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    Game won't launch via .sh file on Retropie with Dosbox emulator

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    • wood12W
      wood12 @mitu
      last edited by

      @mitu Nothing happens, it just doesn't start and that's it ...
      Here is the launch video, take a look!

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
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        Ok, so you're booted back to EmulationStation. This would be the time to apply what I said earlier:

        You can starting Dosbox only (no game) and type the commands you have put in the [autoexec] section of the .conf, to see if you get any errors.

        But my bet is that the folder name is at fault - it's too long for DOS. Try renaming the game folder to something shorter - AlienC for instance - and adjust the .conf file.

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        • wood12W
          wood12 @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu You were right, the problem is in the too long name of the game folder. After renaming, the game started! I even edited the .conf file to add the rest of the performance specs for this game and everything still works. Many thanks for the help!

          There was a very small question about launching games through .sh, which, as it turned out, does not work in EmulationStation and I deleted it earlier. The fact is that games are launched through it that require a disc in the drive. How then to get out of the situation? Where and what to register if there is no .sh file?

          In it, the code for running games with SD was published as follows:

          #!/bin/bash
          /opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin/dosbox -c "mount c ~/RetroPie/roms/pc-games" -c "c:" -c "cd LBA/cd" -c "imgmount d LBA.BIN -t iso" -c "cd .." -c "call LBA.EXE" -c "exit"
          
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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @wood12
            last edited by

            @wood12 if you look at the launching command, you can take anything that's added via the -c parameter and stuff it in the [autoexec] section of the .conf.
            The command

            /opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin/dosbox -c "mount c ~/RetroPie/roms/pc-games" -c "c:" -c "cd LBA/cd" -c "imgmount d LBA.BIN -t iso" -c "cd .." -c "call LBA.EXE" -c "exit"
            

            can be translated into the following .conf file (a bit simplified)

            [autoexec]
            mount c ~/RetroPie/roms/pc-games
            c:
            cd LBA
            imgmount d CD\lba.bin -t iso
            LBA.EXE
            exit
            
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            • wood12W
              wood12 @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu The way you advised works!
              Thank you again for the quick answers to my possibly stupid questions.)

              I think that this topic can be closed!

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              • wood12W
                wood12 @mitu
                last edited by

                @mitu There was also a problem to mount the CDROM, and not the ISO or BIN disk image!

                I created a folder where the game is located (/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc-games/Rayman/) and it contains a folder with a disk, which I named cdrom.

                But the commands that I registered in [autoexec] do not work and the game does not start:

                [autoexec]
                
                MOUNT c /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc-games
                c:
                cd Rayman
                MOUNT d cdrom -t cdrom
                RAYMAN.EXE
                EXIT
                

                What did I do wrong?

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  What's the error message ?

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                  • wood12W
                    wood12 @mitu
                    last edited by

                    @mitu WhatsApp Image 2020-09-11 at 21.18.04.jpeg

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      You need to specify the correct path to mount, just like you did when mounting the c drive

                      mount D /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc-games/Rayman/cdrom -t cdrom
                      
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                      • wood12W
                        wood12 @mitu
                        last edited by

                        @mitu Thank you so much! Indeed, it was precisely in the full path to the CDROM folder.

                        As a result, the command looks like this:

                        [autoexec]
                        
                        MOUNT c /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc-games
                        c:
                        cd Rayman
                        MOUNT d /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc-games/Rayman/cdrom -t cdrom
                        RAYMAN.EXE
                        EXIT
                        
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