Running Game Engine from Command Line

Game Engine Game Engine Support and Discussion
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Hello,

I apologize if another newbie has asked this already, but I was wondering if it’s possible to run the Game Engine from the command line using bge.logic.startGame()

I attempted to do ./blender -P script.py,

where script.py is as follows:

import bge
bge.logic.startGame()

Of course, this does not work as bge is only available whilst the game engine is running.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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If you want to start a BGE game from the command line, use the BlenderPlayer. If you want to start a BGE game as soon as you open the blend file via Blender, the only real way is to set it to Auto-start from the game menu. Note, though, that doing this causes the blend to immediately start the game engine, so your game will be in a lock if you save it after turning Auto-start on.

3

Actually, You could call the operator to launch the game engine using a script.
Import the bpy module and somewhere there will be an operator.

4

Yes, it seems you cannot call that operator from the commandline, as there is no context to work from. Your best bet would be enabling autostart, or using BlenderPlayer