Help with NeoGeo

[Pandemonium]

Hi,

I seem to have a problem getting any neogeo roms to work with gameEx ?

Roms and Bios are in the right place and all of them run fine with Mame32FX, Its just when I try to run them from GameEx ?

This would not be a problem if it was just from my pc (As I would just run mame and pick them from there ) but I am running a cab and i have to get my keyboard out .

Setup.

Winxp Pro ,P4 3.2 1gig ram.

Arcade Card 33, 15 Hz

J-Pac

GameEx goes to run the game but screen resizes ,waits a couple of secs goes black and then returns to menu.

Any help would be great

A part from this little niggle GameEx is the most polished front end out there A++++

Many Thanks

[Tom Speirs]

Hi,

I seem to have a problem getting any neogeo roms to work with gameEx ?

Roms and Bios are in the right place and all of them run fine with Mame32FX, Its just when I try to run them from GameEx ?

This would not be a problem if it was just from my pc (As I would just run mame and pick them from there ) but I am running a cab and i have to get my keyboard out .

Setup.

Winxp Pro ,P4 3.2 1gig ram.

Arcade Card 33, 15 Hz

J-Pac

GameEx goes to run the game but screen resizes ,waits a couple of secs goes black and then returns to menu.

Any help would be great

A part from this little niggle GameEx is the most polished front end out there A++++

Many Thanks

Select Run Last game from the GameEx start Menu group and tell me what happens.

[Pandemonium]

Select Run Last game from the GameEx start Menu group and tell me what happens.

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Ta For quick reply,

I pick a game, GameEx goes to load it , Screen goes black ,Screen refresh's hangs for 2 secs , goes back to GameEx menu.

I pick Run Last game, Does the same as above,

I dont understand as all the NeoGeo games run fine from Mame32, Apart from the screen flashing a bit.

[Tom Speirs]

Ta For quick reply,

I pick a game, GameEx goes to load it , Screen goes black ,Screen refresh's  hangs for 2 secs , goes back to GameEx menu.

I pick Run Last game, Does the same as above,

I dont understand as all the NeoGeo games run fine from Mame32, Apart from the screen flashing a bit.

goto C:\Program Files\GameEx\data in Explorer

Edit Runitgame.bat in notepad

Add a new line to the end with: Pause

Save it.

Run last game again. See what it says. It should explain why its not running.

[Pandemonium]

Tried that , Sorry but that did not help ?

Edited that file run gameEx again run last game, same old same old I am sorry to say ,

Checked the log and that dont say nothing about the error ?

Its ok I am sure I can live with out them you have a lot better things to do

Thanks for your help though . !!!

Oh BTW , Ta also for the help with getting GameEx to shell right in to it from boot up that was a major help

[Tom Speirs]

Tried that , Sorry but that did not help ?

Edited that file run gameEx again run last game, same old same old I am sorry to say ,

Checked the log and that dont say nothing about the error ?

Its ok I am sure I can live with out them you have a lot better things to do

Thanks for your help though . !!!

Oh BTW , Ta also for the help with getting GameEx to shell right in to it from boot up that was a major help

Its not supposed to work. If its launching a command line version of MAME. With the pause you should see the output from MAME, which shouild tell you what it does not like. OH, you might need to remove the Echo OFF if its there.

[Pandemonium]

C:\Program Files\GameEx\Data>C:

C:\Program Files\GameEx\Data>CD "C:Program Files\Mame"

C:\Program Files\Mame>mame32fxpp.exe 2020bb-rompatch "C:\Program Files\Mame\roms" -Skip_disclamer- Skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer - nowindow -joy - resolution 304x240 -nostrech

C:\Program Files\Mame >Pause

To me that just look like a normal cfg for any game and theres no errors there

[Tom Speirs]

C:\Program Files\GameEx\Data>C:

C:\Program Files\GameEx\Data>CD "C:Program Files\Mame"

C:\Program Files\Mame>mame32fxpp.exe 2020bb-rompatch "C:\Program Files\Mame\roms" -Skip_disclamer- Skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer - nowindow -joy - resolution 304x240 -nostrech

C:\Program Files\Mame >Pause

To me that just look like a normal cfg for any game and theres no errors there

What I am saying if you run with mame.exe instead of mame32fxpp.exe when this batch files runs, it will show you (on the screen) the error mame produces. mame32fxpp.exe wont tell you as its a windows app.

Its probably an issue with mame32fx. Try removing the resolution above, and then also the -nostrech which should actually be nostretch with an extra t. Did GameEx do that?

[Pandemonium]

What I am saying if you run with mame.exe instead of mame32fxpp.exe when this batch files runs, it will show you (on the screen) the error mame produces. mame32fxpp.exe wont tell you as its a windows app.

Its probably an issue with mame32fx. Try removing the resolution above, and then also the -nostrech which should actually be nostretch with an extra t. Did GameEx do that?

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Yeah you were right, It was an issue was Mame32 FX. I updated it today and all is fine now

Nostretch was an error on my part, I have GameEx in a cab so I had to crane my head to copy what it said on my to here. Also It was quite late here 2.00 clock i think.

Many Thanks for your help