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jimdeprado

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  1. Just now, jimdeprado said:

    Before it would give me the option to exit the program and I always did.  Now I will wait.  I can move the Evo window around the screen but I cannot click on anything within the window.

    The clock in Evo has 10:44, so I will come back to it after lunch.  Thanks!

  2. 3 minutes ago, tthurman said:

    If this is your first time running it then it's not unusual for it to seemingly take a long time to do anything.  Have you tried just letting it go for a good bit to see what happens or is it just crashing your PC?
     

     

    Before it would give me the option to exit the program and I always did.  Now I will wait.  I can move the Evo window around the screen but I cannot click on anything within the window.

  3. 16 minutes ago, tthurman said:

    You do have .net framework installed and the LAV codecs?

    Yes.  I have .net framework 4.8 and I did a fresh install of the LAV codecs.  Still having the problem but now Evo doesn't grey out and give the option to either wait or close the program, it is just unresponsive.

  4. Thank you again for launching Evolution!  I have it up and running and I am working on adding MAME and a few emulators.  Can you help with a few small things.

    1.  The progress bar shows up in the middle of my monitor regardless of where I have any open windows.  Is this supposed to happen?

    2.  I can't seem to exit Evolution throught the main menu.  I have to close it by clicking on the "X" in the upper right hand corner.

    3.  Is there an option to only show the MAME games where I actually have the ROMs. I know this was available in GAMEEx, but can't seem to find the same option in Evolution.

    4.  I really like the graphical interface in Evolution.  Is there a way to reorder the order in which the emulators display?  I could remove each emulator and add them back in the order that I want, but was looking for a simpler method.

    5.  Is there a set of instructions, similar to the GAMEEX setup page, where people with simple minds, like me, can figure out what everything means and what each setting will do?

     

    Thanks again!  Evolution is simply AWESOME!

    Jim

  5. Hello, 

    I was on the site today and trying to update my GameEx to the newest version when I noticed that Evolution was out.  Did I click on something that I shouldn't have?  I did also recently receive an email with my license from Tom, so I'm wondering if Evo is officially out?

    Thanks, 
    Jim

  6. I am using Windows 10 and have a Surface Pro 4 with Intel HD Graphics 520 card.  I have DirectX 12 and have updated it per the link given above.

    Thanks all, but I have tried all the solutions above but nothing has worked so far.  I will post on MAMEWorld and pass on the solution when I get it.


    Thanks Again!

    Jim

  7. I am using the latest version of MAME , 193.  I am using the 32 bit version, although I have downloaded and tried the 64 bit version as well.

    When I load a game through GameEx, it just returns to the game list without showing any errors.  So I opened a command line window and tried to load a game that way (mame dkong).

    Can you point me to any information that might help me resolve my MAME issue?

    Thanks, 


    Jim

  8. Hello, 

    Recently I have been having trouble running MAME.  When I try to run the command line version, I get the following errors:

    • Unable to create the Direct3D device (8876086C)
    • Unable to initialize Direct3D 9
    • Fatal error: Unable to complete window creation

    I did some research and RIP-Felix had a similar issue in June 2016, but his solution  did not work for me.  I have tried re-installing GameEx and updating my video drivers.

    I've attached the normal files.  Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

    Jim

    GameEx.ini

    log.txt

  9. Thanks!  Like I said, I am a complete amateur, especially compared to you guys.  

    My initial thought is to create an app that creates custom lists for emulators.  Here is my thought process.

    1. Read existing emulators from gameex.ini
    2. Read games/roms from somewhere (I haven't figured this out yet)
    3. Allow users to create alternate lists by selecting games/roms
    4. Copy the selected emulator (and all of it's properties - including rom location).
      1. Maybe make the copied emulator at the bottom of the list (~250)
      2. Create a map file for the emulator for the selected games
    5. Edit custommenu.ini to include the new list

    Does that seem reasonable?  There are a ton of things that I'm sure that I haven't thought about yet.  This may have been done in whole or part already.  It is just something that I thought of that would be easy for me to get started.

    Are there any files out there that work with input and output of text files that I could look at to get some ideas?  

    Thanks!

    Jim

  10. Adultery, 

    Can I ask a real noob type question.  I have Visual Studio 17.0 and I have downloaded your plugin template.  When I open the template and try to run it, I get the following error:  Severity    Code    Description    Project    File    Line    Suppression State
    Error    BC30113    '$safeprojectname$' is not a valid name and cannot be used as the root namespace name.    GameEx PluginTemplate1    C:\Users\Jim dePrado\Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic\vbc    1    Active

     

    I would like to try and create a basic plugin, but I am having trouble getting started.  

    Thanks and enjoy your weekend!

    Jim

  11. stigzler, 

    I managed to remove the items I wanted.  I deleted my custommenu.ini file, opened up CustomMenuEditor and created a new one.  I don't why it happened or how the custom menus were not in sync with my custommenu.ini file, but things seem to be working now.


    Thanks, 


    Jim

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  12. stigzler,

    No worries about anything. I am thankful for your help with this.

    Thanks.  I've attached my cutommenu.ini file.  There is also another "Consoles" under Computers and a "TRS-80 Color Computer" under Admin that don't belong.

    There are 2 custommenu.ini files.  One is in Config and the other is in Plugins.  The one below is in config.

    I appreciate your help!

    Jim

    CustomMenu.ini

  13. Thanks!  I tried dragging the png files into this space, but nothing happened.  I can upload the files as I would normally.  Here are the files.  The first one of the menu I see when I open GameEx.  The second is my CustomMenuEditor Screen.

    Thanks, 

    Jim

     

    2017-07-25_11-56-59.png

    2017-07-25_12-06-12.png

  14. stigler, 

    Thanks!  I appreciate any help.  I wish I was a better coder so I could help.  I have started to look at the plugin development posts, but most of it is way over my head.  Is there a way to just reset everything back to way I had it originally (and remove the extra menu items)?

    Jim

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