wubble Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Is this problem back?After booting my cabinet, attract mode loses focus the first time around. All that is visible is the Windows 7 taskbar.Alt-tab to get back to GameEx is not ideal.Regardless, many thanks for the updates!- Ianlog.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Your log doesn't show any kind of interaction with Attract Mode at all. When a game lunches in Attract Mode on my machine it puts in an entry, like so:22:05:53.7 8/31/2012: Running: cmd.exe /c F: F:\Emulators\MAME\mame.exe skyarmy -rompath F:\Emulators\MAME\roms -nowindow -joy -mt -video d3d -mouse -noka -volume -32 -bezel -artpath artworkgameexYour log doesn't even have any evidence of it doing anything at all, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wubble Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Ah, I have no idea why that happened as I did recreate the bug for that log.I tried again, and this time there is more information in the log, here:log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wubble Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 The conditions of this test are that GameEx is started automatically with windows and there is no input from user.A moment ago I ran the test and Super Sprint started from attract mode - for 5 seconds, before minimizing. Then all I had was a hidden desktop with the windows 7 taskbar.Thanks to Adultery and anyone considering this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullPointer Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 This log definitely shows what happened, but the reason why is not so readily apparent.01:50:22.7 05/09/2012: Running: cmd.exe /c K: K:\Emulation\MAME\mame64.exe jumping -rompath K:\Emulation\MAME\roms -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo01:50:45.1 05/09/2012: Key/Joy press detected: Exiting Attract mode, closing MAMESo GameEx is detecting some sort of input and exiting Attract Mode. I’ll attempt to duplicate this when I get home tonight. In the meantime, I don’t suppose you can see if the same thing happens on a different machine?This may be a hardware issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wubble Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Thanks for looking, let me run through what happensI turn on the machine from cold and eventually:1 minute passes01:50:19.6 05/09/2012: Starting Attract Mode01:50:19.6 05/09/2012: Reading MAME hall of fame01:50:20.4 05/09/2012: Shutting down display01:50:20.6 05/09/2012: Setting Up RawInput Hook01:50:20.7 05/09/2012: Launching RawInputHook.exe01:50:22.7 05/09/2012: Running: cmd.exe /c K: K:\Emulation\MAME\mame64.exe jumping -rompath K:\Emulation\MAME\roms -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfoMAME is either immediately minimised, or I see a few seconds of a MAME game before all I can see is the Windows taskbar.I press alt-tab01:50:45.1 05/09/2012: Key/Joy press detected: Exiting Attract mode, closing MAMEI can't quickly install GameEx and some MAME roms onto another machine, it'll take a bit of time to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wubble Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 I should clarify that this doesn't happen if GameEx is run manually. I have also made a .bat that delays GameEx from starting on windows startup for a few minutes, but it makes no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wubble Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) I've managed to find and try a different video card in the same setup, it doesn't have this problem.Problem card: Radeon HD 4650 / Catalyst 12.6Solution card: Radeon X1800 XT / Catalyst 10.2I'll mark as resolved as there are more worthy threads. Edited September 6, 2012 by Draco1962 This thread is now closed. If the problem re-occurs, please start a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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