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Michael Smith 4ab94a1879 Add a delay to the shutdown command.

Safely close active MAME machine to avoid data loss. Fixes #1.

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Add a delay to the shutdown command.

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MAME system shutdown plugin

Lua plugin for the MAME UI to shut down a Windows system from the menu.

Installation

Create a new directory called 'shutdown' in the 'plugins' subdirectory of your MAME installation.
Copy the files 'init.lua' and 'plugin.json' into this directory.
Fire up MAME.

Usage

Launch a machine from within MAME.
Pull up the config menu by (by default hit TAB on keyboard).
Select 'Plugin Options' and then 'System shutdown...'.
Choose 'Yes' to immediately shut down the Windows based system.

How it works

Using the MAME Lua bindings to interact with the MAME UI this plugin just adds a menu item that executes "shutdown /s /t 0" on the underlying operating system (Windows). This will cause the PC to shut down gracefully without having to leave MAME.

I wrote this plugin because my cabinet setup doesn't have a keyboard or mouse connected by default and I wanted a quick and dirty way to safely shut down with my configured controls from within MAME.

To do

Support other operating systems.