CPWizard 2.38 Issues - Won't display anything

[BYOACOnyx]

Hopefully HK is around.

Is it possible to still DL 2.37? I upgraded to 2.38 and now I can't get CPW to display CPs at all. Not even when doing a preview within the app itself. I click on the button or choose the "CPWizard" menu item in preview and nothing happens. Things were working marginally well in 2.37 but since the upgrade I'm dead in the water. I unfortunately overwrite my existing setup since the 2 DLs are named the same.

[TheManuel]

Post you ini file, to see if I can help you.


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[BYOACOnyx]

Okay, I got it working again. I nuked the entire install dir (except for my layouts) and reinstalled.

But now the issue I'm facing is the same one I had with 2.37.
I have CPW working fine in MAME if I launch it directly, but within Maximus Arcade it is giving me grief.

My settings are:
Run on Startup
Message Sytem
Send Pause ON
Show CP Only

I have a different key set up for CPW to display than the MAME pause. I use to same key to exit CPW.

Within MA, CPW comes up great when I pause and disappears when I hit the pause key again to exit. But then the game flashes up for just a second and goes blank. MA is still running, but I have to exit the game (just a black screen) to get back to the MA frontend. It's as if MA "loses" the game and kind of goes into a black hole. SO SO close to working exactly like I want.

Any help?

[BYOACOnyx]

After a bit more research I think I'm getting closer to what's happening.

I have Maximus Arcade set up to require a 2-second hold on the esc key before it returns to the frontend from the emulator. But I've noticed if I just tap the esc key, MAME bails but the front end doesn't come up and I sit at a black screen.

This appears to be what is happening when CPW closes and tries to go back to MAME. It appears to be sending an ESC, which then causes MAME to close (but not go back to the MA frontend) so it sits in black screen limbo until I press and hold ESC to get the MA frontend to come back up.

In any case, having CPW return to MAME and then immediately bail on it is not what I want.

Again, any help?