Auto Hotkey Scripts

[Mr Footlong]

Shows how often I go in to Bigbox! Thanks, I enabled it, set LeftAlt as the hold key, then b for vol down and n for vol up. It worked for around 10 secs and then just stopped. Stickykeys are disabled, no other funky mapping programs installed or running, multiple reboots/power cycles and turning settings off/on/clearing out keyboard mappings in Bigbox etc.

This sounds like I have to fire up another thread somewhere on here for that, but ideally, if anyone could help me with the AHK above to do the same thing, that would be amazing, thanks.

Edited May 26, 2022 by Mr Footlong

[JoeViking245]

19 hours ago, Mr Footlong said:

<^b::
send {Volume_Up 5}
<^n::
send {Volume_Down 5}
return

I have no idea what the < symbol is for.  But the ^ is the 'shorthand' for Ctrl.  ! is for Alt.

!b::
send {Volume_Up 5}
!n::
send {Volume_Down 5}

Also, since you have other hotkeys in there, you don't need to have a "return".  (it is implied)

Alternatively, if you know the [volume] level that works best, you can simply set it to that.

; set volume level to 35%
SoundSet, 35

 

Ideally, you should figure out how to keep it working with the BigBox bindings.  Although I'm not sure if the Volume binding in BB remains active during emulation.  And it may be that the emulator has other uses for Alt-b and Alt-n.?.

[SeerOfChaos]

I'm using this to try and close Cemu.  But it keeps only closing with Joy14.  How would I go about making it so only Joy11+Joy14 closes Cemu?

Joy11 & Joy14::
{
   WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}
}

[JoeViking245]

4 minutes ago, SeerOfChaos said:

How would I go about making it so only Joy11+Joy14 closes Cemu?

1Joy14::
   If GetkeyState("Joy11")
   WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}

I think this one'll work.  You'll need to press (and hold) Joy11 1st, then Joy14 (right away).

[SeerOfChaos]

6 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

1Joy14::
   If GetkeyState("Joy11")
   WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}

I think this one'll work.  You'll need to press (and hold) Joy11 1st, then Joy14 (right away).

Thanks! Worked like a charm!  Extra Kudos for answering so fast

[Krakatoa]

Hi,
What's a simple script I can use to send numpad keys after 20 seconds?

for example send the following numpad press 4 5 6 7 8 9 after 20 seconds of the script running.

[JoeViking245]

2 hours ago, Krakatoa said:

Hi,
What's a simple script I can use to send numpad keys after 20 seconds?

for example send the following numpad press 4 5 6 7 8 9 after 20 seconds of the script running.

 

Sleep, 20000
Send, {numpad4}{numpad5}{numpad6}{numpad7}{numpad8}{numpad9}

 

[Krakatoa]

On 6/9/2022 at 4:03 PM, JoeViking245 said:

 

Sleep, 20000
Send, {numpad4}{numpad5}{numpad6}{numpad7}{numpad8}{numpad9}

Thank you

 

[hawkfanz]

I've got a dumb question....

I'd like to change key bindings with AHK when starting certain steam games and then close the ahk script on game exit.  Is the best was to do this by having launchbox open the ahk script on game startup that changes the keybindings and then have launchbox run another app which would simply be an ahk script with the following on game exit:

Process, Close, AutoHotkey.exe

 

I tried going down the WaitWinClose or WinClose app to have it in one script to close the script when the game close but I wasn't having much luck there.

[JoeViking245]

2 hours ago, hawkfanz said:

I'd like to change key bindings with AHK when starting certain steam games and then close the ahk script on game exit.

The way that Steam launches their games, that's not really going to work.  ...the [wait for game to exit and] closing the AHK script on exit part.  Though you may be able to do that if you launch the Steam game directly from its exe file. Basically ignoring the Steam interface.  But then you may be opening the door to a lot of other issues.

You should be able to map any necessary keys for a game, in the game itself.  At least I can in all my Steam Lego games.

If you're wanting to create a key to exit the game, can't (won't, actually) help you there.  Mainly because of how easy it is to go to the in-game menu and select Exit to Windows.

[hawkfanz]

1 hour ago, JoeViking245 said:

The way that Steam launches their games, that's not really going to work.  ...the [wait for game to exit and] closing the AHK script on exit part.  Though you may be able to do that if you launch the Steam game directly from its exe file. Basically ignoring the Steam interface.  But then you may be opening the door to a lot of other issues.

You should be able to map any necessary keys for a game, in the game itself.  At least I can in all my Steam Lego games.

If you're wanting to create a key to exit the game, can't (won't, actually) help you there.  Mainly because of how easy it is to go to the in-game menu and select Exit to Windows.

I’m using an i-PAC 2 in a cabinet and playing some games like Downwell that unfortunately doesn’t offer any remapping in game.  This makes it a lot harder!  Maybe keyboard2xinput would be a better option for this. I recently (finally! switched from hyperspin/rocketlauncher) and the only thing that I miss is the simple ability to use ahk scripts for specific games. 

[Your Friendly A.I Overlord]

2 hours ago, hawkfanz said:

I’m using an i-PAC 2 in a cabinet and playing some games like Downwell that unfortunately doesn’t offer any remapping in game.  This makes it a lot harder!  Maybe keyboard2xinput would be a better option for this. I recently (finally! switched from hyperspin/rocketlauncher) and the only thing that I miss is the simple ability to use ahk scripts for specific games. 

You could try a script that first waits for the game executable to start and then for it to close, then terminates itself. But for Steam games this has to be done on a per game basis.

Process, Wait, Downwell.exe
Process, WaitClose, Downwell.exe
ExitApp

Put your remaps below ExitApp.

The easiest way to find out what the name of the executable is, is to Alt + Tab out of your games and open the Windows Task Manager. Then add your script as an Additional App to your game.

*Note*

This may not work for every game as some games restart an executable. In that case you can try:

WinWait, ahk_exe Downwell.exe
WinWaitClose
ExitApp

Sometimes it only works when you tell WinWait the exact window- or class name to wait for.

[hawkfanz]

7 hours ago, Your Friendly A.I Overlord said:

You could try a script that first waits for the game executable to start and then for it to close, then terminates itself. But for Steam games this has to be done on a per game basis.

Process, Wait, Downwell.exe
Process, WaitClose, Downwell.exe
ExitApp

Put your remaps below ExitApp.

The easiest way to find out what the name of the executable is, is to Alt + Tab out of your games and open the Windows Task Manager. Then add your script as an Additional App to your game.

*Note*

This may not work for every game as some games restart an executable. In that case you can try:

WinWait, ahk_exe Downwell.exe
WinWaitClose
ExitApp

Sometimes it only works when you tell WinWait the exact window- or class name to wait for.

Thank you!!!! That did the trick.  For whatever reason, the first script process was closing out before the game was opening so I added in Sleep 2000 at the top and then it worked perfectly.  Your second script works for me perfectly as is.  Thanks again!

[The Papaw]

The wife asked me to add a few flash games. I have the swf's and am able to run them in the flashplayer_32_sa.exe from adobe. 

If I set up flashplayer_32_sa.exe (as an emulator) and use the swf files for the roms, am I able to do something in LB using a AHK to do a <CTRL>+F4 when or after it launches the swf?  The <CTRL>+F4 is just making the flash player go full screen after a game is launched in it.

I meant <CTRL>+f 

Edited June 15, 2022 by The Papaw

[Your Friendly A.I Overlord]

1 hour ago, The Papaw said:

am I able to do something in LB using a AHK to do a <CTRL>+F4 when or after it launches the swf?  The <CTRL>+F4 is just making the flash player go full screen after a game is launched in it.

As far as I can see Ctrl + f makes  flashplayer_32_sa.exe go fullscreen. In LaunchBox go to the flashplayer_32_sa emulator setup and in the "Running Script" paste:

WinWait, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}
Sleep 500
SendInput ^f

$Esc::
{
WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}
}

This makes flashplayer_32_sa go fullscreen after launching a rom and exits it with Escape. Depending on your PC you may have to alter Sleep 500 to Sleep 1000.

Edited June 15, 2022 by Your Friendly A.I Overlord

[The Papaw]

1 hour ago, Your Friendly A.I Overlord said:

As far as I can see Ctrl + f makes  flashplayer_32_sa.exe go fullscreen. In LaunchBox go to the flashplayer_32_sa emulator setup and in the "Running Script" paste:

WinWait, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}
Sleep 500
SendInput ^f

$Esc::
{
WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}
}

This makes flashplayer_32_sa go fullscreen after launching a rom and exits it with Esc Depending on your PC you may have to alter Sleep 500 to Sleep 1000.

That's exactly what I was needing, thank you @Your Friendly A.I Overlord

[MonsterKenny]

Hello, i use Keyboard2Xinput for steam games to remap my ipac IO to xbox controls. I am extremely new to AHK and i have no idea how to make a script.

What im trying to do is launch Keyboard2Xinput when i launch a game via BigBox and have Keyboard2Xinput close after i quit the game. If anyone would be so kind in helping me out that would be greatly appreciated. I have to manually close Keyboard2Xinput after i quit a game and it defeats the purpose of running it on an arcade set up and just doesnt feel authentic. 

[JoeViking245]

3 hours ago, MonsterKenny said:

What im trying to do is launch Keyboard2Xinput when i launch a game

Edit your game(s) and add an Additional Application that launches Keyboard2XinputGui.exe and check the box Automatically Run Before Main Application. 

That's the easy part which I gather you already figured out.  Running (closing, in this case) an application after a Steam game exits is a bit more tricky.  The easiest way to accomplish this is to launch the games exe file rather than using the Steam gameID #.  Edit the game, and in the Launching section change the Application Path to point to the games exe file.  I don't know if this affects any of the Steam interface or achievements, but the games will run this way.

Now create a new text file and in it put:

SendInput, {NumpadMult}
ExitApp

Save the file somewhere where you won't forget where it is.  Maybe in the same folder as your "Keyboard2XinputGui.exe" file is.  Like with everything else, give it a fancy name like "ExitK2X".  Now rename the file to have an .ahk file extension. like "ExitK2X.ahk".  Be careful that it doesn't get renamed "ExitK2X.ahk.txt".

[Back to editing the game in LaunchBox] Add another Additional Application.  Give it a fancy Application Name like "Exit Keyboard2XinputGui".  For the Application Path, Browse to and select "AutoHotkey.exe".  You'll find one in /LaunchBox/ThirdParty/AutoHotkey/

In the Application Command-Line Parameters field, type the full path to where you saved the .ahk file, and put it in quotes.  i.e.

"D:\Games\Keyboard2Xinput\ExitK2X.ahk"

Now check the box for Automatically Run After Main Application.  Click OK.  And Click OK again.

 

I've never personally used keyboard2xinput, but it's my understanding that the asterisk * on the keyboards' 10-key [a.k.a. the multiply button on the number pad] is what closes the program. That's where the "SendInput, {NumpadMult}" comes from.

 

[MonsterKenny]

20 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Edit your game(s) and add an Additional Application that launches Keyboard2XinputGui.exe and check the box Automatically Run Before Main Application. 

That's the easy part which I gather you already figured out.  Running (closing, in this case) an application after a Steam game exits is a bit more tricky.  The easiest way to accomplish this is to launch the games exe file rather than using the Steam gameID #.  Edit the game, and in the Launching section change the Application Path to point to the games exe file.  I don't know if this affects any of the Steam interface or achievements, but the games will run this way.

Now create a new text file and in it put:

SendInput, {NumpadMult}
ExitApp

Save the file somewhere where you won't forget where it is.  Maybe in the same folder as your "Keyboard2XinputGui.exe" file is.  Like with everything else, give it a fancy name like "ExitK2X".  Now rename the file to have an .ahk file extension. like "ExitK2X.ahk".  Be careful that it doesn't get renamed "ExitK2X.ahk.txt".

[Back to editing the game in LaunchBox] Add another Additional Application.  Give it a fancy Application Name like "Exit Keyboard2XinputGui".  For the Application Path, Browse to and select "AutoHotkey.exe".  You'll find one in /LaunchBox/ThirdParty/AutoHotkey/

In the Application Command-Line Parameters field, type the full path to where you saved the .ahk file, and put it in quotes.  i.e.

"D:\Games\Keyboard2Xinput\ExitK2X.ahk"

Now check the box for Automatically Run After Main Application.  Click OK.  And Click OK again.

 

I've never personally used keyboard2xinput, but it's my understanding that the asterisk * on the keyboards' 10-key [a.k.a. the multiply button on the number pad] is what closes the program. That's where the "SendInput, {NumpadMult}" comes from.

 

thank you very much, it worked. I have been struggling with this for months! 

Edited June 23, 2022 by MonsterKenny

[Cnells2000]

Hello guys!! i have a pesky PC game with no exit option. the only way i can close it is Alt + F4. can someone help me with a script that i can place in an .AHK file to escape this PC game by pressing ESC and that sends the Alt + F4?

 

also would i ✔️ the run before main application box? thank you in advance..