[RESOLVED] DeSmuMe - Rotation hotkey?

[Bigby]

Is there a rotaion hotkey for DeSmuMe?

You can enable the "show toolbar", which has two rotation buttons, but I'd rather not see that menu in fullscreen.

The other way to choose rotation is in the View - Rotation - 270 option, but I can only do that in window mode.

(I have looked in the Hotkey config menu, but I can't see any rotation hotkey)

(also found that the "End" key is LCD layout options, but I don't care about that!)

[celly]

I just took at a look at this since this is the same emu I use but, I too didn't find an option for a hotkey rotate. The only game I play that requires a rotate is Ninja Gaiden but I usually just use the gui and rotate when I play it.

[Bigby]

I hadn't realised there were so few games in this view.

Anyway, I made a feature request for it at DeSmuMe's svn tracker - feature requests.

Did a little searching for games that are played rotated, so if anyone's interested...

007 - Quantum of Solace

Again - Interactive Crime Novel

Bookworm

Brain Age series

Casper's Scare School - Classroom Capers

DropCast

Guinness World Records

Hotel Dusk - Room 215

Hotel Dusk - Secrets

Konami Classics Series - Arcade Hits

Last Window - The Secret of Cape West

Meteos - Disney Magic

Mario & Luigi: Inside Bowser's Story (when Bowser is gigantic)

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword

Planet Puzzle League

Rhythm Heaven

Sigma Harmonics

[KRC]

@Bigby,

Thanks for the list, it should come in handy.

[fRequEnCy]

For now, maybe can use sendkeys to send the correct combo in windowed mode and then set fullscreen. Just a thought till it's implemented. This can also be easily accomplished with a script but best to do within GameEx.

[Bigby]

Just tried this...

%v{down}{right}{down}{down}{down}{enter}%{enter} 

and it does indeed start in the 270 rotation view + full screen. But then I'm stuck in that view for both vertical and sideways view games.

Is there a way to tell GameEx to only do this for specific games?

[fRequEnCy]

Just tried this...

%v{down}{right}{down}{down}{down}{enter}%{enter} 

and it does indeed start in the 270 rotation view + full screen. But then I'm stuck in that view for both vertical and sideways view games.

Is there a way to tell GameEx to only do this for specific games?

Can write a batch file for those games or can just create an emulator group for just those games.

Also you can do alt+v (for view) and then r (for rotation) then your down's and enter. Just a more clean way of doing it.

[Bigby]

So, all this talk of sendkeys got me thinking... Xpadder!

Xpadder can assign a combination of keys to a single button, so I mapped a button for rotation 0 and another for rotation 270.

Rotation 0

Alt+V [release zone] R+Enter

Rotation 270

Alt+V [release zone] R [pause] Down [pause] Down [pause] Down+Enter

Both the release zone and pause time were set at 0.01s

[Bigby]

Nevermind, this doesn't work in fullscreen. I was so close

[fRequEnCy]

LOL. Right. Still best to use send keys for setting the option and then to set to full screen. Just less work all together until they make an option in the emulator itself.

[Bigby]

Yeah, I'm going to do what you said this time Sendkeys then use the group emulators option.

I also got a email update on the feature request - "Patched in - ID: 3540789." So maybe a future revision will have rotation as hotkeys!

[celly]

sweet!

[Bigby]

DeSmuME SVN Changelog:

r4302

win32-apply patch #3540789 (Rotation Hotkey(s))

Much respect to hicoder for the patch and zeromus for adding it in.

(Please mark this as resolved, thanks)

[fRequEnCy]

Nice. Thanks for the request on it.