Fightcade — Lua Hotkey Top

Fightcade’s Lua scripting allows you to bind to in-game actions, including arcade inputs, menu toggles, and even top-panel controls (like pausing, resetting, or quitting a match). Here’s how to make a "top" hotkey script — typically meaning a script that triggers a top-level action (e.g., reset game, toggle FPS, or save/load state) with a single keypress.

Map these to your controller buttons or keyboard keys (e.g., Select/Back for the menu). Go to Game > Lua Scripting > New Lua Script Window . Browse for your script (usually a .lua file) and click Run .

: To keep your hotkeys visible and accessible, create a script that displays them at the top of the screen. You can use Fightcade's OSD (On-Screen Display) features in conjunction with Lua. fightcade lua hotkey top

: Lua scripts allow for a high degree of customization. You can create complex commands and shortcuts that are not available through the standard Fightcade interface.

Mastering Fightcade Lua Scripts: The Ultimate Hotkey Guide If you've spent any time in the Fightcade lobby, you’ve probably seen players pulling off frame-perfect training resets, displaying hitboxes, or instantly reloading save states. They aren't wizards; they are using . Fightcade’s Lua scripting allows you to bind to

Essential for punishing practice. Maps to a button to immediately return to a saved training state (often Coin + Start or a custom button mapping).

-- Top Lua Hotkey: Frame-by-Frame Advance local slow_mo_active = false local frame_advance_key = 60 -- F3 Go to Game > Lua Scripting > New Lua Script Window

This script binds quick-save and quick-load functions to unused secondary buttons on your controller.

Most competitive players use "hotkeys" defined within these Lua scripts to navigate menus and control training dummies. 3rd Strike (SFIII: 3rd Strike) : The most popular script is by , which is often pinned in the Fightcade 3rd Strike lobby. Common Hotkey Shift + Enter often opens the training menu. Vampire Savior (VSAV) NBeing's VSAV Training uses dedicated Lua Hotkeys: Lua Hotkey 1 : Opens the training menu. : Swaps control to the dummy or selects a stage. Volume Up/Down : Records or plays back dummy actions. General FBNeo Scripts : For many other titles (KOF, Garou, etc.), the peon2 FBNeo Training Mode is the standard. How to Use Lua Hotkeys in