer

09:10:47.3 8/1/2007: Version 2 Theme being used. Loading.

09:10:47.3 8/1/2007: Loading Button Data

09:10:47.3 8/1/2007: Loading Font Data

09:10:47.3 8/1/2007: Loading Layout Data

09:10:47.3 8/1/2007: Loading Taskbar Data

09:10:47.3 8/1/2007: Loading graphic Surfaces

09:10:47.3 8/1/2007: Display is running at: 1024x768 32bit color, 60hz

09:10:47.4 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

09:10:47.4 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces Volume

09:10:47.4 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces Arrows

09:10:47.4 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

09:10:47.4 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

09:10:47.5 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

09:10:47.9 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

09:10:47.9 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

09:10:47.9 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

09:10:48.0 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces Snaps

09:10:48.0 8/1/2007: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

09:10:48.0 8/1/2007: Creating Fonts

09:10:48.0 8/1/2007: Creating Menu Font

09:10:48.1 8/1/2007: Restoring Menu Font From Cache

09:10:48.1 8/1/2007: Creating Game Font

09:10:48.2 8/1/2007: Creating Font Black

09:10:48.3 8/1/2007: Creating Font Black Small

09:10:48.4 8/1/2007: Creating Game Font Faded

09:10:48.5 8/1/2007: Creating Title Font

09:10:48.5 8/1/2007: Restoring Title Font From Cache

09:10:48.7 8/1/2007: Fonts Created Succesfully

09:10:48.7 8/1/2007: 193mb video memory left available

09:10:48.7 8/1/2007: Creating instance of global keyboard hook

09:10:48.7 8/1/2007: Starting GameExtender Publisher

09:10:48.7 8/1/2007: Text/Language: English

09:10:48.7 8/1/2007: Applying Language/Text

09:10:48.7 8/1/2007: Initialising Bass Audio Library

09:10:48.9 8/1/2007: Loading last used Game List

09:10:48.9 8/1/2007: Loading Start Page

09:10:48.9 8/1/2007: Setting Music Volume

09:10:48.9 8/1/2007: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename

09:10:48.9 8/1/2007: Creating DirectSound Device

09:10:48.9 8/1/2007: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

09:10:48.9 8/1/2007: Loading Sound Files

09:10:49.0 8/1/2007: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

09:10:49.0 8/1/2007: Creating ICONS

09:10:49.0 8/1/2007: Restoring Cached ICONS from File

09:10:49.3 8/1/2007: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

09:10:49.3 8/1/2007: Unable to create a joystick device

09:10:49.3 8/1/2007: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support

09:10:49.4 8/1/2007: Playing intro sound file

09:10:49.4 8/1/2007: Initializing MCE Remote

09:10:49.4 8/1/2007: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

09:10:49.4 8/1/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

09:10:49.9 8/1/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

09:10:56.1 8/1/2007: Starting Attract Mode

then it freezes