RetroPie Boot into a Single ROM

mediamogul

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

TMNTturtlguy

@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!

tikiandskull

Maybe that can help link text

TMNTturtlguy

@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

Healy_um

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

mediamogul

@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?

Healy_um

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

mediamogul

@Healy_um

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

TMNTturtlguy

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

mediamogul

@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.

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

LinuxArcadeGuy

@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?

mediamogul

@linuxarcadeguy said in RetroPie Boot into a Single ROM:

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...

Emulation Station is open source, so of course it could be done. However, you'd have to add the basic functionality for it first.

mitu

What exactly do you want to do ? You found a way to launch a single ROM on boot, if you want to go back to ES, just add the ES start command to the autostart.sh file, right after the runcommand you're using.

mediamogul

@mitu

I believe he's wanting to launch an item by selecting a system heading from the carousel. The practical uses would be pretty limited, but if memory serves, people are usually looking to launch Kodi directly without selecting a launch script from the resulting directory.

emuola

Hi. Having some problems making this work. Trying to boot directly into a2600 and the legendary E.T. However, although I made the changes, the system still boots happily to ES. Weird. Here's my changes to /etc/profile.d/10-retropie.sh

"/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS atari2600 ~/RetroPie/roms/atari2600/ET.bin"

Thanks for your help in advance :)

mediamogul

@emuola said in RetroPie Boot into a Single ROM:

Here's my changes to /etc/profile.d/10-retropie.sh

The launch command should be added to /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh.

emuola

@mediamogul said in RetroPie Boot into a Single ROM:

@emuola said in RetroPie Boot into a Single ROM:

Here's my changes to /etc/profile.d/10-retropie.sh

The launch command should be added to /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh.

Ooh. Am I stupid or what :D :D Thank you!

emuola

*** All ok now, seems a reboot cleared the situation***

Sorry, but I ran into another problem when launching the game from the autostart.sh. The atari2600 core says I haven't configured my PS3 pad (the text flashes briefly in the lower left corner), which I actually have, but from the ES gui. So, now I should probably configure the controls again.

I tried to remap from the Retroarch "ingame GUI", but could not figure out how to properly do it. Could someone please tell me how can I get the controller working? Currently it's only the keyboard that works :/

edit

Ok, the emulator only works with sudo, when started with autostart.sh. If there's no sudo, the emulator exits just before the game should start. I guess, my PS3 pad is now configured for the pi user (the default user for ES), but not for root? Just my guessing here...

Any clues, how make the emulator works with sutostart.sh without sudo?

Thanks :)

kevin b

@mediamogul Hi, I’m really new and green.

I have tried to get my retro pie to load directly into the game but can’t. 4hrs later 😂😂😂

How do I get my address for the rom ?