program ipac upon starting gameex

[katuuuz]

i remember placing a code in the "launch with gameex" box that programmed my ipac when i booted gameex. otherwise i would have to manually open the ipac program and load the config myself. i believe ling panda gave the code up, but i cannot find it now.

[Stu1983]

run "winpac.exe /?" to get a list of all the commands

I think the command your looking is just

"winipac.exe profile.ipc"

Stu

[Will]

Yep, he's right. Just run the program with the profile you want to load. In WinIPAC you can create custom profiles. Anyone who has an IPAC, this is the way to go! In each emulator you can disable buttons you don't need so that a wrong button press doesn't do unexpected things. For my setup I have created batch files with the commands. I place all these in a central location so they are easier to manage.

Also, instead of just placing "winipac.exe profile.whatever" in the command line, try using "cmd /c winipac.exe profile.whatever". Check the help for the cmd command to make sure I did that right. This tells Window's shell to run the command in another shell and don't wait for it to complete before returning control to GameEx. This should allow faster loading since GameEx won't wait for each profile load to complete before starting to load or unload your game. Works for me anyway.

Will

[Stu1983]

Yep, he's right. Just run the program with the profile you want to load. In WinIPAC you can create custom profiles. Anyone who has an IPAC, this is the way to go! In each emulator you can disable buttons you don't need so that a wrong button press doesn't do unexpected things. For my setup I have created batch files with the commands. I place all these in a central location so they are easier to manage.

Also, instead of just placing "winipac.exe profile.whatever" in the command line, try using "cmd /c winipac.exe profile.whatever". Check the help for the cmd command to make sure I did that right. This tells Window's shell to run the command in another shell and don't wait for it to complete before returning control to GameEx. This should allow faster loading since GameEx won't wait for each profile load to complete before starting to load or unload your game. Works for me anyway.

Will

I found this method to be really unreliable I had profiles set up for all my emulators and pc games and probably about 85% of the time it worked perfect but the rest of time it failed to flash the winipac for me and if I remember right it wasn't even just a simple matter of exiting the game and trying it again as when it failed it would leave a hidden mesasge box on screen that you had to exit GameEx before you could see it to click OK

Thats why I ended up sticking with a single WinIpac layout and starting to use AHK scripts to change all my keys... and I've never looked back

Has anyone else experience realiability problems with WinIpac or is it just something with my system?

Stu

[Will]

Nope. I have never had it screw up. Maybe it's my cmd /c option.

[Stu1983]

Nope. I have never had it screw up. Maybe it's my cmd /c option.

Possibly but I was using the "run" command which does the same thing as "cmd /c"

I feel happier using AHK though as flashing is always dangerous as there is always that slight chance of messing the whole thing up if the flash doesn't succeed but each to his own

Stu

[iano]

I found this method to be really unreliable I had profiles set up for all my emulators and pc games and probably about 85% of the time it worked perfect but the rest of time it failed to flash the winipac for me and if I remember right it wasn't even just a simple matter of exiting the game and trying it again as when it failed it would leave a hidden mesasge box on screen that you had to exit GameEx before you could see it to click OK

Thats why I ended up sticking with a single WinIpac layout and starting to use AHK scripts to change all my keys... and I've never looked back

Has anyone else experience realiability problems with WinIpac or is it just something with my system?

Stu

Hi Stu. I have the same problem trying to remap my ipac despite having loads of help from Will and other members of the forum. Most of the time it would not remap so i'm stuck with the default mame map. It has prevented me from using some emulators because of some of the default mame keys used. Was reading the docs on AHK about remapping (a:b etc.) but i'm not sure how you would return the keys to their normal function (a:a ?). Could you post one of your AHK scripts so i can see how it's done ? It seems the only option i have (to use AHK) . It would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

iano.

[Will]

wow. I guess I am lucky that mine works then. Yay me

[Stu1983]

Hi Stu. I have the same problem trying to remap my ipac despite having loads of help from Will and other members of the forum. Most of the time it would not remap so i'm stuck with the default mame map. It has prevented me from using some emulators because of some of the default mame keys used. Was reading the docs on AHK about remapping (a:b etc.) but i'm not sure how you would return the keys to their normal function (a:a ?). Could you post one of your AHK scripts so i can see how it's done ? It seems the only option i have (to use AHK) . It would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

iano.

You've got it right with the script, it''s just a::b or whatever...

What you need to do is you'se the lauch before and after options in the advanced config

Compile the ahk to an exe and then set it to run before the emulator and then use process.exe (you can get it at the bottom of this site http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/proce...rocessutil.htm) to kill the exe after the emulator exits which will return you back to standard controls

Stu

[iano]

You've got it right with the script, it''s just a::b or whatever...

What you need to do is you'se the lauch before and after options in the advanced config

Compile the ahk to an exe and then set it to run before the emulator and then use process.exe (you can get it at the bottom of this site http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/proce...rocessutil.htm) to kill the exe after the emulator exits which will return you back to standard controls

Stu

Thanks Stu.