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  1. FAQ: Pinball FX2 Unique Table Names GAME TABLE Alien Isolation Alien_Isolation Alien Vs Predator Alien_vs_Predator Aliens Aliens American Dad AmericanDad Ant-Man MARVEL_Ant-Man Archer Archer Avengers MARVEL_Avengers Avengers - Age of Ultron MARVEL_Age_of_Ultron Bethesda Doom BETHESDA_Doom Bethesda Fallout BETHESDA_Fallout Bethesda Skyrim BETHESDA_Skyrim BioLab BioLab Blade MARVEL_Blade Boba Fett STARWARS_Boba_Fett Bobs Burgers BobsBurgers Captain America MARVEL_CaptainAmerica Castle Storm CastleStorm Civil War MARVEL_CivilWar Darth Vader STARWARS_Darth_Vader Deadpool MARVEL_Deadpool Doctor Strange MARVEL_DrStrange Droids STARWARS_Droids Earth Defense EarthDefense El Dorado Eldorado Epic Quest Looter Episode IV - A New Hope STARWARS_Episode_4 Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back STARWARS_Episode_5 Episode VI - Return of the Jedi STARWARS_Episode_6 Excalibur Excalibur Family Guy FamilyGuy Fantastic Four MARVEL_FantasticFour Fear Itself MARVEL_FearItSelf First Order STARWARS_MFO Ghost Rider MARVEL_GhostRider Guardians of the Galaxy MARVEL_Guardians Han Solo STARWARS_Han_Solo Iron Man MARVEL_IronMan Mars Mars Masters of the Force STARWARS_Light_VS_Dark Moon Knight MARVEL_MoonKnight Ms Marvel MARVEL_MsMarvel Ms. Splosion Man SplosionMan Paranormal Paranormal Pasha Pasha Plants vs Zombies PlantsVsZombies Portal Portal Rebels STARWARS_Rebels Rome Rome Secrets of the Deep Atlantis Shaman Shaman Sorcerers Lair Citadel South Park - Butters Own Pinball SouthPark2 South Park - Super Sweet Pinball SouthPark1 Spider-Man MARVEL_SpiderMan Starfighter Assault STARWARS_SFA Super League Football A.C. Milan Football_Milan Super League Football A.S. Roma Football_Roma Super League Football Arsenal Football_Arsenal Super League Football FC Barcelona Football_Barcelona Super League Football Juventus Football Club Football_Juventus Super League Football Liverpool FC Football_Liverpool Super League Football Real Madrid C.F. Football_RealMadrid Super League Football Zen Studios F.C. Football Tesla Tesla The Clone Wars STARWARS_CloneWars The Force Awakens STARWARS_Episode_7 The Infinity Gauntlet MARVEL_InfinityGauntlet The Walking Dead TheWalkingDead Thor MARVEL_Thor V12 V12 Venom MARVEL_Venom Wild West Rampage Western Wolverine MARVEL_Wolverine WOP The Next Generation MARVEL_WOP_TheNextGeneration World War Hulk MARVEL_WWH X-Men MARVEL_XMen
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  3. I totally agree. I tried setting the amount of shared memory to "Auto" (which means 256MB with 8GB Ram) and 1GB (which is the maximum selectable) in BIOS. It made no difference, with 1GB it does not take longer to come to the faulty display. Even if video memory is short, slow or whatever, displaying images or videos can be slow, maybe you have to wait for it to display but it should NEVER result in this type of faulty displays. This is completely new hardware and a new installation of Windows10. I installed everything from scratch, i even did not copy any configuration (including GameEx). I already tried that, no difference OK, i will diable this during troubleshooting. This is what i want to do now. I will start GameEx in windowed mode and check the memory usage in parallel. Yes, fully updated. Thank you, i hope so.
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  4. This may be a stab in the dark, but this feels like a video memory issue to me. I believe the Intel Integrated graphics has a very small amount of isolated video memory for itself, but the majority of the memory it needs is shared with the CPU. Since the visibility of images and video drops off after browsing GameEx for a time, I am wondering if the RAM is being overtaxed and either there is not enough available for video (because of swapping, slow allocation, or just non-availability). Doing a log off/log on or a reboot temporarily fixes the issue, which would support this theory. If it is not memory related, I would lean towards a video driver issue (even if drivers are up to date, it could mean that there is a conflict). @jukker You say that you recently 'replaced the hardware that GameEx runs on'. What components did you remove and what were those specs? Reinstalling Windows would indicate that this is essentially a new build or a mobo/hd swap at minimum. It may be helpful to know what changed. A few other suggestions: Set Menu Transitions to 2D under Display Settings. 3D Alpha Blended is for good PCs with graphics cards. The black screen is likely related to Hide Operating System under Display Settings. It is it's own little program and may not close properly if GameEx is force-closed. You may want to disable Hide Operating System when troublshooting issues. It looks to me like your touchscreen is disabled now. I would not worry about the additional entry in the GameEx.ini file. When the images start to disappear, try checking the memory usage in the Windows Task Manager. Also, I am guessing that your Windows 10 is fully updated via Windows Update, correct? If not, you should allow it to do so. You sound like you know your stuff pretty well when it comes to PCs, so hopefully with a little brainstorming we can narrow it down.
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  5. Additionally, another thing you can try is simply installing GameEx over itself. Occasionally this has been known to correct odd occurrences like you are experiencing.
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  6. You may want to provide us with copies of your gameex.ini and log.txt files. They may or may not tell us anything, but we request them when reporting an issue if for no other reason than gits and shiggles. Thanks!
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  7. Yeah, never mind trying to work around the controls, just spend your time learning them as they are. If you survey retro gaming forums where this game is discussed, I'm willing to bet that over 75% of the messages will be from people dismissing the game because its control scheme is too complicated. But it's really not that bad with just a little bit of getting-used-to. And I can assure you, simplifying the controls is not going to simplify the game. Controls don't make Defender difficult, Defender makes Defender difficult.
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  8. If I'm ever up that way, no way I'm not going!
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  9. Update: Don't worry I'm still working on it. STILL WAITING FOR PARTS!!! Arghhh! Actually I've made progress on the finish of the case. I found the right colors (Spray Paint, ABS is just too hard/expensive to find a good match). As you can see, the colors actually don't match perfectly. However, they are close enough to suggest the difference could be due to yellowing of the original NES. So it's close enough. I've actually tried a quite a few times, ruining a number of prints learning what doesn't work. I tried a combination of sanding, acetone vapor, and painting to find the right mix of techniques. Currently after printing the part is precariously brittle (better with optimized settings and mods, but without an enclosure ABS will just not adhere consistently, and be prone to cracking as a result). PLA will print perfectly and many people have had good results with it. I don't have any, so I'm perfecting the ABS method (Higher temp resistance is better anyway). To reduce the likelihood of cracking and to strengthen after printing I paint the case with acetone (using a paint brush). This welds/melts a thin shell around the whole case. I let it cure for 24 hours before sanding by hand. I try to get each surface as flat as I can, working down at least 2 grits. Then I wash with soap and water, dry with a hair drier, and spray paint. I learned the hard way that spray paint doesn't work in 30-40 degree Fahrenheit weather (it separates, cracks, and makes alligator skin). The weather still refuses to warm up, so keeping the paint can warm inside and only going outside for a quick spray, then bringing the print inside to dry (near a vent for the fumes) worked in a pinch. The original cart that Daftmike created doesn't have the ridges in the recess/tab that you pull to remove the cartridge. I found that without this, it's hard to get the mini version out, you have to tilt and shake ti out. I modified the STL file to add a few ridges so I could get a finger nail to catch something for easier removal. I checked an actual cartridge and they do have them, so mine is more accurate. I don't know why it wasn't on it to begin with, but it prints fine and all my carts from now on will have them. I just got some gold filament for the Legend of Zelda Cart. So that's next. I was thinking of making some custom labels for non NES titles too, If I have enough filament, I'd like to do ALTTP, OOT, and Majora's Mask in gold too. maybe a Black cart for Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Yellow for Donkey Kong 64, and so on for choice titles. Hopefully RetroPi plays these well enough on a Pi3, I don't know yet, I haven't tried them. Maybe someone who has can chime in. From what I've read Atari (2600, 5200, 7800), NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, and PS1 all do pretty good on a Pi3 without jitter. I now realize this project is a lot more difficult than it appeared to begin with. The 3 major sections are: The Case (which I'm still working on, but nearly done with. All I have left to do is place the decals for the power, reset, logo, and port labels.) Hardware (not as easy as it looked, but doable. I'm still working on the schematics and wiring diagrams. Moreover this will require a bunch of tricky soldering, flashing code to Arduino, running custom scripts on rPi. Luckily the Facebook group is active and worked out most of these technical challenges. They are soon to have electronics kits for sale to streamline the process as well. I'm still waiting for parts to arrive before I can finalize my Circuit design and begin this section). Software (setting up and optimizing RetroPi. While technically there is nothing that is stopping me from skipping to this step before I start section 2, I've been busy with part 1. But I'm starting to shift in this direction, as the case is nearly finished.) Here is some cool anecdotyl stuff: I intend to get one of these and do this for sure! I may use this theme for my Mini NES Pi. This Guy did what I intended to begin with, except I want to retain the original function.
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  10. Thanks tthurman. I might have directed you to the website at some point. I know I've posted about MMMM a few times on here. He did bring a lot of joy. Dude was a gem. My first time there he showed me his tooth that he had tattooed. He was quick to give out quarters so you could check out a new machine he got in, and he would tell you all about it if you showed interest. It wasn't about making money it was about sharing his passion, and collection, and making people happy doing it. That second video was awesome. You really get a feel for the museum aspect. Thanks for sharing!
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  11. Fitting voice over, I think! Here's the second video I mentioned.
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  12. I would never had known of this had this hobby not sucked me in, and people like you chosen to share it with us. Perhaps it was you that first brought the existence of this to my attention. From everything I've read, he brought not only an experience like no other, but also a lot of joy to people. My he rest in peace!
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  13. @MNMax21 Can be standard doesn't have to be 7z. You can even use rar5 or just rar files if you want.
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  14. Me, i map left and right for thrust. will see if it s good
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