View Full Version : *Newb thread* I broke it - emulator launch issue
gypsyshred
11-21-2010, 05:36 PM
Ok I had most of my emulators working, then I did something wrong and now none work.
I kept getting the "Emulator not supported or System not Supported" error, and in the FAQ of error messages, I saw that it meant that I needed to save/compile. Following the instructions in the doc, I did so.
Now ALL my emulators display the same error; "Make sure your paths contains a backslash on the end". Ok, that seems pretty straight forward. But where did AHK break it? I checked all the places I know to check, and it all looks good. I could post a script, just tell me which one.
I know I'm prolly missing something simple, thanks in advance!
Falcon Punch
11-21-2010, 07:14 PM
I could be wrong but make sure hyperHQ is still set up correctly. It sounds like it doesn't know the paths to the emulator.
gypsyshred
11-21-2010, 08:29 PM
I went to HyperHQ, and repointed it to the exe just in case, and it was still broke. Checked the .txt in settings, it looked fine, and had the \.
gypsyshred
11-22-2010, 04:34 PM
I messed around with it, and I noticed two different things. Its still broke, yet for some reason MAME works fine. I've never had the NeoGeo wheel working, so I can't check that. Also, I checked the log, I noticed that the first thing after the update check was a message that says "startup program unavailible". I'm at wits end, the only thing I can think of left to try is to flatten and reinstall, and that would be so much work :(
gypsyshred
11-23-2010, 12:36 PM
I've been emailing BBB about this (thanks again for the help!), so far some of the things I've tried have been to try 32b and ANSI versions of the AHK install, although they couldn't even compile the script, in my 64b OS.
there was a similar problem like this recently to someone
1- mame works because it's not using hyperlaunch
2- all hyperlaunch games report this error because you compiled ahk file with WRONG hyperlaunch, install another one and compile ahk again, there are several versions, what version did you use?
i'm not sure which one works which doesn't but all people do find one that works in the end
gypsyshred
11-23-2010, 05:25 PM
BBB had a similar idea, so I did try attacking from this angle. Using Autohotkey_L, as dl'ed from http://www.autohotkey.com/download/, I tried installing, testing, uninstalling, then installing all three in 32b, 64b, and ANSI flavors. 32b and ANSI came up with a corrupted EXE error, with the 64b compiling seemingly correctly, then failing at HS launch. I'm in the process of copying the entire directory over to another comp on my network, I'll post if that makes a difference.
try with basic autohotkey, that one should be ok
i saw post from a guy that says that newest version of autohotkey doesn't work on windows 7.
so if basic version also doesn't work go to "Other Versions" on their site, and download old basic version 1.0.48.05 (now it is the last one, before the current version).
it works for me on xp and it is reported that it works on win 7 also
Fiasco
11-24-2010, 11:02 AM
I used the latest version of AHK with no problems. I did however have to disable my AVG antivirus.
gypsyshred
11-24-2010, 11:47 AM
Tried disabling my av (using Symantic Corp), same issue. Tried installing AHK basic, BINGO problem solved. Thanks blur, I owe you a beer!