Gens dosnt work?

Van Halen Man

Van Halen Man

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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.
 
Van Halen Man

Van Halen Man

Coolest person on earth.
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.
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what kind of info?
 
FatTrucker

FatTrucker

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Van Halen Man said:
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.
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As a start post a copy of your gens.cfg file here.
 
Van Halen Man

Van Halen Man

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Code: 
[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

FatTrucker

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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

Van Halen Man

Coolest person on earth.
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

FatTrucker

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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

Van Halen Man

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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.
 
FatTrucker

FatTrucker

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Well gens requires Directx 7 so it seems there's definitely an issue with your DirectX install.

I would download the latest DX9.0c from the microsoft site and do a fresh install of it. All versions of DirectX are backward compatible with previous versions so if its reporting components missing from DirectX 5 then there's a problem with your DirectX install, even possibly a wider problem with the windows registry.

If you are running with a legal and updated copy of Windows then you can either repair the install using your windows disk or do a completely fresh install.
 
Van Halen Man

Van Halen Man

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I DID reinstall DirectX9 like I said in my previous post. My computer came with Windows XP. I got it around June of 2007, and Gens never worked on it, not even right when we got it...
 
FatTrucker

FatTrucker

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Don't really know what else to suggest. It definitely appears to be driver related either a DX component, a graphics driver component, or something else thats become detatched from the registry.

Dependent on how badly you need gens to work Its worthwhile making sure all drivers (graphics, sound and chipset) are up to date, windows and Dx are up to date. If that still doesn't work then I'm stumped. Maybe the machine has on-board graphics which can cause problems with some emulators.
 
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