Disable Automatic Update Problem?

[szerocool7]

I Already Disable Automatic Update on Enable/Disable Features

but everytime i run GameEx! MAME always ask me to update list???

[bkenobi]

MAME asks you to update your list? That has nothing to do with automatic update. That feature updates GameEx itself. There is no feature to update your MAME list automatically. Perhaps you have a stuck key or something? That's my best guess.

[szerocool7]

MAME asks you to update your list? That has nothing to do with automatic update. That feature updates GameEx itself. There is no feature to update your MAME list automatically. Perhaps you have a stuck key or something? That's my best guess.

i there any way to disable update MAME list automatically?

updating mame list takes you forever and ask you always everytime yung open it..

[Brian Hoffman]

i there any way to disable update MAME list automatically?

updating mame list takes you forever and ask you always everytime yung open it..

Yeah in the gameex advanced config you can DISABLE update list.

I believe it is under enable and disable features.

That will do it

[bkenobi]

There is an option to automatically update the **MAME** list?

[Brian Hoffman]

There is an option to automatically update the **MAME** list?

It isn't automatic per say... If you go in and change somthing in mame setting the next time you launch gameex it will promt you to update your game list... And Ive seen it do that many times.. Ive updated my gamelist only to have gameex launch and have it ask again. So as an option you can disable the update list and it will never do that again... If you need to update your list just enable it in the options.

[bkenobi]

Huh, well I didn't know that.

[szerocool7]

It isn't automatic per say... If you go in and change somthing in mame setting the next time you launch gameex it will promt you to update your game list... And Ive seen it do that many times.. Ive updated my gamelist only to have gameex launch and have it ask again. So as an option you can disable the update list and it will never do that again... If you need to update your list just enable it in the options.

my default is disable automatic update in enable/disable feature..

and i don't change anything in mame or in gameex

but everytime i reboot my pc and start gameex then mame will ask me to update list..

i will try the new version of gameex.. maybe it's the version i used..

[Brian Hoffman]

my default is disable automatic update in enable/disable feature..

and i don't change anything in mame or in gameex

but everytime i reboot my pc and start gameex then mame will ask me to update list..

i will try the new version of gameex.. maybe it's the version i used..

You are confused... Disable automatic update refers to new versions of gameex... not update mame game lists...

If you are referring to the game lists.... Which i believe you are... Then do as I suggested earlier

Happy gaming

[LB11]

Do you change around your games all the time? If you add a game or change a mame version I think it will detect it and ask you. Maybe you are just changing something between those times.

[T. Goodchild]

I have a very easy solution I've been using for over a year now and now with the newer versions it works even better. I also hate it when MAME updates stuff all the time so what I did was:

1. Let it run the update once after all my games and settings were correct.

2. Go into C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA

3. Right click the gamelist text file and set to read only.

4. Thats it!

In previous versions it would try to update and flash a bit getting annoying, but then I simply started a game then esc back to the menu and it was gone. In the new versions you don't even see the flash. Now this maybe be the "wrong" thing to do but I never knew WHY it had to update all the time whenever I wanted to play a game. All of my emulators never update and especially when my technically disabled friends try to work it they are like "update?" I made a game ex video displaying my set up if you want to see it in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Px3yKnTCEs

This was my old game ex but it had the same principle. Hope it works enjoy!