How do you guys exit Outrun 2006 coast 2 coast?

[sega_mad]

Hi guys,

I have setup outrun c2c with Mala as a shell. For those that play c2c you will know that escape is used a lot within the game, but escape will exit the game back to Mala.

How do you boys resolve this??

Currently running a AHK script to launch, and controller is a G27

Cheers,


Sega Mad

[empardopo]

You can change the ESC key to exit from MALA.
Take a look to my AllInOneFYC program.

Greetings.

[sega_mad]

Thanks for the suggestion.

Looking at other questions people have asked, they use the "hot key" TAB in Mala, but for the life of me, I can't find that TAB....any ideas?

[BadMouth]

On the "Other EMU config" main tab.....
There is an "Options" tab on the smaller menu inside it.
That has a checkbox for Use Hotkeys.
After you check that box, the "Edit Hotkeys" box next to it will be clickable and you set the hotkeys there.

Personally, I exit all PC properly by navigating through the menus and choosing quit.
It will return you to Mala, same as if you'd killed the program.

I don't think most people do it that way, but it's what I prefer because some PC games can get screwed up if you exit during a save and some only save progress or changes on exit.

[sega_mad]

Thanks Badmouth,

Don't think that will work for me, as I use a MAME.cmd script to
launch non MAME games.

I deleted the AHK script to exit outrun C2C, and exited via the options in
the game, and when I did this, it didn't exit back to Mala.

Maybe I need a different AHK script to exit, without usual the escape function??

Only problem, I don't know how to write such a script.

Hoping you can help

Cheers

Sega Mad.

[BadMouth]

Thanks Badmouth,

Don't think that will work for me, as I use a MAME.cmd script to
launch non MAME games.

I deleted the AHK script to exit outrun C2C, and exited via the options in
the game, and when I did this, it didn't exit back to Mala.

Yeah, not hotkey option when launched through the MAME setup, but exiting the pc game should still work.

You say it didn't exit back to Mala, but you don't say what it did instead?

Sounds like your mame.cmd might still be running and Mala is waiting for it to exit.
Post your mame.cmd

[sega_mad]

Hi Bad Mouth,

Thanks for helping out.

I'm really just using a "shot gun" approach to my AHK script, as I know nothing about it, just googling to try and find examples.

I figured I needed an AHK script as I need another button push to hard exit.

I've got it to exit now, but if I then exit Mala, outrunc2c is still running, so 1 more bit of script to exit the game is needed

my MAME.cmd is........


if "%2" == "C:\emulators\other_emus\pc_games" goto pc_games


:pc_games
cd C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey
autohotkey.exe C:\emulators\pc_games.ahk %1
exit

My AHK sciprt is.....

setworkingdir, C:\emulators\pc_games\outrun 2006 coast 2 coast
run OR2006C2C %1%

F1::ExitApp


Just need that final line to exit the game now.

Thanks in advance

Sega_Mad

[BadMouth]

Been a busy week.  If I get a chance, I'll look at it a bit more in depth.

For now....

I think your script is over-complicated.
I launch PC games by just pointing the MAME cmd at a shortcut in C:\emulators\other_emus\pc_games

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:pc
cd \Emulators\other_emus\pc_games
%1.lnk
exit(that's LNK)

Then I just exit by navigating to the exit option in the game menu.
I wonder if the fact that you don't have explorer running prevents that from working?

[sega_mad]

Hi BadMouth,

Thanks for taking the time to look at this.

Unfortunately, like my Logitech profiler issues, I can make any buttons on my G27
work yet until I sort out the Mala "shelled" issue, cause all the buttons are mucked up
on the controller (but correct when running explorer)

Cheers

Sega_Mad