possible? adding additional apps to multiple roms at once

[d8thstar]

hey guys,

is this possible?  if not, i'll open a feature request.

as i'm setting up my sinden lightguins, i've had to create some generic bat files to do a few things before a lightgun game starts and another bat to close some things out when the game is exited.  but i am having to add "additional apps" to each and every game and this is pretty time  time consuming.  I have a playlist with 217 games in it and i'm having to do this to each and every one.  I can't do it at the emulator level because i only want these bats to run for lightgun games.

if i select all the games in my lightgun list, i can bulk edit a bunch of stuff but it would be great to be able to bulk add additional apps.

any thoiughts?

[d8thstar]

well nevermind.  i decided to make a duplicate of mame, specifically for lightgun games, added that as a new emu and then added my bat file lines top the autohotkey startup for the emu, all good now

[JoeViking245]

Having that 2nd emulator is probably a lot cleaner and also easier to make adjustments (if needed) than each game having additional apps.

But (in the future) if ever you need...

 

[d8thstar]

awesome but oddly it doesnt show in my bulk drop down menu.

[JoeViking245]

30 minutes ago, d8thstar said:

awesome but oddly it doesnt show in my bulk drop down menu.

Did you select 2 or more games then right click one of them?  It should show and the bottom of the menu that pops up.

 

[d8thstar]

this board is awesome but it always makes me feel like an idiot

thanks man for your help, sorry i missed that!

[pasomas]

Hi everyone, i don't have that bulk option. I'm on licensed version 12.1...

Is it removed/suspended ?

Thanks

[pasomas]

Sorry, i saw it is a plugin!

 

[stino2004]

is there anyway to pass the actual value of the "%romfile%" launchbox variable to an AHK script  via the Additional Apps feature?  I'm trying to use an AHK script to launch DemulShooter and my 2 lightgun processes but need to pass the "rom name" into  my ahk script for DemulShooter but I get the literal value of %romfile% instead of the rom name.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

Process, Exist, Lightgun.exe
If (!ErrorLevel = 0) {
Process,Close,Lightgun.exe
sleep, 1000
}

for n, param in A_Args  ; For each parameter:
{
    MsgBox Parameter number %n% is %param%.
}

Run, C:\emulators\SindenLightGun\SindenGunBlack\SindenLightgunWindowsSoftware\SindenLightgun\Lightgun.exe
Sleep, 500
Run, C:\emulators\SindenLightGun\SindenGunBlue\SindenLightgunWindowsSoftware\SindenLightgun\Lightgun.exe
Sleep, 500
Run C:\emulators\DemulShooter\DemulShooter.exe -target=%1% -rom=%2%
Sleep, 5000
Send, !b

 

[JoeViking245]

@stino2004

You can't pass a variable to a Running Script, an Exit Script nor an Additional App.  But you can get creative and find them.