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Team, 

 

I'm not sure if this is something that has been considered before, but I've incorporated a simple vbs script into my launch parameters, and it results in 100% clean launching. No more visible batch files. I'm still getting my head around it, but I have about 10 games setup and launching 100% clean. 

 

PM if you're interested in testing -- GigaPig, this means you! 

 

This is one of those moments where you are both patting yourself on the back for being such a genius, and also hoping that there's not a good reason that the community hasn't already done this

 

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  • 2 weeks later...
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Hi Guys,

I wanted to add a minor improvement to GigaPig's amazing work with the Taito Type X system. Everything worked perfectly on my system, except the launch, which was messy. I recently discovered that it was possible to hide batch files via VBScripts and came up with the following usage for Taito Type X games:

WHAT IS THIS?
An improvement to GigaPig's amazing Taito Type X setup

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Hides all the nasty black boxes that pop up with the batch files used to launch games

HOW DOES IT HIDE THEM?
By using a simple VBScript to launch the batch files, instead of launching them directly

ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD KNOW?
VBScripts don't play nice with relative paths or commas in the file path. As a result, games with commas in their names will need to be renamed

DO I NEED TO RENAME MY XML?
No

WHICH FILES NEED TO BE RENAMED?
You'll need to rename both the folder and the batch file for the following games:
King of Fighters '98, The Ultimate Match 
King of Fighters XII, The 
King of Fighters XIII, The 

HOW SHOULD I RENAME THEM?
The King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XIII
King of Fighters '98 - The Ultimate Match

OK, let's get started:

1. Click the link below to download a zip file containing CleanLaunch.ahk and Invisible.vbs files
http://bit.ly/1WY9nxC
2. Place the Invisible.vbs somewhere on your HyperSpin drive. For example, C:\HyperSpin\Utilities\
3. Copy the CleanLaunch.ahk to one of your Taito Type X game directories. For example Taito Type X\Battle Fantasia
4. Open the CleanLaunch.ahk that you copied to your game directory and edit the paths so that they point to the correct location for Invisible.vbs and your game batch file. For example:

ORIGINAL GENERIC PATHS:
Run, PATH.TO.VBS.FOLDER\invisible.vbs "PATH.TO.TAITO.GAMES\GAME.NAME.bat"

CORRECT PATHS FOR MY COMPUTER:
Run, D:\Arcade\Utilities\Startup and Exit\invisible.vbs "E:\Taito Type X\Battle Fantasia\Battle Fantasia.bat"

5. Save and close the CleanLaunch.ahk file. 
6. Open RocketLauncherUI and open System Specific Module Settings for Taito Type X
7. Choose Rom Settings
8. Update the Application path to point to the CleanLaunch.ahk you copied to your game directory. For example:
E:\Taito Type X\Battle Fantasia\CleanLaunch.ahk

9. Test the game. It should now launch perfectly cleanly

10. Repeat steps 3-9 for each game that utilizes a batch file to launch. Remember, you'll need to rename all The King of Fighters game folders and batch files to remove the commas. Otherwise, you'll get an VBScript error message when you try to launch a game with a comma in the path.

If you have any questions, let me know.
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Excellent work newoski  :goodjob:  This worked really well in our testing, so if you need a clean launch then give this a go.

 

I suppose it can be used for any system with this issue?

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I installed Type X onto my Hyperspin setup some time ago and while rummaging through my setup to clean things up I noticed that there are a number of Examu EX board games in the list and downloads. Games like Arcana Hearts series and Daemon bride are not Type X games. I also noticed that most downloads either include Arcana Hearts 2.1 or Suggoi! Arcana hearts 2.6 when in fact, the two seem to be two distinct games much like SFII and Champion Edition.

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If this is an issue I think a similar solution could be added directly to the PCLauncher module as a setting (to hide the console) so there's no need to be using extra files and scripts. I don't have Type X setup anymore, but I can try to setup a game and check it out if there's interest.

Are you guys still using the old launchers for this stuff or anything new?

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Hi Brolly,

I'll let Gigipig answer the launcher question... But could the module setting hide a batch file command prompt? Not sure if that's as easy to hide as a command prompt from an application...

Sent from my HTC6535LVW using Tapatalk

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From what I can see you're simply using a WshShell object so I don't think why we couldn't do it in AHK as well, would need to be tested of course, but I think it can be done yes.

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Thanks brolly your input would be another great addition to the overall experience.

 

The main bulk of the games (TaitoType X & X2) use a batch file to start which contains this. A lot of these as you probably know were first supplied by DJVJ.

 

@echo off
typex_loader game.exe

 

 

The Examu games like Arcana Heart 2 & 3 and Daemon Bride use a Loader (xb_loader) to start the game.

So the user either points to the batch file or the loader to start the games.

 

Finally the vertical games like Raiden IV use an exe and a cfg file to launch the game and rotate it using DXwind. Be aware that none of those use the DXWind Module, everything is included with the files.

Here is the contents of that config.

 

400
\\
\\DXWnd\
game.exe
JJ11X
RAIDEN 4 ©2007 MOSS LTD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

 

I have just tested Raiden IV (Which still works on Windows 10) and it's still a bit messy and if you have Fade in off you can still see the DXWind popup, even with newoski's vbs script.

 

If you need anything game files etc, give me a shout and the Taito Type X files are in my FTP folder. You just need to copy and paste them into the game folder.

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Thanks giga, seems nothing changed then as that's how I had mine setup. I know there have been some new loaders popping up over the last couple of years something like a "Game Loader All RH.exe", I downloaded it back then, but never used it so was just checking if I should be using something different or not. Seems you're still using the original ones so I should already have them ready on some other HDD.

 

I had Raiden IV working without DxWnd, actually it was the only way I could get it to run, but don't recall what I used anymore as it has been a long time.

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I do have the Game Loader All RH.exe in some of my Taito folders:

 

Contra - Evolution Revolution

Daemon Bride

Silent Hill The Arcade

Power Instinct The Commemoration

Otomedius

 

But these games all use exe files, not batch files, to launch -- which is to say, they wouldn't benefit from the code we're talking about, anyway.

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I know I had all those except Contra and Silent Hill which I never setup launching using the old methods, Game Loader didn't even exist back then. I guess it's just an alternative loader that adds some fixes for some problematic setups, I'll give it a try if I run into issues with any game.

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Hey, Giga.

Has anyone ever reported to you that there seems to be a trojan in "ttx_config2.0.exe"? That's what Avira says. It reports "TR/Agent.15189".

Posted

I know I had all those except Contra and Silent Hill which I never setup launching using the old methods, Game Loader didn't even exist back then. I guess it's just an alternative loader that adds some fixes for some problematic setups, I'll give it a try if I run into issues with any game.

 

Silent Hill has always used GameLoader as far as I know but won't work with Windows 8 onwards.

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Hey, Giga.

Has anyone ever reported to you that there seems to be a trojan in "ttx_config2.0.exe"? That's what Avira says. It reports "TR/Agent.15189".

 

I never had an issue with any TTX file and I've been messing with this for years now :) It's probably a false positive, which is a Phrase that's been used to explain the same thing with the HyperSpin exe from time to time.

 

Of course if your worried don't use it.

  • 4 weeks later...
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Struggling to setup street fighter iv and super street fighter.

I seem to be able to launch them outside of rlauncher without issue but when I use rlauncher I get an error (jvs 0000) on loading.

Found a video on YouTube which is similar to the problem I'm having.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nww-TZJN91Q

I've tried the different arcade versions aswell.

Any ideas chaps?

Posted

 

 

Thank you so much for this....

 

I managed to get super street fighter running in rlauncher as per the video from lsdguy.

Still struggling to get streetfighteriv running.

 

Ive attached a copy of my ssiv folder contents... does it look ok gigapig?

Seems to launch happily using the Street Fighter IV.bat from windows explorer but again launching from rlauncher gives that same error.

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Ive also attached a screen shot of rlauncher.

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I've taken a step back and thought for a moment.. Whats the difference between sfiv and supersfiv arcade edition? I don't really think i need both versions so ill just stick with the arcade edition. I think ill put my energy into getting my fades setup for this system and ensuring the programs don't loose focus after launching.

 

Thanks anyway gigapig!

  • 4 weeks later...
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Guys is anyone aware of a fix for raiden 3? Seems to be a glitch with the ships graphics where half of the fighter jet is missing.

Cant seem to find any fixes online.

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