higan v107 - Last Build - Working with LaunchBox

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You read that right.  And no it is not bsnes it is higan.  The one and only. 

Short and sweet.  higan is my emulator of choice.

I went over to byuu's page which leads you to a repository on github.  On github you can download higan v107.  It was released at the same time as bsnesv107.  After this version though it seems byuu is working on higan v106. 

Anyway, I loaded up higan v107 in LaunchBox and it works just fine.

If you love higan and you want a good working version I recommend you go to the following link and download the build.

https://gitlab.com/higan/higan/pipelines?page=2&scope=all

Once on that page scroll down to #48687849 and on the right hand side you will see a download icon, hover over it and it will say artifacts, click on that and you will see "Download higan-windows-x86_64-binaries artifacts"  Extract that file.  Run higan, take care of your settings in higan and you are good to go.

For LaunchBox if you want the ability to exit higan and for it to go fullscreen.  Set up the emulator like you normally would in LB.  However, do not put anything in the default command line box.  Delete --fullscreen if it is there already.  Instead of add default command line, go over to the autohotkey script tab and add the following code.

#NoEnv
WinWaitActive , higan
Sleep, 1000  ;1000 = 1 second
SetKeyDelay, -1, 110
Send {F11}
Return
$Esc::
{
    Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}}
}

Oh and F11 was the hotkey I chose in higan. be sure to assign a key if there is not one there.  If you choose a different key then you will need to change the {F11} in the autohotkey script to whichever key you are using.  And if you name higan something different like higanv107 then be sure to change the name to match in the autohotkey script.

Higan does not have an exit emulator hotkey.  And for some reason exiting higan using LaunchBox's controller automation was not working for me.  So what I did instead is created a xpadder profile where I hold down two buttons for 4 seconds and it would escape.  That way I can exit higan and go back to the LaunchBox menu.  I made it four seconds because it is rare that I will be holding down the back and start buttons at the same time for that long.  

Anyway hope this helps the other higan fans out there and holds you over till the next official release. 

[Lordmonkus]

Higan has always worked with Launchbox, it's only required an AHK script to send F11 and to send Escape to close it with controller automation.

As for Higna vs BSNES, the latest builds of BSNES from Byuu has all the accuracy that Higan if you disable any hacks in the settings.