Question: Is there a built-in feature to automatically load and start the emulator from a preset file URL?

[nnillat]

Instead of having to upload a game, I'd like to make it automatically load and start playing the game from a preset file URL.

I know you can add roms to romlist.js, but that's not exactly what I need. I want it to load the game URL automatically into the emulator and never have the option to choose a game (whether that's via upload or romlist.js).

I'm wondering if this is a built-in feature, and if it isn't, how could I modify it to work like this? I'm worried about changing anything because there's so much that it'll probably break something.

Thanks in advance!

[nbarkhina]

It's not a built in feature but you can modify it pretty easily to get that. There's a function in script.js called initModule() where you can add the call to load the rom automatically -

    async initModule(){
        console.log('module initialized');
        myClass.rivetsData.moduleInitializing = false;
        myClass.load_url('url_to_your_rom');
    }

Keep in mind one issue you will run into is that there won't be any audio because browsers only allow sound to play after the user interacts with the page. That's the reason most pages require you to click a button or some other element before it starts playing sound.

[nnillat]

That worked. Thanks!