Hyperspin no longer works on Windows 10 Pro 22H2

[Everett999]

Hi,

Prior to the update my Hyperspin 1.5.1 was working fine.

Now it shows the game system wheel for about 10 seconds and goes to attract mode.

No controller keypress will get me out of the attract mode and back to the game system selection wheel.

Anyone else having this problem/ Fix/ I tried the SXS.DLL fix I found from those running 21H2 but it did not work for me.

 

[dark13]

Try disabling Attract mode from HyperHQ, disable also joystick input (use keyboard), if Hyperspin does not take input try to right click mouse and try again (maybe there is a focus problem).

[Everett999]

Hey thanks for pointing me to HyperHQ. Seems like all my settings got corrupted and the joystick was disabled. 

I got everything working EXCEPT when I go to launch any game, I get an "Cannot find launcher" error for everything.

The one thing I was unsure of is the path to the Startup script...I have three startup script files, an exe, ini and a zip.....ini seems to work but is it correct?

What should i check for the Cannot Find Launcher error?

 

[dark13]

Settings.ini in settings folder, change the hyperlaunch path

[floatingyeti]

On rare occasion I have had the keyboard inputs disappear in the Settings.ini.

I keep a backup of setings.ini so it's a quick easy fix.

I have always wanted to set the ini file to "read only" in properties to lock in the settings.

I have never done it because the settings.ini is shown as modified in windows every time Hyperspin is launched.

So would it limit functionality of Hyperspin if it is unable to write to the settings.ini file (yes, I know it would block HyperHQ adjustments but "read-only" can be unchecked before use)

has anyone tried this?

[Everett999]

Thanks, Dark13 that worked and i am back up and running. I don't know how all these things changed. My Hyperspin drive was always the E: drive but the setting.ini had it as the D: drive.  Been using this for a couple of years and i am the only one that plays it. A Mystery, i guess.

[dark13]

1 hour ago, floatingyeti said:

On rare occasion I have had the keyboard inputs disappear in the Settings.ini.

I keep a backup of setings.ini so it's a quick easy fix.

I have always wanted to set the ini file to "read only" in properties to lock in the settings.

I have never done it because the settings.ini is shown as modified in windows every time Hyperspin is launched.

So would it limit functionality of Hyperspin if it is unable to write to the settings.ini file (yes, I know it would block HyperHQ adjustments but "read-only" can be unchecked before use)

has anyone tried this?

Honestly this thing never happened here and I have multiple installation of HS on my HDs. Consider that HS write also the last system used and hi-score stuff in settings.ini.
On the other side RetroArch seems to mess up configurations quite often

[floatingyeti]

28 minutes ago, dark13 said:

On the other side RetroArch seems to mess up configurations quite often

I don't know if you are being serious but that can't cause the issue.

I have only had the issue happen when using the shutdown on exit feature in Hyperspin. It's happened several times over the years (on different pcs and different versions of Windows, without ever launching a game, and, yes, even before RetroArch existed)

I've tried various shutdown scripts but have just accepted that there is a very small possibility that settings.ini will clear the keyboard mapping when HS shutsdown the PC.

39 minutes ago, dark13 said:

Consider that HS write also the last system used and hi-score stuff in settings.ini.

I think I can live without those features. Thank you, I'm going to try and see what happens.

 

 

 

 

 

[dark13]

I mean RA messing up its own configuration,  not the hyperspin's one.

What kind of script are you using? On my friend's cabinet as far as I remember I used a script that close HS then shutdown the pc and it has not messed anything in some years

[floatingyeti]

4 hours ago, dark13 said:

I mean RA messing up its own configuration,  not the hyperspin's one.

That's a common complaint/issue when using just one universal retroarch.cfg file to manage all the cores settings. Its one of the biggest contributing factors to RetroArch's reputation of being difficult or prone to breaking. All my troubles stopped when I learned to create core specific cfgs. Hopefully it will be enabled by default one day.

4 hours ago, dark13 said:

I used a script that close HS then shutdown the pc and it has not messed anything in some years

That sounds great! I don't currently use a script because I couldn't find one that fixed the issue.

I was just using

Shutdown.exe /f /s /t 0

Which seems to work every time I launch the bat file in windows no matter what is open.

If set HyperHq to use the batch file during shutdown it will occasionally not close HS and shutdown.

If I change the /t 0 value to 2 or 3, (when I launch the batch file (outside of HS) it will create a 2 or 3 second delay before shutdown.

But the behavior does not change when using HS Shutdown menu (still instant shutdown). So it seems like HS is not using the batch file.

 

[dark13]

Try this inside and .AHK, you can compile it to make an .exe. Just add the code to shutdown the pc

 

Process=HyperSpin.exe
Process, Exist, %process%
if    pid :=    ErrorLevel
{
    Loop
    {
        WinClose, ahk_pid %pid%, , 2    ; will wait 2 sec for window to close
        if    ErrorLevel    ; if it doesn't close
            Process, Close, %pid%    ; force it
        Process, Exist, %process%
    }    Until    !pid :=    ErrorLevel
}

 

[floatingyeti]

39 minutes ago, dark13 said:

Try this inside and .AHK, you can compile it to make an .exe. Just add the code to shutdown the pc

Thank you, this is exactly what I need!

[dark13]

Can't find the .bat used in the cabinet but this ahk should be better, i use it to close all widgets I'm running. A quite busy desktop...

[floatingyeti]

Is it better to attach a bat file to the hyperspin shutdown process in HyperHQ or add it to the shutdown process through gpedit?

Is it the same?

[dark13]

I can't remember if in my friend's cabinet I use the bat when HD close or if it has a shutdown wheel that launch the script that close HS and then shutdown the pc, try both