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This is probably really easy to do but i can't seem to find it... when starting specific games, i want to be able to send a command to run an application before the rom starts. thanks

i have scumm all sorted out. daphne is still giving me exit issues; video freezes, audio keeps playing and finally 30 seconds later it exits proper. there is nothing in the log that points to any kind of error. anyone else run into this?

what if I went the other way with this. i can set up ccs64 to see both joysticks just fine but then it's in joystick mode (not keyset) and listening for joystick buttons. so, can a AHK script send joystick button presses with a keystroke? If anyone can help a noob, I would REALLY appreciate it! FYI, CCS64 sees my sticks as joystick 1 and joystick 3. For joystick one button 1, I am using the 'n' key. For joystick 3, button 1, i am using the 'w' key.

good lord! you remembered that from MEMORY?!? it worked, so, thank you!

thanks man. unfortunately, P1 movement is like the key is being pressed once instead of being held. haven't tried P2 yet...

yo headrush, thanks for getting this fixed, joiystick 2 works like a charm now! i'm still having issues with the button mapping for J2 tho. in the tab menu, i set P2 buttons 1 and 2 (just as I did for P1 b1 and b2) but in game (archon), the P2 buttons dont do anything. maybe it's the game?

any pros out there that can help me with the below script? and thank you very much in advance! i found this online and it works great. it sends keystrokes based on joystick pushes, in this case, arrow keys for directions. i'd like to modify this so that it is listening for two different joysticks, not just the one. for the second stick (ID 3), i want it to send keystrokes for up down left right to keys E,D,F,G i tied adding this to the body of the script but then neither stick was working. i realize this add is still sending up down left right cursor keys, but i was just testing to see if it would work. if (3JoyX > 70) KeyToHoldDown := "Right" else if (3JoyX < 30) KeyToHoldDown := "Left" else if (3JoyY > 70) KeyToHoldDown := "Down" else if (3JoyY < 30) KeyToHoldDown := "Up" else KeyToHoldDown := "" here is the one stick working script: #Persistent ; Keep this script running until the user explicitly exits it. SetTimer, WatchAxis, 5 return WatchAxis: JoyX := GetKeyState("JoyX") ; Get position of X axis. JoyY := GetKeyState("JoyY") ; Get position of Y axis. KeyToHoldDownPrev := KeyToHoldDown ; Prev now holds the key that was down before (if any). if (JoyX > 70) KeyToHoldDown := "Right" else if (JoyX < 30) KeyToHoldDown := "Left" else if (JoyY > 70) KeyToHoldDown := "Down" else if (JoyY < 30) KeyToHoldDown := "Up" else KeyToHoldDown := "" if (KeyToHoldDown = KeyToHoldDownPrev) ; The correct key is already down (or no key is needed). return ; Do nothing. ; Otherwise, release the previous key and press down the new key: SetKeyDelay -1 ; Avoid delays between keystrokes. if KeyToHoldDownPrev ; There is a previous key to release. Send, {%KeyToHoldDownPrev% up} ; Release it. if KeyToHoldDown ; There is a key to press down. Send, {%KeyToHoldDown% down} ; Press it down. return $Esc:: { Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}} }

if anyone is interested, i found this script and it works like a charm! #Persistent ; Keep this script running until the user explicitly exits it. SetTimer, WatchAxis, 5 return WatchAxis: JoyX := GetKeyState("JoyX") ; Get position of X axis. JoyY := GetKeyState("JoyY") ; Get position of Y axis. KeyToHoldDownPrev := KeyToHoldDown ; Prev now holds the key that was down before (if any). if (JoyX > 70) KeyToHoldDown := "Right" else if (JoyX < 30) KeyToHoldDown := "Left" else if (JoyY > 70) KeyToHoldDown := "Down" else if (JoyY < 30) KeyToHoldDown := "Up" else KeyToHoldDown := "" if (KeyToHoldDown = KeyToHoldDownPrev) ; The correct key is already down (or no key is needed). return ; Do nothing. ; Otherwise, release the previous key and press down the new key: SetKeyDelay -1 ; Avoid delays between keystrokes. if KeyToHoldDownPrev ; There is a previous key to release. Send, {%KeyToHoldDownPrev% up} ; Release it. if KeyToHoldDown ; There is a key to press down. Send, {%KeyToHoldDown% down} ; Press it down. return $Esc:: { Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}} }

hi all, i have tried both vice and ccs64. i am moving away from using joy2key and teh c64 is the last emu giving me problems. i have joysticks set up for movement on my cabinet but i am using a keyboard encoder to send keystrokes for buttons. c64 emus allow me to either use a joystick or keys, but i cant seem to use both. i'd like to set up joystick directions and use key N for the fire button. anyone have any thoughts? maybe an AHK script to send joystick button with the press of N?

hi guys, as you all may know, when quitting star wars in model 3, if you have credits in the machine, next time you start, game graphics dont show. in order to fix, you have to delete the nvram. so i was thinking, for the rom, is there a way to run a delete command before the game launches? that way, any time you start, the nvram is deleted. thanks!

hello, i'm now trying to get my lightguns up and running. i am finding it much easier to have my main and marquee screen set up side by side in windows. i have displayfusion running with two profiles "side by side" and "marquee", which then stacks the two screens, i can add additional start/exit app per rom but is there a way to do it by emulator? For instance, i would want it my emu for American Laser Games but i would want to do it by rom for model 2. thanks!

boom thanks headrush! i was about to do the same

Is it possible to get 2 joysticks set up? I set them up in the tab menu and load up archon. Player 1 works great. Player 2, the cursor only moves diagonally, doesn't matter which way I push the stick. Thanks for the beautiful write up!

Hey guys, I am cleaning up the last few issues I have with my arcade cab and these two emu's have been giving me some issues, hoping someone on here has some fixes or can point me in the right direction. ScummVM - requires Alt+F4 to exit emu. Any way to change this to exit? Can an AHK send ALT+F4 when pressing ESC for this emu? Daphne - when exiting, the app hangs for like 30 seconds, video is frozen but I can still hear audio running. after that 30 seconds, i am back to LB. Running games directly thru Daphne Loader, games ext cleanly as expected. Thanks all!

badges, we don’t need be stinking badges! thanks man! that is exactly what i was looking for!!

yeah i knew i could do that. is there a way to see ONLY broken games? i am adding all teknoparrot parrot games, listing them as not working. it would be great to just pull up that list if games i need to work on to get them to play, promote them to working, my non working list i’m viewing gets shorter and shorter. just a thought, thanks!

hi all, im on the long haul to set up teknoparrot games that will run on my arcade cab’s limited resolution. is it possible to tag a game as non working and have a small splash come up if someone selects a non working game (“this game is not working, please select another”), something along this lines. thanks!

awesome, thank you guys!

hi guys, i have a big fish game group, no emulator, just imported in a bunch of exe’s. id like to set up a AHK for all of the games to have ‘n’ send a left mouse click. i can do this on a per emulator basis easily but how about on a per game (since it’s not using an emulator). any help is appreciated.

i had everything working and then mame stopped working. so i deleted arcade all together and am trying to reimport a full mame set. it gets to the parsing and then gives me: data at the root level is invalid. line 5123864, position 1 i am using a real version of mame64, version 217. i even deleted all of my mame ini's thinking there might be some conflict so this is basically a new install of mame. i did run mame first to generate the cfg's and ini's. then i try the full import and i get the above. please help!

tgg he ann’s man, i’ll give it a try. curious, is that system wide setting? meaning, anything i try to run outside the set resolution (1024x768), the gpu will try to either up or downscale? also i’m assuming that’s if a program tries to run full screen or is that if something tries to run windowed? sorry for all the questions, this is all really new to me. so very much appreciate the guidance!

i’m so lost with scaling. can anyone hell with a quick walk thru? is it even possible what is like to do? happy to pay you for your time

oh your kidding me! can’t wait to get home and give this a try!

hi all, im slowly trying to add teknoparrot parrot to my arcade machine. anyone know of a list of games and what resolution they run at or which games can have their resolution modified? i ask because my arcade screen will only go to 1024x768 and i don’t want to waste time trying to get games to run that just won’t on my screen. thanks!

this should be an easy one... i'm looking to send either the right alt or right control with a key press. let's say right control with the 'n' key and right alt with the 'o' key. can someone help? thanks all!