Custom Scripts in Emulation station arguments

MiroKostovBG

Hello guys.

Pi Model or other hardware: (RaspberryPi 4B 2GB)
Power Supply used: (official Raspberry Pi power supply)
RetroPie Version Used (4.8 RPI 4/400):
Built From: (Raspberry PI imager v1.7.5)
USB Devices connected: Two 8bitDo SN30 controllers connected with USB.
MicroHD devices: Two Arzopa portable monutors Gamut G1.

Where can I read how to use the arguments provided by the custom scripts in emulation station for example we have this in the documentation but the section is quite thin for a noobie like me:

game-start before starting a game %rom_path% %rom_name% %game_name%

So how can I use those within the script that I would like to run?

Thank you in advance.

MiroKostovBG

Actually after more searching I found this guide and I answered my questions but I see a difference between the retropie documentation and the one here : https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/INSTALL.md#custom-event-scripts

In the latter there game-end event passes the rom arguments while in retropie documentation about it those arguments are missing and naturally I cannot pass those arguments. Am I doing something wrong or this is expected behavior ?

Is there a way to pass which game I'm ending as an argument from the game-end event

mitu

In the latter there game-end event passes the rom arguments while in retropie documentation about it those arguments are missing and naturally I cannot pass those arguments. Am I doing something wrong or this is expected behavior ?

Yes, it's the expected behavior - you're referencing a different EmulationStation fork, not the one used by RetroPie, and they're not the same program.

hopwon

Check the docs for runcommand_onstart.sh, runcommand_onlaunch.sh, runcommand_onend.sh

These are for pre/post game activities and the docs tell you which cli options are passed to them.