BillyB

I bought a C02 cab from them in '05. I didn't have any problems with them.

If anyone needs help compiling MAME, check out Mr. Do's step-by-step instructions. It's nice to not have to rely on someone else to get the latest "u" release. Now I can just do it myself. http://www.mameworld.net/mrdo/compile.html

I think a coin counter would be a really cool idea. Also I think it's a bad idea to NOT do something just because a few idiots may use it a wrong way.

I always noticed that my game preview movies, which are MNG, the sound and video would always go out of sync... I'm not sure which update did it, but it's fixed now! Thanks Tom!

Wow, lots of great new updates today! I love the "not played list" idea. I can't wait to try it out! Thanks!!

I added pacman to my "Don't Filter" roms list and updated and... it's there now! I always wondered why Pac-Man wasn't showing up... Thanks again!

Sweet! Thanks a lot, I'll try it.

The CPS3 games aren't showing up on my GameEx, too. Only SF3: 3rd Strike. But I'm doing the same as you... I'm just going to wait for 0.117. I think that will fix it. SF3 should hold me over 'til then. While we're on the subject of games that aren't displaying, I could never get the original Pac-Man to show up in GameEx without showing all of the clones. I usually use the display setting "No Clones Unless Better" because I don't like all of the clutter. With this setting Pac Man Plus shows up but not the original. I'm guessing there's probably not, but is there a way to show it without showing ALL of the clones?

Ok, I found a way to fix it but another small bug has popped up. When I turn on the option to allow other emulators for the screensaver, that's when it plays games outside of my favorites list. But when I don't allow other emulators for the screensaver it's works great. Most of my favorites are MAME anyway so it's no big deal.

Just a minor bug that I've found with 8.22... When I set the screensaver to play only my favorite games it will still play any random MAME game. That last version I had, 8.20, the play only favorites option worked perfectly.

Paying a small fee to register THE best front end out there was easy decision. Without a doubt, it's a great deal.

Wow, THAT was fast! It's working great now! Thanks!

Hi, thanks for helping me. MUCH appreciated! I'm using the lastest & official version of MAME. Windows command line version. I'm also using the lastest GameEx, history.dat, & mameinfo.dat. Here's a copy of my log: 17:13:21.8 3/30/2007: GameEx: Version 7.97: Starting Log 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: .net Framework 1.1 Installed 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.60GHz 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: 2.59Ghz 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: Running Randomize() 17:13:21.9 3/30/2007: Loading PlugIns 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Running Misc startup tasks 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Setting Menu types 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Opening Configuration File 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Getting Configuration Values 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Using Theme: Default - Acidbrain Vision800x600 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Acidbrain Vision800x600 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Launching HideOS.exe 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Hiding Taskbar 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Using Cabinet Friendly Control System 17:13:22.0 3/30/2007: Is Media Center running? 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Media Center Mode 2 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Custom Game Device Input enabled: Getting custom codes 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Snap Delay set to: 2 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Get other settings 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: SlikStik support enabled 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Using DirectInput for keyboard input 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Start work for Form 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Getting Original Screen Size 17:13:22.1 3/30/2007: Initializing Component 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: MAME Path is: C:\mame 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: daphne Path is: C:\DAPHNE 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: daphne EXE file is: Daphne.exe 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: Use daphne on. Daphne.exe will launch games 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: ZiNc Path is: C:\Zinc 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: ZiNc EXE file is: zinc.exe 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: Use ZiNc on. zinc.exe will launch PSX games 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: ROM Path is: C:\mame\roms 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 17:13:22.3 3/30/2007: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Loading Controls.ini map file 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Snap Path is: C:\mame\snap 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Flyer Path is: C:\mame\flyers 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Cabinet Path is: C:\mame\cabinets 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Title Path: Not Found 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Panel Path: Not Found 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Manual Path: Not Found 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Icon Path is: C:\mame\icons 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Marquee Path is: C:\mame\marquees 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Loading Custom Emulators 17:13:22.4 3/30/2007: Loading Emulator 4: Nintendo NES 17:13:22.7 3/30/2007: Using 3D Alpha Blended Animations. This could be slow 17:13:22.7 3/30/2007: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 17:13:22.7 3/30/2007: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 17:13:22.7 3/30/2007: Initialising DirectDraw 17:13:22.7 3/30/2007: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 17:13:22.8 3/30/2007: Creating DirectDraw Device 17:13:22.8 3/30/2007: Using Device: RADEON 9800 PRO 17:13:22.8 3/30/2007: 246mb video memory available 17:13:22.8 3/30/2007: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color 17:13:22.8 3/30/2007: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 17:13:22.8 3/30/2007: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 17:13:22.9 3/30/2007: Creating Back Buffer 17:13:22.9 3/30/2007: Version 2 Theme being used. Loading. 17:13:22.9 3/30/2007: Loading Button Data 17:13:22.9 3/30/2007: Loading Font Data 17:13:22.9 3/30/2007: Loading Layout Data 17:13:22.9 3/30/2007: Loading Taskbar Data 17:13:22.9 3/30/2007: Loading graphic Surfaces 17:13:22.9 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 17:13:23.0 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Volume 17:13:23.0 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Arrows 17:13:23.0 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 17:13:23.0 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 17:13:23.1 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 17:13:23.2 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 17:13:23.2 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 17:13:23.2 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 17:13:23.2 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Snaps 17:13:23.2 3/30/2007: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 17:13:23.3 3/30/2007: Creating Fonts 17:13:23.3 3/30/2007: Creating Menu Font 17:13:23.3 3/30/2007: Restoring Menu Font From Cache 17:13:23.4 3/30/2007: Creating Game Font 17:13:23.5 3/30/2007: Creating Font Black 17:13:23.7 3/30/2007: Creating Font Black Small 17:13:23.8 3/30/2007: Creating Game Font Faded 17:13:23.9 3/30/2007: Creating Title Font 17:13:23.9 3/30/2007: Restoring Title Font From Cache 17:13:24.0 3/30/2007: Fonts Created Succesfully 17:13:24.0 3/30/2007: 198mb video memory left available 17:13:24.0 3/30/2007: Starting GameExtender Publisher 17:13:24.3 3/30/2007: Text/Language: English 17:13:24.3 3/30/2007: Applying Language/Text 17:13:24.3 3/30/2007: Initialising Bass Audio Library 17:13:24.4 3/30/2007: MAME CMD options: 17:13:24.4 3/30/2007: Attempting to load game list 17:13:24.6 3/30/2007: Running: mame.exe -help 17:13:24.6 3/30/2007: Running: C: C:\mame\mame.exe -help > C:\mame\help.txt 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: Detected MAME Version as: 0.113 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: Now Outputing mame.exe - Help 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: --BEGIN-- 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: M.A.M.E. v0.113 (Mar 5 2007) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: Copyright © 1997-2007 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken. 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: 17:13:25.9 3/30/2007: Usage: MAME gamename [options] 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: --END-- 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: Loading last used Game List 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: Setting Music Volume 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename 17:13:26.0 3/30/2007: Creating DirectSound Device 17:13:26.1 3/30/2007: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 17:13:26.1 3/30/2007: Loading Sound Files 17:13:26.2 3/30/2007: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 17:13:26.2 3/30/2007: Creating ICONS 17:13:26.2 3/30/2007: Restoring Cached ICONS from File 17:13:26.3 3/30/2007: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 17:13:26.7 3/30/2007: Unable to create a joystick device 17:13:26.7 3/30/2007: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support 17:13:26.9 3/30/2007: Playing intro sound file 17:13:26.9 3/30/2007: Initializing MCE Remote 17:13:26.9 3/30/2007: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 17:13:27.0 3/30/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 17:13:27.5 3/30/2007: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 17:13:48.8 3/30/2007: Running: cmd.exe /c C: C:\mame\mame.exe 1942 -rompath C:\mame\roms -bezel -artwork_directory artwork 17:14:23.1 3/30/2007: Running: cmd.exe /c C: C:\mame\mame.exe airattck -rompath C:\mame\roms -bezel -artwork_directory artwork 17:14:41.3 3/30/2007: Running: cmd.exe /c C: C:\mame\mame.exe apb -rompath C:\mame\roms -bezel -artwork_directory artwork 17:15:04.5 3/30/2007: Running: cmd.exe /c C: C:\mame\mame.exe battleg -rompath C:\mame\roms -bezel -artwork_directory artwork 17:15:29.5 3/30/2007: Running: cmd.exe /c C: C:\mame\mame.exe bking -rompath C:\mame\roms -bezel -artwork_directory artwork 17:15:55.8 3/30/2007: Writing Game List to disk 17:15:56.1 3/30/2007: Updating MAME Game List 17:15:56.2 3/30/2007: Running: C: C:\mame\mame.exe -listxml > C:\mame\listinfo.dat 17:16:09.1 3/30/2007: Opening Listinfo.dat 17:16:10.6 3/30/2007: Reading ListInfo.dat 17:17:01.1 3/30/2007: Reading ListInfo.dat - DONE 17:17:01.1 3/30/2007: Getting Zinc Game list (50%) 17:17:01.1 3/30/2007: Running: C: C:\Zinc\zinc.exe --list-games > C:\mame\zinclist.dat" 17:17:02.3 3/30/2007: Running: C: C:\mame\mame.exe -verifysets -rompath "C:\mame\roms" > C:\mame\verify.dat 17:21:19.6 3/30/2007: Opening Verify.dat 17:21:20.6 3/30/2007: Processing Verify.dat 17:21:20.8 3/30/2007: Processing ListInfo.dat 17:21:27.2 3/30/2007: Listinfo.dat Processing Complete 17:21:27.2 3/30/2007: Sorting MAME Game List 17:21:27.5 3/30/2007: Writing MAME Game List To File 17:21:33.0 3/30/2007: Adding History.dat info to gamelist 17:22:03.1 3/30/2007: Adding Catver.ini info to gamelist 17:22:15.3 3/30/2007: Adding Nplayers.ini info to gamelist 17:22:26.8 3/30/2007: Adding History.dat Series info to gamelist 17:29:06.6 3/30/2007: Adding MAMEInfo.dat info to gamelist 17:31:26.1 3/30/2007: Writing MAME Game List To File 17:31:37.6 3/30/2007: Updating Year List 17:31:37.6 3/30/2007: Updating Manufacturer List 17:31:37.7 3/30/2007: Updating Category List 17:31:37.7 3/30/2007: Updating Custom Folders 17:31:37.7 3/30/2007: Writing Year List To File 17:31:37.8 3/30/2007: Writing Manufacturer List To File 17:31:37.8 3/30/2007: Writing Category List To File 17:31:37.8 3/30/2007: Loading Game List 17:31:38.4 3/30/2007: Importing MAME32 Favorites 17:31:38.4 3/30/2007: Recreating ICONS 17:36:20.4 3/30/2007: Exiting GameEx! 17:36:20.4 3/30/2007: Saving Settings 17:36:22.3 3/30/2007: Disposing Plugins 17:36:22.3 3/30/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

I really like the series info on the screen for each game... But I'm having some trouble getting it to work right. I updated my gamelist, the series info appears on the screen, but I don't think it's right. Every game that has series info always displays the game "(Medal) Yumefuda [bET]" From Street Fighter to Metal Slug... That game shows up in every series... I've updated my gameslist about 4 times already and still the same results. I've also tried erasing gamelist.txt and it's still the same. Does anyone have a clue what it could be? Here's a screenshot of what I see on most game screens...

I was wondering if it's possible to use a combination of buttons as an input. For instance, I want to use buttons X and E to enable the ingame CP viewer instead of just X. One more question... I was wondering if it's possible to use 2 different keys to do the same thing. I have key 1 as my SELECT button but I also want key 7 as another SELECT button. Thanks in advanced for any replies! -Billy B.