Duration of splashscreens (runcommand)

[Lukszgz]

Hi there!

My name is Lucas and this is my first post altough I've been reading this forum for ages!

Firstly, thanks to all the community who make this project possible, Retropie is awesome!!

I have a problem regarding the duration of runcommand. I want to place splashscreens which shows the buttons map compared to the original console after selecting the game but before starting it! The issue is realted with time. Most of my family can't take a good look of the map and I would like to set the duration of this screen to 5 secs more or less.

Is there any modification to the script which can solve this?

Thank you and sorry for my english!

[meleu]

@Lukszgz the file you wanna change is /opt/retropie/suplementary/runcommand.sh. Look for a line like this one:

fbi -1 -t 2 -noverbose -a "$image" </dev/tty &>/dev/null

Change the -t 2 argument with number of seconds you want. Be aware that any change you make will be lost after an update.

Maybe @BuZz can consider adding this option in the runcommand config scriptmodule (since other users asked about how to do it before).

[AlexMurphy]

It's line 900 in the current runcommand.sh file. Just in case anyone has trouble finding it.

[herb_fargus]

@meleu couldn't he just override that setting with a custom onstart script?

[meleu]

@herb_fargus not exactly override that setting, but he can repeat some already existent logic from runcommand in the onstart script to show the image. But I think it would be an ugly makeshift.

Thought better: do you mean editing that line in runcommand.sh using some sed trick in the onstart script? Uhmmm. I think it's simpler and less ugly... :-)

[TMNTturtlguy]

@meleu I just tried changing this value through ssh (putty) and it will not let me save as it says runcommand.sh is protected?

[AlexMurphy]

@TMNTturtlguy Did you use sudo nano /filepath/?

[meleu]

@TMNTturtlguy put sudo before the command you used to open the file.

[TMNTturtlguy]

@meleu yup, dumb mistake...i know better than that. Sorry guys

[BuZz]

I have added a configuration option now via runcommand config.

[TMNTturtlguy]

@BuZz if i update retropie will i get this update? thanks for adding this as an easy modification!

[mediamogul]

@Lukszgz said in Duration of splashscreens (runcommand):

I want to place splashscreens which shows the buttons map compared to the original console after selecting the game but before starting it!

That's a great idea. I might do the same on my setup as well.

[meleu]

@Lukszgz said in Duration of splashscreens (runcommand):

I want to place splashscreens which shows the buttons map compared to the original console after selecting the game but before starting it!

Would you mind in sharing your splashes with us?

[bobbycopter]

Awesome idea! I like to see those splashes too.

[meleu]

@BuZz I've updated the wiki accordingly. But I don't know where to host the image, then I'm using this one here in the forum:

[xman73]

I've thought about this a couple weeks ago and this is a great idea! Just need some nice launch button mapping screens!

[Lukszgz]

@meleu said in Duration of splashscreens (runcommand):

@Lukszgz the file you wanna change is /opt/retropie/suplementary/runcommand.sh. Look for a line like this one:

fbi -1 -t 2 -noverbose -a "$image" </dev/tty &>/dev/null

Change the -t 2 argument with number of seconds you want. Be aware that any change you make will be lost after an update.

Maybe @BuZz can consider adding this option in the runcommand config scriptmodule (since other users asked about how to do it before).

Thank you so much! it worked like a charm! :)

I had to override the chenges inside the pi, I couldn't do it via SSH. Nevertheless I am extremely grateful!!

EDIT: I just noticed that "Controles" are "Controls" in English. Tomorrow I will modificate it and send again!

[Lukszgz]

I haven't time to work hard on this but will continue creating the splash screens as soon as possible if you like them ;)

[meleu]

@Lukszgz Hey dude, you don't need to change it in the code anymore. Update your retropie setup and you'll get the option to change it using the runcommand config menu.

Cheers.

[xman73]

Bam, and it's done like that! Thanks @meleu !