Anyone have a wrapper for Viva Nonno?

[SGT]

Seems it allows no command line parameters.

[TAG]

I used AutoIt to create a utility that loads each of the vivanonno games full screen and lets you exit with the escape key.  Then I just call that program from Mamewah.

I've seen other people post similar utilities either on this forum or one of the others (maybe GameEx?  I'm not sure), so a search should turn something up.  If not, send me a PM later and I'll send you the one I use.

[SGT]

Found one here.

http://cevo.altervista.org/Extra_Utils.html

Had to add a sleep delay to get it to work 100%.

[ARTIFACT]

veery interesting.... time for some Ridge Racer 2 / RAve Racer!!!

[SonicSlammaster]

Nice one! i never thought of asking for a wrapper for this emulator as its a bit in the shadows. Anyone know how to configure the controlls for this emu?

[TAG]

Nice one! i never thought of asking for a wrapper for this emulator as its a bit in the shadows. Anyone know how to configure the controlls for this emu?

You can open the settings.xml file and change the joystick/analog controls.  I've not yet been able to change the keyboard controls, though, which means I can't start it up with the same presses as the MAME games without using AutoHotKey or AutoIt.  If anyone's been able to do it directly, please let us know!

[SGT]

Anyone know how to configure the controlls for this emu?

The wrapper that I provided a link for is just a compiled AutoHotKey script which is included.  You'll need to download and install AutoHotKey so you can recompile the script after editting it.  For example to change the GAS from c to Ctrl, just add a line to the autovivanonno.ahk file:

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Ctrl::c
I noticed  the compiled version that came with the wrapper doesn't remain resident in the system tray after exiting out of Viva Nonno, but when I recompile the script that came with the wrapper, it stays in the system tray.  Any AutoHotKey experts know what the script is missing so that AutoHotkey stops running in the background once the script is finished?

[AE35]

Ok, I'm really stupid. Should never have played with that mercury as a kid.

Can someone offer me a complete, easy, way to make the Vivanonno emu start
up Rave Racer in fullscreen, with wheel support?

 

Thanks!

Nicholas

[TAG]

Can someone offer me a complete, easy, way to make the Vivanonno emu start
up Rave Racer in fullscreen, with wheel support?

Starting full screen from a frontend or directly from vivanonno?

As for the wheel support, you just need to open the settings.xml file and change the joystick/analog controls to whatever is apporpriate for the particular wheel/pedals you use.  Which one are you using?

[SGT]

Can someone offer me a complete, easy, way to make the Vivanonno emu start
up Rave Racer in fullscreen?

If you have a front end, the full screen part is done with the wrapper that I posted a link for.  It comes already configured to do that.

[AE35]

Starting directly into vivanonno(and into Rave Racer) from boot up would be great.

Otherwise, I could do it from Mala?

Thanks,

Nicholas

I'm using a Logitech Momo wheel + pedals

[SGT]

If booting straight into Vivanonno, you'll need the wrapper unless you want to choose full screen from the gui each time.

[TAG]

I'm using a Logitech Momo wheel + pedals

That's a different wheel from the one I use, so my settings might not work for yours.  Other Logitech wheels have been reported to work using <axis handle="X" gas="-Z" brake="-RZ"/>.  I'd say give those a shot and see whether it works for you, unless someone else has settings that they've used and know will work.

[AE35]

Hey!

I just put the files from the link into my vivanonno folder but when I start the
'autovivanonno' icon, a box appears 'Autoit: is not correctly registered in settings.ini'

I installed autoit, but the box still appears.

I think I need a play-by-play guide

[SGT]

You did not need to install autoit. 

The error just means that you are not specifying the correct rom name on the command line.  For example:

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autovivanonno.exe rv2
The settings.ini file has the rom names that it is looking for.  If you specifiy no roms or roms other than what is in the settings.ini file, you'll get that message.

[AE35]

Thanks, but I still don't have any idea where I'm supposed to put:

autovivanonno.exe rv2

"The error just means that you are not specifying the correct rom name on the command line"

I'm lost...I just want it to boot up Rave Racer in fullscreen

Thanks again!

[SGT]

Here one of a million ways:

In your vivanonno folder, right-click the autovivanonno.exe file and choose Create Shortcut.  After the shortcut is created, right-click it and choose Properties.  Edit the Target field and type a space and the name of the rom you want to run on the end of this line just after the autovivanonno.exe part.  For example my Target would be (the path part of the following will be different for you):

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E:\emulators\vivanonno\AutoVivanonno.exe rv2
Now double click your newly edited shortcut to make sure Rave Racer starts up and goes to full screen.  Now drag or cut and paste this short cut to your STARTUP folder.

[AE35]

Thanks SGT!!!

That's AWESOME!!!

Now I HAVE to build a racing machine!!!!

 

[AE35]

SGT, sorry to bother you again...

Once in a while it'll say "Renderer failed to initialize"

Any idea what that could be??

[SGT]

Once in a while it'll say "Renderer failed to initialize"

Sorry, I have no idea.

[sega_mad]

SGT, don't know if your still watching this topic, but the link for the wrapper is dead.

Anychance of a new link....I've only just found this emulator

Thanks

Sega_mad

[BadMouth]

Google result #2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ID54U5AQ
(also attached in case that link dies)

My autohotkey method is here, but the mouse click location has to be changed for other computers:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=105642.0
There's no way to cover up the boxes when the emulator launches with that method though.

I'm currently using the method posted on the hyperspin forums where it posts ALT+TAB to switch to the game selection box.
It worked fine on my Vista computer, but on the xp cab, I had to alt+tab, pause, then alt+tab again to get to the game selection.
Because of that, I get a flash of the desktop.  If I just press alt+tab+tab etc, it skips over the game select box as if it isn't there.
I'll try to add a copy of those scripts sometime this week.