Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: rcdriver434 on June 14, 2005, 01:00:37 am
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Well, I just finished putting together my first arcade cabinet ;D, and was putting the software on it. I was plannning on using kymeara to launch games, since it appeared to be everything I wanted - simple, yet powerful, with lots of sorting and list options. I installed it, set up the config according to the (rather sparse) documentation, then, with bated breath, double-clicked the executable. And - the screen flickered, and then gave me an error message telling me that kymeara had to close and I should try restarting it. Where am I going wrong? I have tried this on 3 different computers (2 Xp, 1 win2k) and had a similar result, and since my searching hasn't found anything, I am certain it's some stupidity of mine, but I consider myself a smart, technicaly competent guy and I can't figure it out. Please help me - even if you don't understand the source of my problem, maybe go over what you did to get a sucessful kymeara install so i can try to follow that.
Thanks in advance,
Matt Austin
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Go to the Kymaera directory, and open the kymaera.log file. Post the last few lines here in this forum, and I'll tell you what's wrong. Kymaera is designed to work out-of the box, so it must be some setting that you changed. Also, if you want to have movies playing, you need to have the latest MediaPlayer installed for all the codecs.
-PMF
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First off, thanks - most commercial software dosn't get support this good, and from its creator, no less. WHen was the last time bill gates walked you through setting up windows?
PMF, this is what was in the log:
270 - Log initiated
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[I removed all these middle lines - they were just loading different files. If you need them, I can post them]
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711 - Exit startup
37063 - Shutting down
37143 - Shutting down
37153 - Shutting down
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Actually, I do need to see what it was loading. Post the middle portion too. It seems strange that the last lines in the text file are:
711 - Exit startup
37063 - Shutting down
37143 - Shutting down
37153 - Shutting down
Check you inputs and see what the exit key is being defined as. Is this an out-of-the-box installation, or did you modify/setup things/ change keys/etc...? If so, what did you do?
-PMF
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Here is the full text:
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270 : Log System initted
270 : Current working directory is d:\Kymaera\
270 : sound start
270 : Loading kymaera.kfg
300 : EMU load 16 gamelist lists\mame3.xml
300 : load gamelist lists\mame3.xml 1
590 : EMU load 16 gamelist lists\favorite.xml
590 : load gamelist lists\favorite.xml 1
650 : EMU load 16 gamelist lists\atari_games1.xml
650 : load gamelist lists\atari_games1.xml 1
711 : created back buffer 640 480
711 : exit startup
37063 : shutting down
37143 : shutting down
37153 : shutting down
Here is a screenshot of what happens:
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This is what mine looks like:
46 : Log System initted
46 : registering PNG
46 : registering JPG
46 : registering GIF
140 : registering CD
140 : registering JOYSTICK
140 : setting app path
140 : Calling startup
156 : Current working directory is C:\Emu\Frontend\Kymaera\
156 : sound start
156 : Loading kymaera.kfg
156 : EMU load 16 gamelist lists\mame3.xml
171 : load gamelist lists\mame3.xml 1
312 : EMU load 16 gamelist lists\favorite.xml
312 : load gamelist lists\favorite.xml 1
328 : EMU load 16 gamelist lists\atari_games1.xml
343 : load gamelist lists\atari_games1.xml 1
984 : created back buffer 640 480
984 : exit startup
1000 : Initializing fonts
1000 : Initializing Input
1000 : Initializing Timer
10156 : shutting down
10875 : shutting down
I see that your installation path is d:\Kymaera, I really haven't tried to install it to other directories. Try installing Kymaera to the default C:\Emu\Frontend\Kymaera\ directory. It looks like your Skin may not be loading correctly, What has me a little confused is that your log doesn't show the following:
46 : registering PNG
46 : registering JPG
46 : registering GIF
140 : registering CD
140 : registering JOYSTICK
140 : setting app path
140 : Calling startup
Are you using the latest 2.0.2 version of Kymaera? Or did you download the 2.00 or previous version?
-PMF
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I'll try reloading it - i actually just fixed my partitions so I only have 1 drive. i thought it would be cool to have to OS on its own drive and then all the roms and assc files on another, but it just wasn't worth the trouble when my OS drive got full. I am running 2.0.2
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One thing to note that if *any* directories aren't where they're supposed to be, Kymaera will complain and shut down. It could be anything. Double check *everything*. This includes empty directories. Say if you don't have marquees, and you leave the marquees entry blank, it'll error out.
At least, that was with the last version I played with. I don't know if that's with the most current version, what ever that is.