Unable to exit byuu emulator with AHK scripts

[smpetty]

Hi all,

The new byuu emulator is excellent and easy to startup with Launchbox.  However, I am unable to exit byuu with my controller or the escape button despite trying multiple different AHK scripts.  I can map the quit and pause hotkeys through byuu, but byuu will not accept the escape key for a hotkey for exiting.  I want to be able to exit the emulator with my controller like I do on all of the other emulators.

Does anyone know how to make the controller mapped exit sequence work for byuu?

Same issue with LB pause....

Thanks in advance!

[Retro808]

7 hours ago, smpetty said:

Hi all,

The new byuu emulator is excellent and easy to startup with Launchbox.  However, I am unable to exit byuu with my controller or the escape button despite trying multiple different AHK scripts.  I can map the quit and pause hotkeys through byuu, but byuu will not accept the escape key for a hotkey for exiting.  I want to be able to exit the emulator with my controller like I do on all of the other emulators.

Does anyone know how to make the controller mapped exit sequence work for byuu?

Same issue with LB pause....

Thanks in advance!

I have not messed with any of his emulators in a while but just downloaded it and using stock settings (no AHK used at all) it closes with my controller exit combo I set in LB and BB. I did not even map an exit emulator button in the emulator UI. Looks like Alt+F4 is a standard exit for the emulator and that is one of the commands LB controller automation sends.

Can you share a pic of the edit emulator screen in Launchbox. Show the details page and the Running AHK tab.

[CDBlue]

Set the exit hotkey in byuu to something else.  For example, I use q as a hotkey in byuu to quit the eumulator.  Then in LB put this in your running autohotkey script:

$Esc::
Send {q down}
Sleep 50
Send {q up}

Now when using the controller automation, or esc key in LB, it will pass on the q key to byuu, which will trigger the emulator to exit.

I'm not sure about the byuu emulator, but I know his previous emulators such as Higan did not save properly if you used alt-f4 to close the emulator.  Better off binding a hotkey and using ahk scripts, just in case this one is similar with that quirk

Edited April 13, 2020 by CDBlue

[Retro808]

8 minutes ago, CDBlue said:

Set the exit hotkey in byuu to something else.  For example, I use q as a hotkey in byuu to quit the eumulator.  Then in LB put this in your running autohotkey script:

$Esc::
Send {q down}
Sleep 50
Send {q up}

Now when using the controller automation, or esc key in LB it will pass on the q key to byuu, which will trigger the emulator to exit.

Is this what you are using? It works for me without any AHK. Tested it on several of my cabinets. I am curious as to the difference why it is not closing for him (or you as well if this is what you are using) without an AHK script. Higan was one from the AHK thread it was discovered one of the older close scripts did not close properly for saves. It was using a force close command.

[CDBlue]

Since that whole higan not saving properly when not closed properly, with any of his emulators I always map a hotkey to the exit command within the emulator and then use an AHK script to call the exit function properly in the emulator.  And yes, this is the script I currently use for byuu, and what i used for bsnes before that.

[Retro808]

20 minutes ago, CDBlue said:

Since that whole higan not saving properly when not closed properly, with any of his emulators I always map a hotkey to the exit command within the emulator and then use an AHK script to call the exit function properly in the emulator.  And yes, this is the script I currently use for byuu, and what i used for bsnes before that.

Gotcha. I was going to recommend mapping to a key then a similar script, but since it closed fine without one I did not. Alt+F4 is a safe close command for byuu and does not affect save states. I remember the higan issue was the Process, Close , {{{StartupEXE}}} command was forcing close and messing with saves. Hey as long as it works and keeps the saves it does not hurt to set a key and use a good AHK and probably better safe with his emulators. I still wonder why it is not working for the OP. Thanks for sharing your tip with him.

[CDBlue]

Yep, i figured with his emulators, since it had issues once before, it's safer to map an exit key in the emulator's hotkey scripts and then use an AHK script... just in case haha

[smpetty]

Retro88 & CDBlue -

Thank you both very much.  As soon as I get home from work I will test both of your suggestions.  Interestingly, I mapped the q key to quit (and the p key to pause) in byuu and tried sending the q key by way of the exit AHK script to exit the emulator.   The script that CDBlue uses is different than the one that I cobbled together by looking at other scripts, so I'm hopeful it will work for me too. 

Is the pause funtionality in LB/BB also mapped to a certain key (like "p") or is it more complicated to tie in to?  My pause controller combo does nothing in byuu.

Edited April 13, 2020 by smpetty

[CDBlue]

Pause menu doesn't actually pass on a pause option to an emulator, as far as I know.  The better thing to do in byuu's video options, set the emulator to pause on loss of focus.  That way, when you press your key combo to go to the pause screen in LB/BB, the emulator "should" pause.  To be honest, I'm not 100% sure if that works or not, as I don't really use the pause screens that much, and I haven't tested it with many emulators.

[Retro808]

1 hour ago, smpetty said:

Retro88 & CDBlue -

Thank you both very much.  As soon as I get home from work I will test both of your suggestions.  Interestingly, I mapped the q key to quit (and the p key to pause) in byuu and tried sending the q key by way of the exit AHK script to exit the emulator.   The script that CDBlue uses is different than the one that I cobbled together by looking at other scripts, so I'm hopeful it will work for me too. 

Is the pause funtionality in LB/BB also mapped to a certain key (like "p") or is it more complicated to tie in to?  My pause controller combo does nothing in byuu.

What CDBLue posted will work as that is what I tested also. But then again no AHK works for me as well. So just make sure you map "Q" in byuu to exit and you should be fine.

Pause in LB by default is mapped to the "P" key, but you can map it to any key you want. LB and BB have their own mappings so set them in both. Also in the Pause Screen tab make sure you have "Suspend Emulator..." box ticked otherwise it will run in the background. That option is what sends the pause state to the emulator. Otherwise in the emulator I did not change any other settings. Test pause and it pauses the game, brings up the menu, and exits from the menu as well.

[CDBlue]

I would suggest to map q (lower case) not Q (upper case) in the emulator.  I'm not sure if it will matter or not in this instance, but I have seen cases where case does matter with AHK scripts.  When it comes to coding, case does usually matter  It might show as a Q in the hotkey even if you press q, but that's fine as long as q is what's mapped.  If you do map it, and it doesn't work, try changing the script I posted to a Q.  But, that is the script I use and it works 100% for me when mapped to "q".

[Retro808]

My bad I typed "Q" simply because even if you hit a lower case q byuu emulator shows "Q". But yeah AHK would be case sensitive.