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      Chuck_B
      last edited by Chuck_B

      I was wondering if is possible to make retropie show a message box after retropie loading is completed.
      I would like to show something like a welcome message that disappears by pressing a button of the controller. Is it possible to do something like that?

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        It's not possible at the moment - Emulationstation loads directly to the system list, without any welcome message.

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          Chuck_B @mitu
          last edited by Chuck_B

          @mitu what about displaying a pop up message after EmulationStation is loaded?

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by

            As I said, this functionality doesn't exist right now - but what's your use case ? Why do you need such feature ?

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              Chuck_B @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu I would like to create a pop up window which gives infos before the user can do anything. Like a mini tutorial

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                mitu Global Moderator @Chuck_B
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                @Chuck_B What users ?

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                • DaistaarD
                  Daistaar
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                  I can see a little "Launch game with X button. Exit with Start + Select" as a little pop-up note upon arriving at the system menu. Might be a useful reminder for guests using Retropie as we may be familiar but a guest user at a household may not be. Guess I'm picturing the Run Command box pop-up with the info and a dismiss option under; sort of like the run command initiates an echo message on startup. Ignore me; just thinking out loud.

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                    Chuck_B @mitu
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                    @mitu a generic game

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @Chuck_B
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                      @Chuck_B said in Show Message after retropie loading:

                      @mitu a generic game

                      That doesn't make sense to me.

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Daistaar
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                        @Daistaar Some part of that already exists in the Help menu, which shows the navigation commands, how to launch/favorite a game. The runcommand idea can be something helpful, though I'd use a launching image with that tooltip and hide the main toolbox.

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                        • DaistaarD
                          Daistaar @mitu
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                          @mitu That's actually pretty darn genius. I tend to have nephews and younger cousins over and they'll play in the game room in the basement, and this would really mitigate a lot of "How do I exit?" calls downstairs lol. Think I've gotta hit Photoshop now lol.

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @Daistaar
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                            @Daistaar I'd recommend @Rookervik's launching images as a starting point - https://github.com/ehettervik/es-runcommand-splash.

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