AutoHotkey - Close game with Controller button combination

[Turnspit]

Cheers!

I am currently using the following AutoHotkey command to be able to close my emulators with the simple press of ESC, since all the settings in the GUI don't seem to work, whether setting them in Desktop or Bigbox Mode:

 

$Esc::
{
    Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}}
}

 

Now I would like to be able to close games as well by pressing Select+Start on my Xbox Controller, but have no idea how the script would have to look like...

Could anyone help me out here?

 

Thanks in advance! :)

[Retro808]

What emulator or emulators are you having issues with? Most should close fine just using the controller/keyboard automation in LB/BB and not needing AHK or even JoyToKey? I think I only have 1 or 2 I use an AHK script for.

I would caution to not use the Process, Close command. It can cause save state issues with emulators that might save a game state on close.

Use this instead.

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

To answer your question though you can use something like below. The -1 in SetKeyDelay means no delay. I am no expert just passing along info. Also this thread is good to look over. Joy7 is the select button and Joy8 is start on one of my controllers. So you would just change those numbers to what it is on an Xbox controller.

Joy7::
If GetKeyState("Joy8")
{
   SetKeyDelay, -1, 110
   WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}
}

Return

 

[Jayinem]

I personally use joytokey just find it easier, you can map any keyboard key to any button on your joypad or combination of buttons. I even have a steering wheel where I have a button that i can exit games when I'm done with a racing game for example, and of course regular controllers too. 

Edited June 28, 2020 by Jayinem