@nohitter151 There is also a different way. ES has script callouts for some events: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#scripting

Put your scripts in your favorite language in the respective folder. Make them executable (chmod a+x <script>) and you should be ready to go. With the values of %rom_path% %rom_name% (first and second parameter inputted to your script you can locate the respective entry in the gamelist.xml which leads you to the artwork.

PS: Welcome to this forum :)

@mitu ah perfect that worked too, thank you very much!

@mitu i dont think its a dependency. it is something that the guys who made OpenMW, built to help with the running the game

this is what quicksliver said about in on the forum page about installing OpenMW

Also a couple notes about running OpenMW on the raspberry pi. You cant use open scene graph from the apt repository, it has to be manually compiled against OpenGL NOT OpenGL ES otherwise the game will not run. OpenMW devs recommend using their fork of OSG for better performance though that is not strictly necessary (I used their fork and it works great https://github.com/OpenMW/osg). The following cmake arguments can be used to prevent building unneeded OSG plugins and prevent bloat

@Rion Thanks for the Feedback...
But as this was a rushed release, because of me trying to be helpfull, it has taken me a while to come up with the next step...

The VPCalc script itself was ready in the time I opened this topic, but me and readmes are only friends in context of me reading them, not writing such.... (and then, in (CP)2020 CP2077 came to be)... well, as life is passing by, instead of having the filter scripted and at least in beta stage by now, I may have that one ready in 202101/02 ... here we are with the viewport calculator: Project VPC: VPCalc at least. ...

As I had to use used some markdown/html patchwork to create the readme which is, so far and for now, working on git, but unusable here.... I am only providing the link for now...

Edit: And a look at the UI:
VPCalc-UI

Besides me living in Night City at the moment, the UI for the filtering App/Script is in its alpha and ready to be populated/used by/with further scripting.... sneak preview:

VPC_DatFilter.png

@ecto said in Web file server for game manuals (scummvm, dosbox, ...):

Yes that's right! :D So far, when I select a pdf manual, it will be downloaded to the pad/phone for reading while I play. This way I can chack for copy protections and/or clues while I play a game on the Retropie.

At first I was thinking that you could read the manual before you were going to play. but this is indeed better.

Have you read my thread on translation ?
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28461/translate-games-on-the-fly
While thinkering with this I also discovered this :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/420

Perhaps an idea for you to tinker with.
In theory you could match the sum of a screenshot, with extra information. and output it back in speech or as an overlay in the game.

Post your script.

@mitu thank you for your reply, sorry i was distracted for a few days. I didnt figure out how to make variables work but i was able to make a txt file that i could read/write as a varriable so im good now.

@WesleyBidsnipes said in I'd like the Retropie to power on our Xbox and switch to its OneGuide app:

@mitu It's been years since I've messed with udev... does that work with Bluetooth as well? We have one of the Playstation 3 wireless controllers, I think it's the Sixaxis.

It should work.

here's a couple projects I've done with an LED matrix marquee

RetroPie based ==>https://www.instructables.com/id/Vertical-Bartop-Arcade-With-Integrated-PIXEL-LED-D/

PC Based ==>https://www.instructables.com/id/Arcade-Machine-With-Changing-LED-Marquee/

Here's a guide for setting up this LED marquee and RetroPie ==>http://ledpixelart.com/files/retropie/ .

Runcommand onstart and onend is used here. When a new game is launched, a script runs which passes the rom name to the LED marquee software (http://pixelcade.org) which is then displayed on the panels. Both still image PNGs and GIF animations can be displayed by game.

This project also includes artwork that has been manually re-mastered for 128x32 for that classic 8-bit look. Disclaimer, I'm the creator for this project and sell these as kits.

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@azsorlex26 Each package exposes a standard set of commands to be executed - sources, build, install, remove, configure. Most packages have these options, there might be packages with special functions.
Look at https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/packages.sh#L55 and https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/bfaedb92cb86335b7fec34d23fb39890455ae05f/scriptmodules/packages.sh#L162 to see how the retropie_packages.sh script works.

@jonnykesh I apologize. I was in a hurry and it kept telling me I needed someone else to

@flashpc yeah, it's great. I took advantage of this feature in my rpie-art tool (link on my signature).

Cheers!

Okay folks, I've written up a script to handle this exactly the way I described before.

It runs from the autostart.sh and watches /dev/shm/screen_manager.cfg for updates.
That way any other system process can create/modify that file and this script will respond by either starting the rom, or starting the dashboard.

Cheers!

https://github.com/coderkevin/mini-nes/tree/master/screen

@meleu you are the best! I will test when I return from my trip!

@waltisfrozen This was already changed - if you update to the latest retropie-setup it no longer uses md5 hashes by default, but just includes system and rom name minus extension /path (excluding all characters except a-z A-Z 0-9 _ - in the format system_romname

for per emulator settings, the format is emulator_romname

Answering my own question. I will start a new thread with full usage

#!/bin/bash # Script use $ sudo ./makexml.sh [RomDirectoryName] [-n optional] # -n does not right name to <name> tag useful for MAME roms as ES will autofill correct name # Store arguments arg1=$1 arg2=$2 output="gamelist.xml" # Change deliminator for $IFS # Allows script to work with names with white space SAVEIFS=$IFS IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") # print scripts current status printf "Scanning dir: "$arg1"...\n" # Creates output XML file (gamelist.xml) printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n\n" > ./$arg1/$output printf "<gameList>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output # Scans directory given by first argument for file in ./$arg1/* do # Just some manipulatiuon of data returned by $file filename=$(echo $file | cut -f 3 -d '/') name=$(echo $filename | cut -f 1 -d '.') # Checking for existance of correctly named image in ./images dir. [[ -f ./$arg1/images/$name.png ]] && theImage=./images/$name.png || theImage="" # Start writing to gamelist.xml printf "\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t<game>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t\t<path>./"$filename"</path>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output # Checking whether the -n argument was used if [ $arg2 = "-n" ]; then name="" fi # Continuing writing to gamelist.xml printf "\t\t<name>"$name"</name>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t\t<desc></desc>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t\t<image>"$theImage"</image>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t\t<rating></rating>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t\t<releasedate></releasedate>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t\t<developer></developer>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t\t<publisher></publisher>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t\t<genre></genre>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t\t<players></players>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output printf "\t</game>\n" >> ./$arg1/$output # Print scripts current status printf $filename clear printf "Scanning dir: "$arg1"...\n" done # Closing gamelist.xml file printf "</gameList>" >> ./$arg1/$output # print scripts current status clear printf "Finished\n"

Thanks herb!

Just read also in another thread about calling retropie_packages.sh with no options for a list of scripts/commands, very useful

This is a very old topic, but I wanted to throw my script in so you can edit it to your liking. I don't have an Adafruit display, so I had to do some tinkering but you've all done the heavy lifting. Here are the minor edits for using a 3.5" display with fbi. Make sure you have the system.jpg images in the correct system rom folders.:

# /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh # get the full path filename of the ROM rom=$3 # rom_bn receives $rom excluding everything from the first char to the last slash '/' rom_bn="${rom##*/}" # rom_bn receives $rom_bn excluding everything from the last char to the first dot '.' rom_bn="${rom_bn%.*}" # get the system name system=$1 # set the image file to the first result matching the ROM name - accounts for various possible file extensions img="$(find "/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/downloaded_images/${system}" -type f -name "${rom_bn}-image.*" | head -1)" # check to see if there was a file found (length of the file name not zero), if not, use an image based on system if [[ -z "${img}" ]]; then img="/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/downloaded_images/$system/$system.jpg" fi # run the python script to display the image sudo fbi -T 2 -d /dev/fb1 -noverbose -a "$img"