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Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: Finhead on May 08, 2016, 12:43:51 PM

Title: Hide command line text when game is launched?
Post by: Finhead on May 08, 2016, 12:43:51 PM: When a game is launch in the new non X Attract Mode complied on RetroPie it drops to the command line for a second.
Is there anyway to hide this or display a black screen or Image (emulationstaion does the image) between launch and the game opening?
Here's a few pics of what I get, had to take it with my phone since the screenshot wont take pics out of AM. ;)
First is Digdug second DonkeyKong.

(http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/Finhead/Rpi3/48201613187_zpsibeh2tj1.jpg)

(http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/Finhead/Rpi3/482016131835_zpskzicnmv8.jpg)
Title: Re: Hide command line text when game is launched?
Post by: akafox on May 08, 2016, 01:54:02 PM: I do know there is a way to hide the boot screen and add a different picture or even a video. I had a front end that would display a picture (thus hiding the command line) while loading the emulator. I could see that on a PC easy with attract mode. On a pi not to sure.
Title: Re: Hide command line text when game is launched?
Post by: Finhead on May 08, 2016, 03:09:22 PM: Quote from: akafox on May 08, 2016, 01:54:02 PM
I do know there is a way to hide the boot screen and add a different picture or even a video. I had a front end that would display a picture (thus hiding the command line) while loading the emulator. I could see that on a PC easy with attract mode. On a pi not to sure.

Yes that is exactly what Emulation Station does when I launch the game using that frontend. It's a option at the Runcommand Launch menu, #2 I have enabled. I thought it might use that with Attract Mode once configured since it's now using the Runcommand but it didn't.
I'm sure there must be a way to use it, just couldn't figure it out so thought I would ask. :)

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/runcommand#configuring-runcommand (https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/runcommand#configuring-runcommand)

(https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/10035308/12870161/2608ac8a-ccf5-11e5-8d78-97cf5650cee4.png)
Title: Re: Hide command line text when game is launched?
Post by: aaronr33 on September 19, 2016, 01:42:37 PM: Current retropie version is 3.7 for what is used in attract mode images, is there a updated 4.02 or 4.03 retropie image? Runcommand options are not available otherwise.
Title: Re: Hide command line text when game is launched?
Post by: Floob on September 19, 2016, 01:51:10 PM: You could run a "clear" statement here:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/runcommand#runcommand-onstart-and-runcommand-onend-scripts
Title: Re: Hide command line text when game is launched?
Post by: tekn0 on July 04, 2017, 12:25:31 PM: Did anyone by chance figure this out? I know the motion blue Pi image had the command line text disabled somehow. I just updated attract mode from source and now the command line text is back. I cant seem to get rid of it.
Title: Re: Hide command line text when game is launched?
Post by: progets on July 06, 2017, 02:34:24 AM: Pi F.A.Q. #12 http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=1249.0
Title: Re: Hide command line text when game is launched?
Post by: tekn0 on July 06, 2017, 09:05:52 AM: Quote from: progets on July 06, 2017, 02:34:24 AM
Pi F.A.Q. #12 http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=1249.0

Thank you very much for that reference. This is working and solved the issues.