NEWS: GameEx 9.61

[Tom Speirs]

• The speed of loading databases and emulators once cached has been significally improved
• It should have been mentioned in the previous release, but also with this release, the first time a game information page is displayed all emulators and databases will be recached once only. This can take upto 20 minutes, and is due to the new other systems feature. However once cached, access will be quick now.
• The other systems feature has been fixed for when used with .7z and .zip support and is also presented in a better way
• The install now includes the most recent version of Karaoke for DirectX. You will need to install this for zip support
• The Karaoke module now supports bin and zip files

[Visitor Q]

Thank you for the update Tom. Itâ??s great to see that you are always finding a better to improve on something that already rocks!

Question...

Any idea if this will have any effect on the problem I am currently running into?

http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=6407

Have you considered updating the zip software in Game Ex, I see that it is free to use.

ps. Sorry about the PM, I would have asked you and have in the new version topic but I saw that after I decided to PM you.

Not trying to be a pain or anything. BTW... Your in box is full.

[bkenobi]

I have a question/request regarding the emulator caching. If I don't want to wait 20 minutes to have all emulators cache, is it possible to hit any button on the CP and have it cancel the operation until the next time a page is loaded? I'm thinking that if something changes and GameEx thinks it needs to recache while I have company over, having it sit for a long time with no idea why (appearing to hang) might be frustrating. Perhaps a "please hold on a second, I'm busy" message or something might help. Just a thought...

Nice job!

[fRequEnCy]

Nice Tom! Thanks for the update!

[Tom Speirs]

I have a question/request regarding the emulator caching. If I don't want to wait 20 minutes to have all emulators cache, is it possible to hit any button on the CP and have it cancel the operation until the next time a page is loaded? I'm thinking that if something changes and GameEx thinks it needs to recache while I have company over, having it sit for a long time with no idea why (appearing to hang) might be frustrating. Perhaps a "please hold on a second, I'm busy" message or something might help. Just a thought...

Nice job!

Its really not necesary. It only happens once specially coded to do so, then things go back to how ther normally are.

[Tom Speirs]

Just to add a little more info. The format of the caching files have changed, thats why it has to recache. Im really being nice here, and not breaking your setups or forcing manual steps needed for an update

[bkenobi]

Ok, fine... Guess that means that I'll just have to power on the machine and perform the update and update the cached data before I let anyone see things. Thanks for the explanation!

[fRequEnCy]

Much better Tom!

Getting:

Restoring Emulator from Cache
Restoring Emulator Database From Cache

Instead of:

Not Restoring Emulator Database From Cache

[Dedos]

Great news Tom, thanks. Now I could play my bin files!! WOOT!