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| mosesmalone:
For some really weird reason, when I run Virtua Tennis from Mamewah, it works fine, except any buttons I press in the game are also picked up by Mamewah underneath the game. I'm running VT via a batch file which loads up PPJoyStick for player 2. So for example, if I press 'START' in the game (which is the '1' KEY) in the game, it works but unfortunately Mamewah also responds as if I've pressed the '1' KEY and tries to load another window of VT. I hope I'm making sense. I'm really confused about this though. I've mucked around with different commandline tags and stuff, but it's the same no matter what. :timebomb: |
| ppilot:
Are you SURE this is what's happening? I seem to remember that one of the parameters (autodosbox?) can cause two instances of the program to start running. |
| chemame:
--- Quote from: ppilot on January 17, 2007, 07:39:25 am ---Are you SURE this is what's happening? I seem to remember that one of the parameters (autodosbox?) can cause two instances of the program to start running. --- End quote --- While we're on the topic of "are you SURE this is what's happening?"... :) For the past few weeks, with increasing frequency, when I would load ZSNES games from Mamewah, sometimes I'd hear the windows "DING!" immediately, and ZSNES would load but not respond to any keys, and the only option was Task Manager to kill off ZSNES, then everything would be normal. Load the same game again and it'd be fine. It was MADDENING, I tell you. Then I started noticing (sometimes) the same "DING!" with Mame stuff, only it wouldn't lock up -- just an annoying ding. I tell you, I was THIS CLOSE (missing visual) to reinstalling my OS out of desperation. Then I discovered Shuffleshot. Shuffleshot's game selection uses the 1 player start button through all screens. Sometimes it would work fine, and sometimes it would mysteriously skip an entire screen. The next "DING!" was inside my head. My microswitch for my 1 player start button was going bad. Rated at 100,000 presses, my behind. If it was the FIRE button I'd say "sure, it got that many presses in 3 years, if not more". But 100,000 presses of my 1 player start? I don't believe it for a second. Anyway. Obviously this is not what's likely happening to mosesmalone. I only mention it because (a) I think it's funny and (b) it's an example of a problem with game starts looking like one thing, but being something else entirely. Che |
| mosesmalone:
--- Quote from: ppilot on January 17, 2007, 07:39:25 am ---Are you SURE this is what's happening? I seem to remember that one of the parameters (autodosbox?) can cause two instances of the program to start running. --- End quote --- Well I'm not sure of much, but there aren't two instances...at least not at first. What happens is the game will load and any buttons I press not only affect the game but also Mamewah behind. So for example if I press 'UP' a few times in the game (which works), and then leave the game, the chosen game in Mamewah will be moved up a few places. If I press '2' and then leave the game, the Options window will be open in Mamewah. And similarly, when I press '1' in the game, Mamewah also responds and tries to load it again. It's bizarre. |
| Minwah:
I think I know the solution here. You say you are running VT from a batch file. A batch file will do whatever the instructions inside it tell it to do before quitting...and it will not wait until the instructions are completed before moving to the next, or finishing - unless you use the 'Start /wait' command. Mamewah 'thinks' VT is quit because the batch file has completed it's job and finished, so Mamewah starts to accept input again. Short answer is launch VT from the batch file like this: start /wait c:\vtennis\vtennis.exe (or whatever the exe file is) |
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