Help The New Guy

[Hadoken]

ok so this is the deal i bought an old cab from a arcade place where i live, i have all the components ie pc cpu 1.8 hd 80gb external 320gb 1gb ram 21 sun microsystems monitor external liteon dvdrw x arcade tank stick sony amp pioneer speakers all on xp sp 2 running gameex so everything works fine i got my roms through the post yesterday and started to put all the folders from the disk where they should be ie roms into roms folder etc so after the first disk was finished i thought id check to see if gameex found they were there and it did, however none of them work also i added another disk of roms and i cant find how to update the list again so it recognizes the second and third etc the roms are 1.19 should i delete mame32 from gamex and dump mame 1.19 there instead any help would be a bonus as i run out of ideas and dont want to start killing bits of my computer by deleting stuff i dont need to Thanks All

[Brian Hoffman]

ok so this is the deal i bought an old cab from a arcade place where i live, i have all the components ie pc cpu 1.8 hd 80gb external 320gb 1gb ram 21 sun microsystems monitor external liteon dvdrw x arcade tank stick sony amp pioneer speakers all on xp sp 2 running gameex so everything works fine i got my roms through the post yesterday and started to put all the folders from the disk where they should be ie roms into roms folder etc so after the first disk was finished i thought id check to see if gameex found they were there and it did, however none of them work also i added another disk of roms and i cant find how to update the list again so it recognizes the second and third etc the roms are 1.19 should i delete mame32 from gamex and dump mame 1.19 there instead any help would be a bonus as i run out of ideas and dont want to start killing bits of my computer by deleting stuff i dont need to Thanks All

You dont need to delete any thing... Goto settings in the gameex advanced configuration. Goto mame settings and VERIFY your paths....

Once that is done RUN GAMEEX and UPDATE LIST will be in the last option on the mame start page.

You may need to keep pressing down to find it.

Also be sure you dont have update list disabled in the tweaks and setting portion of the advanced config.

[Hadoken]

You dont need to delete any thing... Goto settings in the gameex advanced configuration. Goto mame settings and VERIFY your paths....

Once that is done RUN GAMEEX and UPDATE LIST will be in the last option on the mame start page.

You may need to keep pressing down to find it.

Also be sure you dont have update list disabled in the tweaks and setting portion of the advanced config.

Thanks brian ill give it a go

[Hadoken]

Nah no joy i know all the paths are correct the games try to run, black screen then just back to gameex cant seem to update the games list either without having to run the setup wizard or is that what you meant?

[Brian Hoffman]

Nah no joy i know all the paths are correct the games try to run, black screen then just back to gameex cant seem to update the games list either without having to run the setup wizard or is that what you meant?

No its not what I meant

See sreenshot.

[Hadoken]

No its not what I meant

See sreenshot.

Thanks so much that really helped right thats sorted i added a load of roms and it's all good sorry for being a cabbage i should have checked that. the problem is now that none of them run i get black sreen as it tries to load and then straight back to gamex when i got the roms on dvd i just dumped the corresponding zip files into the folders ie marquees i just dumped the zipped folder into marquees on gameex etc should i extract the folder first maybe thats my problem please help as i can nearly smell the finish line thanks all

[Brian Hoffman]

Thanks so much that really helped right thats sorted i added a load of roms and it's all good sorry for being a cabbage i should have checked that. the problem is now that none of them run i get black sreen as it tries to load and then straight back to gamex when i got the roms on dvd i just dumped the corresponding zip files into the folders ie marquees i just dumped the zipped folder into marquees on gameex etc should i extract the folder first maybe thats my problem please help as i can nearly smell the finish line thanks all

Roms stay zipped in the ZIP folder..

In the gameex programs group located in the start menu... there is a file called runlastgame.bat

Right click it and choose edit.

Copy the contents

Open a dos window or command prompt

PASTE in what you have copied...

What is the error...

More than likley you have missing/incorrect roms

[bkenobi]

Yeah, you probably are running an older version of a ROM for the version of MAME (e.g., ROM for version 0.88 and MAME version 0.119).

[Hadoken]

The roms are fine when i install more and update its fine they update perfectly Its shows the controls page just before the game launches and somthing pops up from the bottom left corner as if the game is trying to load then i get black screen and back to gameex where am i going wrong if you have any ideas brian please send them coming as this thread is getting lots of views but not many responses (apart from yours which is seriously appriaciated)The roms are (legit) so i know there not at fault. and my registered version of gameex seems to work flawlessly Once again please Help

[Brian Hoffman]

The roms are fine when i install more and update its fine they update perfectly Its shows the controls page just before the game launches and somthing pops up from the bottom left corner as if the game is trying to load then i get black screen and back to gameex where am i going wrong if you have any ideas brian please send them coming as this thread is getting lots of views but not many responses (apart from yours which is seriously appriaciated)The roms are (legit) so i know there not at fault. and my registered version of gameex seems to work flawlessly Once again please Help

Did you try this yet?

In the gameex programs group located in the start menu... there is a file called runlastgame.bat

Right click it and choose edit.

Copy the contents

Open a dos window or command prompt

PASTE in what you have copied...

What is the error?

[Adultery]

Sounds more like a faulty command line argument to me... But I've been known to be wrong.

Maybe post that GameEx log file so I can see what CL Arguments you're passing to MAME?

[LB11]

For anyone to help you further, you really have to do as brian suggested so we can see what kind of error it is getting.

Even though your roms are legit and believed to be correct, that doesn't mean they will always work. The mame team is constantly releasing new versions of mame and sometimes an old version of the rom will not work anymore. It needs new roms to make the emulation more accurate or better.

[Hadoken]

For anyone to help you further, you really have to do as brian suggested so we can see what kind of error it is getting.

Even though your roms are legit and believed to be correct, that doesn't mean they will always work. The mame team is constantly releasing new versions of mame and sometimes an old version of the rom will not work anymore. It needs new roms to make the emulation more accurate or better.

@ECHO OFF

I:

CD "I:\Emulators\Mame32"

Mame32.exe ddux1 -rompath "I:\Emulators\Mame32\roms" -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -volume -32

This is what brian asked me to do i control c to copy it but when i controlled v to paste it into command promt it wont allow you, well it will but it comes up as underscore v

[Brian Hoffman]

@ECHO OFF

I:

CD "I:\Emulators\Mame32"

Mame32.exe ddux1 -rompath "I:\Emulators\Mame32\roms" -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -volume -32

This is what brian asked me to do i control c to copy it but when i controlled v to paste it into command promt it wont allow you, well it will but it comes up as underscore v

You have to right click and choose paste.

[Brian Hoffman]

I:

CD "I:\Emulators\Mame32"

Mame32.exe sf2 -rompath "I:\Emulators\Mame32\roms" -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

Try this one

Not sure what rom you were calling but if the the DDR games... They do not work

[Hadoken]

I:

CD "I:\Emulators\Mame32"

Mame32.exe sf2 -rompath "I:\Emulators\Mame32\roms" -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

Try this one

Not sure what rom you were calling but if the the DDR games... They do not work

Hey Brian i didnt try streetfighter 2 but i tryed bubble bobble which should work still no joy im only trying games i reakon will work 1942 etc sorry for the delay in returning posts im dumping roms and checking here when there finished this is such a pain in the nuts sorry for being rude but ive spent a fair amount of time and money getting the cab sorting the hardware sorting out roms to fall at the last keep the ideas coming i know you all have lives outside games (well maybe some of you) and i dont want to seem a pain but as cartman says "this is a pain in the balls"

[LB11]

Exit gameex completely then run this and tell us what it says

Mametest.zip

[Brian Hoffman]

Hey Brian i didnt try streetfighter 2 but i tryed bubble bobble which should work still no joy im only trying games i reakon will work 1942 etc sorry for the delay in returning posts im dumping roms and checking here when there finished this is such a pain in the nuts sorry for being rude but ive spent a fair amount of time and money getting the cab sorting the hardware sorting out roms to fall at the last keep the ideas coming i know you all have lives outside games (well maybe some of you) and i dont want to seem a pain but as cartman says "this is a pain in the balls"

Spending the time is half the fun... The other half is being able to enjoy your hard work...

Id focus on getting mame going as your first priority..

I also dont think your being rude as I DO have a life outside this forum... Tho I do spend most of my free time here...

If I were you Id just DL a new romset and a new version of mame....

No doubt your missing somthing...

It could be a rom... It could be understanding... but with a fresh verifyed romset we can rule out at least one thing..

Personally Id be more than happy to help you get things going... I know others on this board feel the same...

Not to mention have put many more hours in than you can possably imagine..

Im sure this will be resolved very soon.

[lingpanda]

ok so this is the deal i bought an old cab from a arcade place where i live, i have all the components ie pc cpu 1.8 hd 80gb external 320gb 1gb ram 21 sun microsystems monitor external liteon dvdrw x arcade tank stick sony amp pioneer speakers all on xp sp 2 running gameex so everything works fine i got my roms through the post yesterday and started to put all the folders from the disk where they should be ie roms into roms folder etc so after the first disk was finished i thought id check to see if gameex found they were there and it did, however none of them work also i added another disk of roms and i cant find how to update the list again so it recognizes the second and third etc the roms are 1.19 should i delete mame32 from gamex and dump mame 1.19 there instead any help would be a bonus as i run out of ideas and dont want to start killing bits of my computer by deleting stuff i dont need to Thanks All

Are you able to play any game outside GameEx? Just using Mame32? If not. Don't even start with GameEx till you get the basics working.

[Hadoken]

Spending the time is half the fun... The other half is being able to enjoy your hard work...

Id focus on getting mame going as your first priority..

I also dont think your being rude as I DO have a life outside this forum... Tho I do spend most of my free time here...

If I were you Id just DL a new romset and a new version of mame....

No doubt your missing somthing...

It could be a rom... It could be understanding... but with a fresh verifyed romset we can rule out at least one thing..

Personally Id be more than happy to help you get things going... I know others on this board feel the same...

Not to mention have put many more hours in than you can possably imagine..

Im sure this will be resolved very soon.

Thanks for the reply i know i was frustrated last night but when you have all manner of electronic items beeping at you and not doing as there told in the cold on your own at 3am dumping roms that wont work you begin to think why bother ? today is another day however and with the unmatched support of my band of american brothers we will solve this (well maybe not today maybe not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of are lives)

[Hadoken]

Are you able to play any game outside GameEx? Just using Mame32? If not. Don't even start with GameEx till you get the basics working.

not a bad idea that i havent tried it yet but i will give it a go as thats the way i used to do it before gameex just dump the roms straight in then i switched to mame classic but gameex is so sexy. thanks for the advice

[Hadoken]

Yeah, you probably are running an older version of a ROM for the version of MAME (e.g., ROM for version 0.88 and MAME version 0.119).

I was thinking this may be the problem as i downloaded gamex several months ago and only got the roms a few days ago (the roms as you probly saw are 1.19) then i got the registered version of gameex about a month ago. i know the roms have to match with the version of mame your using but am unsure how to check how do i update gameex version of mame or do all roms run from mame32?

[bkenobi]

Actually, many of the users here are not American...

[Hadoken]

Exit gameex completely then run this and tell us what it says

It pretty much says what runlastgame.bat says except it says press any key to continue when i do it stops and disappears (although i think its ment to)

[Hadoken]

Actually, many of the users here are not American...

Sad then that nobody from europe helped me being from ireland and all