ScummVM games not launching from menu

langest

Hi!

I set up Scumm VM as instructed in the wiki.
My problem is that I cannot launch ScummVM games from the game list menu.
It works fine is I launch +Start ScummVM.sh and launch the games from there.
I also tried launching via commandline $./'+Start ScummVM.sh' comi, and that works fine.
When I launch in the retro pie menu it gives me an error: "unexpected (".
My guess is that it tries to execute comi.svm as a script. Because it contains:

The Curse of Monkey Island (Windows/English)

and the first parenthesis would cause the error.
I probably could create a script <game>.sh for every game that runs the start scummvm script with the game as a parameter, but I don't want to do that manually for all my games.
Any idea why this is happening or what I should do to fix this?

Thanks
/L

mitu

@langest Add more info about your system - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. What version of RetroPie are you running ?

langest

Pi Model or other hardware: 3B+
Power Supply used: Official power supply
RetroPie Version Used: 4.4.14
Built From: Retropie image
USB Devices connected: 4 controllers and a memory
Emulator: ScummVm

$ /opt/retropie/emulators/scummvm/bin/scummvm --version
ScummVM 2.0.1pre (Mar 17 2019 17:46:21)
Features compiled in: TAINTED Vorbis FLAC MP3 ALSA SEQ TiMidity RGB zLib MPEG2 FluidSynth Theora AAC FreeType2 JPEG PNG keymapper virtual keyboard

Gwyllion

Is the game Blade Runner works? It seems in PC version yes. Tried and with last commit dont detect the game.

langest

@Gwyllion I'm not sure what you mean or how this relates to my problem.
What do you mean?

mitu

@langest There must be a bug some int he runcommand launching .svm files containing ( (a shell reserved character). Can you post the /dev/shm/runcommand.log file after you unsuccessfully launch a .svm file ?

langest

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langest

@mitu
It seems like the log only contain the latest game I ran before I unsuccessfully ran the ScummVm game.
It suggests that my guess is correct and that it tries to run the svm as a script but fails since it is not a script. It's just the name of the game (The Curse of Monkey Island (Windows/English)). And the first ( in the name is what is causing the error. I set up the svm files through the ScummVm menu using "Add Game".

langest

Is there anyone else who has ScummVm set up? What do you have in your <game>.svm?