Emulationstation scripts not working

pdapice

I have been trying to eecute scripts in the emulation station script folder as described in the wiki. I am using the same format as the regular batocera scripts which work fine, but the emulationstation scripts never seem to trigger. has anyone had success with using those scripts?

Atari

Could you post the script you are trying to execute? Hopefully it’s just a simple write to a log file for testing. Do keep in mind the script itself probably needs the executable bit. It might also only accept scripts for a particular language: C#.
Scripting from ES is still pretty undocumented. I’ll see if I can ask around about it.

pdapice

Atari

yes i had made it executable and was simply generating a log file for testing.

jrebey

You will need to add a script to the following folder:

/userdata/system/configs/emulationstation/scripts/<event-type>/yourscript.sh

event-type can be one of:

game-start, game-end, game-selected (new in v33), system-selected (new in v33), config-changed, settings-changed, controls-changed, sleep, wake, theme-changed

You can create a simple script to see what args are passed in:

#!/bin/bash
echo "$@" >> /userdata/system/logs/event-test.log

Don’t forget to chmod +x yourscript.sh

pdapice

jrebey ok, let me give that a try, i was using the same format as the batocera scripts which was to put the script in the root folder, and not in subfolders.

I will try that now and see what happens

pdapice

jrebey yes that was the trick, it only needed to be in a subdirectory. where was this info in the wiki? i could not find it. if it is not there, it should be added - it would have saved me quite a lot of troubleshooting time :-)

Atari

pdapice It has been since added