AutohotKey Still Running After Exiting Windows Game

[yuljk]

Hi guys - I have a PC game imported from GOG (Silent Hill 2 (2024) however, when existing the game BigBox is not in focus and hence I can't navigate atall - only fix is to plug in a keyboard and kill the leftover autohotkey process.

I've tried using the following script after compiling and addiing as an additional app to run after the game closes from another user, but it doesn't work.

Sleep, 5000
WinGet, active_id, ID, A
WinWaitClose, ahk_id %active_id%
Sleep, 3000
Send {Esc}
Sleep, 500
if WinExist("LaunchBox")
{
 WinActivate
}

if WinExist("LaunchBox BigBox")
{
 WinActivate
}

ExitApp

Any ideas on how I can improve this script or replace altogether?

I'm running the latest version of Launchbox

I should note, this is the only Windows game that has this issue in BigBox.  

Many thanks

[JoeViking245]

29 minutes ago, yuljk said:

I've tried using the following script after compiling and addiing as an additional app to run after the game closes from another user, but it doesn't work.

Try setting it to run Before Main Application.

[yuljk]

Tried that - same issue unfortunately.  I suspect the script isn't force closing the autohotkey process correctly.

[JoeViking245]

14 minutes ago, yuljk said:

Tried that - same issue unfortunately.  I suspect the script isn't force closing the autohotkey process correctly.

You may need more than 5 seconds for the game to initially load.  Maybe try increasing the Sleep, 5000 to say, Sleep, 10000 (10 seconds).  Load the game and wait at least 10 seconds before trying to close it. (Normally you'd "wait" a lot longer because you're actually "playing" it.)

 

Also, you probably need to set a SetTitleMatchMode. But instead, just change the 2 if WinExist lines (respectively).

if WinExist("ahk_exe LaunchBox.exe")

if WinExist("ahk_exe BigBox.exe")