GameEx insists on opening mame in 2nd monitor

[midget35]

In a nut shell (bear in mind i have a 2 monitor setup!):

if i run mame32 directly and start a game: it opens fullscreen on the same monitor, exactly as I'd hope.

But if I run a mame game from gameex; it starts in my 2nd monitor, even though I'm not asking it to pass any other variables, or asking it to open on that monitor in any other way.

Both apps are run from the same monitor - I can't understand what's going on.

Does GameEx take a snapshot of the config and cache it somewhere? I figure maybe it's loading an old ini file which i need to delete...

or maybe something else is going on which is forcing mame off and to another screen (a res or refresh issue maybe)?

I appreciate there are many possibilities, but I welcome any feedback.

Thanks in advance

[Brian Hoffman]

In a nut shell (bear in mind i have a 2 monitor setup!):

if i run mame32 directly and start a game: it opens fullscreen on the same monitor, exactly as I'd hope.

But if I run a mame game from gameex; it starts in my 2nd monitor, even though I'm not asking it to pass any other variables, or asking it to open on that monitor in any other way.

Both apps are run from the same monitor - I can't understand what's going on.

Does GameEx take a snapshot of the config and cache it somewhere? I figure maybe it's loading an old ini file which i need to delete...

or maybe something else is going on which is forcing mame off and to another screen (a res or refresh issue maybe)?

I appreciate there are many possibilities, but I welcome any feedback.

Thanks in advance

Which monitor is your primary monitor?

Is this a fresh install of gameex?

[midget35]

Which monitor is your primary monitor?

Is this a fresh install of gameex?

No this is not a fresh install of GameEx - (I am hesitant to do so in case of losing some of my configs, but if you think it'll help, I will!). I am also a registered user - and concerned i might somehow detriment with a fresh install.

the primary monitor is the same monitor with the gameex and mame32 execs on, and capable of far higher res & refresh rates than almost all mame games require (does this answer your question? Sorry if not!!).

Thanks for your help Brian

[Brian Hoffman]

No this is not a fresh install of GameEx - (I am hesitant to do so in case of losing some of my configs, but if you think it'll help, I will!). I am also a registered user - and concerned i might somehow overwrite detriment with a fresh install.

the primary monitor is the same monitor with the gameex and mame32 execs on, and capable of far higher res & refresh rates than almost all mame games require (does this answer your question? Sorry if not!!).

Thanks for your help Brian

Yes it does. The licence is kept in the registry so uninstalling and reinstalling wont matter. You can also copy the gameex folder (usually located in programfiles) to a safe location and if the fresh install does not work you can just copy it back over and be okay.

At this time I think its a config issue.. Give me a little more time to investigate... Before you do anyhing rash.

*** Ok goto gameex advance config---Display settings----Run on secondary monitor--- Say no

[midget35]

Yes it does. The licence is kept in the registry so uninstalling and reinstalling wont matter. You can also copy the gameex folder (usually located in programfiles) to a safe location and if the fresh install does not work you can just copy it back over and be okay.

At this time I think its a config issue.. Give me a little more time to investigate... Before you do anyhing rash.

Will do Brian - I won't do anything for the next eight hours, rest assured!

Again - I greatly appreciate your help!

[Brian Hoffman]

Will do Brian - I won't do anything for the next eight hours, rest assured!

Again - I greatly appreciate your help!

Your very welcome

Also check the runlastgame.bat located in the gameex start menu tree. See what happens

[midget35]

this might be negligence on my part: but i don't believe i have that menu option in my gameex config screen... maybe i'm running an old version of it (though gameex itself is definately uptodate).

Is this possible or am i losing the plot!!!?

Certainly: in the standard windows32 gameex config window the secondary monitor is OFF.

[Brian Hoffman]

this might be negligence on my part: but i don't believe i have that menu option in my gameex config screen... maybe i'm running an old version of it (though gameex itself is definately uptodate).

Is this possible or am i losing the plot!!!?

Certainly: in the standard windows32 gameex config window the secondary monitor is OFF.

Goto "C:\Program Files\GameEx\Gameexconfig.exe"

Click on Display settings.

Goto Next Page... The option is there.

Iam not sure what you mean by this "Certainly: in the standard windows32 gameex config window the secondary monitor is OFF."

Does this refer to MAME32? Have you checked the runlastgame.bat?

[bkenobi]

MAME has a command line argument to tell it where to display. I don't use it, but it was talked about a while back. Best bet is to check the MAME documentation and search for "screen" or "display" or "monitor".

EDIT: From MAMEWorld

-screen.......Lets you choose which screen for Mame to use if you have multiple monitors. Use \\.\DISPLAY1 or \\.\DISPLAY2 to select.

[midget35]

MAME has a command line argument to tell it where to display. I don't use it, but it was talked about a while back. Best bet is to check the MAME documentation and search for "screen" or "display" or "monitor".

EDIT: From MAMEWorld

Thanks again for the help guys- a newly installed ati gfx card seems to have seen the problem off!

Cheers

[Brian Hoffman]

Thanks again for the help guys- a newly installed ati gfx card seems to have seen the problem off!

Cheers

Hmmm......Well glad you got it going.