brienj

If you have NTFS drives and Windows 7, use the built in one on a schedule. Works great on my system. If you have an older version of Windows or don't use NTFS, then you might want to use an aftermarket one.

I did, all you have to do is put them in the "Media" folder of the theme. You can directly download them in the PNG format and name them what you want. Then just change the background image for the GameCube Dolphin and the Wii Dolphin emulator in the GameEx advanced emulator setup. They'll show up in the drop down menu for the background if you put them in the Media folder like I said.

I use the Arcade Theme right now, but noticed it did not have backgrounds for GameCube or Wii, so I made these from the other Nintendo systems that it did have. I know it's not perfect. They both just say Nintendo, but I had problems finding a close match on the font. They do have pictures of the consoles like the other ones though. Maybe the author of the theme could think about making a GameCube and Wii background, but until then, you can use these.

Once you run the shutdown command, you have to run "shutdown /a" in order to abort the shutdown process.

You can easily make a batch file to accomplish this, and I think it is not only the simplest method, but the one I would recommend. So just have PinballX launch the batch file after it exits. @echo offVLC.exe "XXXXX"shutdown /s /f /t TTTTTReplace XXXXX with your video name with full path. Replace TTTTT with the time in seconds of the length of the video, plus maybe 1 or 2 seconds. This is also assuming you use VLC as your video player. Just replace VLC.exe with whatever video player you choose to use.

I would sometimes have problems with HideOS becoming the frontmost program and making the screen black, so I created this program - http://www.gameex.info/forums/files/file/69-gameex-to-front/ I don't know if that is your issue, but if you set GameEx to launch my program when GameEx starts or right before MAME launches, it might solve your problem.

A pincab is going to be my next project. I thought about getting another Vizio to use in it, but I am probably going to just use my old 47" I have in my bedroom and replace it with a new TV for my bedroom, or put the 50" in my bedroom and get a bigger TV for the front room. The cool thing is that my wife is 100% behind me making these, no matter the cost. I couldn't be luckier.

Completed the USB Mount, just needs paint and trim:

As far as your shutdown problems, have you checked your BIOS settings? You want to make sure that you have the power button set to shut down all the way. Also, you may be holding down the power button for a different period of time. Some motherboards, ATX in particular, will shut down completely whenever you hold the power button for more than 4 seconds, but may only go into suspend mode if held for less, depending on the setting in the BIOS. This could explain why it sometimes shuts down, and sometimes doesn't. I also wonder why you don't just use the shutdown menu in GameEx, since you are using it, the best way to shutdown, is using the menu to do it.

It's a Vizio 50" TV and the bezels come that thin. Yeah, the holsters are actually gutter ends, but the guns fit them perfectly. HAHA Once I paint them black, they will look much better and blend right in. I also plan on putting chrome wire covers over the cables for the guns, something like this. I have a little bit of work left, but hope to get it done soon.

That's strange, because I set it to also check if it is minimized and maximize it if it is, so I don't know what is going on.

Alright, I made the program, can you test it out on your system and see if it works? Just add the program to be launched by GameEx after starting. It worked on my system, hopefully it works for you too. http://www.mediafire.com/download/c5s7pr8pc6df11p/GameExToFront.zip

Yeah, it's a real easy program to write. I made the Shell Starter program here, and I have a program to automatically make the fighting game EF-12 go full-screen when launched, and to make sure the process closes when going back to GameEx, but I haven't released it yet, because nobody showed any interest for it. But I'll whip a program up and submit it here, and as long as they accept it, you can get it and use it. I'll set it up to see if HideOS is running and make it go to the background, and then make GameEx go to the front. I just have to remember the Windows API commands for that, but I know it can be done. I believe I have the code in one of my programs already.

I don't know, I didn't program it, and not sure if he changed something in how HideOS works or anything. Like I said, I can make a small program that can launch and make HideOS go to the back and GameEx to the front right after it launches though. It would be nice if the problem could just be fixed, or someone could suggest something to keep HideOS from starting when it shouldn't. Try renaming HideOS to something else, then it won't launch.