Auto-Load pacman Rom

Fredthedoggy · 23 Jul 2019, 01:17

I just got a Raspberry Pi 0 and set up retro pie. my goal is to make a scale PAC-MAN machine currently my autostart.sh is

/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ nes ~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip

When I boot It goes through all the boot commands, and other setup processes, and then the screen goes dark for 20 seconds or so. then it shows the retropie logo (In Text) with uptime, temp, and other useless things. I can run the command

EmulationStation

to open the emulators, but It wont go into the pacman game. (I can open the game manually though)

Summary:

I want my retropie to boot into pacman, but even with what I think is a correct autostart.sh it doesnt work. What is the correct command to open the pacman NES rom on start?

mitu · 23 Jul 2019, 03:55

The command you posted seems correct, it works for me (minus the ROM name). I guess the command fails and that's why you get the login prompt after boot.
What's in /dev/shm/runcommand.log right after you try to auto-boot the game ?

Fredthedoggy · 23 Jul 2019, 11:49

Is says:

Failed to open ~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip:  No such file or directory

the thing is, I know that that is the filename
@mitu

mitu · 23 Jul 2019, 11:51

@Fredthedoggy What is the output of the following command ?

ls -lh ~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip

Also, post the complete autostart.sh file.

Fredthedoggy · 23 Jul 2019, 11:56

@mitu that was the full file (/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS nes ~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip) is that not the full thing?

Fredthedoggy · 23 Jul 2019, 12:00

@mitu The command you gave me? it said

ls cannot access '~/RetroPie/roms/nes/pacman.zip': No such file or directory

mitu · 23 Jul 2019, 13:02

@Fredthedoggy This means the file is not present there - so the Runcommand cannot run the ROM. You'll need to copy the ROM to the right place and re-try - how did you transfer the ROM to RetroPie and where ?

lostless · 23 Jul 2019, 13:27

@Fredthedoggy maybe try unzipping the rom and use the .nes file?

Fredthedoggy · 23 Jul 2019, 14:18

@lostless So put the .nes file in the nes folder directly?

lostless · 23 Jul 2019, 14:56

@Fredthedoggy yes. Sometimes the zip files you find have multiple versions of a game and may confuse the emulator.

Fredthedoggy · 23 Jul 2019, 22:53

Thanks for the advice guys, but turns out I have to press ctrl+\ not ctrl+' for tilda
Thank you.

DNuno · 22 May 2021, 15:33

Well, I got the same idea. My objective was to start a mame game (Star Wars) automatically.

After spending some time to set up this, I wanted to share the solution to complete the explanation available of the Retropie FAQ.

So here's the content of my autostart.sh file :

pi@nunopi:/opt/retropie/configs/all $ more autostart.sh
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ "mame-libretro" "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/starwars.zip"

It works as expected! Quite easy with an example now :-)