Ares and full screen error

[Special T]

As far as I can tell, the emulator doesn't recognize "Esc" as a way to exit a game so I added this to the running script section

$Esc::

WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}}

The Esc button now works perfectly and closes the emulator however if I want the game to automatically start in full screen I have to add "--fullscreen" to the Default Command-Line Parameters section of LaunchBox so the Sample Command now reads

ares.exe --fullscreen "FULL\PATH\TO\ROM\FILE"

For some reason, after I added the full screen parameter, it now causes two instances of the ares emulator to populate. If I press the ESC key, it will close out of one instance and then the 2nd one freezes causing me to have to have to access task manager to close out.

Does anyone know of a different way to make ares start in full screen so it doesn't cause a second instance of the emulator to generate?

[Special T]

Ok so I figured out how to quit the emulator without using the special script within LaunchBox.

I edited line 253 in the setting.bml file within the ares folder to the following text

"QuitEmulator: 0x1/0/0;;"

That fixed my problem, I can press Esc now and it closes the emulator properly.

My only other question with this emulator is when I launch a game through LaunchBox, this window pops up for approximately 5 seconds before the game loads into full screen. Is there a way to suppress this window from popping up or have it automatically minimize so it's not seen before the game loads?

Thanks for anyone that's able to help.

 

[Nocta]

@Special T Does the --fullscreen argument still works for you?

[Special T]

Yes it opens in full screen although the emulator window pops up for a couple seconds before it changes to full screen.

I'm currently using ares v134. I haven't updated since it seems to be working.

 

****************EDIT****************

Just posting this here incase anyone stumbles on this topic, please see this post for an update on how to launch ares in full screen

 

Edited June 2, 2024 by Special T

[kiddanplay]

On 9/24/2023 at 9:26 AM, Special T said:

Ok so I figured out how to quit the emulator without using the special script within LaunchBox.

I edited line 253 in the setting.bml file within the ares folder to the following text

"QuitEmulator: 0x1/0/0;;"

That fixed my problem, I can press Esc now and it closes the emulator properly.

My only other question with this emulator is when I launch a game through LaunchBox, this window pops up for approximately 5 seconds before the game loads into full screen. Is there a way to suppress this window from popping up or have it automatically minimize so it's not seen before the game loads?

Thanks for anyone that's able to help.

 

Not to necro an old post But QuitEmulator: 0x1/0/0;; is not working as it should. After going full screen it will just pause and crash the emulator. Really wish this would get resolved in the settings area allowing you to do the mapping

 

[JoeViking245]

18 hours ago, kiddanplay said:

Not to necro an old post But QuitEmulator: 0x1/0/0;; is not working as it should. After going full screen it will just pause and crash the emulator. Really wish this would get resolved in the settings area allowing you to do the mapping

The "settings" would need to get resolved by the emulator's developers.

To overcome the emulator's shortcomings of being frontend-user-friendly, remove the Hotkey override you added to its config file (settings.bml).

In LaunchBox, edit your Ares emulator and in the Running Script section, add the following:

$Esc::
{
  WinClose, ahk_exe ares.exe
  Sleep 500
  Process, Close, ares.exe
}

 

EDIT:  a little more testing shows that you can simply use in the Running Script:

$Esc::Process, Close, ares.exe

 

 

On 9/24/2023 at 6:26 AM, Special T said:

when I launch a game through LaunchBox, this window pops up for approximately 5 seconds before the game loads into full screen. Is there a way to suppress this window from popping up or have it automatically minimize so it's not seen before the game loads?

"That" window is stubborn.  But turning on Startup Screen hides it quite nicely.

If you have a phobia of Start Screens, you can

• Open Windows Explorer and navigate to where your "ares.exe" file is located
• right-click the exe file and select Create shortcut
• Right-click the [new] shortcut and select Properties
• In the Properties window, change Run to Minimized
• Click OK to save and close
• In LaunchBox, edit your Ares emulator
• Change the Application Path to point to the shortcut file you created
• Click OK to save and close
• Play in peace

[Special T]

Thank you @JoeViking245, I updated to the latest version of Ares (145) fixed the running script and also used the shortcut trick and it worked great.

I appreciate your help!