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[gamepimp]

Hi all. For some reason, SSF crashes shortly after I start playing a game. But this only seems to happen when I'm starting the emulator thru GameEx. When I run the emulator from the executable, there are no issues. Any thoughts on what might be going wrong? I think Adultery had a similar issue in this thread. But I don't see the root cause ever discussed...

[Adultery]

Were you still doing this:

LaunchBefore=""C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe" -mount 0,"[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]""
LaunchAfter=cmd.exe /c "C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe" -unmount 0

Cuz you should be doing this now:

LaunchBefore=
LaunchAfter=

Command=ssf.exe [VirtualDrive]:\

Should work fine, or it does for me anyways.

[fRequEnCy]

Would also help if you exported your config and posted so we can have a look see. Also the ini file for the emulator settings in the emulator directory.

[gamepimp]

Adultery, I've tried the [VIRTUALDRIVE]:\ command w/o any success. But maybe I'm doing something wrong. Am I supposed to put that exact statement right after SSF.exe? Or am I supposed to put the letter of my DT Lite drive? Would u mind sharing ur full emulator .ini so I can see if there's anything else I'm missing?

And Frequency, I will post those files u mentioned tonight if I still can't get this to work w/ Adultery's help.

Thx guys!

[Adultery]

Here's mine from the GameEx.ini:

Spoiler

[Emulator_21]
PlayMusic=False
CustomArtName2=Advertisement
BoxPath=F:\Emulators\SSF\Artwork\Box
RemoveBrackets=True
ReplaceUnder=False
TITLETEXT=Sega Saturn
CustomArtName1=Box (Back)
ImageNotFound=F:\Images\no_img.png
PCGame=False
STARTPAGENAME=SEGA Saturn
CartPath=F:\Emulators\SSF\Artwork\CD
Info=Sega Saturn emulator
WorkingPath=F:\Emulators\SSF
Capitals=False
CustomArtPath1=F:\Emulators\SSF\Artwork\BoxBack
TitlePath=F:\Emulators\SSF\Artwork\Title
Emulator=SSF
Command=ssf.exe [VIRTUALDRIVE]:\
SnapPath=F:\Emulators\SSF\Artwork\Snap
DownloadUrl=http://www.gamesdbase.com/setupwizard/emulators/download/SSF.7z
PlayInScreenSaver=False
Enabled=True
RequiredFiles=Bios - SEGA_101.BIN and stv110.bin (512kb each)
SelectionMusicFolder=F:\EmuMusic
ManualPath=F:\Emulators\SSF\Artwork\Manual
LaunchBefore=
LaunchAfter=
MapKeys=True
System=Sega Saturn
configFile=[Mapping Off] Exit (Process Close)
ROMFilter=*.cue
PlaySelectionMusic=False
Website=http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~phantasy/ssf/index.html
StartPageLogo=Sega Saturn
CustomArtPath2=F:\Emulators\SSF\Artwork\Advert
Debug=False
ControlPanelPath=F:\Images\Controls\Emulators\Saturn.png
CDCheck=False
RomPath=F:\Emulators\SSF\Roms
DontShowInfo=False
Version=Ver0.12 alpha
ReplaceDash=False
GameExtenderCustomArtPath=F:\Images\MarqueeMagician\Emus\SAT.png
RandomMostPlayed=True
GamesIn7Zips=False
Category=Console
ShowDesktop=True
CustomBackground=Back-Sega_Saturn.png
UseDbName=False
DATABASE=[Console] Sega Saturn
ShowMostPlayed=True
AlsoLaunch=
MusicPath=
TVAdPath=
VideoSnapPath=

[gamepimp]

Mine looks the same. When I try to run SSF now, it tries to launch the emulator and then returns me to GameEx. In the log file, I find this comment:

16:55:38.2 1/16/2012: Unable to mount ISO. Did you install ISO Support when installing GameEx?

I'm guessing this is my issue? How do install ISO support? The game I was trying to load had.bin and .cue files. They weren't .iso. And I'm trying to run the game thru DT Lite, not Virtual CD. Thoughts?

I've attached GameEx.ini and SSF.ini in case that might be helpful. Thx!

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[Draco1962]

Download from the main site www.gameex.com the latest version. When running the setup, select "Install Karaoke and ISO Mounting Support" and click next and proceed with the installation.

[gamepimp]

Ok. Just tried that. But still have the same issue. Log file says "Unable to mount ISO. Did you install ISO Support when installing GameEx?" Do I need to do a clean install of GameEx? If so, what do I need to save in order to bring it back to the state it is now?

[Adultery]

I didn't have Game Mounting Support installed (I have always only used DT), so maybe you need to uninstall Virtual Clone Drive from Add/Remove Programs?

[gamepimp]

I actually removed VCD awhile back when I installed DT Lite....

[Adultery]

I hate to ask, but your DT is up to date right?

Just to clarify, if you installed ISO Mounting Support from GameEx's installer you installed VCD.

[gamepimp]

DT Lite was installed about a month ago. So it's def current. I'll have to check and see if VCD was re-installed last night when I installed GameEx w/ the ISO Mounting Support checked. It may have been. If it was, I'll remove it. But prior to installing ISO Mounting Support last night, I did not have VCD and was still getting the "Unable to mount ISO. Did you install ISO Support when installing GameEx?" error msg. So I'm not sure my issue has anything to do w/ VCD.

I seem to recall reading a forum post regarding how the DT Lite drive had to be named for GameEx to recognize it. Does that ring a bell with anyone? If so, what would be the appropriate name for the drive?

[Draco1962]

Well there was your post with reference to DT Lite for PC Engine. Was this the one you were thinking about? Seems like there might have been a few others as well. I beleive that the name of the drive is assigned by DT Lite at install.

[Adultery]

Yeah I didn't do anything special to DT Lite other tha install it and set it to run at startup.

[gamepimp]

I hv my DT Lite drive setup as a SCSI drive. Would that matter?

[TSpeirs]

gamepimp, on 17 January 2012 - 07:28 PM, said:

I hv my DT Lite drive setup as a SCSI drive. Would that matter?

You may need to rename the manufacturer of the drive to DTSoft

[gamepimp]

I'll give that a shot. Thx Tom!

[gamepimp]

Ok. I think getting this emulator to work with the embeded CD mounting feature will be the death of me. LOL.

So I setup a virtual "DT" drive that has a manufacturer name of DTSoft. It is drive D:\ on my computer. Looking at the log file, it seems that GameEx now recognizes this drive:

17:23:34.2 1/19/2012: Restoring Emulator from Cache
17:23:37.9 1/19/2012: Creating instance of global keyboard hook
17:23:37.9 1/19/2012: Running: cmd.exe /c C: SSF.exe d:\
17:23:38.1 1/19/2012: Shutting down display

However, it does not appear that a disk is mounting when I attempt to launch a game. I don't see a file loaded on the drive when I have GameEx running in a window and the DT Lite window up as well. I also get an error msg right away from Windows saying that SSF.exe has stopped working. Does GameEx mount a disk image using the command line parameters that were necessary when using the "launch before" and "launch after" fxns? If so, I think the newer version of DT Lite uses a slightly different command line than what others have reported previously. Most people say they use "C:\Program Files (x86)\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe" -mount dt 0, "[RomPath]\[RomFile]". But I've only been able to get a disk to mount with this command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe" -mount dt, 0, "[RomPath]\[RomFile]". The only difference is an extra comma before the zero.

That's the only thing I can think of that might potentially be an issue. Although I might be (and probably am) totally wrong on this. Any thoughts?

[Adultery]

Did you set the DT drive as default in SSF?

[gamepimp]

Yes, it's the default drive in SSF. Don't know if this is helpful or not, but most of the time I get an error msg in SSF that says "CFile::CFile() error." But I can play games just fine when I mount the disk in DT Lite and then fire up SSF.