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Stu1983

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Stu1983 GameEx God (Top Rank)

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I've been MIA for quite sometime now but I finally found some time to play some games again and went to start GameEx but get greeted with the following:

00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  GameEx: Version 10.57: Starting Log
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  Operating System Platform: Win32NT
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  Operating System Name: Windows 7
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  Operating System Version: 6.1.7600
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  Aero NOT running
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  Initializing Vista/Windows 7 volume control
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  Checking for versions of .net Framework installed
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  .net Framework 2.0 Installed
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  .net Framework 3.0 Installed
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  .net Framework 3.5 Installed
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz, 4094MB
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  3.17Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's
00:04:24.2  17/04/2010:  Running Randomize()
00:04:24.3  17/04/2010:  Loading PlugIns
00:04:24.3  17/04/2010:  Loaded Plugin:"Cursor Hider" Version 1.01 By Stu
00:04:24.3  17/04/2010:  PlugIn: "Cursor Hider" Initialized OK
00:04:24.3  17/04/2010:  Using Plugin System Version: 1.3
00:04:24.3  17/04/2010:  Loaded Plugin:"LCD/LED Plugin" Version 2.87 By Ben Baker
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  PlugIn: "LCD/LED Plugin" Initialized OK
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Using Plugin System Version: 1.3
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Loaded Plugin:"UltraStik" Version 1.21 By Ben Baker
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  PlugIn: "UltraStik" Initialized OK
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Using Plugin System Version: 1.3
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Checking for applications to Launch On Startup
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Launching and not waiting: E:\GameEx\Utilities\RunB4.bat
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Running Misc startup tasks
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Setting Menu types
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Opening Configuration File
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Getting Configuration Values
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Using Theme: Future Retro v4
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Future Retro v4
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Launching HideOS.exe
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Initialising Video/MNG DLL's
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Hiding Taskbar
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Using Cabinet Friendly Control System
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Is Media Center running?
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Checking/Creating LCD Registry values
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode
00:04:30.4  17/04/2010:  Media Center Mode 0
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Custom Game Device Input enabled: Getting custom codes
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Snap Delay set to: 4
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Get other settings
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Mouse Input is disabled
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  SlikStik support enabled
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Using DirectInput for keyboard input
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Start work for Form
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Getting Original Screen Size
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Opening Database Connection
00:04:30.5  17/04/2010:  Initializing Component
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Retrieving resolution setting
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  MAME Path is: E:\Mame
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Model 2 Path Path is: E:\Sega Model 2
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Multi Core/Hyper Threading detected. Looking for emulator_multicpu.exe
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Not Found. Looking for emulator.exe
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Model 2 EXE file is: emulator.exe
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Model 2 emulator with command line support detected
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Use Model 2 on. emulator.exe will launch Sega Model 2 games
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  MAME EXE file is: mame64.exe
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  ROM Path is: E:\Mame\roms
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Catver.ini is located at: E:\Mame\catver.ini
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  History.dat is located at: E:\Mame\history.dat
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  nplayers.ini is located at: E:\Mame\nplayers.ini
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  command.dat is located at: E:\GameEx\DATA\command.dat
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  MAMEinfo.dat is located at: E:\Mame\mameinfo.dat
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Controls.ini map file
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Snap Path is: E:\Mame\snap
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  AVI Snap Path is: E:\Mame\avisnap
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Flyer Path is: E:\Mame\flyers
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Cabinet Path is: E:\Mame\cabinets
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Title Path is: E:\Mame\titles
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  PCB Path is: E:\Mame\pcb
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Artwork Preview Path is: E:\Mame\artwork
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Panel Path is: E:\Mame\cpanel
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Manual Path is: E:\Mame\Manuals
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Icon Path: Not Found
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Marquee Path is: E:\Mame\marquees
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Custom Emulators
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 8: Nintendo GameBoy Mono & Color
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 9: Nintendo GameBoy Advance
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 11: Nintendo NES
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 12: Nintendo SNES
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 13: Nintendo N64
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 15: Sega Game Gear
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 16: Sega Master System
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 17: Sega Mega Drive
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 18: Sega Saturn
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 19: Sega Dreamcast
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 20: Sony Playstation
00:04:30.6  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 21: [Pinball] Future Pinball
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 22: PC Games
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 24: Nintendo Wii
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 27: AtomisWave
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Loading Emulator 30: Nintendo GameBoy Advance
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Using General Font: Alien League
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Using Title Font: Microsoft Sans Serif
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Initialising DirectDraw
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Creating DirectDraw Device
00:04:30.7  17/04/2010:  Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:  0mb video memory available
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:  Setting Resolution to 640x480 32 bit color
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:  Creating DirectDraw Surfaces
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:  Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:  Creating Back Buffer
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:  --**--
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:  Error: Value does not fall within the expected range.
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:     at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.CreateSurfaceFromHBitmap(IDirectDrawSurface7** lppSurf, HBITMAP__* hbm, SurfaceDescription desc, Device dev)
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:     at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface..ctor(Bitmap source, SurfaceDescription desc, Device dev)
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:     at i.a(Surface& A_0, String A_1, SurfaceDescription A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4)
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:     at i.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5)
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:     at i.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:     at i..ctor()
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:  
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:  It was detected you experienced a DirectX error.
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:    Please note the following for possible solutions to your problem:
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:      1. Ensure you have the latest version of DirectX installed.
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:      2. Ensure you have the latest Manufacturer provided video card drivers.
00:04:30.9  17/04/2010:         NOTE: Windows/Microsoft Update does not contain the latest.
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:         NOTE: Manufacturer normally means ATI, NVidia, or Intel. Not the brand.
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:               www.ati.com   www.nvidia.com
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:      3. If you do not have a modern video card try the following. 1. Turn off advanced Graphics. 2. Try a lower resolution. 3. Try turning on and using 16-bit colour
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:      4. Ensure any required video codecs are installed.
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:      5. Try a different theme, or try running the theme at the resolution it was designed for
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:      6. Try the latest version of GameEx. GameEx is updated all the time.
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:      7. If you performed an auto update to this version. Try performing a manual download and install.
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:  
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:  Closing database connection
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:  Disposing Plugins
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:  GameEx is exiting with errors
00:04:31.0  17/04/2010:  Deleting search cache
00:04:32.7  17/04/2010:  ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

This isn't an error with the latest version as I was previously on an earlier 10.52 or something and got the error as well so I thought I would upgrade to see if it fixed it but it hasn't.

Maybe it's an error introduced in an earlier version because although I haven't been playing lately I've still been keeping GameEx up to date., just not testing it after each upgrade.

It's definitely something with my arcade PC as I've ran the exact same installation on my other PC by mapping my emulation drive and it works perfect on the other system.

My graphics drive is Nvidia 196.21

Any ideas?

Thanks

Stu

Stu1983 GameEx God (Top Rank)

Stu1983

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I installed the latest Nvidia drivers 197.45 there and GameEx worked.

I then lowered the resolution down to 640x480 as that is all my arcade monitor can display and GameEx crashed, I put the resolution back up but it still crashes.

I reinstalled the driver again but it's still crashing.

Stu

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Tom Speirs

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I installed the latest Nvidia drivers 197.45 there and GameEx worked.

I then lowered the resolution down to 640x480 as that is all my arcade monitor can display and GameEx crashed, I put the resolution back up but it still crashes.

I reinstalled the driver again but it's still crashing.

Stu

It looks like the theme your using is missing the please wait animation grahpics or there corrupted. Otherwise its some other graphics issue that is not a bug in GameEx.

Stu1983 GameEx God (Top Rank)

Stu1983

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I'm getting somewhere, if I keep my arcade desktop resolution to higher than 800x600 and have GameEx set to not change resolution everything works other than the fact I have to run it over vnc as I now can see any picture on my arcade monitor as it's out of range :)

I tried changing theme but all that happens is I get a quick flash of the loading screen before it crashes, why would the exact same setup work on another PC though it if was a dodgy theme?

I also tried recreating this by lowering the resolution on my other PC but it works no problem, so it would seem it's just this 1 PC

Stu

Stu1983 GameEx God (Top Rank)

Stu1983

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Well I got up his morning and tried the arcade again and all is well again :)

I think I know what the problem is though, it only seems to crash when I am connect to the arcade using vnc if I get off my lazy ass and go down and try it, it all works perfect.

It's strange though as I used to always be able to connect to the arcade using vnc and run GameEx to test stuff without any trouble so I don't know if it is something in GameEx that has change or possibly a new version of vnc.

Stu

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