exit to FE

[cathaldub]

Saw a request for this on another forumhttp://www.manic-motorz.com/forum/images/smilies/expressions/ashamed.gif
and thought it might be a good feature, where if there is not key movement in a game for lets say 5minutes it exits the emulator and gos back to the frontend

[BadBoyBill]

I think brian_hoffman made something that will do that for you. Ask him.

[brian_hoffman]

Yea I saw that thread too at byoac. I was thinking ofchiming in but yuki seems to have it under control. Ya I did make an app that will do that. It also is not dependant on any credit managment system. Honestly I made it per request of user paulstevens. However I can refine it and re-upload it. It may just be easier to write it from scratch.

I have some homework due tomorrow so If I can get it done today (homework) I will have some time to look at it before the end of the weekend.

[brian_hoffman]

What this app does. Waits the specified amount of time (in minutes) then closes any running processes(specified) after in-activity.

Why would you want this app? Lets say you have a MAME cab and a person starts a game and walks away.. Normally the game stays playing (forever). With this app it will close the emulator proceess after X amount of in-activity time. Thus bringing you back to the FE.


Download the Timer.zip
Extract the archive anywhere. Id copy the files into your FE root directory.

Edit the Watcher.INI , In the INI you can adjust the TIMER (in minutes) and in the emulators section add the process name to listen for. Eg.. MAME you do not need to add the file extention.. EG do not use MAME.exe

Currently this will work for MOST but not ALL users. This app will hook only mouse and keystrokes.. So if your using a gamepad this app is not reccommended as you will exit your game un-intentionally.

[cathaldub]

Cool, I'll have a look at this tomorrow

[paulstevens]

Honestly I made it per request of user paulstevens.

Am I in trouble here? :stoned:

[brian_hoffman]

Hehehe.. always!

[brian_hoffman]

Cool, I'll have a look at this tomorrow

Well.... What did you think?

[cathaldub]

Poor me drank a bit too much last weekend(typical irish man) and didnt have a chance to play with his arcade
BUT
new monitor arrived yesterday so by the weekend I intend to have a mess around with it

[Propaganda]

Thanks for posting this quick little app. It will come in handy. I never even thought of what I would want the cabinet to do if someone walked away from a game.

[brian_hoffman]

Thanks for posting this quick little app. It will come in handy. I never even thought of what I would want the cabinet to do if someone walked away from a game.

Well the main reason is games burn in monitors.. You seen the lod arcade with burned in screens. Hs is always changing themes and the FE is the main focus of the cab as it drives everything anyways.

I hope you find this usefull.