[RESOLVED] Error Loading a new install of GameEx

[GoTheBunnies]

Hi guys,

Have just copied GameEx from my cab to my main PC so I can test some new emulators etc. I copied my entire GameEx directory onto the new PC, and then reinstalled GameEx from the website - that's the best way to go about it right?

Anyway, it's not loading - and my error log follows. What am I missing?

12:36:00.7 24/03/2011: GameEx: Version 11.63: Starting Log

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: Operating System Name: Windows XP

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: .net Framework 1.0 Installed

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: .net Framework 3.0 Installed

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: .net Framework 3.5 Installed

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.93GHz, 1471MB

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: 2.93Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's

12:36:00.8 24/03/2011: Running Randomize()

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Loading PlugIns

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Running Misc startup tasks

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Setting Menu types

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Opening Configuration File

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Getting Configuration Values

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Using Theme: Default - BlueEx - MCE1024x768

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - BlueEx - MCE1024x768

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Launching HideOS.exe

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

12:36:01.2 24/03/2011: Hiding Taskbar

12:36:01.3 24/03/2011: Is Media Center running?

12:36:01.3 24/03/2011: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

12:36:01.4 24/03/2011: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

12:36:01.4 24/03/2011: Media Center Mode 2

12:36:01.4 24/03/2011: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

12:36:01.4 24/03/2011: Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes

12:36:01.4 24/03/2011: Snap Delay set to: 5

12:36:01.4 24/03/2011: Get other settings

12:36:01.4 24/03/2011: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

12:36:01.4 24/03/2011: SlikStik support enabled

12:36:01.4 24/03/2011: Using DirectInput for keyboard input

12:36:01.5 24/03/2011: Start work for Form

12:36:01.5 24/03/2011: Getting Original Screen Size

12:36:01.6 24/03/2011: Opening Database Connection

12:36:03.5 24/03/2011: Initializing Component

12:36:03.8 24/03/2011: Retrieving resolution setting

12:36:03.8 24/03/2011: MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32\Mame_133

12:36:03.8 24/03/2011: Cannot Find MAME Path: MAME Disabled

12:36:03.8 24/03/2011: Loading Controls.ini map file

12:36:03.9 24/03/2011: Loading Custom Emulators

12:36:03.9 24/03/2011: Using 2D Animations

12:36:03.9 24/03/2011: Using General Font: Verdana

12:36:03.9 24/03/2011: Using Title Font: Joystix

12:36:04.0 24/03/2011: Initialising Direct3D

12:36:04.1 24/03/2011: Setting Resolution to 1920x1080 32 bit color

12:36:04.2 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces

12:36:04.8 24/03/2011: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

12:36:04.9 24/03/2011: Creating Back Buffer

12:36:05.0 24/03/2011: Loading graphic Surfaces

12:36:05.0 24/03/2011: Display is running at: 1920x1080 32bit color, 60hz

12:36:05.2 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Flags

12:36:05.2 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

12:36:05.4 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Volume

12:36:05.4 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Arrows

12:36:05.4 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

12:36:05.4 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

12:36:05.5 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

12:36:05.5 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

12:36:05.6 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

12:36:05.6 24/03/2011: Creating Surface Unselected

12:36:05.6 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

12:36:05.6 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Snaps

12:36:05.6 24/03/2011: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

12:36:05.9 24/03/2011: Creating Fonts

12:36:05.9 24/03/2011: Creating Game Font

12:36:06.5 24/03/2011: Creating Game Font Faded

12:36:06.7 24/03/2011: Creating Title Font

12:36:06.7 24/03/2011: Restoring Title Font From Cache

12:36:07.2 24/03/2011: Error: Font 'Joystix' does not support style 'Regular'.

12:36:07.3 24/03/2011: at System.Drawing.Font.CreateNativeFont()

12:36:07.3 24/03/2011: at System.Drawing.Font.Initialize(FontFamily family, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont)

12:36:07.3 24/03/2011: at System.Drawing.Font..ctor(FontFamily family, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit)

12:36:07.3 24/03/2011: at ag.cf()

12:36:07.3 24/03/2011: at ag.c(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2)

12:36:07.3 24/03/2011: at ag.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5)

12:36:07.3 24/03/2011: at ag.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)

12:36:07.3 24/03/2011: at ag..ctor()

12:36:07.4 24/03/2011: Closing database connection

12:36:07.4 24/03/2011: Disposing Plugins

12:36:07.4 24/03/2011: GameEx is exiting with errors

12:36:10.7 24/03/2011: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

[Adultery]

12:36:07.2 24/03/2011: Error: Font 'Joystix' does not support style 'Regular'

Change the font type to "BOLD".

Also make sure you installed the TTF on the destination computer if you haven't already done so.

[GoTheBunnies]

12:36:07.2 24/03/2011: Error: Font 'Joystix' does not support style 'Regular'

Change the font type to "BOLD".

Also make sure you installed the TTF on the destination computer if you haven't already done so.

Thanks - font type as in 'Main Font'? (Bold is not a choice there?).

TTF = ?

[Adultery]

Make sure you installed the Joystix font is what I meant (TTF=True Type Font).

Also, I believe this setting would be in your theme, but I'm not sure. My guess is that you haven't installed the font on the destination computer, as Joystix isn't a preinstalled font.

[GoTheBunnies]

Make sure you installed the Joystix font is what I meant (TTF=True Type Font).

Also, I believe this setting would be in your theme, but I'm not sure. My guess is that you haven't installed the font on the destination computer, as Joystix isn't a preinstalled font.

Thanks - that's a bit weird, but you were right, I just changed the theme and now GameEx loads. Why wouldn't the font have copied over given I copied all the GameEx files, including the Themes folder?

[Adultery]

Well, the font is a Windows related thing, not a gameex one. My guess is the theme you're using now doesn't use a font that isn't already installed. If you didn't install that font yourself (and you would know if you did), it just wouldn't be there.

If you want that theme to work, you'll have to install Joystix yourself. Good news is you can download it here and install it using this guide.

[GoTheBunnies]

Well, the font is a Windows related thing, not a gameex one. My guess is the theme you're using now doesn't use a font that isn't already installed. If you didn't install that font yourself (and you would know if you did), it just wouldn't be there.

If you want that theme to work, you'll have to install Joystix yourself. Good news is you can download it here and install it using this guide.

Thanks for that, but the plot thickens! When I downloaded and tried to install the font, Windows told me JoyStix was already installed (and so it was). Weird then that the theme wouldn't work.

[bkenobi]

Just use a different theme. If you really like that theme, maybe you can edit it to use a different font.

[fRequEnCy]

The font is located in the MEDIA folder of your GameEx install. And in the font directory, there is a shortcut pointing to this font. So just copying over the GameEx folder wouldn't work in that case since no action was done to the font folder of Windows.

[Tom Speirs]

When copying a GameEx install you need to do a proper install over the top of it. Several files are registered like that font.

[GoTheBunnies]

When copying a GameEx install you need to do a proper install over the top of it. Several files are registered like that font.

I did - after copying over the folders I did a complete install over the top into the same directory.