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Gamex hangs when creating Romlist

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Hi there.

I have just setup GamEx for the first time and everything seemed fine until I went to update the ROM list for the first time and it just sits there for a long time and seems like it has crashed. I have left it for upto 20-30 mins before forcing an end task. I have double checked all the paths and they are correct and I have also turned of verify roms as well. I have made sure dot net is upto date as well.

The paths are definately correct as I have set up various FEs to find which I like the best so I know it works for others. I do have a full mame rom set but I know other programs have taken a few mins at most.

Any help greatly appreciated.

bkenobi GameEx God (Top Rank)

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First off, whenever you have a problem that results in a crash, you will get the best help if you include the log file. As for your error that you are describing, it could be nothing or it could be something. Depending on your system, it can take a LONG time to build the list. On slower machines, I have heard of it taking 30-45 minutes. On my machines, it usually takes on the order of 20 minutes. When it's building the list, it will give you cues to tell what's going on though, so I wouldn't consider it a 'hang'. If you watch, the thing that takes the longest is verifying the roms. It will give you a number to show how many it's gone through, so as long as it's changing, things are going ok.

The things to check are:

* paths (roms, mame.exe, etc.)

* same version of MAME and roms

* make sure you are using a modern version of MAME (older versions used a different format for outputting lists)

* make sure that if you are not using the official MAME release, that your version is compatible with MAME's verify roms capability. If you don't know, try using the official release...

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First off, whenever you have a problem that results in a crash, you will get the best help if you include the log file. As for your error that you are describing, it could be nothing or it could be something. Depending on your system, it can take a LONG time to build the list. On slower machines, I have heard of it taking 30-45 minutes. On my machines, it usually takes on the order of 20 minutes. When it's building the list, it will give you cues to tell what's going on though, so I wouldn't consider it a 'hang'. If you watch, the thing that takes the longest is verifying the roms. It will give you a number to show how many it's gone through, so as long as it's changing, things are going ok.

The things to check are:

* paths (roms, mame.exe, etc.)

* same version of MAME and roms

* make sure you are using a modern version of MAME (older versions used a different format for outputting lists)

* make sure that if you are not using the official MAME release, that your version is compatible with MAME's verify roms capability. If you don't know, try using the official release...

Thank you for the reply here is my log file. I left it running when I went to bed so it definately had enough time to run but it still crashed.

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: GameEx: Version 9.13: Starting Log

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: Operating System Name: Windows XP

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 2047MB

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: 3Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: Running Randomize()

01:25:41.2 16/03/2008: Loading PlugIns

01:25:41.6 16/03/2008: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

01:25:41.6 16/03/2008: Running Misc startup tasks

01:25:41.6 16/03/2008: Setting Menu types

01:25:41.6 16/03/2008: Opening Configuration File

01:25:41.6 16/03/2008: Getting Configuration Values

01:25:41.7 16/03/2008: Using Theme: Default - Soul Calibur

01:25:41.7 16/03/2008: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Soul Calibur

01:25:41.8 16/03/2008: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

01:25:41.8 16/03/2008: Arcade Mode is on

01:25:41.8 16/03/2008: Hiding Taskbar

01:25:41.9 16/03/2008: Is Media Center running?

01:25:41.9 16/03/2008: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

01:25:41.9 16/03/2008: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

01:25:41.9 16/03/2008: Media Center Mode 2

01:25:42.1 16/03/2008: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

01:25:42.1 16/03/2008: Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes

01:25:42.2 16/03/2008: Snap Delay set to: 2

01:25:42.2 16/03/2008: Get other settings

01:25:42.5 16/03/2008: Reading MAME hall of fame

01:25:42.6 16/03/2008: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

01:25:42.6 16/03/2008: SlikStik support enabled

01:25:42.6 16/03/2008: Using DirectInput for keyboard input

01:25:42.6 16/03/2008: Start work for Form

01:25:42.6 16/03/2008: Getting Original Screen Size

01:25:42.6 16/03/2008: Opening Database Connection

01:25:42.9 16/03/2008: Initializing Component

01:25:43.0 16/03/2008: Retrieving resolution setting

01:25:43.2 16/03/2008: MAME Path is: H:\New MAME

01:25:43.2 16/03/2008: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe

01:25:43.3 16/03/2008: ROM Path is: H:\New MAME\roms

01:25:43.3 16/03/2008: Catver.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

01:25:43.3 16/03/2008: controls.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

01:25:43.3 16/03/2008: History.dat is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

01:25:43.3 16/03/2008: nplayers.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

01:25:43.4 16/03/2008: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Loading Controls.ini map file

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Snap Path is: H:\New MAME\snap

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: AVI Snap Path: Not Found

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Flyer Path is: H:\New MAME\flyers

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Cabinet Path is: H:\New MAME\cabinets

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Title Path is: H:\New MAME\titles

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: PCB Path: Not Found

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Panel Path is: H:\New MAME\cpanel

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Manual Path: Not Found

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Icon Path is: H:\New MAME\icons

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Marquee Path is: H:\New MAME\marquees

01:25:43.7 16/03/2008: Loading Custom Emulators

01:25:44.7 16/03/2008: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow

01:25:44.7 16/03/2008: Using General Font: HandelGothic BT

01:25:44.7 16/03/2008: Using Title Font: HandelGothic BT

01:25:44.7 16/03/2008: Attempting to load game list

01:25:44.7 16/03/2008: Initialising DirectDraw

01:25:44.8 16/03/2008: Creating DirectDraw Device

01:25:44.8 16/03/2008: Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

01:25:45.0 16/03/2008: 244mb video memory available

01:25:45.0 16/03/2008: Setting Resolution to 640x480 32 bit color

01:25:45.3 16/03/2008: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

01:25:45.3 16/03/2008: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

01:25:45.5 16/03/2008: Creating Back Buffer

01:25:45.6 16/03/2008: Loading graphic Surfaces

01:25:45.6 16/03/2008: Display is running at: 640x480 32bit color, 75hz

01:25:45.7 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

01:25:46.0 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces Volume

01:25:46.0 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces Arrows

01:25:46.0 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

01:25:46.0 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

01:25:46.0 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

01:25:46.4 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

01:25:46.5 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

01:25:46.5 16/03/2008: Creating Surface Unselected

01:25:46.5 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

01:25:46.5 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces Snaps

01:25:46.5 16/03/2008: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

01:25:46.6 16/03/2008: Creating Fonts

01:25:46.6 16/03/2008: Creating Game Font

01:25:46.9 16/03/2008: Creating Menu Font

01:25:46.9 16/03/2008: Restoring Menu Font From Cache

01:25:46.9 16/03/2008: Creating Font Black

01:25:47.0 16/03/2008: Creating Font Black Small

01:25:47.1 16/03/2008: Creating Game Font Faded

01:25:47.6 16/03/2008: Creating Title Font

01:25:47.7 16/03/2008: Restoring Title Font From Cache

01:25:47.7 16/03/2008: Fonts Created Succesfully

01:25:47.7 16/03/2008: 211mb video memory left available

01:25:47.7 16/03/2008: Creating instance of global keyboard hook

01:26:10.9 16/03/2008: Text/Language: English

01:26:10.9 16/03/2008: Applying Language/Text

01:26:10.9 16/03/2008: Initialising Bass Audio Library

01:26:11.2 16/03/2008: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo

01:26:11.2 16/03/2008: Loading last used Game List

01:26:11.2 16/03/2008: Setting Music Volume

01:26:11.2 16/03/2008: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename

01:26:11.2 16/03/2008: Creating DirectSound Device

01:26:11.2 16/03/2008: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

01:26:11.2 16/03/2008: Loading Sound Files

01:26:11.2 16/03/2008: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

01:26:11.2 16/03/2008: Creating ICONS

01:26:11.3 16/03/2008: Recreating ICONS

01:26:11.5 16/03/2008: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

01:26:11.6 16/03/2008: Unable to create a joystick device

01:26:11.6 16/03/2008: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support

01:26:11.7 16/03/2008: Playing intro sound file

01:26:11.7 16/03/2008: Initializing MCE Remote

01:26:11.7 16/03/2008: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

01:26:11.7 16/03/2008: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

01:26:12.5 16/03/2008: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

bkenobi GameEx God (Top Rank)

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I don't see anything in the log that's out of the ordinary. My suggestion now would be to rename your 'GameEx' directory to something like 'GameEx1'. Then, install a fresh copy in the original location (that way you have your original version backed up). Now, get a copy of the latest official version of MAME and install it in a new location (or you could install it in your current MAME directory). Now, setup *only* the required MAME directory info in GameEx and try an update rom list.

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I tried loasd of different thing sand in the end it turns out my computer didnt like the Soul Calibur theme and crashed whenever I tried to update the rom list or launch a game. Thanks for the help.

bkenobi GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Ahhh, some themes do cause problems on some computers. I don't know what causes it, but if things break using the default theme and settings, that's when you have real problems :wacko:

Glad you got it fixed!

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