@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

@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!

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.

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

@Bluebotlabs thanks so much for the help 👍🏻

@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.

thanks that worked fine :)

@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.

@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.

@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.

Glad that I could be of help. :)

@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 :)

this should work

@jamietuley
It is possible to change the order of the emulator/systems in emulationstation, it is a rather manual process, from the command line
cp /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/
This file contains relevant system information for EmulationStation as well as the alphabetical list of systems.
Now you can edit this using nano recommended only if using the terminal directly accessed by pressing "F4" (type exit to begin emulationstation again)
nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
(Hold Shift to highlight, Ctrl+K to Cut, Ctrl+U to uncut)
or
through the network share by finding \\\configs\all\emulationstation\es_systems.cfg
and using your windows text editor.

It is important to keep the enclosing brackets <system></system> intact when selecting the text to change the system order.

I would just skip attract mode. There are some pretty good themes in ES and you can still configure the order of the systems.

Pegasus FE is perhaps a better alternative to AttractMode

Can you add more info about your system, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ? What type of controller are you using ? You might want to switch to Emulationstation as frontend and configure it, since this will also generate a gamepad auto-configuration for RetroArch.

Okay, I'll see if uninstalling Emulationstation everything works properly for me or there are things that start to fail ...

@mitu sorry wasn't sure what that meant.

Thanks anyway.

Going to do a full flash and reinstall from the official image

That looks great! I like the overall vintage design combined with the more modern-looking buttons and the silver joystick knob.