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mahuti:
You might be able to do this instead:


--- Code: ---/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 1 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/some_emu_folder/some_emu ~/RetroPie/roms/arcade/romname.zip"
--- End code ---

1500points:
do you know how to boot directly to a daphne game like dragon's lair?

I tried the obvious-
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ daphne ~/RetroPie/roms/daphne/roms/lair.zip

It boots to a daphne message about unable to find lair.zip lair.txt rather than starting the game, so my guess must be off the mark.

I already confirmed DL will load directly from Daphne in the emulation station menu.

Thank you.

mahuti:
I haven't tried, but you might try calling the emulator specifically like I mentioned in the previous post, but instead of ~/RetroPie, use the full path: /home/pi/RetroPie...

I dunno... :dunno

philby95:

--- Quote from: 1500points on April 20, 2017, 11:40:47 am ---Phil!!!!  Thank you for this!  It works.  I had asked at multiple places about this topic and no one had a clue.  Google doesn't find this thread for some reason.

I updated your instructions a bit to match what I just had to do from Retropie 4.2........

Updated for Retropie 4.2 release from March 2017

Here is another way to boot into a single rom on a pi.

1- Use win32diskimager to install retropie on your sd card.
1a- Setup retropie as per normal configuring controllers and adding roms etc.

2- Start Retropie to load Emulation Station, hit F4 to exit to the retropie command prompt.

3- Type> sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt
3a- Note- When this opens you should see one line of commands, it must stay as one line.
3b- Look for console=tty1 replace it with> console=tty3
3c- Confirm you have this toward the end of the line> quiet loglevel=3
3d- Add to the end of the line> logo.nologo
3e- Hit Control X to bring up the Save command
3f- Hit Y then hit Enter to overwrite the file

4- Type> sudo nano /boot/config.txt
4a- Scroll to bottom of file add the following lines>
    disable_splash=1
    avoid_warnings=1
4b- Note- this will stop the raspberry temperture icon showing during boot.

5- Enable splashscreens
5a- Note- The Splash Screen Menu can be accessed from the RetroPie Menu in EmulationStation or through the setup script under option 3.
5b- Navigate to Retropie Menu in EmulationStation
5c- Choose Splashscreens
5d- Use WinSCP from your computer to put a .png image of the desired game in the /home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens
5e- Select Own Splashscreen in the menu
5f- You should then see your custom splashscreen folder, choose the file you added as your splashscreen.
5g- Reboot and hopefully you should see no boot messages


6- Setup Booting into a Single Rom
6a- Optional methods- Login to the Pi using Putty from your computer or F4 from the Retropie menu
6b- Type> sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
6c- Add as the top line>
       /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ mame-mame4all ~/RetroPie/roms/arcade/romname.zip
6d- Optional- If you want to boot into a game running MAME2016 instead.  Make sure that lr-mame2016 is the only "lr-" version of mame installed on the pi.
Use this as the top line>
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ mame-libretro ~/RetroPie/roms/arcade/romname.zip

Here is a quick vid of it booting up, no boot text, straight into the rom.



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Glad this helped you out. Thanks for updating it for 4.2 appreciate it.

cheers

Phil

1500points:

--- Quote from: mahuti on May 05, 2017, 02:53:14 am ---I haven't tried, but you might try calling the emulator specifically like I mentioned in the previous post, but instead of ~/RetroPie, use the full path: /home/pi/RetroPie...

I dunno... :dunno

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I know from the lair error message that retropie is at least hitting daphne.  The lair.zip must not be the correct file to call.

I asked how the arpicade does it and got this.  So i will poke around on that image and see if it sheds any light but first I have to figure out how to turn on wifi so i can ssh with putty and see the files.....always a detail missing with raspberry pi projects.  :)

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if you use ARpiCADE you could make it boot to Dragons Lair by editing /boot/run.sh The command to run dragons lair would be:

/boot/launchers/daphne.sh lair >/dev/null 2>&1

put it just after the now loading message (the >/dev/null bit is just silencing the console output), if you leave either attract-mode or advmenu on a line later than the daphne one exiting daphne will make the menu load.



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