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    • BiZzAr721B
      BiZzAr721
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      @cyperghost said in [Tutorial] OpenBOR - the complete guide:

      You can try to get PID of joy2key process by typing ps -a you see maybe the number 1234 and then with kill 1234 you can terminate this process. After this you can try if OpenBOR still finishes by pressing left DPAD key.

      Thanks, you were on the money. I killed Joy2key and then no issues! Now, at least I know the culprit. I don't want to steer this thread any more off course, so I'll open a new thread this evening. I will report the solution back here to help others. (All ports are running with joy2key, yet it seems only OpenBOR has this bug). Could run with a runcommand startup script to kill joy2key but I feel like that may open the door to a bunch of new issues.

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        shift
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        @cyperghost Thanks to your instructions I can launch all the .bor games in my folder, but there is a problem, the list shows the double titles, what is due?

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        • cyperghostC
          cyperghost @shift
          last edited by cyperghost

          @shift Do you mean the bash script to show list menu? Or do you see two entries in ports menu? Can you post a screenshot of this case with more explaination?

          @BiZzAr721 No problem, you are welcome. You might investigate runcommand-onstart.sh maybe there is the reason why the joy2key call occours.

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            shift @cyperghost
            last edited by shift

            @cyperghost said in [Tutorial] OpenBOR - the complete guide:

            Do you mean the bash script to show list menu? Or do you see two entries in ports menu? Can you post a screenshot of this case with more explaination?

            The bash script, the one that shows the list, but I understood where the error was. The shell extract.sh I had edited. The shell creates an empty diretory with the name "* .bor" that duplicated (I do not know why) all the games.

            This is extract.sh I use now (now works well):

            #!/bin/bash
            PORTDIR="/opt/retropie/ports/openbor"
            BORROMDIR="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor"
            mkdir $BORROMDIR/original/
            mkdir $BORROMDIR/original/borpak/
            mv $BORROMDIR/*.pak $BORROMDIR/original/
            cp $PORTDIR/unpack.sh $BORROMDIR/original/
            cp $PORTDIR/borpak $BORROMDIR/original/borpak/
            cd $BORROMDIR/original/

            for i in *.pak
            do
            CURRENTFILE=basename "$i" .pak
            ./unpack.sh "$i"
            mkdir "$CURRENTFILE.bor"
            mv data/ "$CURRENTFILE.bor"/
            mv "$CURRENTFILE.bor"/ ../
            done

            for i in *.PAK
            do
            CURRENTFILE=basename "$i" .PAK
            ./unpack.sh "$i"
            mkdir "$CURRENTFILE.bor"
            mv data/ "$CURRENTFILE.bor"/
            mv "$CURRENTFILE.bor"/ ../
            done

            cd $BORROMDIR/original/
            rm *.pak
            rm *.PAK
            cd $BORROMDIR/
            rmdir *.bor

            echo "Your games are extracted and ready to be played."

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            • cyperghostC
              cyperghost @shift
              last edited by cyperghost

              @BiZzAr721 @shift I think I can quickly improve the extracting tool, too. The scripts I've seen so far a totally messed up! Please locate PAK files to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor/pak

              Inside this folder the pak-files will be renamed from gamename.pak to gamename.pak.originalafter extraktion.

              The extract.sh below is independent now from location because borpak offers come usefull command line usage. I asked me why it was not used this way! Instead of this they copied some executables and scripts and moved whole folders... OMG!

              #!/bin/bash
              # PAK EXTRACT v0.65
              # by cyperghost for retropie.org.uk
              # 1. PLACE  BARE PAK FILES to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor/pak
              # 2. RUN THE SCRIPT (with user pi!)
              # Change pathes as you like!
              
              EXTRACT_BOREXE="/opt/retropie/ports/openbor/borpak"
              BORROM_DIR="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor"
              BORPAK_DIR="$BORROM_DIR/pak"
              
              if [[ -f $EXTRACT_BOREXE ]]; then
              
                  mkdir -p "$BORPAK_DIR"
                  cd "$BORPAK_DIR"
              
                  for i in *.[Pp][Aa][Kk]; do
                      FILE="${i%%.*}"
              
                      if [[ $FILE == '*' ]]; then
                          echo "Aborting... No files to extract in $BORPAK_DIR!"
                          exit
                      fi
              
                      mkdir -p "$BORROM_DIR/$FILE.bor"
                      echo "Extracting file: $i"
                      echo "to dir: $BORROM_DIR/$FILE.bor"
                      sleep 3
                      "$EXTRACT_BOREXE" -d "$BORROM_DIR/$FILE.bor" "$i"
                      echo "-------- Done Extracting: $i ---------"
                      echo "-- Backup $i >> $i.original --"
                      mv "$i" "$i.original"
                      sleep 5
                  done
              
                  echo "Extraction done without errors!"
              
              else
              
                  echo "borpak executive file not found in $EXTRACT_BOREXE"
                  echo "Exit now...."
              
              fi
              
              sleep 5
              
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              • hansolo77H
                hansolo77
                last edited by

                Is there a link or wget method to get the actual utility used in the extraction method for Linux? I've been doing it manually in Windows them moving the files over SFTP. If this extraction script works, I'd love to try it.

                Who's Scruffy Looking?

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                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost @hansolo77
                  last edited by cyperghost

                  @hansolo77 wget http://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/RetroPie-OpenBOR-scripts/master/extract.sh
                  @BiZzAr721 I've updated the script a bit ;) It works now with spaces in filenames and mixed upper/lower PAK filename

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                    shift @cyperghost
                    last edited by

                    @cyperghost Thank you for the script! I added the deletion of the original files because in any case I have them somewhere else.

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                    • BiZzAr721B
                      BiZzAr721
                      last edited by

                      Default OpenBor Controller Mapping

                      0_1533523725666_OpenBor_Default_Layout.png

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                      • cyperghostC
                        cyperghost @BiZzAr721
                        last edited by cyperghost

                        @bizzar721 I link this to first posting ;) Really nice

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                        • hansolo77H
                          hansolo77 @BiZzAr721
                          last edited by

                          @bizzar721 I like this picture..Makes it very straight forward. Is this the same layout used in Streets of Rage (via RetroArch/etc)?

                          Who's Scruffy Looking?

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                          • dishinsD
                            dishins
                            last edited by

                            Hello, the PS3 controller joypad config is not working for me, controls get all funny, i have Sony Original PS3 controllers, is there any way i can sorta debug this? i tried some other input configs also but none of them are working for me.

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                            • BiZzAr721B
                              BiZzAr721 @hansolo77
                              last edited by

                              It stays pretty consistent with Streets of Rage. I did some research when I set up Streets of Rage Remix, and this seems to be fairly similar with what people prefer.

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                              • BiZzAr721B
                                BiZzAr721 @dishins
                                last edited by

                                @dishins Use a keyboard to navigate/select and remap using your controller. Is it genuine PS3 or after market? Wired or Bluetooth? When you get it a all set up we'd love it if you could upload your config to add it to the controller database. In the first post you'll find a image with the preffered controller layout.

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                                • dishinsD
                                  dishins @BiZzAr721
                                  last edited by

                                  @bizzar721 Thanks for replying. Its a genuine PS3 controller, bluetooth with ps3controllerdriver. ATM i dont have a keyboard here, but as soon as i get one i will manually remap and upload my config :)

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                                  • BiZzAr721B
                                    BiZzAr721
                                    last edited by

                                    @cyperghost
                                    Here is another one to add to the Joypad list
                                    PS3 Controller Bluetooth(BiZzAr721)

                                    @dishins Rename this file to master.bor.cfg and put it in \RETROPIE\roms\ports\openbor then use the Joypad configuration script to copy master config ---> game config
                                    (or just wait until it gets added to the joypads.txt)
                                    Thanks for testing out wired PS3 over Bluetooth =)

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                                    • cyperghostC
                                      cyperghost @BiZzAr721
                                      last edited by cyperghost

                                      @bizzar721 Added the bluetooth config file, thank you
                                      So the first PS3 was the wired config?

                                      @dishins Maybe you can use the "Emergency setting" if this won't work for you. The emergency settings just got up/down movement and two buttons for confirment. So you can try to navigate through the menu with this and setup your joypad. It's not the best way to do this. Keyboard would be first choice if all controller settings will fail.

                                      I hope that the PS3 config from @BiZzAr721 is working for you.

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                                      • BiZzAr721B
                                        BiZzAr721
                                        last edited by

                                        The first controller config was wired. I didn't install PS3 BT drivers since I wasn't using it anymore. I realize now inputs are different wired/wireless.

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                                        • cyperghostC
                                          cyperghost
                                          last edited by cyperghost

                                          @BiZzAr721 Perfect! Changed description to wired and bluetooth connection

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                                          • BiZzAr721B
                                            BiZzAr721
                                            last edited by BiZzAr721

                                            I just wanted to make mention of the issue I have had where joy2key keeps running in the background while OpenBOR is running, causing D-pad Left to exit back to Emulation Station. A quick fix was to exit to ES, then open Terminal.
                                            Type ps -a to list running processes
                                            Note the process ID number of joy2key
                                            Then type kill 1234 where 1234 is the PID of joy2key

                                            EDIT
                                            Just enter pkill joy2key to kill joy2key - no need for doing the above Thanks Cyperghost

                                            It seems to have something to do with hitting input buttons causing joy2key to load when it shouldn't.
                                            I hope this will help anyone that may encounter this bug.
                                            A thread with more information about this issue can be found here.

                                            I will update this post if I find a solution to stop this from happening in the first place.

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