Runcommand System Splashscreens!

Rookervik

@Rion Runcommand splash screens are not attached to any one theme. It doesn't matter what theme you are using when you install these splash screens. These are pixel-based... so will look best with any of the pixel themes.

Lortropic

I hope this will be merged soon and be default in retropie. Is a very beautiful improvement.

herb_fargus

@Lortropic it's a user specific mod. Unlikely to be included by default as the default run command launch screen provides information on the emulator and rom being run. Also if other users choose a theme that isn't pixel it may look out of place for their system.

sam85461

these look great :) how do you uses these on windows? i would love them instead of the command promot/desktop background.

Lortropic

@herb_fargus Well, i didn't thought in the information (can't be added the emulator and rom name?) but I'm disagree with the look. I don't have the pixel theme and I think that this is prettier in any theme. Anyone have a theme that have a look in place with a blue square? a Windows 3.1 theme?

Rookervik

These are just some tweaks users can add if they want. Jools was nice enough to allow this type of hacking around. As default, it is best if the information window display rather than a picture. It's good for starting your system from scratch and knowing where to find error logs. Knowing what emulator is launching and what game. That information is hidden using these images. So let's not make it default. But you're more than welcome to use these if you like them. :D

hiulit

Hey everyone!
I'm running Retropie 4.1.3 on a Raspberry Pi 1 and I've installed a couple of launching.png and they look amazing! Thanks @Rookervik ;)
What doesn't seem work at all when they are enabled is the runcommand.
I keep hitting "any button" to enter the configuration GUI but it keeps ignoring me and taking me to the game.
I tried disabling the spashscreens to see what would happen and it works.

I double-checked it just in case, and the runcommand has been always enabled.

Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas?
Thanks!

herb_fargus

@hiulit mash js0 a few times.

meleu

@hiulit you must to know what is the button 0 (zero) and 1 (one) on your first controller detected by the system (/dev/input/js0), and keep pushing it right after the image disappear (actually you have 2 seconds to press it after the image is gone).

UPDATE: now you can use any connected controller, not only the js0.

hiulit

Thanks @herb_fargus @meleu ! I'll try it right now.
But is this behaviour related to having the splash screens enabled? Because when I don't have them enabled I can hit any button.

hiulit

Ok, the trick was to wait until the image is gone. They it seems that I can hit any button (at least using a keyboard, which I'm using right now)

meleu

@hiulit Sorry, I said it wrong. The buttons 0 and 1 work.

AFAIK the joystick buttons mapped to a key stroke when runcommand is running are the 0 (mapped to <enter>) and 1 (mapped to <tab>). So, I think that both work.

hiulit

Is there any reason why it doesn't work while the image is showing? Just wondering,

hiulit

@meleu It seems that actually any button works, when using a keyboard at least. I've tried: enter, space, 0, t, a and they all worked :)

meleu

@hiulit said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

at least using a keyboard, which I'm using right now

yeah! you can hit any key on keyboard.

actually you are able to use the joystick buttons only because two of them (the 0 and 1) are mapped to act like key stroke. ;-)

hiulit

@meleu We are overlapping each other with questions and answers xD

meleu

@hiulit yeah! Hope that it is clear now. :)

If you are really curious, the line that get this input is this:

read -s -t 2 -N 1 key

The meaning of those arguments:

-s: do not echo the key pressed
-t 2: wait 2 seconds for input
-N 1: get only one char as input and stop
key: the variable (irrelevant in this case)

hiulit

@hiulit said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

Is there any reason why it doesn't work while the image is showing? Just wondering,

I don't know exactly if you last reply was about this question in particular.
But in any case, where can I find this line? Can I play with it? Or is too risky?

Thanks again @meleu

meleu

Not sure if you are comfortable with Linux, etc. But let's try... :-)

Is there any reason why it doesn't work while the image is showing? Just wondering,

The image is shown by a tool named fbi. While this tool is running, that read can't get input from the keyboard.

Initially we tried running fbi in background, it would allow the read to get input while the image is showing, but it seems to bring some issues.

But in any case, where can I find this line?

In you system, the file is /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh.

The github bersion is here: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh

The line is the 882.

Can I play with it? Or is too risky?

Well, the Raspberry Pi is a tool for learning, right? :-)

My opinion is: you can play with your local runcommand, if you mess something, you can allways reinstall it using the retropie_setup. ;-)

hiulit

@meleu Thanks for this little tutorial. I'll take a look just the fun of learning ;)