Arcade Monitor & GameEx settings ?

[Doot77]

I've got a registered version of Game Ex that I've been using for a month or so & I've finally got to the point where I'm hooking everything up to my arcade cab & monitor. I'm using Soft 15Khz to change the resolution for my monitor and mame works great, but I can't get GameEx to run after I change to 15Khz output. I tried changing a few of the display settings to , but still no luck. Any help on what to try would be greatly appreciated.

[Brian Hoffman]

  Doot77 said:

I've got a registered version of Game Ex that I've been using for a month or so & I've finally got to the point where I'm hooking everything up to my arcade cab & monitor. I'm using Soft 15Khz to change the resolution for my monitor and mame works great, but I can't get GameEx to run after I change to 15Khz output. I tried changing a few of the display settings to , but still no luck. Any help on what to try would be greatly appreciated.

Have you tried enabling arcadevga mode in display settings?

[Doot77]

I'm pretty sure I tried that also, but I'm at work right now so I can't check until later tonight.

[Doot77]

Ok so I have tried it with Arcade VGA set on & off and I'm still not able to load gameex. Here is a copy of the error log, if anyone can see anything wrong from that. Thanks

21:05:26.4 9/30/2008: GameEx: Version 9.53: Starting Log

21:05:26.5 9/30/2008: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

21:05:26.5 9/30/2008: Operating System Name: Windows XP

21:05:26.5 9/30/2008: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

21:05:26.6 9/30/2008: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

21:05:26.6 9/30/2008: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

21:05:26.6 9/30/2008: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz, 255MB

21:05:26.7 9/30/2008: 2.4Ghz

21:05:26.8 9/30/2008: Running Randomize()

21:05:26.9 9/30/2008: Loading PlugIns

21:05:27.0 9/30/2008: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

21:05:27.0 9/30/2008: Running Misc startup tasks

21:05:27.0 9/30/2008: Setting Menu types

21:05:27.0 9/30/2008: Opening Configuration File

21:05:27.0 9/30/2008: Getting Configuration Values

21:05:27.2 9/30/2008: Using Theme: Default - BlueEx - Arcade640x480

21:05:27.2 9/30/2008: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - BlueEx - Arcade640x480

21:05:27.3 9/30/2008: Launching HideOS.exe

21:05:27.3 9/30/2008: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

21:05:28.2 9/30/2008: Arcade Mode is on

21:05:28.2 9/30/2008: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)

21:05:28.2 9/30/2008: Hiding Taskbar

21:05:28.2 9/30/2008: Is Media Center running?

21:05:28.2 9/30/2008: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

21:05:28.2 9/30/2008: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

21:05:28.2 9/30/2008: Media Center Mode 2

21:05:28.2 9/30/2008: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

21:05:28.3 9/30/2008: Snap Delay set to: 2

21:05:28.3 9/30/2008: Get other settings

21:05:28.3 9/30/2008: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

21:05:28.3 9/30/2008: Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings

21:05:28.3 9/30/2008: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

21:05:28.3 9/30/2008: Using DirectInput for keyboard input

21:05:28.3 9/30/2008: Start work for Form

21:05:28.4 9/30/2008: Getting Original Screen Size

21:05:28.5 9/30/2008: Opening Database Connection

21:05:33.5 9/30/2008: Initializing Component

21:05:33.8 9/30/2008: Retrieving resolution setting

21:05:33.8 9/30/2008: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

21:05:34.1 9/30/2008: MAME Path is: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32

21:05:34.1 9/30/2008: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe

21:05:34.1 9/30/2008: ROM Paths are: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\roms;C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\roms

21:05:34.1 9/30/2008: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

21:05:34.1 9/30/2008: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

21:05:34.1 9/30/2008: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

21:05:34.1 9/30/2008: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

21:05:34.1 9/30/2008: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Loading Controls.ini map file

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Snap Path is: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\snap

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: AVI Snap Path: Not Found

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Flyer Path is: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\flyers

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Cabinet Path is: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\cabinets

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Title Path is: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\titles

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: PCB Path: Not Found

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Artwork Preview Path is: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\artwork

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Panel Path is: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\cpanel

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Manual Path: Not Found

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Icon Path is: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\icons

21:05:34.2 9/30/2008: Marquee Path is: C:\Program Files\MAME\Mame32\marquees

21:05:34.3 9/30/2008: Loading Custom Emulators

21:05:34.3 9/30/2008: Loading Emulator 1: Nintendo

21:05:34.4 9/30/2008: Loading Emulator 2: Super Nintendo

21:05:34.5 9/30/2008: Loading Emulator 3: Nintendo N64

21:05:34.5 9/30/2008: Loading Emulator 4: Sega Genesis

21:05:34.8 9/30/2008: Using 2D Animations

21:05:34.8 9/30/2008: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

21:05:34.9 9/30/2008: Using Title Font: Joystix

21:05:34.9 9/30/2008: Resolution is not equal orelse greater than 632 x 264. Exiting

21:05:34.9 9/30/2008: Closing database connection

21:05:34.9 9/30/2008: GameEx is exiting with errors

21:05:36.7 9/30/2008: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

[bkenobi]

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21:05:34.9 9/30/2008: Resolution is not equal orelse greater than 632 x 264. Exiting

That's the error. It's saying you are using a resolution that's not supported by GameEx.

[emphatic]

What theme are you using? Try running with a 640x480 theme first, then work you way down to even lower res'.

Emph

[Doot77]

Thanks Guys, I had my resolution set at 640 x 480, but apparently when you install soft 15 it changes it to a different setting and you need another program (quickres) to change resolutions. So I changed that to 632x264 and gameEx starts up and runs. Now I have another smaller problem. I ran a few games and found that its running them in the wrongs sizes now. Vertical games were close, but they were a little to big (getting cut off on the top and bottom) and the vertical games were being squeezed ( not as wide as they should be). I think I've read somewhere about having to create ini files for the correct resolutions for the games to be run at???? Any input on this. They all seemed to be perfect before this, so I'm a little confused.