blank screen for all but mame

[cracksloth]

it's been awhile since i created a new install of gameex but i decided to turn a vista machine into a dedicated gaming rig. unfortunately, after installing and using the wizard to download/install my emulators, i found that mame would work just fine *but* nestopia and zsnes would load the rom but nothing could be seen (everything was blacked out). nestopia and zsnes are the only non-mame emulators i have loaded atm. it appears as if they simply can't reach on-top status. i can tell that they are loaded just fine by the audio and when i hover the mouse over the taskbar, i can see the game running in the popup thumbnail. i'm sure i'm just missing something stupid but i would really appreciate some help. i have tried every setting that i thought could effect it. i am using the new loaders and presets made by nologic.

also, here are a few observations i had while installing:

1) i have noticed this for awhile so i'm surprised no one has noticed but it seems that when you use the wizard to download zinc, it is extracted to "c:\emulators" rather than "c:\emulators\zinc". the same is true for model2.

2) why isn't there an option to download MAME or MAMEUI from the emulator list? i only see advancemame.

3) when adding emulators using nologic's presets, it would be nice if the default paths referred to "c:\emulators" since that is where the installer has already extracted the install files.

none of these are huge issues by any means but they might help out new users that are unfamiliar with gameex. just an idea

-cs

[headkaze]

1) It seems Tom has updated some emulator downloads without realizing they need to be inside a folder.

2) I guess it's because they are released so often it would be hard to keep up.

3) Because Nologic does things his own way, you would have to ask him why he didn't use the defaults the installer uses

[Tempest]

3) Because Nologic does things his own way, you would have to ask him why he didn't use the defaults the installer uses

Maybe this answers the quetion in the thread about how to set up your folders. I've never given it any thought, I just change the paths to what I need.

The thing that really bugged me when I first started using GX, was that I already had Mame setup, and I had to go through and do it all again in GX. I thought back then that GX should just grab the paths out of the ini.

The way they set themselves up in the CPWizard is way cool!

[shaunopp]

it's been awhile since i created a new install of gameex but i decided to turn a vista machine into a dedicated gaming rig. unfortunately, after installing and using the wizard to download/install my emulators, i found that mame would work just fine *but* nestopia and zsnes would load the rom but nothing could be seen (everything was blacked out). nestopia and zsnes are the only non-mame emulators i have loaded atm. it appears as if they simply can't reach on-top status. i can tell that they are loaded just fine by the audio and when i hover the mouse over the taskbar, i can see the game running in the popup thumbnail. i'm sure i'm just missing something stupid but i would really appreciate some help. i have tried every setting that i thought could effect it. i am using the new loaders and presets made by nologic.

I think your problem with NEStopia and ZSNES are likely video related. I had the same problem when running them for the first time. Launch them through their individual .exe files rather than GameEx initially and setup the Video options. Also make sure there's a commandline entry for running NEStopia fullscreen. If the video settings don't jive with your monitor setup you'll get the blackscreen.

[Brian Hoffman]

I think he has SHOWDESKTOP=FALSE Id set it to TRUE.

[Tempest]

Maybe this answers the quetion in the thread about how to set up your folders. I've never given it any thought, I just change the paths to what I need.

The thing that really bugged me when I first started using GX, was that I already had Mame setup, and I had to go through and do it all again in GX. I thought back then that GX should just grab the paths out of the ini.

The way they set themselves up in the CPWizard is way cool!

I just did a search for "maximus" to see what Bkenobi was refering to in another thread.

I want to be clear that I wasn't trying to start anything, I set mame up over a year ago, for all I know things are different, and even if they aren't, I don't consider it to be a big deal. I know that you guys know I'm your biggest supporter!

I do have to tell you though, that when I set up my Mame.exe path in CPWizard, it made me smile!

[Nologic]

hehe I knew that pot shot was coming from HK.

Hey I compromised...I gave you drive C didn't I?

Brian -

I thought I tested everything to work with showdesktop set to off...I'll check it out...blah.

Hehe now the fun really begins as the bitching starts up.

[bkenobi]

Ohhh....oooh...oooh... Me first!

Nologic, your setup files are crap and so are you!

Seriously though, I'm thinking of starting over on my cab to uncluge everything, so I'll probably be checking out all of those setups soon. I'll save the real bitching for then.

[Nologic]

LMAO

[Brian Hoffman]

hehe I knew that pot shot was coming from HK.

Hey I compromised...I gave you drive C didn't I?

Brian -

I thought I tested everything to work with showdesktop set to off...I'll check it out...blah.

Hehe now the fun really begins as the bitching starts up.

You probably did... But perhaps the issue is in the emulartors config.. Eg not specified to startup fullscreen and such..

Its obviously working as he can hear sound but HIDEOS is probably running on top eg the emu setup isnt fullscreen or doesnt run on top. which is why showdesktop is the fix for now.

[shaunopp]

I think he has SHOWDESKTOP=FALSE Id set it to TRUE.

That's what I thought at first with mine but it wasn't the case, was the Video settings in the Emu's.

[cracksloth]

thanks for the responses! well, it turned out that the new loaders just weren't working for me. i can enter in custom commandlines and everything works properly. nologic, i can provide my settings if it would be helpful in fixing the loaders (just let me know what all to include).

-cs