Help & suggestions about PSOne system

[AlphaUMi]

Hello!

I'm about to finish my GamEx setup, only PSOne system is left. Obviously, I've read all the topics already present here on the forum, and indeed they are very instructive and interesting. Although they are not my cup of tea, since all those topics are focused on how to manage and launch ISOs. I don't have the hard disk space nor the time to convert my entire collection to disk images, so I would try to manage them via GameEx directly from CDs.

I use ePSXe 1.7.1 via ePSXeCutor.

So I have a couple of questions:

1) How do I create the fake ROMS so that GameEx can list them in the emulator menu? Should I create shortcuts with ePSXeCutor and put them in the ROMs folder? But am I correct in supposing that there are problems for GameEx managing ePSXe with ePSXeCutor (something like processes not closed, IIRC)?

2) Which is the best way to configure ePSXeCutor in GameEx, and, if there isn't any, which is the best way in general?

3) Could you post please your PSOne system config from GameEx.ini so that I can take a look?

4) There is something else I should know?

Ok, that's all for now and thanks for reading.

Waiting for your reply,

cheers,

Alpha.

[AlphaUMi]

Ok, I managed to get a decent configuration by my own. Basically I created a config file telling GameEx to wait for ePSXe to close before returning to menu. It works.

Now I have another problem: although I set up my emulator to use the database for Playstation, GamEx doesn't read it, so I can't have all the informations and infos about games. This is very annoying.

Instead of upload my whole ini, here is the relevant part of it:

[Emulator_12]

Enabled=True

System=Sony Playstation

Category=Console

Emulator=ePSXe

Version=1.70

Rating=

DownloadUrl=http://www.gamesdbase.com/setupwizard/emulators/download/epsxe.7z

RequiredFiles=scph1001.bin (512kb)

Website=http://www.epsxe.com/

Info=Sony Playstation Emulator

TitleText=Sony Playstation

StartPageName=Sony Playstation

StartPageLogo=Sony Playstation

Command=""[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]""

RomFilter=

Database=[Console] Sony Playstation

ConfigFile=ePSXeCutor

MapFile=

RomPath=F:\GIOCHI\PSOne\Links

SnapPath=F:\GIOCHI\PSOne\Snaps

TitlePath=F:\GIOCHI\PSOne\Titles

BoxPath=F:\GIOCHI\PSOne\Boxes

CartPath=

ManualPath=F:\GIOCHI\PSOne\Manuals

ControlPanelPath=

WorkingPath=C:\Programmi\Emulatori\PSOne\ePSXe

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=6000

SendKeys={F5}

ReplaceDash=False

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=False

RemoveBrackets=True

ShowDesktop=False

Debug=False

AlsoLaunch=

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=Playstation.png

PlayMusic=False

DontShowInfo=

PlaySelectionMusic=False

SelectionMusicFolder=

PCGame=False

GamesIn7Zips=False

PlayInScreenSaver=False

ShowMostPlayed=True

RandomMostPlayed=False

CDCheck=False

CDCheckFile=

RomsInFolders=False

lastgame=

CustomArtName1=CD

CustomArtPath1=F:\GIOCHI\PSOne\CDs

CustomArtName2=Pubblicita'

CustomArtPath2=F:\GIOCHI\PSOne\Adverts

I hope someone helps me resolving this issue with the database.

Cheers,

Alpha.

[AlphaUMi]

Yesterday I forgot to clean the cache. I did it today, but it didn't work. It seems that GameEx skips to read the Playstation database. Maybe this is due to the fact that I have the roms as link (*.lnk) in order to launch ePSXeCutor? Does this matter for GameEx? I can see the list, artworks etc. My "fake" ROMS are well named, so what could be the reason? It seems to be a bug in GameEx, but can someone who uses Playstation system confirm that at least it's not a bug? Tom, could you take a look at this, please?

Regards,

Alpha.

[Adultery]

Ahh Alpha, it pains me that I can't help you with this, but I use pSX and I keep my ISOs on an external HDD. Sorry.

[fRequEnCy]

Yesterday I forgot to clean the cache. I did it today, but it didn't work. It seems that GameEx skips to read the Playstation database. Maybe this is due to the fact that I have the roms as link (*.lnk) in order to launch ePSXeCutor? Does this matter for GameEx? I can see the list, artworks etc. My "fake" ROMS are well named, so what could be the reason? It seems to be a bug in GameEx, but can someone who uses Playstation system confirm that at least it's not a bug? Tom, could you take a look at this, please?

Regards,

Alpha.

Having link files shouldn't matter as it's not looking for the fullname. If you take a look at the database, this system needs a lot of work. The thing about this system is that it uses disc images and can't be scanned as easily as roms in rom management applications. It list's lots of games and their descriptions but don't have a goodname (your filename) to match them. So you would have to manually fill in the name of your roms.

[AlphaUMi]

Having link files shouldn't matter as it's not looking for the fullname. If you take a look at the database, this system needs a lot of work. The thing about this system is that it uses disc images and can't be scanned as easily as roms in rom management applications. It list's lots of games and their descriptions but don't have a goodname (your filename) to match them. So you would have to manually fill in the name of your roms.

Yeahhh!! Good suggenstion! Actually I looked into the database and saw almost all TOSEC, No-intro atc fields are empty. I'll try to fill those fileds with my rom name. I will post the result.

EDIT: Indeed yours is an excellent suggestion! I've just tried to fill the database with the entry about the first of my games and... taaa daaa! The informations appear!

I have just a 65 games to fill, so for me isn't an hassle. But if we consider that for this system there aren't tosec or no-intro set, and that the names are almost identical all over the world (the only difference that bumped in my mind is Resident Evil published in Japan as Bio Hazard), if we copy the content of the first column (Name) in the second column (GoodName) we should do the trick. (Pause)

I just did it. Let me try...

[fRequEnCy]

Yeahhh!! Good suggenstion! Actually I looked into the database and saw almost all TOSEC, No-intro atc fields are empty. I'll try to fill those fileds with my rom name. I will post the result.

Fill in the GoodName fields to match your roms. This is the first field GameEx looks to. Also, I would copy that file and then edit because if you edit the orginal, it may be overwritten during an update. So copy and rename and then edit.

[AlphaUMi]

Thank you fReq! Now the issue is solved (I did as you suggested above)!

Cheers and thanks,

Alpha!