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NEWS: GameEx 10.58 - 10.61

Tom Speirs

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Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

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18th April, 2010 - GameEx 10.61

New theme editor by Headkaze to support the new background images. Thanks!

18th April, 2010 - GameEx 10.59/10.60

Fixes minor ini writing issue. Vastly improved speed of advanced configuration application. Support for AVS video files. Other fixes.

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18th April, 2010 - GameEx 10.61

New theme editor by Headkaze to support the new background images. Thanks!

Thanks HK!

18th April, 2010 - GameEx 10.59/10.60

Fixes minor ini writing issue. Vastly improved speed of advanced configuration application. Support for AVS video files. Other fixes.

Thanks Tom!/Thanks Tom!

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Krakerman GameEx God (Top Rank)

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I'm getting strange font effects on some of my text on my game listings. Like the Letter X has a hang nail or something as well as a few others.

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

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I'm getting strange font effects on some of my text on my game listings. Like the Letter X has a hang nail or something as well as a few others.

Can you post a screenshot please.

Krakerman GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Speaking of which. What is the best free screen capture program out there for windows 7 x64 that will capture fullscreens. I found one called JShot but wonder if it's any good. Soon as I find one Tom I'll post it :)

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Speaking of which. What is the best free screen capture program out there for windows 7 x64 that will capture fullscreens. I found one called JShot but wonder if it's any good. Soon as I find one Tom I'll post it :)

Just use the print screen key. Open up paint, paste, then save as PNG.

Krakerman GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Easier said then done as I am using a wireless keyboard that doesn't have a print screen key. I'll figure it out and get back with you.

Krakerman GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Ok Tom got it so here it is look at the ZX Spectrum and Sega Genesis 32X. The X has a wierd little line before it.

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

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Hey Tom did you finally stop using those old Win32 API's for manipulating ini files? They are soooo slow!

Yep, sure did :) I just found out this breaks the setup wizard, as it implanting extra quotes when writing a quoted a string. Any chance you can get me a new version that does not do that please?

Cheers.

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Yep, sure did :) I just found out this breaks the setup wizard, as it implanting extra quotes when writing a quoted a string. Any chance you can get me a new version that does not do that please?

Cheers.

public void WriteValue(string Section, string Key, string Value)
{
    if (Value != null)
    {
        if (Value.StartsWith("\"") && Value.EndsWith("\""))
             Value = "\"" + Value + "\"";
    }

    WritePrivateProfileString(Section, Key, Value, this.path);
}

So just checking should I just remove this code that adds the extra quotes there?

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public void WriteValue(string Section, string Key, string Value)
{
    if (Value != null)
    {
        if (Value.StartsWith("\"") && Value.EndsWith("\""))
             Value = "\"" + Value + "\"";
    }

    WritePrivateProfileString(Section, Key, Value, this.path);
}

So just checking should I just remove this code that adds the extra quotes there?

Yes Please.

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19th April, 2010 - GameEx 10.62

Ambiance will now resume after running an emulator. GameEx will now run without administrator rights. You will need to install GameEx to a folder that does not require administrator rights such as C:\GameEx. This is now the default install path. Fixes command line double quotes issue. Fixes font issue at high resolutions.

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thank you for addressing the quotes issue, but i've found another exception. when using multiple pairs of quotes in a command line, it doesn't complete the final quotation. for instance, i have daemon tools set up to automatically load an iso. the command line in setupwizard is:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DAEMON Tools Lite\dtlite.exe" -mount 0,"[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"

but, according to debug mode, gameex is executing

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DAEMON Tools Lite\dtlite.exe" -mount 0,"[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]

without the final quotation mark at the end.

also, as of the last few versions of gameex i'm experiencing some strange 'lag' when maneuvering menus in windowed mode.

using windows 7 64 bit

it works just as smooth as always until i re size the window to make it any larger.

my desktop resolution is 1920x1080, and i make the window about 1280x1024. the menus skip as if the hard drive is reading intensely. also, i notice that my cpu runs at about 70%.

i have a version of gameex backed up from about four days ago, and this installation has no lag issues (although it still uses the same amount of cpu)

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

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The quotes issue should be fixed in the next release. Since Ben has updated the Setup Wizard now.

The window issue is due to a display bug in windows 7/vista. If your system is not affected the perfomance issue wont be there in the next release for you.

twotone8 Ultimate GameEx Guru!

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the quotes are indeed fixed. thank you for the fine work. i am, however, still experiencing the windowed lag, and i'm a bit confused about your post addressing it.

you mention "If your system is not affected the perfomance issue wont be there in the next release for you."

well...my system is indeed affected. does that mean that it's just going to stay that way? your post seems to imply that if it's not a problem now, it won't be a problem later.

this is indeed a new glitch. all releases up to about a week ago ran smooth as silk.

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the quotes are indeed fixed. thank you for the fine work. i am, however, still experiencing the windowed lag, and i'm a bit confused about your post addressing it.

you mention "If your system is not affected the perfomance issue wont be there in the next release for you."

well...my system is indeed affected. does that mean that it's just going to stay that way? your post seems to imply that if it's not a problem now, it won't be a problem later.

this is indeed a new glitch. all releases up to about a week ago ran smooth as silk.

Bascially, sometimes the background will get corrupted when running GameEx windowed on vista and windows 7. This is now fixed but the consequence is it affects performance a little. You may not have seen the issue but it was there.

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In regard to performance of the ini reader routines, the version I am uploading now may be a little quicker even still.

Id made a performance mistake with the build, and am uploading a new one now. Its 10.65 still.

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