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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: jimmy2x2x on June 10, 2010, 11:32:41 am
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Is there anyway to unload joy2key from the command line, or kill the process?
Maybe an alternative program that can unload from command line?
I want to use it to use daphne launched from mala via a batch file.
My joystick is a hacked 360 pad that uses the POV for the stick, this cant be used from within daphne.
I don't want to use joytokey all the time as it introduces latency on the controls.
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Yes, taskkill. "Taskkill /F /IM joytokey.exe" I use it in several batch files that start joytokey, depending on the emulator.
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Sounds just like what I need.
Im trying to put these into mala as pre and post commands, but it doesnt seem to work for me.
ie:
Other emu config /daphne/execution/pre commands/c:\emulation\joy2key\mame.bat
where mame.bat is:
cd c:\emulation\joy2key\mame
joytokey mame
when I try and run a daphne game, it doesnt get to the game, just loads joytokey with the mame.cfg and waits for me to close the cmd window.
after I close the window, daphne loads and works fine with my config, exits fine and closes joytokey like I want.
Do I have to load joytokey as a service or something to overcome this?
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I think you might need to use "start" and "start /wait" options in your bat file. They tell windows to move on to the next line, and to wait until the program closes, respectively. I never tried putting them in the pre/post MaLa commands. I also checked the option in joytokey to go straight to the task bar to avoid the window opening.
For example, here is what I use to launch my Daphne games:
start joytokey.exe
start /wait C:\Emulators\Programs\daphne\daphne.exe astron vldp -framefile (etc...)
taskkill /f /im joytokey.exe
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That did it!
Many thanks ;)
Might be time to buy a keyboard encoder haha