Creezz67

Unless he changes Hyperspin 2 completely and reverts back to using xml’s and making a portable system like Hyperspin 1.5 this is doomed from the start. There is NO way anyone is building a system with 100’s of wheels with it all being encrypted and no way to back it up or change it at will. Even Launchbox still uses xml and it’s portable so there is no excuse. I just can’t understand why Hyperspin 1.5 can’t just be updated from 1024x768 to 1920x1080 at least. Like the saying goes …. If it ain’t broke DON’T fix it.

i have re-installed it about 20 times now and have set exclusions in Windows defender, deleted everything from my computer to ensure a clean install each time and each time the same results. I am using Windows 11 64bit version 23H2 just in case that's relevant. One thing I did notice when I was looking at HyperTheme a few weeks ago was that it was coming up with multiple logins for me (maybe this is the issue) ? Maybe every time I am wiping it clean my end then starting again it's not clearing some data your end, because I know 100% it's not on my computer. Maybe if it was portable and didn't have files literally scattered all over Windows it would be much easier to fix ? Also, there is no doubt that it will LOOK awesome, all I am saying is no matter what you do with it, the way it's all setup you will have exactly the same speed issues as Launchbox using a cache system and encrypting the hell out of everything. That's why even to this day, even though I have a huge Launchbox setup with 300,000 games which looks amazing .... it's totally unusable due to it's speed and they have been updating it for 7+ years. On the other hand, the same setup on Hyperspin 1.5 couldn't care less about what you throw at it and just keeps flying along at it's usual speedy self, meaning it will always be my No1 go to Frontend. Surely there is a better way of stopping people selling Hyperspin. That shouldn't be an issue I would have thought (people selling it) but obviously you want them to HAVE to purchase a different setup every time they do. If you asked people what their top priority was I am guessing they would say speed. HyperHQ media looks great but in the end is irrelevant because all that's important looks wise in the end is the Hyperspin wheel and media, which to be fair (once the 15 minute load time has finished) scrolls very quickly.

What i mean by unusable is that it does not use the default Hyperspin theme when one does not exist and simply puts the wheelart over the Main Menu theme instead (see attached) This on top of taking 15+ minutes just to load Hyperspin up to me makes it currently unusable. Sadly I think you are heading exactly the same way Launchbox did .... even after 7+ years it's like a Ferrari with a moped engine as it runs at a snails pace, be it loading times, exiting times or just generally scrolling through your setup. It's the cache system/encryption that will doom it in the end (IMO), but at least I still have Hyperspin 1.5 which looks like it will NEVER be equalled Apologies if I sound negative, but after hoping to see Hyperspin 2 for 10 years+ this isn't what I thought it would be (for me anyway) Just a simple HD version of Hyperspin 1.5 would have been awesome.

Can we use the overrides for default themes ? If so how ? Without default themes Hyperspin just shows the wheels over the Main Menu, making it currently unusable. Is Hyperspin supposed to use the default Hyperspin theme whenever the default theme is not present ? If so, it doesn't (for me anyway)

Are these default themes ? If so maybe keep in mind that when boxart and media are put in place these are not going to work very well. That's why I mentioned above about the look of the Hyperspin default one that leaves plenty of space on the right hand side to show the boxart and discs etc correctly, as well as the logos.

Just deleted MAME and re-installed it and it now loads as it did before with the same settings on v2.0.43 It's still saying Error stopping AHK scripts: Command failed: taskkill /IM AutoHotkey64.exe /F ERROR: The process "AutoHotkey64.exe" not found but loads the rom now. This is the log it produced ... [2025-02-10 08:16:15.143] [info] App starting... [2025-02-10 08:16:15.153] [info] App version: 2.0.43 [2025-02-10 08:16:15.154] [info] App path: D:\Arcade\HyperHQ\HyperHQ.exe [2025-02-10 08:16:18.744] [info] App initialization complete [2025-02-10 08:16:18.852] [info] Database connected [2025-02-10 08:16:23.866] [info] my pc name [2025-02-10 08:16:35.292] [debug] Running command: "D:/Arcade/\plugins\HyperspinCore Essentials\7zip\7za.exe" x "D:/Arcade/media/Systems/MainMenu/MainMenuTheme/e9f97291-9d74-48b9-dde5-08dc7134fc65/Nintendo Wii\Nintendo Wii.zip" -o"D:/Arcade/media/Systems/MainMenu/MainMenuTheme/e9f97291-9d74-48b9-dde5-08dc7134fc65/Nintendo Wii\" -aoa [2025-02-10 08:16:35.337] [info] downloadService: Download Finished [2025-02-10 08:17:14.783] [info] launching rom: 1942 [2025-02-10 08:17:15.340] [info] Launching game: 1942 with emulator: RocketLauncher [2025-02-10 08:17:15.340] [info] Emulator path: D:\Arcade\RocketLauncher\RocketLauncher.exe [2025-02-10 08:17:15.340] [debug] Running command: "D:\Arcade\RocketLauncher\RocketLauncher.exe" "MAME" "1942" [2025-02-10 08:17:41.565] [error] Error stopping AHK scripts: Command failed: taskkill /IM AutoHotkey64.exe /F ERROR: The process "AutoHotkey64.exe" not found.

Thought I had fixed the issue by setting an exclusion for my Users folder in Windows Defender, because when I did it then ran HyperHQ the cache completed. BUT .... when I then exited and loaded up HyperHQ again it has stuck on 80% for over 20 minutes now so obviously that didn't resolve the issue. It now keeps getting stuck on 80% ever time I load HyperHQ.

cache.hsdata emulators.json main.hsdata settings.json systems.json These are in my user/.HyperHQ folder

I just whipped one up with 173 games on it from the wiki. I am sure there are more than that working with the controller but it’s a good start

No, didn’t find one. i am sure I seen one floating around but haven’t seen it yet.

There are no default themes at all, and also overrrides will not allow the old zipped ones. Maybe focus on those, rather than the main menu ones ? The Default Hyperspin one (below) is perfect and maybe could be adapted to just allow the Hyperspin logo to be changed to Nintendo Game Boy, MAME, Nintendo Switch etc + a different background ... Just need different colored video borders to mix it up.

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