add xemu save/load snapshot per game

I made generic ahk scripts (using relative paths, expects xemu to be in the emulators folder), so we have load/save state in xemu + can use the guide button to open the pause menu. Please add them.

Save state script: Will go to your xemu log file to see what game has been started and then use the monitor window to set a game-specific snapshot. This is necessary because using hotkeys make system wide snapshots (not tied to the running game).

; Define the path to the log file
logFilePath := ".\Emulators\xemu\xemu.log"

; Read the contents of the log file into a string variable
FileRead, logContents, %logFilePath%

; Check if the file was successfully read
if (ErrorLevel)
{
MsgBox, Failed to get the filename! Check the install directory of xemu in the ahk script 'save state script'.
ExitApp
}

; Use regular expression to extract the string between the two delimiters
RegExMatch(logContents, "LaunchBox\\Games\\Microsoft Xbox\\(.*?).iso", extractedString)

; If a match is found, the result will be in extractedString1
if (extractedString)
{
filename := extractedString1 ; The captured match will be in extractedString1
;MsgBox, Extracted filename: %filename%
}
else
{
MsgBox, Could not obtain the filename, check the regex expression in the ahk script 'save state script'.
ExitApp
}

; Send ~ key (tilde key)
Send, {~ 1} ; this adds characters in monitor
Send, {Backspace 2} ;an extra one is sometimes needed..

; Wait a little to ensure the focus is ready
Sleep, 500

; Send the savevm command with the filename
Send, savevm "%filename%"" ; double quote can only be added twice or is not added at all..
Send, {Backspace 1} ;remove the extra double quote

; Send Enter key to execute the command
Send, {Enter}
Send, {~ 1}

Load state script: The same as above but using 'loadvm' instead of 'savevm'

Resume script: I (and many others) use the xbox guide button as pause menu, this will however open the xemu menu. So after resuming, esc is sent to close it. You can still open the xemu menu by pressing select+start. If you use a different way, not using the guide button, to open the pause menu, this hotkey will have not have an impact, it will not close the emulator.

; Send esc key to close the menu
Send, {esc}

There should be an additional “Sleep, 500“ before the “Send, {~ 1} “ in the save/load scripts because otherwise the resume script interferes and closes the monitor window

Edit1:

It wasn’t necessary to add the additional sleep, it was because the ‘keyboard automation‘ was interfering with the script during bigbox, i just set all interfering keys to null

Edit2: I updated the load/save state script to the following, it uses clipboard, so its faster and no interference with keyboard hotkeys during bigbox

; Define the path to the log file

logFilePath := ".\Emulators\xemu\xemu.log"

; Read the contents of the log file into a string variable

FileRead, logContents, %logFilePath%

; Check if the file was successfully read

if (ErrorLevel) {

MsgBox, Failed to get the filename! Check the install directory of xemu in the ahk script 'save state script'.

ExitApp

}

; Use regular expression to extract the string between the two delimiters

RegExMatch(logContents, "LaunchBox\Games\Microsoft Xbox\(.*?).iso", extractedString)

; If a match is found, the result will be in extractedString1

if (extractedString) {

filename := extractedString1 ; The captured match will be in extractedString1

;MsgBox, Extracted filename: %filename%

}

else {

MsgBox, Could not obtain the filename, check the regex expression in the ahk script 'save state script'.

ExitApp

}

Send, {~ 1} ; Send to open monitor

Sleep, 250 ; Wait a little to ensure the focus is ready

; Send the command with the filename between double quotes

commandToSend := "loadvm " . Chr(34) . filename . Chr(34)

Clipboard := commandToSend

; Set the clipboard content

SendInput, ^a ; select any text already present

SendInput, ^v ; Paste the text instantly

Send, {Enter}; Send Enter key to execute the command

Send, {~ 1}; Send to close monitor

Clipboard := "" ; Clear clipboard to avoid accidental pastes