Need help configuring Sega CD and TGCD

[LucasBarton]

Ok, I'm in the process of re-doing my HTPC and need some help. I saved my entire set-up on a back up hard drive just in case something were to happen to my PC. Well, I copied and pasted everything onto my new PC, checked all my paths and everything, but two emulators will not work for me, the Sega CD and Turbo CD, the ones that always gave me trouble in the past. For the Sega CD I'm using Fusion and I wrote some batch files to start the games with the emu. They used to work perfectly on my old system, and if I click on them outside of GameEx they work fine. However, inside of GameEx it will not work. I've included the .ini file so I hope someone can spot what I'm doing wrong.

Also, with the Turbo CD I can't get Magic Engine to recognize that the disk is loaded in Daemon Tools. I've checked the paths and everything. I know that Daemon Tools is loading the image, but Magic Engine doesn't see it. I've posted the .ini to that too. Both emulators worked perfectly fine before. Any info on both would be greatly appreciated.

[Emulator_8]

Enabled=True

STARTPAGENAME=Sega CD

TITLETEXT=Sega CD

StartPageLogo=Sega Mega CD

ROMFilter=*.bat

RomPath=C:\Emulators\SegaCD\BAT Files

SnapPath=C:\Emulators\SegaCD\SegaCD intro videos

TitlePath=

BoxPath=C:\Emulators\SegaCD\SegaCD box pictures

CartPath=C:\Emulators\SegaCD\SegaCD cd pictures

ManualPath=

WorkingPath=C:\Emulators\SegaCD

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=True

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=True

RemoveBrackets=True

ShowDesktop=False

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=

Command=Fusion.exe -scd -fullscreen

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=[ROMPath]\[RomFile]

LaunchAfter=

configFile=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=True

DontShowInfo=

PCGame=

DATABASE=SEGACD

GamesIn7Zips=

PlayInScreenSaver=

ShowMostPlayed=

RandomMostPlayed=

CDCheck=

CDCheckFile=

[GENERAL]

DumbyValue=

[Emulator_11]

Enabled=True

STARTPAGENAME=NEC TurboGrafx CD

TITLETEXT=NEC TurboGrafx CD

StartPageLogo=TGCD

ROMFilter=*.cue

RomPath=C:\Emulators\TurbografxCD\isos

SnapPath=C:\Emulators\TurbografxCD\TurbografxCD intro videos

TitlePath=

BoxPath=C:\Emulators\TurbografxCD\TurbografxCD box pictures

CartPath=

ManualPath=

WorkingPath=C:\Emulators\TurbografxCD

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=False

ReplaceUnder=False

Capitals=False

RemoveBrackets=False

ShowDesktop=False

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=

Command=pce.exe "c:\emulators\TurbografxCD\syscard3.pce"

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=""C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe" -mount 0,"[RomPath]\[RomFile]""

LaunchAfter="C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe" -unmount 0

configFile=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=False

DontShowInfo=False

PCGame=False

DATABASE=NEC TurboGrafx CD

GamesIn7Zips=False

PlayInScreenSaver=False

ShowMostPlayed=False

RandomMostPlayed=False

CDCheck=False

CDCheckFile=

[GENERAL]

DumbyValue=

[Tempest]

For fusion, it looks like you have your command, and launch before discombobulated (That's the technical term)

Command = Fusion.exe -scd -fullscreen "[ROMPath]\[RomFile]"

LaunchBefore =

For TurboGrafixCD, I have:

Command = pce.exe "syscard3.pce"

But I can't verify it, because I don't have any roms for that system.

Let me know if it works.

[LucasBarton]

For fusion, it looks like you have your command, and launch before discombobulated (That's the technical term)

Command = Fusion.exe -scd -fullscreen "[ROMPath]\[RomFile]"

LaunchBefore =

For TurboGrafixCD, I have:

Command = pce.exe "syscard3.pce"

But I can't verify it, because I don't have any roms for that system.

Let me know if it works.

Nope, neither one worked. After making these changes, Fusion opens but it doesn't load the image. Plus the Arcade Ambience mp3 keeps playing over the emu audio, which is weird. Like I said, I'm using batch files so I just need GameEx to load them up. If I double click them outside of GameEx, they work fine.

As for the Turbo CD, once I changed the command line, now I get a specified drive not found error with Daemon Tools. Any more ideas?

[Brian Hoffman]

Nope, neither one worked. After making these changes, Fusion opens but it doesn't load the image. Plus the Arcade Ambience mp3 keeps playing over the emu audio, which is weird. Like I said, I'm using batch files so I just need GameEx to load them up. If I double click them outside of GameEx, they work fine.

As for the Turbo CD, once I changed the command line, now I get a specified drive not found error with Daemon Tools. Any more ideas?

Well, for turbocd it could be that the virtual drive letter has changed, it may have mounted to E: before but now it may be a diffrent letter. Id mount a disc in d-tools then configure the emulator.

Fusion should load the isos so check the command and post your contents of runitgame.bat along with your config.

[LucasBarton]

Well, for turbocd it could be that the virtual drive letter has changed, it may have mounted to E: before but now it may be a diffrent letter. Id mount a disc in d-tools then configure the emulator.

Fusion should load the isos so check the command and post your contents of runitgame.bat along with your config.

I managed to get my Sega CD stuff working by just having Fusion load the ISOs like you said. I also got my Turbo CD stuff working. I had to re-install Daemon Tools. DT is one picky program that seems to go haywire out of the blue. Thanks for the help.

One more question. I'll have everything back to the way it was before if I can solve this last problem. All my preview videos work for my games. I have a bunch of movies and TV shows in my video section, and it previews them when I go down the lists. However, when I try to actually watch the videos, the screen goes black, I see something minimize and then maximize, and then it goes back to GameEX. I have the FFDShow stuff. Any ideas on what I need to do to get the video player to work?

[Brian Hoffman]

I managed to get my Sega CD stuff working by just having Fusion load the ISOs like you said. I also got my Turbo CD stuff working. I had to re-install Daemon Tools. DT is one picky program that seems to go haywire out of the blue. Thanks for the help.

One more question. I'll have everything back to the way it was before if I can solve this last problem. All my preview videos work for my games. I have a bunch of movies and TV shows in my video section, and it previews them when I go down the lists. However, when I try to actually watch the videos, the screen goes black, I see something minimize and then maximize, and then it goes back to GameEX. I have the FFDShow stuff. Any ideas on what I need to do to get the video player to work?

Hmm, Id try a diffrent codec pack. Klite or similar. Gameex also has some settings to define what media engine is run. I honestly think its a codec issue.

[LucasBarton]

I just installed the K-Lite codec pack and it messed everything up. I had to uninstall the K-Lite and re-install the FFDShow pack because it messed that up too. So, now I have the previews working but still the video player will not work. Keep in mind that I'm not talking about DVD rips, just avis and mpegs. I looked at the config and it all looks good from what I can. The videos work fine outside of GameEx, and the previews of the movies work, so I don't know why it will not play them fullscreen. Does GameEx use a built-in video player, or do I have to configure it to work with WMP or Classic or something else?

[headkaze]

I normally recommend the Vista Codec Pack. Uninstall any current codec packs before installing. It includes ffdshow with it.

[LucasBarton]

I normally recommend the Vista Codec Pack. Uninstall any current codec packs before installing. It includes ffdshow with it.

Nope, that one didn't work either. Once I installed it, my preview videos stopped working and GameEx froze up. I seriously doubt that it's a codec issue since GameEx will play previews of all the movies. Perhaps I should've mentioned that I'm using an older version of GameEx, 1.0.0. That's the one that I saved on my back-up drive and everything worked perfect for me. Not sure if using the older version will be of importance or not.

[LucasBarton]

Got the video problem sorted out. I updated GameEx to the most recent version and now it works. Didn't update the codecs or anything. Thanks anyway