After ungrading GameEx, all MAME Games exit immediately

[Accolyte]

Hi all,

I wonder if someone can help me out with this problem:

After one of the recent automatic updates (I believe it was the July 16th update), every time

I start a MAME game, it loads (I can see the percentage loaded display go up to 100%)

After a few moments of blank screen, I am taken back to the GameEx menu.

I have upgraded to the very latest GameEx.. but the problem still exists.

Some information that might be useful:

- My version of GameEx is registered, this isn't the trial version

- Running with a real arcade cab+monitor, via a PC with an ArcadeVGA card, at 640x288

- The PC is running Windows XP (latest service pack)

- M.A.M.E. v0.115 (May 5 2007)

- The problem did not start just after a MAME update (ie: everything was fine with my current MAME version for quite some time)

- I did not change my GameEx config at all (nothing but the automatic GameEx update occurred)

- Other emulators work fine.. only MAME games have this problem

- If I run MAME games from a dos prompt (using the same command line options)

it works fine. There only seems to be trouble when I launch from GameEx

- It is not just 'vertical' style games that have this problem

- Yep, I've read the FAQ. :-)

I've also attached the following (although I'm not sure they contain anything particularly useful)

- My GameEx.ini

- The results of running MAME with the 'showconfig' switch

- MAME's error.log written whilst invoking the problem exactly once via GameEx

(it mentions a 'soft reset', and also a resolution (800x600) that isn't what I expect (which is 640x288)

Any ideas as to what might be going on?

I'd much appreciate any help..

Troy.

GameExIni.txt

MameErrorLog.txt

MameShowConfig.txt

[Lord Zog]

This has started with myself as well. After the latest GameEx update, I can no longer play MAME. It loads to "DECODING 100%" then boots me back to GameEx..

[Tom Speirs]

Could you try running "Run Last Game" from the gameex windows program group.

See if that works. That is the command GameEx uses.

if it does not run, and you edit that bat file. Add "Pause" to the end of the file and save and run it. it should show the MAME error.

Also if you have no problems with the above, try turning off the Bypass Disclaimer option.

Please report back.

[Accolyte]

Could you try running "Run Last Game" from the gameex windows program group.

See if that works. That is the command GameEx uses.

if it does not run, and you edit that bat file. Add "Pause" to the end of the file and save and run it. it should show the MAME error.

Also if you have no problems with the above, try turning off the Bypass Disclaimer option.

Please report back.

Hi! Well, turning off the 'Bypass Disclaimer' option did the trick!

Thanks so much for the prompt help :-)

Troy.