Hexen II - uHexen II: Hammer of Thyrion source port on RetroPie/Raspbian (Ready for download)

[QuakeGuy]

@OldSchool your emulator.cfg misses something, the %ROM% part. it should look like this:

hexen2 = "/opt/retropie/ports/hexen2/hexen2 %ROM%"
default = "hexen2"

this is for the 2nd "" after your PORT part in the runcommand statement. now

"/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh" 0 _PORT_ "hexen2" "-portals"

works.

otherwise u can start hexen2 without runcommand. the statement then will look like this

/opt/retropie/ports/hexen2/hexen2 -portals

my data folders are in /home/pi/.hexen2/data1 -> Hexen 2 and /home/pi/.hexen2/portals -> Portal of Praevus.

[RetroFreak89]

I dont want to change subject but im in bit clueless...
im about to start for my doom/hexen/heretic pi project but im confused what the best way to go is should i go Raspbian or Retropie also what is doom best performing port??

[mitu]

@RetroFreak89 RetroPie is Raspbian on the PI.

[RetroFreak89]

@mitu huh?? So retropie ES is raspbian??? Well let me put it this way what is best to play these fps ports on ES or raspbian desktop? Or does both give same performance and have the same ports??

[mitu]

@RetroFreak89 Please stop hijacking other topics with your questions. You already have a topic opened for it, add your questions there.

[RetroFreak89]

@mitu said in Hexen II - uHexen II: Hammer of Thyrion source port on RetroPie/Raspbian (Ready for download):

@RetroFreak89 Please stop hijacking other topics with your questions. You already have a topic opened for it, add your questions there.

I do not my topic open for it is about doom im asking you if retropie ES is raspbian or not but whatever because you told me IN THIS TOPIC that it was?? But whatever have it your way, peace...

[tpo1990]

@RetroFreak89 Please ask only questions that are relevant for Hexen 2 in this topic. If you have any other questions then open a new topic instead.

Thank you.

[ExarKunIv]

@QuakeGuy thanks for this. it was a great help.

the only thing is i cant get the kill_hexen2.sh to run when i press the buttons.
any thoughts

right now i have a key mapped to the Y key so i can exit the game

lol

[QuakeGuy]

ExarKunlv: I assume you followed my instructions closely. Can you post your xboxdrv_hexen2.cfg file? The last line in my example is:

guide+start=exec:/opt/retropie/configs/all/kill_hexen2.sh

That means bind the key combo Guide-button with Start-button pressed to this script. In your case for the Y key it would be:

[evdev-keymap]
BTN_WEST=y
[ui-buttonmap]
y=exec:/opt/retropie/configs/all/kill_hexen2.sh

Just the important parts of the cfg. The script is made executable? Just test it over ssh while while Hexen2 is running. You should close Hexen2 remotely so. When this works, there is something else wrong.

[retropi19]

Hey there i got an error in the installation by the script
error running tar -xv -z -C
/home/pi/RetroPIe/roms/ports/hexen --strip-components 1
hexen2demo_nov1997/data1 returned 2

also the address to get the demo is not reachable anymore

instead you can replace it with this
https://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/uhexen2/Hexen2Demo-Nov.1997/hexen2demo_nov1997-linux-i586.tgz

[tpo1990]

@retropi19 What RetroPie version are you running since you received the error in the installation process?

I just tested the download link for the Hexen 2 demo: https://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/uhexen2/Hexen2Demo-Nov.1997/hexen2demo_nov1997-linux-i586.tgz

It works perfectly fine for me.

[retropi19]

@tpo1990 still is not working with me strange
the error was about the demo download that why the installation was stopping
can you put to the script to by-pass the demo if its not found and continue the installation?

[tpo1990]

@retropi19 The error should not be caused by the demo download link not working. It is simply that it can not extract it hence why it is failing with tar.

I have seen this before. Try updating your RetroPie installation to the latest version and then try running the scriptmodule again.

[OldSchool]

@QuakeGuy

I've forgotten about this for awhile in my frustration, but I checked this thread again and sure enough, adding %ROM% to emulator.cfg and changing the command line was it. Unbelievable. Such a small change to make, but of course the smaller it is the harder it is to notice that it's incorrect. It works perfect, thank you so much for all of your help, and also to @tpo1990. I feel dumb, but whatever. It's working, and that's all I really care about. Couldn't have managed it without your guys' help.

[tpo1990]

@OldSchool Good to hear that you got it working. I might add the %ROM% part to the install script at a later time, but not before my pull request has been merged with the RetroPie project. Feel free to ask any time.

[PunchlineKing]

@retropi19 said in Hexen II - uHexen II: Hammer of Thyrion source port on RetroPie/Raspbian (Ready for download):

Hey there i got an error in the installation by the script
error running tar -xv -z -C
/home/pi/RetroPIe/roms/ports/hexen --strip-components 1
hexen2demo_nov1997/data1 returned 2

also the address to get the demo is not reachable anymore

instead you can replace it with this
https://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/uhexen2/Hexen2Demo-Nov.1997/hexen2demo_nov1997-linux-i586.tgz

@tpo1990 said in Hexen II - uHexen II: Hammer of Thyrion source port on RetroPie/Raspbian (Ready for download):

@retropi19 The error should not be caused by the demo download link not working. It is simply that it can not extract it hence why it is failing with tar.

I have seen this before. Try updating your RetroPie installation to the latest version and then try running the scriptmodule again.

I had the same problem, just wanted to say that this fixed it for me. Thanks for making this and helping a fool in need.

[polygaryd]

Hi guys I have hexen 2 and the expansion pack working just fine on my pi3b+ with buster and retropie4.7.1, but I cant get the mp3 files to load. I have renamed all the tracks and have them in the data1/music folder as the tutorial says to do. The issue is the console says it cant handle the music file. it cant initialize timidity if using hexen2 -sndsdl and gives me a different error when using -sndalsa flag, unable to set interlieved access, invalid argument. Failed initializing sound. What am I doing wrong here? audio works in every other game and in lxde, kodi, etc.

[polygaryd]

@quakeguy said in Hexen II - uHexen II: Hammer of Thyrion source port on RetroPie/Raspbian (Ready for download):

@OldSchool your emulator.cfg misses something, the %ROM% part. it should look like this:

hexen2 = "/opt/retropie/ports/hexen2/hexen2 %ROM%"
default = "hexen2"

this is for the 2nd "" after your PORT part in the runcommand statement. now

"/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh" 0 _PORT_ "hexen2" "-portals"

works.

otherwise u can start hexen2 without runcommand. the statement then will look like this

/opt/retropie/ports/hexen2/hexen2 -portals

my data folders are in /home/pi/.hexen2/data1 -> Hexen 2 and /home/pi/.hexen2/portals -> Portal of Praevus.

this works 100 percent btw. i had the run command correct but not the emulator.cfg was missing the %ROM%. learned something new today. very cool

[polygaryd]

has anyone tried glhexen2 through emulationstation ?

pi4b 8gb ram
image from downloaded image on retropie website
cannakit power adapter that came with the pi
retropie 4.7.1 buster

when running glhexen2 you have to use the command sudo xinit /opt/retropie/ports/hexen2/glhexen2. Through lxde desktop it starts just fine ((no need for sudo xinit) except music) even through terminal in lxde desktop it works fine ((no need for sudo xinit) except music)

The problem is doing it through emulation station or command line by hitting f4 in emulationstation. It says the user dir = root/.hexen2 and that it cant find a hexen2 installation there. Well no kidding because that's not where its located. its located in /home/pi/.hexen2 aka /home/pi/RetroPie/ports/hexen2 how do you change the user dir to the proper folder? hexen2 executable shows it correctly and therefore loads properly .

I'm assuming it has something to do with having to use sudo to run xinit ever since x-server was updated recently but I'm unsure that's the reason the user dir is in the root folder instead of pointing to where its supposed to be.

Still cant figure the music out for hexen2 or glhexen2 executables. neither work

Any help on these two issues would be great.

[mitu]

@polygaryd Most likely you've started the game once as root and it wrote that path to a configuration file ?
sudo should be needed to start an X application, just prefix the emulators.cfg entry with XINIT: and RetroPie's runcommand should take care of launching an X session with the game.