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    • hipsofjw

      Interactive Attract Mode
      Help and Support • attract mode random game shuffle mode • • hipsofjw

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    • LPSeg13

      keyboard problems with DOSBox if using attract mode
      Help and Support • attract mode dosbox keyboard issue • • LPSeg13

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    • MasterStef

      attract mode to emulation station autostart.sh
      Help and Support • retropie attract mode autostart.sh • • MasterStef

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      MasterStef

      @mitu your right i can do that. Sometimes it’s better to go the easy way. Thank you.

    • Smardaz

      Current Attract Mode Tutorial?
      Help and Support • retropie attract mode tutorial help help • • Smardaz

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      Smardaz

      @sleve_mcdichael I see, I did not know that. I have not messed with Attract Mode before but I was told I would really like it as I am wanting a easy front end for when friends play my arcade cabinet.

    • dmmarti

      3D Printed Retro Computer … PI-IV/B
      Projects and Themes • 3d printing attract mode retropie • • dmmarti

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      MrPacMan17

      @dmmarti Respect! A job well done.

    • dmmarti

      Platform Videos - Scanned Theme - 16x9
      General Discussion and Gaming • attract mode theme • • dmmarti

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    • Striderx99

      Music player in both Retropie and Attract Mode (Pi 4B)
      Help and Support • retropie attract mode music player pi 4b • • Striderx99

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    • John1967

      Help needed for NOOB
      Help and Support • attract mode error help retropie script • • John1967

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      dankcushions

      @john1967 please fill out https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

      booting to emulationstation is default behaviour for the official image, however here is how to configure it for a manual installation: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#how-do-i-boot-to-the-desktop-or-kodi

    • drewjbx

      Create script to copy and overwrite romlist files in attract mode
      Help and Support • attract mode scripts romlist • • drewjbx

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      @Clyde said in Create script to copy and overwrite romlist files in attract mode:

      Yes, this should copy all files in /home/pi/.attract/backup to /home/pi/.attract/romlists. Beware that this wouldn't copy any subdirectories in backup, for those you'd need the -R option for recursive copying:

      cp -R /home/pi/.attract/backup/* /home/pi/.attract/romlists/

      But if there are only files in backup the -R option isn't needed.

      To make a script out of this, just put this in a text file. It is common to begin a Linux shell script with the shebang which defines the interpreter that should be used to run the script. Without the shebang, the shell will use its standard interpreter that, depending on the script, may cause problems if it handles some commands differently. RetroPie's standard interpreter is the bash, located in /bin.

      Although this shouldn't be an issue with your simple script, let's give it a shebang for sheer sake of completeness:

      #!/bin/bash cp /home/pi/.attract/backup/* /home/pi/.attract/romlists/

      Put this into a text file (e.g. sometextfile) and make it executable with this command:

      chmod u+x sometextfile

      u+x means give the file's user (i.e. owner) execute permissions.

      Pro tip: If you put this file into a (new) directory /home/pi/bin, it will be found by the shell from any other directory. Otherwise you'd need to invoke it with its full or relative path. If it's in bin in the home directory of the current user, you can run it from anywhere just by its name in the command console.

      As for accessing the script from the Settings section of retropie, I will have to look that up myself since I don't know that off the cuff, but I have to go to work now, so I have to put you off for later. But maybe someone else can take over this part.

      Great info... I followed your steps and it works like a charm. I created file in notepadd++ - restore.romlists

      #!/bin/bash echo "" echo "Restoring Romlists..." echo "" sleep 5 cp /home/pi/.attract/backup/* /home/pi/.attract/romlists/

      Put the file into /home/pi/RetroPie/retropiemenu
      chmod u+x the file
      Added the entry in the romlist file retropie.txt (attractmode)
      Created a wheel for it.. all good to go.
      Thanks for the help!

    • chuckyd

      Pi4 Attract Mode display menu for themes?
      Help and Support • pie4 attract mode themes • • chuckyd

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      chuckyd

      Thanks.

      If there's anything you can just point me to that I can try to look at for a fix, I'd appreciate it.

    • retrofatty

      eduke32 blank screen (please help)
      Help and Support • retropie retroflag emulationstaton attract mode eduke32 • • retrofatty

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      retrofatty

      I couldn't find any contact info for them.
      I am very sorry, I was just looking for any help.

    • jamietuley

      Power down system from Attract Mode..
      Help and Support • powerdown pi 3 b+ attract mode retro pie • • jamietuley

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      jamietuley

      @Bluebotlabs thanks so much for the help 👍🏻

    • jamietuley

      Starting again.. New Pi image with Attract mode more recent than Floobs?
      Help and Support • pi image attract mode arcade clean build • • jamietuley

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      mitu

      @jamietuley said in Starting again.. New Pi image with Attract mode more recent than Floobs?:

      /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro
      Was that the right folder to place my roms in? They are from a 0.78 set - emulation station can see them but not attract mode?

      I can't help you with attract-mode setup, I'm not using it. I think you need to add the folder yourself and scan it for ROMs.

      I did wonder if the system volume at 0% was the issue but that's something that just wont save when I set it higher?

      If you disabled the on-board sound and your USB soundcard is the only output option, then the in EmulationStation the Audio Card should be set to 'Defaut' and the Default Device to PCM or Master (?). But the settings here affect only EmulationStation and not AttractMode or the emulators, so if you're not using EmulationStation, it's ok to leave them at defaults.

    • joyrider3774

      Attractmode Game Manuals Plugin Released
      General Discussion and Gaming • attract mode game manual plugin • • joyrider3774

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    • gareth_iowc

      attract mode and ubuntu
      Help and Support • ubuntu attract mode retro pie hungry • • gareth_iowc

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      gareth_iowc

      thanks that worked fine :)

    • saitoh00

      ¿Where are attract mode?
      Help and Support • attract mode experimental retropie-setup • • saitoh00

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      BuZz

      @saitoh00 not unless upstream adds support for gles on Kms or we launch it via X (not tested - requires different compile flags).

      You can check the existing tickets on their bug tracker. https://github.com/mickelson/attract/issues

      We don't develop/maintain everything included in RetroPie.

    • tackett1980

      Is there an emulation station attract mode?
      Help and Support • attract mode video • • tackett1980

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      @dankcushions

      Yeah it does and it’s real nice and is a great option for sure.

      I think maybe I’ll go into a video editor and try to make a single video to use just for the fun of it.

    • dmmarti

      Attract Mode Themes
      Projects and Themes • attract mode theme • • dmmarti

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      @Geier97332 ..thanks!

      I do now have 2 layouts suited for 5x4 aspect ratios on my Github.

      https://github.com/dmmarti

      theme repos:
      arcade1up_menu
      arcade1up_systems
      hyperflash54

      For the themes I create, some have 2 variants (_menu and _systems).

      Their usage is setup for:

      *_menu = meant for the Displays Menu/nested category displays
      *_systems = meant for the individual systems displays

      I'll be creating more 5x4 aspect ratio themes in the future as well.

    • chubsta

      Trying to install attract mode and get this error when installing:
      Help and Support • attract mode • • chubsta

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      Clyde

      Glad that I could be of help. :)

    • darkmenace

      Retropie - Attract mode question
      Help and Support • attract mode retropie • • darkmenace

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      @BadFurDay said in Retropie - Attract mode question:

      @darkmenace That setting should boot Attract Mode into the last display it was on before you quit it last time. You need to quit for it to work though, if you force shutdown or pull the power it won't save where you were. You should set a button for exit (not just back) and exit it from Attract Mode while on your Arcade display. If you then do force shutdowns or pull the power you won't need to do this again.

      When you exit Attract Mode does it go to terminal or have you set it to shutdown?

      Thanks again BFD. It is now working as expected :)