5.30 Problems

[moparmaniac]

I just updated to 5.30 and am having some quirky problems after the update.

First, I have a video folder set up for Intro Videos, these are not playing now. It is going straight to the loading screen.

Second, I used to be able to move my trackball over the game titles and I could use that to select the games...now it will not move the cursor bar any more. I have to use the joystick.

Third, when I exit GameEx, my background on the desktop is not reverting back to the original desktop background; it is staying black.

From what I can tell the options for problems 1 and 2 are setup correctly in the admin.

Anyone else experiencing these things?

[Tom Speirs]

I just updated to 5.30 and am having some quirky problems after the update.

First, I have a video folder set up for Intro Videos, these are not playing now. It is going straight to the loading screen.

Second, I used to be able to move my trackball over the game titles and I could use that to select the games...now it will not move the cursor bar any more. I have to use the joystick.

Third, when I exit GameEx, my background on the desktop is not reverting back to the original desktop background; it is staying black.

From what I can tell the options for problems 1 and 2 are setup correctly in the admin.

Anyone else experiencing these things?

1. What format are the video files in?

2. Can you plug in a mouse and see if that's working. Are you running at an Arcade Monitor resolution, or turned on ArcadeMode? This disables the mouse.

3. This was a problem in versions before 5.30 but should be fixed now. Could you confirm its deffinitly still happening in 5.30?

Thanks,

Tom

[moparmaniac]

Ok..did some playing around tonight...here's what I've come up with. I just downloaded 5.31.

1. What format are the video files in? Both Files are MPEG

2. Can you plug in a mouse and see if that's working. Are you running at an Arcade Monitor resolution, or turned on ArcadeMode? This disables the mouse.

My PC is Dual Purposes in an Arcade Cabinet so a mouse is always connected to the PC. I have tried various themes...some will function and work with the mouse, some will not. I do not have this running in ArcadeMode.

I had been using the Default BlueEx 800X600 for a long time with no problems.

I seems that Default-Default, Default-GameEx, Default-DeepPurple are the ones I tried that will still function properly. Many of the other themes I tried will not work with the mouse any more (highlighting links and using mouse buttons to select)

3. This was a problem in versions before 5.30 but should be fixed now. Could you confirm its deffinitly still happening in 5.30?

Even trying these themes, they still are keeping my Desktop black after exiting.

I changed the option of Hide Desktop to NO to stop that problem.

[Tom Speirs]

Ok..did some playing around tonight...here's what I've come up with. I just downloaded 5.31.

1. What format are the video files in? Both Files are MPEG

2. Can you plug in a mouse and see if that's working. Are you running at an Arcade Monitor resolution, or turned on ArcadeMode? This disables the mouse.

My PC is Dual Purposes in an Arcade Cabinet so a mouse is always connected to the PC.  I have tried various themes...some will function and work with the mouse, some will not. I do not have this running in ArcadeMode.

I had been using the Default BlueEx 800X600 for a long time with no problems.

I seems that Default-Default, Default-GameEx, Default-DeepPurple are the ones I tried that will still function properly.  Many of the other themes I tried will not work with the mouse any more (highlighting links and using mouse buttons to select)

3. This was a problem in versions before 5.30 but should be fixed now. Could you confirm its deffinitly still happening in 5.30?

Even trying these themes, they still are keeping my Desktop black after exiting.

I changed the option of Hide Desktop to NO to stop that problem.

do the files have the .mpeg extenstion or .mpg extension? Make sure there .mpg?

Are they are genuine mpeg 1 files? If not that could be why. I really dont know what could have changed that could stop them playing since random startup videos where introduced. Has anything else changed your end? Do the files play in Windows Media Player?

BlueEx runs in ArcadeMode. The mouse should never have worked. Not sure why it did. If you edit the theme.ini for that theme, and turn off ArcadeMode you should be able to get the mouse to work. If it was working before it was an unintended feature/bug.

[moparmaniac]

Videos are working again..after the 5.31 install.

Mouse issue is resolved with a change in themes.

Any reason why the desktop background won't revert back when exiting GameEx?

[Tom Speirs]

Videos are working again..after the 5.31 install.

Mouse issue is resolved with a change in themes.

Any reason why the desktop background won't revert back when exiting GameEx?

2/3 is good going

Dont know about the background at the moment. What OS, patches etc are you using? Do you have any software installed that could affect it. How are you exiting GameEx? Could you also post your log.

[moparmaniac]

I'm running XP Pro SP2

I didn't have this problem before that I can recall before the last couple of GameEx Updates.

Here is my Log...

17:56:43.2 12/21/2005: GameEx: Version 5.31: Starting Log

17:56:43.2 12/21/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

17:56:43.2 12/21/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP

17:56:43.2 12/21/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

17:56:43.2 12/21/2005: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

17:56:43.2 12/21/2005: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

17:56:43.2 12/21/2005: Checking Registration

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Running Randomize()

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Running Misc startup tasks

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Setting Menu types

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Opening Configuration File

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Getting Configuration Values

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Using Theme: Default - GameEx

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - GameEx

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Text/Language: English

17:56:43.3 12/21/2005: Applying Language/Text

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes)

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Snap Delay set to: 4

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Is Media Center running?

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Media Center Mode 0

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Get other settings

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Using 3D Animations

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings

17:56:43.4 12/21/2005: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

17:56:43.5 12/21/2005: SlikStik support enabled

17:56:43.5 12/21/2005: Using DirectInput for keyboard input

17:56:43.5 12/21/2005: Launching HideOS.exe

17:56:44.7 12/21/2005: Hiding Taskbar

17:56:44.7 12/21/2005: Start work for Form

17:56:44.7 12/21/2005: Getting Original Screen Size

17:56:44.7 12/21/2005: Loading ICON

17:56:44.7 12/21/2005: Initializing Component

17:56:45.0 12/21/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library

17:56:45.3 12/21/2005: Loading default loading screen

17:56:45.5 12/21/2005: Using General Font: HandelGothic BT

17:56:45.5 12/21/2005: Using Title Font: HandelGothic BT

17:56:45.5 12/21/2005: Initialising DirectDraw

17:56:45.5 12/21/2005: Applying GameEx is Loading Image

17:56:45.9 12/21/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device

17:56:45.9 12/21/2005: Using Device: ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 SERIES

17:56:46.1 12/21/2005: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color

17:56:47.2 12/21/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

17:56:47.2 12/21/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

17:56:47.5 12/21/2005: Creating Back Buffer

17:56:47.5 12/21/2005: Loading graphic surfaces

17:56:47.6 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

17:56:47.9 12/21/2005: Creating Surface Volume

17:56:48.0 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces Arrows

17:56:48.2 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

17:56:48.3 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

17:56:48.7 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

17:56:51.1 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

17:56:51.3 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

17:56:51.3 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

17:56:51.4 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces Snaps

17:56:51.4 12/21/2005: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

17:56:51.6 12/21/2005: Creating Fonts

17:56:51.6 12/21/2005: Creating Menu Font

17:56:52.2 12/21/2005: Creating Game Font

17:56:52.6 12/21/2005: Creating Game Font Standard Size

17:56:52.9 12/21/2005: Creating Font Black

17:56:53.0 12/21/2005: Creating Font Black Small

17:56:53.0 12/21/2005: Creating Game Font Faded

17:56:53.4 12/21/2005: Creating Title Font

17:56:54.3 12/21/2005: Fonts Created Succesfully

17:56:54.3 12/21/2005: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

17:56:54.3 12/21/2005: MAME Path is: E:\Mame32

17:56:54.3 12/21/2005: ZiNc Path is: C:\Emulators\zinc

17:56:54.4 12/21/2005: ZiNc EXE file is: ZiNc.exe

17:56:54.4 12/21/2005: Use ZiNc on. ZiNc.exe will launch PSX games

17:56:54.4 12/21/2005: MAME EXE file is: mame32FXpp.exe

17:56:54.5 12/21/2005: ROM Path is: E:\Mame32\roms

17:56:54.6 12/21/2005: Catver.ini is located at: E:\Mame32\ini\catver.ini

17:56:54.6 12/21/2005: controls.ini is located at: E:\Mame32\ini\controls.ini

17:56:54.6 12/21/2005: History.dat is located at: E:\Mame32\history.dat

17:56:54.8 12/21/2005: nplayers.ini is located at: E:\Mame32\folders\Multiplayer.ini

17:56:54.9 12/21/2005: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: E:\Mame32\mameinfo.dat

17:56:54.9 12/21/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file

17:56:55.0 12/21/2005: Loading Custom Emulators

17:56:55.0 12/21/2005: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES Games

17:56:55.1 12/21/2005: Loading Emulator 4: Nintendo NES Games

17:56:55.1 12/21/2005: Loading Emulator 5: Atari 2600 Games

17:56:55.4 12/21/2005: Snap Path is: E:\Mame32\snap

17:56:55.5 12/21/2005: AVI Snap Path is: E:\Mame32\AttractVids\ingame

17:56:55.5 12/21/2005: Flyer Path is: E:\Mame32\flyers

17:56:55.5 12/21/2005: Cabinet Path is: E:\Mame32\cabinets

17:56:55.5 12/21/2005: Title Path is: E:\Mame32\titles

17:56:55.5 12/21/2005: Panel Path: Not Found

17:56:55.5 12/21/2005: Icon Path is: C:\Program Files\GameEx\ICONS

17:56:55.5 12/21/2005: Marquee Path is: E:\Mame32\marquees

17:56:55.5 12/21/2005: MAME CMD options: -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -ddraw -hwstretch -keepaspect -resolution 800x600x0 -joy -lightgun

17:56:55.5 12/21/2005: Attempting to load game list

17:56:55.9 12/21/2005: Running: mame32FXpp.exe -help

17:56:55.9 12/21/2005: Running: E: E:\Mame32\mame32FXpp.exe -help > E:\Mame32\help.txt

17:56:56.6 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.6 12/21/2005: Now Outputing mame32FXpp.exe - Help

17:56:56.6 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.6 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.6 12/21/2005: --BEGIN--

17:56:56.6 12/21/2005: M.A.M.E. v0.102u4 (Dec 16 2005) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

17:56:56.6 12/21/2005: Copyright © 1997-2005 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team

17:56:56.6 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken.

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: Usage: MAME gamename [options]

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: --END--

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005:

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: Loading last used Game List

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: Setting Music Volume

17:56:56.7 12/21/2005: Loading WMP Playlists

17:56:59.0 12/21/2005: Creating DirectSound Device

17:56:59.0 12/21/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

17:56:59.0 12/21/2005: Loading Sound Files

17:56:59.1 12/21/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

17:56:59.1 12/21/2005: Creating ICONS

17:56:59.2 12/21/2005: Restoring Cached ICONS from File

17:57:00.4 12/21/2005: Gamepad/Joystick disabled

17:57:00.4 12/21/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support

17:57:00.5 12/21/2005: Playing Startup Video

17:57:04.3 12/21/2005: Playing intro sound file

17:57:04.3 12/21/2005: Initializing MCE Remote

17:57:04.3 12/21/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

17:57:04.3 12/21/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

17:57:04.5 12/21/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

17:58:02.0 12/21/2005: Running: cmd.exe /c E: E:\Mame32\mame32FXpp.exe 1945kiii -rompath E:\Mame32\roms -skip_gameinfo -triplebuffer -nowindow -ddraw -hwstretch -keepaspect -resolution 800x600x0 -joy -lightgun

17:59:57.0 12/21/2005: Exiting GameEx!

17:59:57.0 12/21/2005: Saving Settings

17:59:57.3 12/21/2005: Writing Game List to disk

18:00:09.1 12/21/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

I keep my desktop theme as Windows Classic and then after exiting GameEx (which I use both the X in the Program or hit the Exit Button on my CP) it Displays Modified Theme. Not A Big Deal..but would like to see what is causing it at least maybe.