Platform Autohotkey Script

[jayjay]

This is for a per platform ahk script. I know we will get some additional app love at some point. In the mean time I made this simple plugin. It will start a compiled script on game starting event and will close it on game exited event.

 

How to use:

Drop the plugin into the plugins folder.

Create a new script within Launhbox/Autohotkey/ and compile it.

Name the script to exactly the same as you have the platform named in LB. (example: "Nintendo 64" in LB, "Nintendo 64.exe" in the Launchbox/autohotkey/ directory.

 

 

Iv included the source because if you can compile it, its simple enough to make it work with other apps.

Here's an example of loading xpadder:

Create a shortcut to xpadder, rename the shortcut to the same as the platform and place it inside, Launchchbox/autohotkey/ directory.

namespace PlatformAHK
{
    public class Class1 : ISystemEventsPlugin
    {
        private static string selectedGamePlatform;

        public void OnEventRaised(string eventType)
        {
            if (eventType == "GameStarting")
            {
                IGame selectedGame = PluginHelper.StateManager.GetAllSelectedGames()[0];
                selectedGamePlatform = selectedGame.Platform;

                string platformAHK = System.IO.Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "AutoHotkey", selectedGamePlatform + ".lnk");

                if (File.Exists(platformAHK))
                {
                    Process process = new Process();
                    process.StartInfo.FileName = platformAHK;
                    process.Start();
                }
            }

            if (eventType == "GameExited")
            {
                Process[] Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses();
                for (int i = 0; i < Process.Length; i++)
                {
                    if (Process[i].ProcessName == "Xpadder")
                    {
                        Process[i].Kill();
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

You only need to change 2 lines:

string platformAHK = System.IO.Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "AutoHotkey", selectedGamePlatform + ".lnk");

This line, change the .lnk at the end.

 

if (Process[i].ProcessName == "Xpadder")

Obviously change "Xpadder". Include the quotes. Don't add ".exe".

 

PlatFormAHK.zip

 

[LegzRwheelz]

Brilliant alternative to using rocketlauncher

[NNEMO]

What do you change .lnk to? examples

This needs to made a feature, we need more additional app multi game editor.

Edited September 20, 2020 by NNEMO

[JoeViking245]

With changes that have been made during LaunchBox's evolution since 2 years ago, that whole line of the code ("string platformAHK.....") won't work anyway.  

You may want to look under Help & Support - Request a Feature and see if there's already a request for this feature and UpVote it.  If not, make a new request.