ESC Key on Joystick

[Luthanos]

Hello Everyone,

I googled, i read this Forum, but doen not find a answer.

I build a retro arcadd console with a xbox 360 controler. I tried many software products
.. joytokey
.. antimicro
.. xpadder

Non of these can quit emulation. Outside from mgalaxy the ESC remap on the joystick works but inside not. I use Windows 8.1 x64

Any idea anyone?

Thanks

[hindered]

I use AutoHotKey.  I couldn't do a perfect select + start to exit, but it does let you hold select and press start to trigger esc which is good enough for me.

I based it on the script here:
http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/5 ... s-updated/

[drifft]

Can you elaborate more on what you did? Having the same issue. Thanks so much.

[hindered]

heres my latest version.  requires AHK 1.1

#if (GetKeyState("Joy7", "P"))
Joy8::Send {Esc}
Joy1::Send !{Enter}
Joy2::Send !{f4}
Joy3::Run C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\kodi.exe
Joy4::Run C:\Program Files (x86)\mGalaxy\mGalaxy.exe
Joy6::Send {LWin}
#if

this is built for a 360 controller as input.

my biggest problem right now is that some emulators seem to take exclusive control, or disable external/artificial inputs, and the joystick ESC hotkey won't exit something like MESS, but pressing ESC on a physical keyboard will exit the emulator correctly.  Plenty others work fine, though. 

Also, I wish alt+f4 worked better in mGalaxy.  What's the deal with that?  I'd rather just disable those top 10 screens and exit gracefully.