Gens dosnt work?

[Van Halen Man]

Okay, here's the deal, I have used Gens on many a computer, and many a version also. But for some unknown reason, it doesn't work on my current computer. I run it, and I see the form and it says idle, but I never see all the gray static lines. It just freezes and I have to close. Can anybody tell me what to do? Oh, and I have tried with many versions, so don't tell me to try this version because I probably already have.

[Genome]

try kega fusion instead

though if you could give some more info we can try and get your gens to work.
could it be a display driver problem?

[Van Halen Man]

I know about Fusion and it works, but dosn't support Kaillera and I don't know how to use netplay, I posted a thread asking about it a few days ago.

though if you could give some more info we can try and get your gens to work.

what kind of info?

[FatTrucker]

Okay, here's the deal, I have used Gens on many a computer, and many a version also. But for some unknown reason, it doesn't work on my current computer. I run it, and I see the form and it says idle, but I never see all the gray static lines. It just freezes and I have to close. Can anybody tell me what to do? Oh, and I have tried with many versions, so don't tell me to try this version because I probably already have.

As a start post a copy of your gens.cfg file here.

[Van Halen Man]

[General]
Rom path=C:\Documents and Settings\Joe\Desktop\
Save path=.\
SRAM path=.\
BRAM path=.\
Dump path=.\
Dump GYM path=.\
Screen Shot path=.\
Patch path=.\
IPS Patch path=.\
Genesis Bios=.\
USA CD Bios=.\
EUROPE CD Bios=.\
JAPAN CD Bios=.\
32X 68000 Bios=.\
32X Master SH2 Bios=.\
32X Slave SH2 Bios=.\
Rom 1=C:\Documents and Settings\Joe\Desktop\SesameStreetCountingCafe_JUE.zip
Rom 2=F:\Gens\Roms\Aladdin (U) [!].bin
Rom 3=F:\Gens\Roms\Streets of Rage 2 (U) [!].zip
Rom 4=
Rom 5=
Rom 6=
Rom 7=
Rom 8=
Rom 9=
File type index=1
State Number=0
Language=0
Window X=-43
Window Y=106
Free Mode Color=7
[Graphics]
Full Screen=0
Full Screen VSync=0
Windows VSync=0
Render Windowed=1
Render Fullscreen=0
Stretch=0
Software Blit=0
Contrast=100
Brightness=100
Greyscale=0
Invert=0
Sprite limit=1
Frame skip=-1
[Sound]
State=1
Rate=22050
Stereo=1
Z80 State=1
YM2612 State=1
PSG State=1
DAC State=1
PCM State=1
PWM State=1
CDDA State=1
YM2612 Improvement=0
DAC Improvement=0
PSG Improvement=0
[CPU]
Country=-1
Prefered Country 1=0
Prefered Country 2=1
Prefered Country 3=2
Perfect synchro between main and sub CPU (Sega CD)=0
Main SH2 Speed=100
Slave SH2 Speed=100
[Options]
Fast Blur=0
FPS=0
FPS Style=0
Message=1
Message Style=0
LED=1
Auto Fix Checksum=0
Auto Pause=0
CD Drive=0
Ram Cart Size=-1
GCOffline path=GCOffline.chm
Gens manual path=manual.exe
[Input]
P1.Type=1
P1.Up=4225
P1.Down=4227
P1.Left=4228
P1.Right=4226
P1.Start=4121
P1.A=4112
P1.B=4113
P1.C=4114
P1.Mode=2
P1.X=16
P1.Y=17
P1.Z=18
P1B.Type=0
P1B.Up=0
P1B.Down=0
P1B.Left=0
P1B.Right=0
P1B.Start=0
P1B.A=0
P1B.B=0
P1B.C=0
P1B.Mode=0
P1B.X=0
P1B.Y=0
P1B.Z=0
P1C.Type=0
P1C.Up=0
P1C.Down=0
P1C.Left=0
P1C.Right=0
P1C.Start=0
P1C.A=0
P1C.B=0
P1C.C=0
P1C.Mode=0
P1C.X=0
P1C.Y=0
P1C.Z=0
P1D.Type=0
P1D.Up=0
P1D.Down=0
P1D.Left=0
P1D.Right=0
P1D.Start=0
P1D.A=0
P1D.B=0
P1D.C=0
P1D.Mode=0
P1D.X=0
P1D.Y=0
P1D.Z=0
P2.Type=1
P2.Up=21
P2.Down=35
P2.Left=34
P2.Right=36
P2.Start=22
P2.A=37
P2.B=38
P2.C=50
P2.Mode=20
P2.X=23
P2.Y=24
P2.Z=25
P2B.Type=0
P2B.Up=0
P2B.Down=0
P2B.Left=0
P2B.Right=0
P2B.Start=0
P2B.A=0
P2B.B=0
P2B.C=0
P2B.Mode=0
P2B.X=0
P2B.Y=0
P2B.Z=0
P2C.Type=0
P2C.Up=0
P2C.Down=0
P2C.Left=0
P2C.Right=0
P2C.Start=0
P2C.A=0
P2C.B=0
P2C.C=0
P2C.Mode=0
P2C.X=0
P2C.Y=0
P2C.Z=0
P2D.Type=0
P2D.Up=0
P2D.Down=0
P2D.Left=0
P2D.Right=0
P2D.Start=0
P2D.A=0
P2D.B=0
P2D.C=0
P2D.Mode=0
P2D.X=0
P2D.Y=0
P2D.Z=0

Ok, there it is.

[FatTrucker]

Nothing overtly wrong there, so my first suggestion would be to try re-installing Direct-X as its possible you're missing a required dll or something.

[Van Halen Man]

Well, I have Dial up, and it would take a while to install it again. So would it be possible for you to tell me all the dLLs that are needed so that I can check for them? Thanks

[FatTrucker]

There are dozens of them.

Direct-X9.0c should be included with any PC game you've bought in the last 18 months. Just browse/explore the disk and double click on the DX install icon.

[Van Halen Man]

I don't buy PC games...

[Van Halen Man]

Ok, I installed DirectX 9 again, and discovered that that didnt work. So I just thought that I would try running Gens as the administrator. So when I did it it said something like this: DirectInput Error. Need DirectX 5. This seems silly to me since I have 9.