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[kodiak536]

It would be a nice feature to have a 3rd party softwares to launch automatically for each image, as in sd4hider and Yasu. For each image we make and mount on virtual drive, have an option to "launch sd4hider" check box for Safedisk4 protected games or Yasu for Securom protected and so on with a "browse" button to locate such programs to launch.

[Terramex]

Google for runit4me
A nice tool by padkill of Copybase

[kodiak536]

Google for runit4me
A nice tool by padkill of Copybase

Thanks for the link, Terramex. It's either I don't know what I'm doing or this don't work for me or my system. As with any other "loading" softwares, I still need to do them manually. I was suggesting integrated software, such as YASU, which launch automatically as Alcohol is started.

[MaLing]

Sorry, I really not fully understand your idea.

Do you want a tool that can start an emulation tool such as YASU, SD4Hider, then mount the image you want to play?

In other words, a tool which does two things: Mounting images and executing emulation tools?

[kodiak536]

Sorry, I really not fully understand your idea.

Do you want a tool that can start an emulation tool such as YASU, SD4Hider, then mount the image you want to play?

In other words, a tool which does two things: Mounting images and executing emulation tools?

Hey MaLing
No, that's not what I mean. I would like for Alcohol 120% to automatically launch "hider" tools, such as YASU when I open Alcohol 120%. That way, all I need to do is mount the image I want to play, instead of first launching ,say YASU, then open Alcohol 120% and then mount the image and in some case click on the desktop Icon
Another words, I would like a 1 click launch of everything I need to play a game when I start Alcohol 120% with the exception of the game image, if not already mounted. Yeah, I'm a "speed freak" Although it'll only take a few seconds to launch the tools and Alcohol, I like the idea of "one stop shopping", if you will

[Jito463]

The main reason I could see this not happening, is that YASU is meant to be a stopgap measure, inbetween updates of the copy protection and updates of Alcohol. There's not much point in Alcohol modifying it's code to automatically run a program that's only supposed to be a stopgap measure in the first place. I can see your POV, but I don't think it will ever happen.

[kodiak536]

Thanks Jito463, I guess I need to slow down in my old age and not be so lazy as well It was just an idea.

[MaLing]

I agree with Jito, it is unlikely for Alcohol to function this.

However, these may be possible by an external tool, which starts YASU, then mounts an image. In the settings of Alcohol for virtual drives, we can just set 'AutoPlay' on, so when an image is mounted by the external tool, the game immediately starts. But I have no idea where to find this external tool.

Some people by themselves write a batch file to do all these. First line of the file executes YASU, then use the 'Alcohol Command Launcher' to mount an image.

Edited by MaLing, 12 January 2008 - 10:40 PM.

[Jito463]

Perhaps you're thinking of Daemon Script, MaLing?

[MaLing]

Yes I did think of Daemon Script. I even wanted to ask Kodiak to make a suggestion in Daemon Script sub-forum for executing YASA.

But each Daemon Script can mount only a preset image, it is not flexible for Kodiak.

[Terramex]

Yes I did think of Daemon Script. I even wanted to ask Kodiak to make a suggestion in Daemon Script sub-forum for executing YASA.

That's what runit4me already is capable of: it alters desktop- or startmenu-links of applications/games so that by using that link the image gets mounted and drives/controllers cloaked by YASU; after ending the app/game it also automatically unmounts/uncloaks.