Multiple controller Issues

[Mute64]

So i use my Xbox360 controller for most of my games but for the n64 i use a n64 controller which is classified as a generic usb Joystick on the pc, i noticed launchbox only accepts inputs from one controller which is fine but AutoHotKey feature accepts inputs from multiple controllers so when im playing n64 games the button A and Z closes the game :( very anoying. If i could Just have one Master controller like the x360 controller to navigate LaunchBox and close games would be good.

[SentaiBrad]

Mute64 said So i use my Xbox360 controller for most of my games but for the n64 i use a n64 controller which is classified as a generic usb Joystick on the pc, i noticed launchbox only accepts inputs from one controller which is fine but AutoHotKey feature accepts inputs from multiple controllers so when im playing n64 games the button A and Z closes the game :( very anoying. If i could Just have one Master controller like the x360 controller to navigate LaunchBox and close games would be good.

I have the N64 and Gamecube controllers from RetroLink too. I have the controller portion of LB disabled because of bad performance, but why not just not use the N64 controller? It should only need the 360 pad. They're classified as separate pieces of hardware so... Do either programs not clearly identify them separately? Also, if the issue is with AutoHotKey there isn't going to be much in the way of fixes that we can do, though I can see why its a shame if the game closes every time you press A and Z, that would suck cause most games use that.

[Jason Carr]

Hi @Mute64, you raise a good point, no one's ever brought that to my attention, to disable/enable AutoHotkey per controller. I'll see if there's a good way to tackle that. :)

[Mute64]

Cheers, at the moment i have just disabled the Autohotkey feature and i am just using a xpadder profile to close games/emulators, i still use select+start for the xbox controller and i use start+L for the n64, oh and also select+LB for closing epsxe as it needs to be closed via escape instead of alt f4. Did plenty of testing in the weekend and have plenty of tweaking to go to make it more user friendly so ppl can just turn on the pc and play.

[Maddoc1007]

Oh dont forget Jason a Close Windows button would also be handy in LaunchBox and BigBox

[Jason Carr]

Hi Martin, that already exists via the AutoHotkey features.

[bd00]

Yeah, +1 for Xpadder. Using it allows far more control and customisations. It's a shame LB cannot support it.

[Kriven]

Maybe in the future LaunchBox could support its own sort of JoyToKey or Xpadder equivalent native functionality? Custom control setups for each controller type and on a per-game basis would be majestic (and far from happening in the present, I know).

[Jason Carr]

Indeed. I definitely have plans for that. :)

[bd00]

If it could also import profiles from other apps, that would be truly awesome.

[Jason Carr]

Ah, sure. :)

[Maddoc1007]

Jason Carr said Hi Martin, that already exists via the AutoHotkey features.

Thanks @Jason but was wondering if you could place a close windows in BigBox like so see image As this would be an advantage if using BigBox as an arcade frontend as im currently buying bits for to build one for my daughter and would allow closing down computer from withing BigBox without having to map autohotkey to a button etc.

[Jason Carr]

Thanks, Martin. I do have this on my list. I might be able to sneak it in before 5.0, but otherwise should be soon.

[DOS76]

I like the idea of BigBox as a Arcade Frontend can you have Windows have it be the first thing you see when the computer starts up.

[Jason Carr]

Hi @DOS76, me too. I'm actually planning on building an arcade cabinet as well. Having LaunchBox start up on boot can actually be done without any changes to LaunchBox. You just have to add it to the system startup.

[Maddoc1007]

Thank you @Jason as am hopefully going to have mine built as an extra xmas prezzie for daughter and shes handy with usb control's (telling me often this is how you do it daddy) lol and navigating Bigbox

[DOS76]

BigBox takes a little while to start up I was hoping to somehow have it seemless like Windows didn't even exist but that probably won't possible.

[Maddoc1007]

@DOS76 Take a screenshot of Bigbox and set your background wallpaper to the screenshot (bit of a cheat) but it will look like BigBox has opened up immediately kind of camoflage especially if you set your taskbar to autohide. There are ways to have windows open up to frontends but it makes it harder to get back into windows if problems happen.

[SentaiBrad]

You can set programs to automatically run at start-up, just as you can turn them off from doing that.

[DOS76]

Martin that is actually a very simple and slick solution to the problem. Quite brilliant. Hopefully you will be documenting your arcade cabinet build here on the forum. I'm interested to see how it comes out.