How to Configure Pc Games in GameEx...

[dalomarius10]

As said in topic, tried as an emulator, but it asked for rom path..... keeps crashing. Anybody know the correct way to do this? Thx

[Brian Hoffman]

As said in topic, tried as an emulator, but it asked for rom path..... keeps crashing. Anybody know the correct way to do this? Thx

Sure

your romfilter is *.exe

your rom path is the path of the EXE

your working path is the same as the EXE

command= "[rompath]/[romfile]"

Done

[dalomarius10]

that worked great! but... when i exit the game, it gives an error.... it wont exactly take me back to gameEx... its like it keeps loading the game up..... hamsterball is the game..

[dalomarius10]

here is last game.bat i think this has something to do with it. upon exiting the game it crashes..

C:

CD "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball"

@echo.

@echo

@echo.

@echo.

@echo "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball/Hamsterball.exe"

@echo.

@echo

@echo.

PAUSE

"C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball/Hamsterball.exe"

[Brian Hoffman]

here is last game.bat i think this has something to do with it. upon exiting the game it crashes..

C:

CD "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball"

@echo.

@echo

@echo.

@echo.

@echo "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball/Hamsterball.exe"

@echo.

@echo

@echo.

PAUSE

"C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball/Hamsterball.exe"

How are you exiting the game?

[dalomarius10]

i have one of the buttons set up for ESCape key, and that exits the game..... i turned on map keys for the game so gameex shouldnt detect that right?

[dalomarius10]

turned it off i meant

[Brian Hoffman]

turned it off i meant

Did you try it with it on?

Gameex will listen for ESC and the kill the running process. In your case its hamsterball.exe

Id also be tempted to create a shortcut to hamsterball in the same directory and using

*.LNK

As the romfilter.

try that also...

I have tons of ideas... Im sure we can get this going

[dalomarius10]

OK i made the a shortcut, and changed the filter, it loads a dos prompt with that echo stuff. still has that crash when i exit.... i tried guilty gear, and it works perfectly... maybe its just the hamsterball game?? =[

[Brian Hoffman]

OK i made the a shortcut, and changed the filter, it loads a dos prompt with that echo stuff. still has that crash when i exit.... i tried guilty gear, and it works perfectly... maybe its just the hamsterball game?? =[

Have the game get called via a batch file..

romfilter=*.bat

[dalomarius10]

ok how should i type it out? just

hamsterball.exe thren save it as hamsterball.bat?

[Brian Hoffman]

ok how should i type it out? just

hamsterball.exe thren save it as hamsterball.bat?

Edit the bat in the attached zip to make sure exe name and path is correct.

Hamsterball.zip

[dalomarius10]

ok the .bat file worked the best, but when i press escape, which is mapped to my x-arcade side button, it goes back to GameEx. but hamserball is still running in the background.... i tried reversin that option for it not to use escape, but when i exit the game, it wont go back to GameEx..... just a blank windows desktop....arg.

[bkenobi]

Hey Brian, think this is cause the batch file is creating a new Process that GameEx isn't watching? I haven't followed this topic really, but that sounds like what's going on...

[Brian Hoffman]

ok the .bat file worked the best, but when i press escape, which is mapped to my x-arcade side button, it goes back to GameEx. but hamserball is still running in the background.... i tried reversin that option for it not to use escape, but when i exit the game, it wont go back to GameEx..... just a blank windows desktop....arg.

In the launch on ext feild of the emulator config type in

TSKILL.exe Hamsterball.exe

Or whatever the name of the process is...

This should kill it.

[Brian Hoffman]

Hey Brian, think this is cause the batch file is creating a new Process that GameEx isn't watching? I haven't followed this topic really, but that sounds like what's going on...

yes that is correct... This is why I suggested the TSKILL hamsterball.exe in the launch after feild.

This way all is closed....

It seems this is the only way to get this going...

Unfortunalty I use vista on this laptop and Im having issues running the program myself

[dalomarius10]

arg...Screen just goes black.. doesn't go back to GameEX... here is the config for it..

[Emulator_11]

Enabled=True

STARTPAGENAME=HamsterBall

TITLETEXT=HamsterBAll

StartPageLogo=

ROMFilter=*.bat

RomPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball

SnapPath=

TitlePath=

BoxPath=

CartPath=

ManualPath=

WorkingPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball

MapKeys=False

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=True

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=True

RemoveBrackets=True

ShowDesktop=True

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=

Command=""[rompath]/[romfile]""

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=TSKILL.exe Hamsterball.exe

configFile=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=

DontShowInfo=

PlaySelectionMusic=

SelectionMusicFolder=

PCGame=

DATABASE=

GamesIn7Zips=

PlayInScreenSaver=True

ShowMostPlayed=

RandomMostPlayed=

CDCheck=

CDCheckFile=

[GENERAL]

DumbyValue=

It's getting late. Gotta try to get some from the wife before shes out! be on in the morning, thx a bunch guys, btw, i got MElty blood!!!!! will install it tommorows!!!

[dalomarius10]

i'm up bright and early.... wake up brian ! har har har

[dalomarius10]

ok, tried it out this morning. Game still loads up perfectly, but upon exiting, by pressing Escape. It goes back to Gameex, but it doesnt kill hamsterball still. I turned off the map key, and it will exit the game, but not go back to GameEx.....

[headkaze]

Maybe the program running is not hamsterball.exe, it may be that the exe is launching something else. Press Ctrl-Shift-Esc then look under the Processes tab. You need to find out which process is the one hanging around when it goes back to GameEx then call tskill for that exe.

[Brian Hoffman]

Maybe the program running is not hamsterball.exe, it may be that the exe is launching something else. Press Ctrl-Shift-Esc then look under the Processes tab. You need to find out which process is the one hanging around when it goes back to GameEx then call tskill for that exe.

Esc does not exit the game (in hamsterball) so disable mapkeys....

Press ESC to bring up the menu and stop the level. Then go to the main menu.

Then choose exit to desktop.

Does this work properly?

[dalomarius10]

Brian, thats what i meant. I tried both ways. With it mapped, and without it.....when i exit it manually, it crashes upon exiting, it performs an illegal operation.......

[Brian Hoffman]

Ok new idea completly.

Create a File. Name it Hamsterball.XXX (Copy it in the hamsterball directory)

(Yes the file does nothing)

Just open notepad Choose SAVE AS > ALL FILES > Then manually type the extension... It should look like an unknown file.

Romfilter *.XXX

Working and rompath are the hamsterball directory.

command= "c:\program files\hamsterball\hamsterball.exe"

Or whever you installed it...

Try that also...

[dalomarius10]

ok i did it... but now it cant find the program. say game not found...

here the config.

[Emulator_11]

Enabled=True

STARTPAGENAME=HamsterBall

TITLETEXT=HamsterBAll

StartPageLogo=

ROMFilter=*.xxx

RomPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball

SnapPath=

TitlePath=

BoxPath=

CartPath=

ManualPath=

WorkingPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=True

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=True

RemoveBrackets=True

ShowDesktop=True

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=

Command=""C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball\hamsterball.exe""

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=TSKILL.exe Hamsterball.exe

configFile=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=

DontShowInfo=

PlaySelectionMusic=

SelectionMusicFolder=

PCGame=

DATABASE=

GamesIn7Zips=

PlayInScreenSaver=True

ShowMostPlayed=

RandomMostPlayed=

CDCheck=

CDCheckFile=

[GENERAL]

DumbyValue=

[Brian Hoffman]

ok i did it... but now it cant find the program. say game not found...

here the config.

[Emulator_11]

Enabled=True

STARTPAGENAME=HamsterBall

TITLETEXT=HamsterBAll

StartPageLogo=

ROMFilter=*.xxx

RomPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball

SnapPath=

TitlePath=

BoxPath=

CartPath=

ManualPath=

WorkingPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=True

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=True

RemoveBrackets=True

ShowDesktop=True

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=

Command=""C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball\hamsterball.exe""

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=TSKILL.exe Hamsterball.exe

configFile=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=

DontShowInfo=

PlaySelectionMusic=

SelectionMusicFolder=

PCGame=

DATABASE=

GamesIn7Zips=

PlayInScreenSaver=True

ShowMostPlayed=

RandomMostPlayed=

CDCheck=

CDCheckFile=

[GENERAL]

DumbyValue=

The quotes are doubled up...

=""C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Hamsterball\hamsterball.exe""

Try removeing the quotes