ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES NOT WORKING

[Firefoxian]

Please list examples where %USERPROFILE% and other variables work.
I use mine in retroarch appendconfig but it's not working and I don't thing the log file shows the final result.

[hermine.potter]

AM is case sensitive.
see readme, that AM supports environment variables

>this works/tested:
%SYSTEMROOT%\test.exe
%PROGRAMFILES%\test.exe
%APPDATA%\test.exe

>not working/can't get working:
%PROGRAMFILES%(X86)\test.exe
%USERPROFILE%\test.exe
%HOMEPATH%\test.exe
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\test.exe
%PROGRAMDATA%\test.exe

[Firefoxian]

like this
executable           $PROGDIR\..\RetroArch\retroarch.exe
args                 -L ..\RetroArch\cores\picodrive_libretro.dll "[romfilename]" --appendconfig "%USERPROFILE%\.RetroArch\config\sega 32x.cfg"

will this not work because it doesn't pass my line to an interpreter?

[hermine.potter]

Sorry I don't know.
These all the environment variables i've quickly tested.
I'm using full paths and avoid any configuration in userprofile-folder. So I don't have these problems.

[akafox]

Out of curiosity can you open the folder to the config file you want to use..and then copy the path give in the path bar?

[Firefoxian]

show me an example of that.

[akafox]

For the args
A. The core

1. Open your file manager
2. Click Local Disk C: on the left
3. Open the folder Users
4. Open your user's folder
4. Open AppData folder
5. Open Roaming
6. Open RetroArch
7. Open cores folder
8. Click the path bar (the thing that has "This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Users > [your user name] > AppData > RetroArch > cores )
9. (once clicked it will be highlighted) Right Click and copy the path (ex. C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\RetroArch\cores)
10. copy that into your AM system config file so you get -L C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\RetroArch\cores\[insert core here].dll

B. The config file
1. Follow steps above to step six.
2. Open the config folder
3. go to the system folder you want
4. Copy the path as you did above
5 paste the path in your args line to append your config file
6. at the end of that path enter the config file that you want to use

So you end up with:

executable           C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\RetroArch\retroarch.exe
args                 -L  C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\RetroArch\cores\picodrive_libretro.dll "[romfilename]" --appendconfig "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\RetroArch\config\Sega 32x\sega 32x.cfg"


Note that my config files have the extension .opt NOT .cfg That should work. Yeah I know there are more elegant ways..but first let's try to find out why it is not working then we can mess around with path names and be clean about it.

[davismark]

Could you please provide examples of where %USERPROFILE% and other environment variables are effective? I'm using it in RetroArch's appendconfig, but it doesn't seem to work, and the log file isn't showing the expected results.

[Charlieli]

Hey Firefoxian, that's a tricky one! I've had similar issues with environment variables not resolving as expected in RetroArch. It could be how the program handles variable expansion. Sometimes, a workaround is to use absolute paths instead. If you're looking for a fun distraction while debugging, maybe take a quick break and play Snow Rider 3D? Might clear your head and spark a solution! Hope you figure it out.

[jakabasej8]

Hey Firefoxian, that's a tricky one! I've had similar issues with environment variables not resolving as expected in RetroArch. It could be how the program handles variable expansion. Sometimes, a workaround is to use absolute paths instead. If you're looking for a fun distraction while debugging, maybe take a quick break and play Snow Rider 3D? Might clear your head and spark a solution! Hope you figure it out.

Environment variables often fail because the frontend launches the executable directly without invoking the Windows shell