PC Games with launchers?

[Wally Wonka]

I set up GameEX to run PC Games shortcuts and it seems to work fine, but I am having trouble with PC games that have launchers, like AVP2 for instance. When I run the AVP2 shortcut from GameEX, the launcher starts up and I click play. The game launches normally and I am able to play, but when I quit out of the game I can't get back into gameex and there is a black screen. I know why this happens, because after I click Play from the avp2 launcher, the launcher ends task and Gameex goes back to normal while the lithtech.exe runs in the background, but when I quit lithtech.exe it will not go back to GameEX. This does not happen when GameEX is in window mode by the way. I am sure there is a simple fix for this. Some please give me some ideas. Thanks.

[Brian Hoffman]

I set up GameEX to run PC Games shortcuts and it seems to work fine, but I am having trouble with PC games that have launchers, like AVP2 for instance. When I run the AVP2 shortcut from GameEX, the launcher starts up and I click play. The game launches normally and I am able to play, but when I quit out of the game I can't get back into gameex and there is a black screen. I know why this happens, because after I click Play from the avp2 launcher, the launcher ends task and Gameex goes back to normal while the lithtech.exe runs in the background, but when I quit lithtech.exe it will not go back to GameEX. This does not happen when GameEX is in window mode by the way. I am sure there is a simple fix for this. Some please give me some ideas. Thanks.

A couple... You can create a wrapper using AutoIT or Auto Hotkey... This can Call the loader, Press play, and wait tor the game to terminate before exiting.

or you can try progs like tskill and PSKILL to end processes once ESC it pressed.

[alexdog69]

Is there some sample source for AHK that you can point me at for this ?

I'd like to write a wrapper for HOTD 3 .. Just wondering about 'best practices'

I'll gladly post it to this thread for others to use

[bkenobi]

I think if you search the forum, there's at least one HOTD3 wrapper already written.

[Brian Hoffman]

Is there some sample source for AHK that you can point me at for this ?

I'd like to write a wrapper for HOTD 3 .. Just wondering about 'best practices'

I'll gladly post it to this thread for others to use

Well Bkenobi is correct about HOD3 and its wrapper.. For AHK I start orr using the script writing wizard.. You use it to point to the EXE it will launch it record all active windoes and mouse clicks so when it opens and you click play it records it... Then you save it... Test it and see if it does it all automatically... The you make it WAIT or PAUSE so it doesnt close once that is complete... you can take it a step further and have it wait for the game process to close then colse the loader it self... Then you configure gameex to launch your loader... it is easiest to configure it to run the game exe from the working path... So it works for most every one... If you look up Vivanonno you will find a few AHK loaders I made for it... You can use included progs to decompile my scripts... I do not password protect them.. Id also recommend once you get your AHK script working that you compile it to EXE this way peeps that do not have AHK installed can use them

[headkaze]

Yep I already wrote a wrapper for hod3

hod3_launcher.zip

[LB11]

alot of times those launchers just load an executable file (the game) See if one of the .exe files in the games directory goes strait to the game and then make a shortcut to that.

[gerble1000]

alot of times those launchers just load an executable file (the game) See if one of the .exe files in the games directory goes strait to the game and then make a shortcut to that.

well thats the first thing i look for ,,

well im off to try and get the hang of making these wrappers