commodore 64 help needed - maybe AHK will do this?

[d8thstar]

hi all,

i have tried both vice and ccs64.

i am moving away from using joy2key and teh c64 is the last emu giving me problems.

i have joysticks set up for movement on my cabinet but i am using a keyboard encoder to send keystrokes for buttons.  c64 emus allow me to either use a joystick or keys, but i cant seem to use both.  i'd like to set up joystick directions and use key N for the fire button.

anyone have any thoughts?

maybe an AHK script to send joystick button with the press of N?

[d8thstar]

if anyone is interested, i found this script and it works like a charm!

 

#Persistent  ; Keep this script running until the user explicitly exits it.
SetTimer, WatchAxis, 5
return

WatchAxis:
JoyX := GetKeyState("JoyX")  ; Get position of X axis.
JoyY := GetKeyState("JoyY")  ; Get position of Y axis.
KeyToHoldDownPrev := KeyToHoldDown  ; Prev now holds the key that was down before (if any).

if (JoyX > 70)
    KeyToHoldDown := "Right"
else if (JoyX < 30)
    KeyToHoldDown := "Left"
else if (JoyY > 70)
    KeyToHoldDown := "Down"
else if (JoyY < 30)
    KeyToHoldDown := "Up"
else
    KeyToHoldDown := ""

if (KeyToHoldDown = KeyToHoldDownPrev)  ; The correct key is already down (or no key is needed).
    return  ; Do nothing.

; Otherwise, release the previous key and press down the new key:
SetKeyDelay -1  ; Avoid delays between keystrokes.
if KeyToHoldDownPrev   ; There is a previous key to release.
    Send, {%KeyToHoldDownPrev% up}  ; Release it.
if KeyToHoldDown   ; There is a key to press down.
    Send, {%KeyToHoldDown% down}  ; Press it down.
return

$Esc::

{

    Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}}

}