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    RetroPie Boot into a Single ROM

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      Healy_um @TMNTturtlguy
      last edited by Healy_um

      @TMNTturtlguy Yes I made sure to test it beforehand, and it works just fine. I've tried a few other ROMs and they all work fine normally, but not when editing autostart.sh. For the sake of clarity here's the screen http://imgur.com/jempWtV

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        TMNTturtlguy @Healy_um
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        @Healy_um What happens if you press "A" when this screen comes up to enter into the run command launch screen. I am wondering since you are trying to bypass ES if it is not actually launching the emulator....Again, i am over my head here, but i am thinking that your run command is telling it to launch the game, but what it staring the emulator? hopefully others with more knowledge of the uderpinnings can add comments, but i would try that. Press "A" to get to this screen, yours should say GBA instead of SNES:

        0_1494010199422_upload-3540117b-0c46-4b90-ac08-f209ebe023f4

        Make sure an emulator is selected and then try to choose X Launch and see if the game will start.

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          Healy_um
          last edited by

          Just gave it a go, no luck! Tried changing to the other emulator, still nothing. Haha, dw any help if appreciated :) And in case it helps this is what my screen shows: http://imgur.com/h84krY2

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @Healy_um
            last edited by mediamogul

            @Healy_um

            Can you post the full contents of your autostart.sh?

            RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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              Healy_um @mediamogul
              last edited by

              @mediamogul Sure it's:
              /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS gba ~/RetroPie/rom/gba/Pokemon Fire Red.gba && emulationstation

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              • TMNTturtlguyT
                TMNTturtlguy
                last edited by

                @Healy_um Ok, this might be crazy talk, so you might want to back up your system if you haven't already. But what if we tried this:

                I believe that ES is launched from the following: /etc/profile.d/10-retropie.sh

                That file looks like this:

                   if [ "`tty`" = "/dev/tty1" ]; then
                            bash "/opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh"
                   fi
                

                What if you revised it to this:

                   if [ "`tty`" = "/dev/tty1" ]; then
                            bash "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-gpsp/gpsp_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
                   fi
                

                This would stop the retropie from starting up ES and start up lr-gpsp instead. Now my only question is will it still look to your autostart.sh to start the Pokemon rom? Not sure you can call out the rom in the code above?

                @mediamogul am on onto something here? or way off base?

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                • mediamogulM
                  mediamogul Global Moderator @Healy_um
                  last edited by

                  @Healy_um

                  @TMNTturtlguy's idea sounds interesting and you might also try changing your command to:

                  /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS gba ~/RetroPie/rom/gba/Pokemon\ Fire\ Red.gba && emulationstation
                  

                  @TMNTturtlguy

                  Ok, this might be crazy talk

                  That's the best kind of talk.

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                    TMNTturtlguy @mediamogul
                    last edited by

                    @mediamogul hmmmm....looking at my code more, we are telling it to launch lr-gpsp and for lr-gpsp to look to retroach.cfg for how to run the emulator. This will get us to the emulator, but not rom.

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                    • mediamogulM
                      mediamogul Global Moderator @TMNTturtlguy
                      last edited by mediamogul

                      @TMNTturtlguy

                      I believe you'd just replace %ROM% with the full path to the ROM, adding a backslash wherever there's a space.

                      RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                      • TMNTturtlguyT
                        TMNTturtlguy
                        last edited by

                        @Healy_um If you are up to it, give this a try, go to: /etc/profile.d and open this file in notepad ++ 10-retropie.sh

                        Replace if lines with the code below:

                         if [ "`tty`" = "/dev/tty1" ]; then
                                bash "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-gpsp/gpsp_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg /RetroPie/rom/gba/Pokemon\ fire\ Red.gba
                         fi
                        

                        Let us know if it works!

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                          tikiandskull
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                          Maybe that can help link text

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                            TMNTturtlguy @tikiandskull
                            last edited by

                            @tikiandskull I think the link you sent just tells users how to enter the mame gui screen by hitting tab. I read through the post and i do not believe the poster actually tells anyone how to boot directly into a single game. Thanks

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                              Healy_um @mediamogul
                              last edited by

                              @mediamogul It worked!!! Thanks everyone who helped :) really didn't expect to get this working so fast! Thanks again all

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                                mediamogul Global Moderator @Healy_um
                                last edited by

                                @Healy_um

                                I'm glad to hear it. For the benefit of others who might follow along behind you, can you specify which tactic worked for you?

                                RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                  Healy_um @mediamogul
                                  last edited by

                                  @mediamogul I've just edited the first post to include it :)

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                                    mediamogul Global Moderator @Healy_um
                                    last edited by mediamogul

                                    @Healy_um

                                    Nice! Glad to see you're up and running.

                                    RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                    • TMNTturtlguyT
                                      TMNTturtlguy @mediamogul
                                      last edited by

                                      @mediamogul nice work on the solution! much easier than mine was

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                                        mediamogul Global Moderator @TMNTturtlguy
                                        last edited by

                                        @TMNTturtlguy

                                        I'm always thankful when an easy solution pays off. More often than not I usually find that I've blown thrown 72 potential easy solutions, when a more complex approach would have ultimately saved time.

                                        RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                          LinuxArcadeGuy
                                          last edited by LinuxArcadeGuy

                                          this is the line that works:
                                          /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS capcom ~/RetroPie/roms/capcom/sfiii2.zip

                                          backup your autostart.sh by duplicating it to autostart.sh.bak in WinSCP

                                          customize to your own directory structure and rom name omit spaces or use \ like: Street\ Fighter\ 2.zip

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                                            LinuxArcadeGuy @TMNTturtlguy
                                            last edited by

                                            @tmntturtlguy question that is right up your alley... looking to run a rom directly from main ES menu, versus opening a directory list... is this possible, thru my research I have found no way to do this, and a few nay-sayers...

                                            What do you think?

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