unable to launch emus

[sparkles]

gameex as stopped launching emus since i installed .net framework 2. and updated to 5.21 and onwards. the emu launches and then stops and goes back to game ex. it does this for all the systems. As anyone else had this problem it was working well until then. dont really want to uninstall .net as im playing around with media portal which needs it. any ideas.

[Tom Speirs]

gameex as stopped launching emus since i installed .net framework 2. and updated to 5.21 and onwards. the emu launches and then stops and goes back to game ex. it does this for all the systems. As anyone else had this problem it was working well until then. dont really want to uninstall .net as im playing around with media portal which needs it. any ideas.

Could you just try uninstalling .net framework 2. temporarily just to confirm that is actually the problem.

Thanks.

Tom

[sparkles]

ive uninstalled .net 2 and it still seems to do it, though it did manage to load one sms game. then did not do it again. could it be to do with the show desktop bit. the emu is loading and stopping straight away. though nothing is being pressed.

[Tom Speirs]

ive uninstalled .net 2 and it still seems to do it, though it did manage to load one sms game. then did not do it again. could it be to do with the show desktop bit. the emu is loading and stopping straight away. though nothing is being pressed.

Could you post your GameEx log please.

[sparkles]

my log of me loading a mame rom, gets past the ok screen and then returns to game ex

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: GameEx: Version 5.24: Starting Log

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Checking Registration

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Running Randomize()

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Running Misc startup tasks

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Setting Menu types

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Opening Configuration File

09:10:11.9 03/12/2005: Getting Configuration Values

09:10:12.0 03/12/2005: Using Theme: Default - Default

09:10:12.0 03/12/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default

09:10:12.0 03/12/2005: Text/Language: English

09:10:12.0 03/12/2005: Applying Language/Text

09:10:12.1 03/12/2005: Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes)

09:10:12.2 03/12/2005: Snap Delay set to: 1

09:10:12.2 03/12/2005: Is Media Center running?

09:10:12.3 03/12/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

09:10:12.3 03/12/2005: Media Center Mode 2

09:10:12.3 03/12/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

09:10:12.3 03/12/2005: Get other settings

09:10:12.3 03/12/2005: Using 3D Animations

09:10:12.4 03/12/2005: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

09:10:12.4 03/12/2005: Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings

09:10:12.4 03/12/2005: Launching HideOS.exe

09:10:13.5 03/12/2005: Hiding Taskbar

09:10:13.5 03/12/2005: Start work for Form

09:10:13.5 03/12/2005: Getting Original Screen Size

09:10:13.5 03/12/2005: Loading ICON

09:10:13.5 03/12/2005: Initializing Component

09:10:13.6 03/12/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library

09:10:13.8 03/12/2005: Loading default loading screen

09:10:13.9 03/12/2005: Using Deadzone

09:10:13.9 03/12/2005: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

09:10:13.9 03/12/2005: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

09:10:13.9 03/12/2005: Initialising DirectDraw

09:10:14.0 03/12/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device

09:10:14.0 03/12/2005: Setting Resolution to 720x576 32 bit color

09:10:14.0 03/12/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

09:10:14.0 03/12/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

09:10:14.1 03/12/2005: Creating Back Buffer

09:10:14.1 03/12/2005: Loading graphic surfaces

09:10:14.2 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

09:10:14.4 03/12/2005: Creating Surface Volume

09:10:14.4 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Arrows

09:10:14.4 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

09:10:14.5 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

09:10:14.6 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

09:10:16.2 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

09:10:16.2 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

09:10:16.3 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

09:10:16.3 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Snaps

09:10:16.3 03/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

09:10:16.6 03/12/2005: Creating Fonts

09:10:16.6 03/12/2005: Creating Menu Font

09:10:16.8 03/12/2005: Creating Game Font

09:10:17.0 03/12/2005: Creating Game Font Standard Size

09:10:17.8 03/12/2005: Creating Font Black

09:10:18.0 03/12/2005: Creating Font Black Small

09:10:18.2 03/12/2005: Creating Game Font Faded

09:10:18.3 03/12/2005: Creating Title Font

09:10:18.8 03/12/2005: Fonts Created Succesfully

09:10:18.8 03/12/2005: MAME Path is: E:\Games\Mame32

09:10:18.8 03/12/2005: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe

09:10:18.8 03/12/2005: ROM Path is: E:\Games\Neogeo\roms

09:10:18.8 03/12/2005: Catver.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

09:10:18.9 03/12/2005: controls.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

09:10:18.9 03/12/2005: History.dat is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

09:10:18.9 03/12/2005: nplayers.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

09:10:18.9 03/12/2005: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

09:10:18.9 03/12/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file

09:10:18.9 03/12/2005: Loading Custom Emulators

09:10:19.5 03/12/2005: Snap Path is: E:\Games\Neogeo\Images

09:10:19.5 03/12/2005: AVI Snap Path: Not Found

09:10:19.5 03/12/2005: Flyer Path: Not Found

09:10:19.5 03/12/2005: Cabinet Path: Not Found

09:10:19.5 03/12/2005: Title Path is: E:\Games\Neogeo\Titles

09:10:19.6 03/12/2005: Panel Path: Not Found

09:10:19.6 03/12/2005: Icon Path: Not Found

09:10:19.6 03/12/2005: Marquee Path: Not Found

09:10:19.6 03/12/2005: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

09:10:19.6 03/12/2005: Attempting to load game list

09:10:19.7 03/12/2005: Loading last used Game List

09:10:20.2 03/12/2005: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename

09:10:20.2 03/12/2005: Creating DirectSound Device

09:10:20.3 03/12/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

09:10:20.3 03/12/2005: Loading Sound Files

09:10:20.4 03/12/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

09:10:20.4 03/12/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

09:10:20.9 03/12/2005: Using Device USB Multimedia Cordless Kit

09:10:20.9 03/12/2005: Playing intro sound file

09:10:20.9 03/12/2005: Initializing MCE Remote

09:10:20.9 03/12/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

09:10:20.9 03/12/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

09:10:21.4 03/12/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

09:10:29.4 03/12/2005: Running: cmd.exe /c E: E:\Games\Mame32\Mame32.exe 1941 -rompath E:\Games\Neogeo\roms -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

09:10:47.5 03/12/2005: Exiting GameEx!

09:10:47.5 03/12/2005: Saving Settings

09:10:47.7 03/12/2005: Writing Game List to disk

09:10:51.3 03/12/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

09:10:51.3 03/12/2005: Media Center was not open when starting GameEx, so not launching

[sparkles]

i think i have found the problem, it is when you turn keyboard mapping on for the emus. the mame works until you try to load a emu game and then it starts returning to ex. when i turn this off then the game loads fine, ive only tryed the snes one so far. im now using the 6.00 beta but it still appears to do this i dont know if anyone else is having this problem. hope this helps.

[sparkles]

is it just me with this problem or am i doing something wrong with it ?

[Tom Speirs]

is it just me with this problem or am i doing something wrong with it ?

From what you've wrote I am not entirely sure exactly the problem your having. I dont find it easy to understand your posts.

Could you please try explaining a little better and please differentiate between emus launching such as SNES and also MAME launching games.

[sparkles]

its the same problem as the thread are emus loading or not, there is a problem with the map keyboard commands setting in some emulators. which makes them jump right back out again. i did not used to have this problem in the past releases. so might be something you have introduced.

[TidusFFX]

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Newbie Alert

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Hi Guys,

I'm new to the forum. I've been using GameEx for the last couple of weeks and I must say this software is excellent. I've paid my donation, waiting for the Key to disable to Nag screen... Anyway... I'm seem to be struggling with Getting Mame working. I have tried various different versions.... (the latest one I'm trying is Mame32FXPP)

The Game List shows up fine, but No Games Launch.... and I don't know why... I have the same problem with Mame (DOS - Latest Version) and MAME32 V0.66... I must be missing something...

My location is c:\emulators\mame

My Roms are: c:\emulators\roms

I can get the other emulators working fine...

Mupen64 for N64

ZSNES for SNES

Gens for Megadrive

WinUAE for Amiga

Visual Gameboy Advance for Gameboy Advance

Any help would greatly be appreciated...

[TidusFFX]

Here is my GameEx log file

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: GameEx: Version 5.25: Starting Log

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: .net Framework 1.0 Installed

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: Checking Registration

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: Running Randomize()

09:32:23.3 11/12/2005: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

09:32:23.4 11/12/2005: Running Misc startup tasks

09:32:23.4 11/12/2005: Setting Menu types

09:32:23.4 11/12/2005: Opening Configuration File

09:32:23.4 11/12/2005: Getting Configuration Values

09:32:23.4 11/12/2005: Using Theme: Default - BlueEx - MCE1024x768

09:32:23.4 11/12/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - BlueEx - MCE1024x768

09:32:23.4 11/12/2005: Text/Language: English

09:32:23.4 11/12/2005: Applying Language/Text

09:32:23.5 11/12/2005: Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes)

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Snap Delay set to: 2

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Is Media Center running?

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Media Center Mode 0

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Get other settings

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Using 2D Animations

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings

09:32:23.6 11/12/2005: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

09:32:23.7 11/12/2005: Launching HideOS.exe

09:32:25.1 11/12/2005: Hiding Taskbar

09:32:25.1 11/12/2005: Start work for Form

09:32:25.1 11/12/2005: Getting Original Screen Size

09:32:25.1 11/12/2005: Loading ICON

09:32:25.2 11/12/2005: Initializing Component

09:32:25.2 11/12/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library

09:32:25.4 11/12/2005: Loading default loading screen

09:32:25.5 11/12/2005: Using General Font: Microsoft Sans Serif

09:32:25.5 11/12/2005: Using Title Font: Joystix

09:32:25.5 11/12/2005: Initialising DirectDraw

09:32:25.5 11/12/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device

09:32:25.6 11/12/2005: Setting Resolution to 1280x1024 32 bit color

09:32:25.7 11/12/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

09:32:25.8 11/12/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

09:32:25.9 11/12/2005: Creating Back Buffer

09:32:25.9 11/12/2005: Loading graphic surfaces

09:32:26.0 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

09:32:26.1 11/12/2005: Creating Surface Volume

09:32:26.2 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Arrows

09:32:26.2 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

09:32:26.2 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

09:32:26.3 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

09:32:27.8 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

09:32:27.9 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

09:32:27.9 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

09:32:28.0 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Snaps

09:32:28.0 11/12/2005: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

09:32:28.4 11/12/2005: Creating Fonts

09:32:28.4 11/12/2005: Creating Menu Font

09:32:28.6 11/12/2005: Creating Game Font

09:32:28.7 11/12/2005: Creating Game Font Standard Size

09:32:29.1 11/12/2005: Creating Font Black

09:32:29.2 11/12/2005: Creating Font Black Small

09:32:29.3 11/12/2005: Creating Game Font Faded

09:32:29.4 11/12/2005: Creating Title Font

09:32:29.9 11/12/2005: Fonts Created Succesfully

09:32:55.1 11/12/2005: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

09:32:55.2 11/12/2005: MAME Path is: C:\emulators\mame

09:32:55.2 11/12/2005: MAME EXE file is: mame32FXpp.exe

09:32:55.2 11/12/2005: ROM Path is: C:\emulators\roms

09:32:55.2 11/12/2005: Catver.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

09:32:55.2 11/12/2005: controls.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

09:32:55.2 11/12/2005: History.dat is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

09:32:55.2 11/12/2005: nplayers.ini is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

09:32:55.2 11/12/2005: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: D:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

09:32:55.2 11/12/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file

[Tom Speirs]

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Newbie alert

===========

Hi Guys,

I'm new to the forum.  I've been using GameEx for the last couple of weeks and I must say this software is excellent.  I've paid my donation, waiting for the Key to disable to Nag screen... Anyway... I'm seem to be struggling with Getting Mame working.  I have tried various different versions.... (the latest one I'm trying is Mame32FXPP)

The Game List shows up fine, but No Games Launch.... and I don't know why... I have the same problem with Mame (DOS - Latest Version) and MAME32 V0.66...  I must be missing something...

My location is c:\emulators\mame

My Roms are: c:\emulators\roms

I can get the other emulators working fine...

Mupen64 for N64

ZSNES for SNES

Gens for Megadrive

WinUAE for Amiga

Visual Gameboy Advance for Gameboy Advance

Any help would greatly be appreciated...

Can you take a look and also post runitgame.bat in program files\gameex\data.

This is what GameEs runs to launch a game. See if it runs on its own outside of GameEx. Also try removing -triplebuffer from the cmd line. You could also try deleting your MAME directory and starting again. There may be some settings that are messing it up. A few of us have had this before.

Tom.

[Tom Speirs]

its the same problem as the thread are emus loading or not, there is a problem with the map keyboard commands setting in some emulators. which makes them jump right back out again. i did not used to have this problem in the past releases. so might be something you have introduced.

Sparkles,

Could you please tell me the exact setting your talking about? If its a bug I need to fix it, but I think this is an issue with your setup, not affecting anyone else. Nothing has changed in respect to that in many versions.

[TidusFFX]

Well I managed to Solve it... Seems like Mame wasn't opening at all

I cleared everything from Start and enabled All Game Warnings from the Beginning

Thats when it started to Work.... Hooray

BUT! not all games - So I pointedthe Configuration to load MAME32 - Sorted!!!

Works like a Charm - Yippee.... Thanks TOM for a Great APP

I'm off to play...

[sparkles]

the problem is the same one as people are posting in the Games not loading (or are they?), Going crazy thread. i have posted in there. the setting is the map key when its turned on it exits the emu stright away.

[Tom Speirs]

the problem is the same one as people are posting in the Games not loading (or are they?), Going crazy thread. i have posted in there. the setting is the map key when its turned on it exits the emu stright away.

Sparkles, please try the latest version and post the log.

[sparkles]

hi tom, just tryed the latest version 5.33 and it is still loading the emulator and the exiting after starting the rom back to gamex. it also does this in mame to, i am really stumped as to why i does this the log is normal as gamex starts the emulator fine, not really sure what to try will have to spend some time seeing if other programs are conflicting or the set up is coursing the prob, dont know if anyone else is still having this problem.

[emugamer]

Hello,

I am also having a problem getting mame to start. GamEx will see my folders and even shows my ROMs (well, actually only a third of them - I am using MAME .102b and the corresponding ROM set). Everything indicates that it will work fine until I choose to play a ROM. It goes to a black screen and then comes back to the GamEx screen. When using the Emuloader frontend, all of my ROMS show up and they are all playable. This is frustrating because GamEx is such a nicer frontend and I would really like to switch over to it once I can get it to work.

I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

[Dyenamic]

Hi, new here and have just installed gameex and experiencing the same problem.

I checked the logs and everything seems fine. Roms, snaps etc show up fine in gameex.

I'm using net 1.1 and have never installed 2.0 so I don't think its that.

I think the problem is in launching MAME using CMD. I duplicated using start-Run the CMD line used by gameex (got it from the logfile)

This was the original and did not work

cmd.exe /c c: c:\mame32\mame32fxpp.exe 1941 -rompath c:\mame32\roms

This worked though...

cmd.exe /c c:\mame32\mame32fxpp.exe 1941 -rompath c:\mame32\roms

Note that simply deleting the c: made it work?

This also worked...(adding a couple of advanced option switches)

cmd.exe /c c:\mame32\mame32fxpp.exe 1941 -rompath c:\mame32\roms -nowindow -joy

Hope this helps...the gameex FE looks great and can;twait to see it in action...

[Tom Speirs]

Hi, new here and have just installed gameex and experiencing the same problem.

I checked the logs and everything seems fine. Roms, snaps etc show up fine in gameex.

I'm using net 1.1 and have never installed 2.0 so I don't think its that.

I think the problem is in launching MAME using CMD. I duplicated using start-Run the CMD line used by gameex (got it from the logfile)

This was the original and did not work

cmd.exe /c c: c:\mame32\mame32fxpp.exe 1941 -rompath c:\mame32\roms

This worked though...

cmd.exe /c c:\mame32\mame32fxpp.exe 1941 -rompath c:\mame32\roms

Note that simply deleting the c: made it work?

This also worked...(adding a couple of advanced option switches)

cmd.exe /c c:\mame32\mame32fxpp.exe 1941 -rompath c:\mame32\roms -nowindow -joy

Hope this helps...the gameex FE looks great and can;twait to see it in action...

I'm closing this topic. It seems almost everyone seems to post here when they cant get mame or some other emulator to work, which is often for a ton of different reasons (seperate problems) with seperate solutions.

Dynamic, for your particular problem, note that the line is not actually what GameEx runs. Look at Run Last Game in the program group and edit that batch file, to see exactly what GameEx does when it launches the game. If you add pause to that file and your using the regulalr command line version of MAME you should hopefully see the error MAME gives.