Dime333 Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 I have made a postlaunch script for this game that will automatically reset the network settings so you won't have the horrbile delays when selecting character and in other parts of the game. I had to tweak the hell out of this before I got it to work. It finally works great for me. I hope it will work for others too. Wacky Races.ahk If it doesn't work for you. Please try changing the second line that says "Sleep, 3500 to a higher number. 3500 means that it will wait 3,5 seconds before it starts to do the settings. Let me know what you need to set it to for it to work so I can upload a version that will work for more people.
Dime333 Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 Awesome, thanks. How is it used? Just set it as postlaunch in the module settings for this game in RocketLauncherUI. Let me know if it works for you guys.
Dime333 Posted March 19, 2016 Author Posted March 19, 2016 I updated post #1 with a new version of the script. It failed to work for me today. Hopefully it's all good now. Has anyone else tried it?
Yardley Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 I updated post #1 with a new version of the script. It failed to work for me today. Hopefully it's all good now. Has anyone else tried it? I finally tested this today. On my slower computer it works flawlessly every time on my faster computer it doesn't work the first time the game is launched but works every time it is launched subsequently. So if I start the game the first time, it doesn't work, if I then quit and start it again it will work and it will continue to work until I restart the PC and try it again for the first time. I had this exact same problem with the old Pinball FX grid selection method.
Dime333 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Posted March 25, 2016 I finally tested this today. On my slower computer it works flawlessly every time on my faster computer it doesn't work the first time the game is launched but works every time it is launched subsequently. So if I start the game the first time, it doesn't work, if I then quit and start it again it will work and it will continue to work until I restart the PC and try it again for the first time. I had this exact same problem with the old Pinball FX grid selection method. Check PM.
Dime333 Posted March 26, 2016 Author Posted March 26, 2016 OK. Script reuploaded in first post. Tweaked it a bit more. Thanks, Yardley.
Dime333 Posted March 26, 2016 Author Posted March 26, 2016 Updated post #1 again with a new version of the script. Now it closes the script when you exit the game. That way it won't take control of Hyperspin if you exit the game when the script is doing its thing.
Yardley Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 Updated post #1 again with a new version of the script. Now it closes the script when you exit the game. That way it won't take control of Hyperspin if you exit the game when the script is doing its thing. Works great!
Creezz67 Posted April 23, 2016 Posted April 23, 2016 Yardley, I tried exactly what you have said regarding this and it does not work. It just pops up with the ahk file and game won't start. Is there a specific version of wacky races I need ? Also do i drop this ahk file into PC Launcher modules folder in RocketLauncher ? (which I did) Game works fine without it, but you still need to do the network check before using game which is a pain. Any help appreciated Thanks
Dime333 Posted April 23, 2016 Author Posted April 23, 2016 It just pops up with the ahk file and game won't start. Can you explain what you mean by this? If you have this game set up with the PC Launcher module. You want to add this script in the module settings where it says "post launch". It doesn't matter where you place the file. You can browse for it when you set it to post launch.
Creezz67 Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 Hi, When I say it just pops up, i mean when I launch the game it just brings up the ahk on screen and the game sits in a small black box in the left corner of the screen playing just audio. Also Wacky Racers won't load at all in Hyperspin, works fine in RocketLauncher without ahk file. I have linked the ahk to post launch in RocketLauncher but keep getting same problem. Thanks
Dime333 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Posted April 24, 2016 That's strange. The AHK is not supposed to pop up like that. It's like your computer is using notepad to open ahk files.. Check to see what program is associated with .ahk files. Maby you don't have autohotkey installed?
Metalzoic Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 Like Yardley, it doesn't work the first time I launch it, I have to close and launch it a second time and after that it auto-navigates the game settings and it works. However the AHK doesn't seem to close. After ESCing out of the game I have the AHK box stuck on-screen just like Cataclysm's screen shot, plus 2 other Windows system firewall warnings about it trying to access the network (should I allow this?). Had to toggle over to shut all that down to get HS working again.
Dime333 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Posted April 24, 2016 Like Yardley, it doesn't work the first time I launch it, I have to close and launch it a second time and after that it auto-navigates the game settings and it works. However the AHK doesn't seem to close. After ESCing out of the game I have the AHK box stuck on-screen just like Cataclysm's screen shot, plus 2 other Windows system firewall warnings about it trying to access the network (should I allow this?). Had to toggle over to shut all that down to get HS working again. Are you saying that you also have notepad opening the ahk file but the script is actually beeing launched? I have never heard of that. Really strange. Have you downloaded the script recently? If so, try changing the second line that says "Sleep, 3500" to "Sleep, 6000". That should make it work every time but it will take longer for the script to do it's thing. The sleep should be as low as possible. Maby try 4000 if 6000 works. The updated script that is posted in the first post checks if the game is running and exits out if it isn't, so if you are using the latest version of it, It's really strange that it isn't closing. The network thing is the game wanting to connect to other players. That shouldn't be necesarry.
Metalzoic Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 Nevermind I was wrong. That black box that Cataclysm and I are seeing isn't an AHK box. It is the Wacky Races test box. Looks like setting this game's close process to "Alt-F4" (when I hit the ESC key) in the module doesn't work. Instead it hitting ESC causes that box/menu to open. For this game changing the close process to Application Close works instead. I'll alter that timing you showed to see if that fixes it first launch. Other than that thanks for this script. You took a basically unplayable game and made it good man! Have you found any screen settings that will let you run full vertical height on a 1080p monitor, but still keep it 4:3 so it doesn't stretch (and doesn't screw up the menus)?
Dime333 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Posted April 24, 2016 Nevermind I was wrong. That black box that Cataclysm and I are seeing isn't an AHK box. It is the Wacky Races test box. Looks like setting this game's close process to "Alt-F4" (when I hit the ESC key) in the module doesn't work. Instead it hitting ESC causes that box/menu to open. For this game changing the close process to Application Close works instead. I'll alter that timing you showed to see if that fixes it first launch. Other than that thanks for this script. You took a basically unplayable game and made it good man! Have you found any screen settings that will let you run full vertical height on a 1080p monitor, but still keep it 4:3 so it doesn't stretch (and doesn't screw up the menus)? Aahh. Glad you got it sorted. I'm using a 4:3 screen so I haven't tried any special screen settings. Let me know how low you can set the sleep timer to and I will upload a new version of the script.
Creezz67 Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 Hi, Thanks for info it now works in RocketLauncher. It was because I did not have autohotkey installed on my PC as mentioned I have over 200 working systems and have NEVER had it install before, as it is set to notepad to open all ahk's! This really does save a lot of hassle. I am still getting booted out of the game in Hyperspin though, any ideas ? I can hear the game playing in the background, but when I exit to the desktop the same black box is there with emulator in the task bar and mouse hidden. Thanks
Dime333 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Posted April 24, 2016 Try another exit method. Process Close Application should work.
Creezz67 Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 Also i am getting these files copied to the root of my D drive each time i use the game: WR1.CFGWR1.CRCWRbk1.datWRbk2.datWR0.CFGWR0.CRC Any thoughts ? Thanks
Dime333 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Posted April 24, 2016 I don't have a D drive. But some of the TTX games write files to specific locations, so that's normal.
Creezz67 Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 That is the drive letter used by the external hard drive the game launches from
Creezz67 Posted April 24, 2016 Posted April 24, 2016 can i change it to write those files somewhere else ? Thanks
Dime333 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Posted April 24, 2016 Not that I know of. I don't have those files in the root of my drive that I run the game from.
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