Stratagus Tutorial needed

herb_fargus

@polygaryd From this page:

http://stargus.stratagus.com/features/index.html

Says campaigns don't work (yet) I've updated the wiki page with more details on installing starcraft:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Stratagus#installing-starcraft-using-stargus-for-stratagus

Dochartaigh

@herb_fargus said in Stratagus Tutorial needed:

@polygaryd From this page:

http://stargus.stratagus.com/features/index.html

Says campaigns don't work (yet) I've updated the wiki page with more details on installing starcraft:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Stratagus#installing-starcraft-using-stargus-for-stratagus

So I guess if the campaign for Starcraft doesn't work people are playing online multiplayer or something like that?

I gave up on Stratagus for Warcraft II (I run that through DOSBox now), but would like to get Starcraft (which is Windows 95? only, right?) running at some point in time as it's a good game (and I even still have my old CD for it!).

Nickelino

Maybe somebody build a Win95 or a Win98 Emulator with 3d-acceleration support?
Starcraft would run smoothly on something like that.

An emulator or a virtual machine would give us the chance to run all the nice games of that century, but it would be only an option for Retropie-x86 users.

Is anybody here with experiences?

Greetings

Nicke

backstander

@Nickelino
Here on this thread there is discussion about installing Windows 95 in Dosbox:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/67700

There wouldn't be any OpenGL or DirectX support.

Or you can pay $25 for ExaGear:
https://eltechs.com/product/exagear-desktop/
I've never used it so I don't know how well it works.

herb_fargus

@backstander I am personally against people capitalising on projects meant for learning. I wrote up the guide on getting stargus running in direct response to self promoting hoo hahs going "lookie here everybody! Play your old games! just pay us this bucket of money to do so!"

Im also not sure how much compliance they are in with licences of what they use. Hard to know being closed source...

backstander

@herb_fargus
I've always been curious about that project but I have stayed away from it because it is closed source but I've never thought about the license compliance. I believe it uses Wine to help accomplish what it does. It really bothered me back when TransGaming made the closed source WineX/Cedega/whateveritwascalled from the Wine source code! I loved the idea of playing video games in Linux but what they did was wrong!

You are right! The Raspberry Pi is all about learning how to do things! I probably shouldn't be promoting something like that!

On the other hand, I'm excited about that thread trying to get Windows 95 working in Dosbox on a RPi! I think tyreal90 got it working but others haven't been as lucky.

herman

@CptKlink same issue here :/ any ideas? RPi3 + RetroPie 4.2.3

agoldcheidt

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to share a quick guide to play StarCraft under RetroPie easily:

http://berryboot.alexgoldcheidt.com/starcraft-on-retropie/

If you found any issue on any step from this guide, just let me know.

polygaryd

I was able to get warcraft 2 working via wargus no problem, but when i upgraded to beyond the dark portal expansion pack on my pc (which runs fine btw) and then recopied the files the same way as i had before for warcraft 2 it no longer works on my retropie.

In the log it says "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/stratagus/src/unit/script_unittype.cpp:1107: CclDefineUnitType: Unsupported tag: CanGroundAttack

. Does anyone have warcraft 2 with beyond the dark portal working on raspberry-pi running retropie.

Setup info:

Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 3 model b
Power Supply used: 5V/3A power adapter.
RetroPie Version Used: 4.3 image
Built From: 4.3 image from RetroPie website
Emulation Station version 2.6.5rp
USB Devices connected: lenovo usb keyboard and dell usb mouse
Controller used: snes knock off controller for snes console with usb adapter and/or 8bitdo bluetooth snes
Emulator: Stratagus (updated through binary)
Retropie setup script updated to newest version also
Guide used: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Stratagus

polygaryd

ok what i did to get warcraft 2 tides of darkness to open was to uninstall stratagus, removed the warcraft2.data subfolders, reinstall wargus on my windows computer, and copy the required folders back to the pi. thanx to everyone that chimed in to help... hopefully someone will help me out with this new issue.

New issue since upgrading to a pi 3b+ and stretch kernel by editing some setup script files from my pi 3brunnin retropie 4.4.1 on jessie kernel, i had to run apt fix to fix some broken dependencies, everything works as it did EXCEPT all stratagus games. warcraft 1, 2, and starcraft all start and get to the map, all videos, sounds, and graphics are fine. i can select characters, but I cannot have them harvest, attack, build etc. i also cannot use the menu in warcraft 1. is this an incompatibility issue with stratagus and stretch kernel, is it my wireless mouse (I dont have another one to try atm and the mouse works so it seems very unlikely)? if this isnt the section for this question please guide me as to where to post this because i have searched all over and cannot find any forum for where to ask for help about stratagus.