OzDrDj Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Hello All, New to this, have been mucking around with a cabinet I built and was looking for some sort of simple menu system to select between all the stuff I have on there. Mame, Jukebox, Karaoke and Mk6 Aristocrat machines. At the moment I have everything on the Windows Desktop as icons, but I want to do a menu that can be controlled from the Joystick and Buttons on the Panel. These are all connected to 2 USB Joystick Control Boards. 1 4 way Joystick, 2 Big Old Video Game Buttons, and 17 Lighted Poker Machine Style Buttons. Anyway I digress, bad habit of doing that, Will Launch Box Control the MK6 Pokies was my Question? Cheers OzDrDj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 LaunchBox is program/file agnostic. As long as the item in question can be launched via command line we should be able to do it for you. You can download the free version of LaunchBox and make sure the setup process works for your situation and get everything set up and working before you decide to purchase anything. Sounds like for your situation you'll want Big Box eventually, but I'd least grab the free and make sure you can get everything imported the way you were wanting before taking that plunge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzDrDj Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 Hi there C-Beats, Thanks for your reply. If you are un-aware the MK6 Pokies are Australian Poker Machines, then run something like Mame. They have the roms in a zip file and the Emulator Software loads them. If you like I'll send the files to you and you can have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndc87 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) Hi, I’m keen to understand the integration process as well. Looking to have big box open the roms full screen and a command to exit the game Edited January 30, 2023 by ndc87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeKid19 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 I am asking for advice and help. I am trying to get the MK6 Australian pokies running through Launchbox/Bigbox. I have finally got them to load and play in a small screen with a game bar. I can also use the keyboard. I can make screen big by pressing Alt + Ctr but I can’t use keyboard any more. I need a AutoHotKey to expand to full window and to play keyboard via a second screen so I can build into a cabinet. Can anyone help with the AHK that can do this and where it should be placed? Thanks in advance. Here is the video of where I am at. IMG_4930.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeViking245 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 5 hours ago, ArcadeKid19 said: I can make screen big by pressing Alt + Ctr but I can’t use keyboard any more. I need a AutoHotKey to expand to full window and to play keyboard via a second screen so I can build into a cabinet. Can anyone help with the AHK that can do this and where it should be placed? Thanks in advance. From looking around, it sounds like when you set it fullscreen (full window), you need to set focus back to the other input window. A sure test is: After you press Alt+Ctrl to make the screen big, can you then press Alt+Tab to get back to the other window [and now use the keyboard again]? Here's a paraphrased script of what someone posted elsewhere: WinWait, Roms Screen 1 WinActivate Send, !{Ctrl} WinWait, MK6 Emulator WinActivate I presume "Roms Screen 1" is the main game window and that "MK6 Emulator" is the other window you press the buttons on [via the keyboard]. This will go in the Running Script of your emulator (in LaunchBox, Tools, Manage Emulators and click on the Running Script section) I've never used the MK6 emulator, so I'm sort of doing this blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguyhere Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Hi, been using LB for a year now for my arcade cab. Trying to get MK6 working but still can't get full screen going. So I made shortcuts for each room in .ink format. I added the shortcut to launchbox under a new platform "pokies" under MK6 emulator. I don't use emulation as it won't launch this way. I can't for the life of me get full screen going. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickley787 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 On 8/12/2023 at 5:03 PM, ArcadeKid19 said: I am asking for advice and help. I am trying to get the MK6 Australian pokies running through Launchbox/Bigbox. I have finally got them to load and play in a small screen with a game bar. I can also use the keyboard. I can make screen big by pressing Alt + Ctr but I can’t use keyboard any more. I need a AutoHotKey to expand to full window and to play keyboard via a second screen so I can build into a cabinet. Can anyone help with the AHK that can do this and where it should be placed? Thanks in advance. Here is the video of where I am at. IMG_4930.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickley787 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 (edited) Hey there is a script that tpy can run to fix this so the poker machine games will open in full screen I've been looking for the emulator your using to fix mine as I'm running out of mame directly could you share the .Exe for link me to the emulator you have? I'll share the script Edited March 13 by bickley787 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeKid19 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Hi, I am more than happy. Can you PM your email address and we can sort out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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