Question about Launching PC games in a FE

[Hituro]

So, I have House of the Dead 2 and 3 for the PC.  They run great, but one issue I have is that I want to launch them from my FE (Maximus Arcade) but in launching the batch file, it brings up the ugly launcher window for the games.  It won't let me launch the exe file directly without the launcher.  Is there any way to get these games to open through Maximus without having to see the game launcher pop up?

[Hituro]

Anyone have an idea?

[BadMouth]

If they are the Xplosiv repackaged version, I never did find a way around it. 
(not that I spent a ton of time on it)

You could launch it with an autohotkey script that goes through all the steps that you have to do when you launch it by hand,
but I can't give you step by step instructions on how to do that.
Use the auto script writer that comes with autohotkey.  It will record all your actions when you launch the game and record them as a script.

I'd advise against anyone buying the xplosiv versions.  I had this problem, plus couldn't get rid of the crosshairs in the game.
People who had the original versions didn't have either of these issues. 

[Hituro]

I hate Xplosiv too :/  I actually have the European version made by MAD.  As far as AutoHotKey.  Is this a program I need?  And how exactly can I get that to work with Maximus Arcade?

[Dazz]

I think somewhere on the HS forums we have a pretty clean launch script for HotD 2&3.  I'll have to search and see if I can find it.

[BadMouth]

http://www.autohotkey.com/

You'll have to put some work into learning it.
After it installs, there will be a couple other programs in the same folder.

AutoScriptWriter will record what you do and turn it into a script.
That helps with the learning curve.

Convert .ahk to .exe will convert the script to an .exe file.
Just point your front end to that .exe file (or a shortcut to it).

Hopefully Dazz will find those scripts.  You will still need to install autohotkey to use them.