GameZone 1.0 Support Thread

[brianl999]

Hello all

First off, kudos for the excellent plugin!

So far I've only used it with MAME and Visual Pinball. MAME is working great, no issues there. Visual Pinball is working, however, it seems to want to display on my monitor rather than the TV.

My current setup has my TFT as my primary display, and the TV is the secondary. The TFT is connected over VGA, the TV over DVI. MAME was no problem getting to display on the second display using the screen2 parameter, but I cannot get Visual Pinball to display on the TV. When I launch it from GBPVR, the table loads, but displays on the TFT.

I've ran the vpinmame setup and told it to always display in fullscreen on display 2, but it still shows up on the main display.

Any suggestions?

Nonetheless, excellent plugin,

Thanks again,

Brian

[Cape-City]

Hi,

i got the follwing error, when i rename the GameZone.dll everything is fine again ...

Greetz
Cape-City

[nkh]

I get the same error, I wonder if it's because my Windows version is danish so my gbpvr (and GameZone) isn't in '\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\' but instead in '\Programmer\devnz\gbpvr\'.

[idkpmiller]

@cape-city & nkh,

do you have or have you had epsxe installed and then later deleted it?

if not could you provide the log files after setting to debug. I doubt its because of the non-English directory names but I should be able to tell from the logs.

Thanks

[idkpmiller]

Thanks.

Here's the output:



Not sure how much that does for us, as it appears to just randomly be launching it twice...not sure why it would do that though. I thought maybe it was giving an argument to zsnes that was doing it. Oh well.

If worst comes to worst I can just add zsnes as a PC game temporarily and that'll work around the problem, but I'd rather do it in a cleaner way if possible..

Hi,

I've been off the scene for a while as very busy at work. okay excuses for slow response out of the way, on to your problem..

it would seem you have shown up a bug in the launch routine I will need to check firsat if I can find the source for 1.0 of Gamezone (lost hard drive a couple of months ago. assuming I get it it sould ne an easy fix. I will let you know

Thanks

[Cape-City]

i have epsxe installed and using it directly, which logs do you need ?
btw ... everthing is under c:\programme\... installed.

[idkpmiller]

Ok some good news and some bad!

Good News:

I have found what I believe to be v1.0 source for GameZone from the source I have found the stupid error that had crept in for ZSnes and hopwfully corrected - see attached v1.1

Bad News:
I have not tested (unable to currently) the v1.1 dll I have attached and you should make sure you keep a backup of your current gamezone.dll


If someone could provide feedback if it solves the issue and hopefully does not add any others then I will update the wiki accordingly

Thnaks

[nkh]

@cape-city & nkh,

do you have or have you had epsxe installed and then later deleted it?

if not could you provide the log files after setting to debug. I doubt its because of the non-English directory names but I should be able to tell from the logs.

Thanks

I had epsxe on the machine, but when I got the error I also installed the one the comes with GameZone. I still get the same error though. When I start the config app I get the error that Cape-City made a screenshot off, and I can't see any plugins in the config app. This is what gets printet to the log (it starts with a MyMusic error, I dunno if it matters, 'cos it's also there normaly, see below):

Code:

2007-06-12 03:02:28.125    INFO    [1]    GameZoneTask created v1.0
2007-06-12 03:02:28.140    VERBOSE    [1]    MyMusicTask created
2007-06-12 03:02:28.187    ERROR    [1]    Error initializing menu plugin: C:\Programmer\devnz\gbpvr\plugins\MyMusicPlugin.dll
2007-06-12 03:02:28.187    ERROR    [1]    Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
2007-06-12 03:02:28.187    ERROR    [1]       at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache)
   at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)
   at GBPVR.Backend.Common.xc4f12ec3a8a4c96b.xb77fa95273e0c228(Boolean x8bae2a88590d8cc0)
2007-06-12 03:02:28.187    ERROR    [1]    Inner exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at MyMusicPlugin.CommonUtilities.GetSkinHelper(String name, String version, String filename, String& skinDirectory)
   at MyMusicPlugin.MyMusicTask.init()
   at MyMusicPlugin.Settings.PluginSettings.init(XmlDocument& settings)
   at MyMusicPlugin.MyMusicScreenSaver..ctor()
2007-06-12 03:02:28.187    ERROR    [1]       at MyMusicPlugin.CommonUtilities.GetSkinHelper(String name, String version, String filename, String& skinDirectory)
   at MyMusicPlugin.MyMusicTask.init()
   at MyMusicPlugin.Settings.PluginSettings.init(XmlDocument& settings)
   at MyMusicPlugin.MyMusicScreenSaver..ctor()
2007-06-12 03:02:28.359    VERBOSE    [1]    Initializing skin helper for: .\skin\Olbia\Common Dialogs\Prompt Box skin.xml
2007-06-12 03:02:28.375    ERROR    [1]    Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="NormalButtonImage"]
2007-06-12 03:02:28.375    ERROR    [1]    Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="SelectedButtonImage"]
2007-06-12 03:02:28.375    ERROR    [1]    Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="NormalButtonImage"]
2007-06-12 03:02:28.375    ERROR    [1]    Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="SelectedButtonImage"]
2007-06-12 03:02:28.390    INFO    [1]    GameZone: Entering New
2007-06-12 03:02:28.640    INFO    [1]    GameZone: no config.xml file entry
2007-06-12 03:02:28.656    INFO    [1]    GameZone: Entering ePSXeLoadConfig
2007-06-12 03:02:28.656    INFO    [1]    GameZone: attempt to open ePSXe registry value
2007-06-12 03:02:28.656    INFO    [1]    GameZone: ePSXe regKey found
2007-06-12 03:02:31.625    VERBOSE    [1]    Error loading plugin list: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at GameZone.GameZoneConfig.GameZoneConfigForm.ePSXeLoadConfig()
   at GameZone.GameZoneConfig.GameZoneConfigForm.GameZoneConfigForm_Load()
   at GameZone.GameZoneConfig.GameZoneConfigForm..ctor(XmlDocument document)
   at GameZone.GameZone.GameZoneTask.GetConfigFormInstance(XmlDocument document)
   at Config.xfd6951461fe46d87.x81464aef82823e23()

I get the same MyMusic errors when the gamezone.dll isn't in the plugins dir, it works fine though, so I don't except it to matter. This is what it looks like without gamezone.dll:

Code:

2007-06-12 03:10:17.000    VERBOSE    [1]    MyMusicTask created
2007-06-12 03:10:17.046    ERROR    [1]    Error initializing menu plugin: C:\Programmer\devnz\gbpvr\plugins\MyMusicPlugin.dll
2007-06-12 03:10:17.046    ERROR    [1]    Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
2007-06-12 03:10:17.046    ERROR    [1]       at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache)
   at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)
   at GBPVR.Backend.Common.xc4f12ec3a8a4c96b.xb77fa95273e0c228(Boolean x8bae2a88590d8cc0)
2007-06-12 03:10:17.046    ERROR    [1]    Inner exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at MyMusicPlugin.CommonUtilities.GetSkinHelper(String name, String version, String filename, String& skinDirectory)
   at MyMusicPlugin.MyMusicTask.init()
   at MyMusicPlugin.Settings.PluginSettings.init(XmlDocument& settings)
   at MyMusicPlugin.MyMusicScreenSaver..ctor()
2007-06-12 03:10:17.046    ERROR    [1]       at MyMusicPlugin.CommonUtilities.GetSkinHelper(String name, String version, String filename, String& skinDirectory)
   at MyMusicPlugin.MyMusicTask.init()
   at MyMusicPlugin.Settings.PluginSettings.init(XmlDocument& settings)
   at MyMusicPlugin.MyMusicScreenSaver..ctor()
2007-06-12 03:10:17.234    VERBOSE    [1]    Initializing skin helper for: .\skin\Olbia\Common Dialogs\Prompt Box skin.xml
2007-06-12 03:10:17.250    ERROR    [1]    Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="NormalButtonImage"]
2007-06-12 03:10:17.250    ERROR    [1]    Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="SelectedButtonImage"]
2007-06-12 03:10:17.250    ERROR    [1]    Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="NormalButtonImage"]
2007-06-12 03:10:17.250    ERROR    [1]    Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="SelectedButtonImage"]

[Cape-City]

Hi,

on my machine where epsxe isnt installed the error didnt comes up ...

attached is the log from the machine with espxe installed

EDIT

when i delete the regkey from eSPXe the config app starts with no error ...
i attached also the reg export from my eSPXe installation ...

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\epsxe]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\epsxe\config]
"Version"="67072"
"VideoPlugin"="gpuPeopsSoft.dll"
"SoundPlugin"="spuPeopsDSound.dll"
"CdromPlugin"="W2KCDRCORE"
"NetPlugin"="DISABLED"
"BiosName"="C:\\Programme\\ePSXe\\bios\\xxxx0000.bin"
"Memcard1"="memcards\\epsxe000.mcr"
"Memcard2"="memcards\\epsxe001.mcr"
"SoundEnabled"="1"
"SoundXA"="1"
"SoundCDDA"="1"
"Keys1"="257,256,259,258,273,275,274,272,277,276,279,278,281,280,282,283"
"Keys2"="289,288,291,290,305,307,306,304,309,308,311,310,313,312,314,315"
"Keys3"="0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
"Keys4"="0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
"Country"="255"
"GamepadType"="4,4,1,1"
"GamepadSubType"="0,0,0,0"
"GamepadAxis"="1,2,5,3,9,10,13,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
"GamepadMotorType"="1,2,0,0"
"GamepadSMotorType"="1,1,0,0"
"GamepadBMotorType"="1,1,0,0"
"AutoPpfLoad"="1"
"Multitap1"="0"
"SubchannelW9xCdromEnabled"="0"
"SubchannelW9xCaching"="0"
"SubchannelW9xCachingLG"="0"
"SubchannelW2kCdromEnabled"="0"
"SubchannelW2kCaching"="0"
"SubchannelW2kCachingLG"="0"
"Logswindow"="0"
"CdromLetter"="71"
"IsoDirectory"="D:\\Eigene Dateien\\Eigene Games\\Playstation\\Demo.bin"

[idkpmiller]

The issue regarding an already installed version of ePSXe which gamezone detects but has not been configured to use causes an issue, it is described in the Wiki , I have reproduced the section below:

ePSXe Specific: If you have ePSXe already installed GameZone will detect this, if you deleted ePSXe prior to installing GameZone then this can cause an error, this is because the ePSXe does not remove the keys from the registry, these keys are detected by GameZone and the error results, the current solution if this occurs is to remove the ePSXe keys from the registry and then run the GB-PVR config applet again.

Not a great solution I admit, but for the sake of setting a few things like the ePSXe path nand pressing the save button will also fix it and it becomes available in GameZone then :-)