Delay between luanching clients? Windows or Keyclone

I am boxing an older game and if you fire up all the clients at once they crash. I remember before I had a pause in between launching clients. I don't remember if it was a keyclone or windows thing. My google-fu has failed me. Does anyone know how to put in a delay?

Anyone have contact information for Rob? Does he still hang out here?

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Originally Posted by Phanes

Anyone have contact information for Rob? Does he still hang out here?

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He does not still hang out here, but I'm guessing he might have further contact information on the KC site.

Yeah I checked there but nothing is available. I think it was in his command line I added the pause something like wow1;,,,;wow2 it was something of that nature. Firing all six clients by hand then adding them is becoming a PITA.

Rob has a forum on his updated site, register and leave him a post - looks like he has replied to others fine.

You could try using a HotKeyNet script for the launch.

Code:

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<Command AutoExec>
        <SendPC Local>
        <RenameFromPath "C:\PATH\TO\hotkeynet.exe" "HKN">
        <wait 1000>
        <Open "C:\PATH\TO\keyclone.exe">
        <Wait 5000>
        <Open "C:\PATH\TO\GAME.exe">
        <Wait 5000>
        <Open "C:\PATH\TO\GAME.exe">
        <Wait 5000>
        <Open "C:\PATH\TO\GAME.exe">
        <Wait 5000>
        <Open "C:\PATH\TO\GAME.exe">
        <Wait 5000>
        <Open "C:\PATH\TO\GAME.exe>
        <Wait 5000>
        <Open "C:\PATH\TO\GAME.exe>
        <Wait 500>
        <TargetWin "WHKN">
        <CloseWin>

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Copy the above code, paste it into notepad or another text editor. Save it as a .txt file.
Make sure to edit all of the PATH lines to show the path to the appropriate .exe's for your games, your Keyclone and your HotKeyNet - there are 7.

Under HotKeyNet > Options > Settings -

Look for the box on the bottom right that says "Execute command automatically". Under "When Script loads, run this command line:" make sure it says "AutoExec" {no quotes}.

Load the script into HKN. It should automatically

• Launch and Rename HotKeyNet to HKN
• Launch Keyclone
• Launch your game 5 times with a 5 second delay between each launch
• Close HotKeyNet

Now anytime after this, as soon as you launch HotKeyNet it will do the above.

Also, in Keyclone, under Setup > General there is a checkbox to auto-add windows. You should be able to use that instead of having to autoadd windows.

I wonder if I could just simply right a batch file to fire up the clients. I don't have HotKeyNet. My Scripting is a bit rusty could anyone toss me an example?

Figured it out.

start /d "path" .exe
timeout /t 30

Works like a charm