Can you do this with autostart.sh?

/opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh:

emulationstation #auto

As a quick test I added an "echo" command so the file now reads:

emulationstation #auto echo Are you there?

Then I pressed ctrl-D to start EmulationStation and quit with F4. The terminal asked "Are you there?" before displaying the retropie_welcome message and command prompt.

Note: this worked when using any of ctrl-D, exit, or logout to end the current bash login and call the autostart script. It did not work when just running the emulationstation command by itself.

So I think if, instead of an "echo" command, you used the startx (start the desktop) command, it might do what you want? Boots to EmulationStation on login and then, when ES quits, go to the desktop.

/opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh:

emulationstation #auto startx

@retropieuser555 Thanks so much!

@iandaemon Not exactly. An arcade cocktail table and I installed dual monitors in them with a Raspberry Pi 4. My plan B is to use a VGA or HDMI splitter but I'd like to see if can be done with the dual HDMI outputs already available on the Raspberry Pi 4. Any ideas?

@mikebrin
it explains how to run in verbose mode via the link @Clyde provided:

@clyde said in Cannot get Player 2 Joystick to work:

Please run one of the games with verbose logging

but if you can't get into the runcommand menu, it's a moot point i guess.

now, as for your issue - donkey kong's 2 player mode uses one stick - the real cabinet only had one (and why not, since, the 2 player mode isn't simultaneous). you take turns on one stick.

it's possible that there's a cocktail/2p mode you can select via the service menu or dipswitches, or you could map the player 2 controls as alternatives for player 2 via the MAME menu for this game only, or something like that.

note, these instructions are for mame2003 (which is recommended), not the mame2016 which you're using (which is not recommended).

@nitrohepcat So...
Situation A) Do you want left shoulder to be "2" and right shoulder to be "2"?
OR
Situation B) Do you want left shoulder to be "half of 2" and right shoulder to be "half of 2"?

I'm not sure you map a controller input to "half a keyboard key".

@mitu Thanks for your answer, I will try it later

Edit: It works, many thanks.

@mahoneyt944 thanks!!!!

That happened also in 4.6 and it's not specific to RetroPie.

Since the Pi4 supports 4k, by default it will use the video mode advertised as 'preferred' by the TV. If that's 4k, then this is what it will use. Previous models didn't have this issue, since they didn't support 4k. You can check with tvservice -m CEA what video modes your TV supports and what is the preferred mode.

@Unnamedium You can the latest image, just back-up your existing image and/or ROM folders just in-case.

@nikosfx180 said in Help to run script before emulation station start:

@mitu two people here are making machines and sell extra images on sd cards and the images are free on the internet.

it's not the first time scammers are using the forum for support.

So ihave spend lot of time on my image to crate something good and i dont want to copy this people the image and sell it with cabinets and make money with my image.

Selling RetroPie images is against the project's license. You're nothing but a scammer.

This seems like a Switch only device - I can't find any reference that it works on a PC or compatible system. You can try running jstest to check if the D-Pad is detected by the system - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#determining-button-values.

@BuZz sorry I put whole file there now, I was just showing the main poster that I have keyboard values in this file. My setup works fine.

@lurker Thnx. I checked out the USB encoder product and seems like this is the correct product for easily adding autofire. Maybe it would be possible to do it with the controlblock as well but requires more skills than I have. I like the power switch feature and ability to connect two cotrollers to the controlblock but the dufficulty of adding cooling solutions with how it stacks on top of the pi is annoying.

I installed adv-meme and change the .rc like the wiki said and now my trackball is working :)
I'm pretty happy now

@IanDaemon said in Disabling Retropie Configuration Choice in Emulators List When in Kiosk Mode:

@lostless said in Disabling Retropie Configuration Choice in Emulators List When in Kiosk Mode:

@Kyle the way I said you press select on each config and select edit this game. In that option there’s an option to select hidden on or off. Set it it on.

I've never tried pressing select on the RetroPie menu selections/"games". Huh.

Thanks for the tip! This works really well for my setup.

@linuxpaul it is not our practise to modify system settings. We leave that to the competent (or incompetent) user to mess up ;)

@herb_fargus Yes, it is the strangest thing. I did recreate everything except for the rpconfig menu. It shows only the word "rpconfig" instead of "retropie config" and there is no help, no icon in the icon/video window to the right. It works, but is just not pointing to things. Are you saying to look for other es_systems.cfg or go through the entries in that file?