User Menu > Entry is not saved

[treki]

If I go to the "User Menu" when starting a game and choose my own script, it will only be executed once.
The next time you start the same game, this entry is "forgotten" again.
How can I save the selection permanently?

My plan:
Before every game I want to call up a certain Python script which controls servos (for 4/8 way joystick restrictor).

[mitu]

@treki said in User Menu > Entry is not saved:

The next time you start the same game, this entry is "forgotten" again.

That's how the User menu works, it's meant to be run manually.

Before every game I want to call up a certain Python script which controls servos (for 4/8 way joystick restrictor).

Use the onstart runcommand support to run your script automatically.

You can use the User Script as a toggle or configuration script to select/de-select/configure the restrictor settings for the game, while the onstart script checks the game and runs the appropriate commands.

[treki]

@mitu
Thank you.
Now the same script is always executed for every game.
For example, I want game A (MAME) to call the script X.sh, game B (MAME) to call the script Y.sh.
The same for Dosbox.

[mitu]

@treki said in User Menu > Entry is not saved:

For example, I want game A (MAME) to call the script X.sh, game B (MAME) to call the script Y.sh.

You can modify your main script and take this into account or - as I said - use your User Script as a toggle/configuration:

• when User script option Y for game A is selected save the 'Y' and the game A values to a configuration file, in a simple format.
• onstart script starts, checks if the game A is in the configuration file and which script should call, then calls it.

[treki]

@mitu
I have now managed to get the test script to read the following data.

• mame-libretro
• lr-mame2016
• /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/galaga.zip
• /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2016/mamearcade2016_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/galaga.zip"

Test script:

system=$1
emulator=$2
path=$3
commandline=$4
 
echo $system  > /home/pi/test.txt
echo $emulator  >> /home/pi/test.txt
echo $path  >> /home/pi/test.txt
echo $commandline  >> /home/pi/test.txt

Where do I enter the option Y for the game and how do I read this option into my script?

E.g:
if type = Y then ./script1.sh
if type = X then ./script2.sh

Edit:
Now I have a solution.
My script:

###############################################################
# 4 oder 8 Wege Joystick von runcommand-onstart.sh aufgerufen #
# (C) 2021 treki                                              #
###############################################################
 
# Namen der 4-Wege Games in /home/pi/4way.games eintragen
 
#system=$1
#emulator=$2
#path=$3
commandline=$4
 
echo $commandline > /home/pi/game.name.txt        #Name des 4-Wege ROMs in diesem File, welches in 4way.games geschrieben werden muss
 
var=$(echo $commandline | grep -o -f /home/pi/4way.games)
 
if [ -z "$var" ]
then
      echo "8-Wege Joystick"  > /home/pi/test.txt
else
      echo "4-Wege Joystick"  > /home/pi/test.txt
fi

In the file /home/pi/4way.games are the names (.zip) of 4-way games.
My 4way.games file looks like this:

asteroid1
astdelux
bzonec
pbobble2u
dkong
dkong3b
dkongjrb
fantsia2
galaga
galaxian
mspacman
pacman
pengo
phoenixt
popeyebl
qbert
qixb
spacedx
supertnk
tankfrce
atetrisa
tetrisp
tron4
uniwars

Entry in /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh :

bash "/home/pi/4or8way.sh" "$@"