MAME - Double Press Escape to Exit?

[vaderag]

I have an issue on my cab where my kids "accidentally" hit the exit button which quits the game

I'm not a fan of using two buttons as it's unintuitive, but I would like to have it so that a double press is required before it quits - is this possible?

Thanks 

[Mr. RetroLust]

There is an option in Mame somewhere where you need confirmation to exit, if you cant find it let us know.

[vaderag]

False alarm - just solved it myself!

In Emulator Settings, under "Running Scripts" added the below

;Detect insert double press to send Escape
~Insert::
if (A_PriorHotkey <> "~Insert" or A_TimeSincePriorHotkey > 500)
{
    ; Too much time between presses, so this isn't a double-press.
    KeyWait, Insert
    return
}
Send {Escape}
return

Set my Exit button as Insert instead of escape (which means it functions as my fast forward under normal circumstances) and then double press Exits

How simple!

[vaderag]

1 minute ago, Mr. RetroLust said:

There is an option in Mame somewhere where you need confirmation to exit, if you cant find it let us know.

I did actually find this too, but I didn't like it as it gave an alert which says "Press A or Enter" to confirm, (and Escape cancels) - none of which are meaningful on the arcade controls

[Retrofrogg]

Nice one vaderag  

[vaderag]

Actually just improved it.

Switched my button assignments so that the exit button functions as ESC as standard (for other emulators etc) and set Insert as Exit in Mame. This way I can have the one button have three functions - standard press is fast forward, double press is exit and Shifted press is Reset 👍

;Detect insert double press to send Inser. Insert set as Exit, Esc set as Fast Forward. Secondary Shifted set as F3
~Esc::
if (A_PriorHotkey <> "~Esc" or A_TimeSincePriorHotkey > 500)
{
    ; Too much time between presses, so this isn't a double-press.
    KeyWait, Esc
    return
}
Send {Insert}
return