RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login

    Rollercoaster tycoon

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion and Gaming
    rollercoastertycoonretropie
    91 Posts 8 Posters 9.5k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • quicksilverQ
      quicksilver
      last edited by

      So I got a little further with matchbox, I'm having issues though getting it to display the correct resolution and the screen sometimes flickers but the mouse cursor issue is resolved!

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
      • quicksilverQ
        quicksilver
        last edited by

        Crazy Castle 2020-04-15 17-44-54.png

        Had some issues where matchbox wanted to change res to 4k mode (this is why the game was just a small window). Even though I had my config.txt set to 1080p mode I had to block all 4k modes to get to display correctly. But game is running great now and I just finished my first park!

        ExarKunIvE mituM 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 4
        • ExarKunIvE
          ExarKunIv @quicksilver
          last edited by

          @quicksilver that is sweet, now i want to get my Pi4. lol

          nice park btw

          RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
          RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
          Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

          quicksilverQ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • quicksilverQ
            quicksilver @ExarKunIv
            last edited by quicksilver

            @ExarKunIv if the version of cmake has been updated in raspbian stretch I would think you could get this up and running on a pi 3 too.

            ExarKunIvE 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • ExarKunIvE
              ExarKunIv @quicksilver
              last edited by

              @quicksilver well that would be cool. not that i would have a clue on how to find out what version of cmake is on the pi3 right now,

              RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
              RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
              Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

              quicksilverQ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
              • quicksilverQ
                quicksilver @ExarKunIv
                last edited by

                @ExarKunIv I'll give it a shot on my pi 3b+ and report back

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @quicksilver
                  last edited by

                  This post is deleted!
                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • tpo1990T
                    tpo1990
                    last edited by

                    Awesome that you finally got it working. It must be because of the higher cmake version that the port requires. I can see this potentially becoming one of RetroPie's official source ports in future versions.

                    I wonder if it there are more tycoon games out there that has been ported. I just received Zoo Tycoon Complete Edition for free in my local neighborhood and that game works on Windows 10.

                    Greetings from Denmark. :-)

                    Developer of install scripts for ports such as Hexen 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Caesar III. See my other projects at my profile.

                    quicksilverQ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • quicksilverQ
                      quicksilver @tpo1990
                      last edited by quicksilver

                      @tpo1990 said in Rollercoaster tycoon:

                      Awesome that you finally got it working. It must be because of the higher cmake version that the port requires. I can see this potentially becoming one of RetroPie's official source ports in future versions.

                      That would be really neat. Im new to all of this stuff and still learning so I'm not sure how to get it to run through runcommand or create a build script. Do you have any resources that you used to learn how to do that? You are kinda like the king of source ports around here. :) Also if at some point you decide to try to add openrct2 to RetroPie I would be glad to assist in anyway I can.

                      tpo1990T 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • quicksilverQ
                        quicksilver
                        last edited by

                        @ExarKunIv cmake in raspbian stretch repository is still stuck on version 3.7. I'm sure there is a way to build cmake from source but I don't think I'm going to mess with that right now. I would just get a pi 4 if I were you ;)

                        ExarKunIvE 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                        • ExarKunIvE
                          ExarKunIv @quicksilver
                          last edited by

                          @quicksilver yea i was kinda thinking that, maybe for my birthday i get me a gift for my self. :)

                          RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                          RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                          Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                          • tpo1990T
                            tpo1990 @quicksilver
                            last edited by

                            @quicksilver To manually create a runcommand launch file there are some setup that you need to do first. You will need to create a config folder and a emulators.cfg file for the port and point it to the binary that you created/built with cmake in the source directory that you used. Then create the runcommand launch file openrtc2.sh and point to the config folder.

                            An example would be

                            1. Create a config folder for the port named openrtc2 ex: /opt/retropie/configs/ports/openrtc2
                            2. Inside the config folder, create a emulators.cfg and edit the file with typing the correct path to the the openrtc2 binary in your source directory.
                            3. Create a runcommand launch file inside "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/"name it openrtc2 and edit the file with typing the correct path to the config folder.

                            The emulators.cfg file will look something like this:

                            openrtc2 = "/home/pi/Downloads/openrtc2/openrtc2"
                            default = "openrtc2"
                            

                            The runcommand launch file will look something like this:

                            #!/bin/bash
                            "/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh" 0 _PORT_ "openrtc2"
                            

                            If this doesn't work, you could also try by just only creating the runcommand launch file and make it look like this.

                            #!/bin/bash
                            cd /home/pi/Downloads/openrtc2
                            ./openrtc2
                            

                            It is quite possible to get it working on a Raspberry PI 3B/3B+ but it will require one to update the cmake version. I know it can be done since I once did it on my Raspberry Pi 3B. Unfortunately I don't remember precisely how I did it. I think I manually compiled the newer cmake version and then it worked with compiling the source port that i tried at the moment.

                            Greetings from Denmark. :-)

                            Developer of install scripts for ports such as Hexen 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Caesar III. See my other projects at my profile.

                            quicksilverQ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                            • quicksilverQ
                              quicksilver @tpo1990
                              last edited by

                              @tpo1990 said in Rollercoaster tycoon:

                              It is quite possible to get it working on a Raspberry PI 3B/3B+ but it will require one to update the cmake version. I know it can be done since I once did it on my Raspberry Pi 3B. Unfortunately I don't remember precisely how I did it.

                              Same here, I did have it running on my pi3 at one point but I don't remember the steps I took to get there. Thanks for all the great info, I'll look into this for sure. Learning this stuff is a ton of fun.

                              tpo1990T 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                              • J
                                Jste84
                                last edited by

                                Great work I can't wait to play this. If only I had the slightest clue how to do what you've done.. I'd be on it by now 😂

                                If you ever feel the need to make an idiots guide and want an idiot to test it... Let me know 👍😂

                                quicksilverQ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • quicksilverQ
                                  quicksilver @Jste84
                                  last edited by

                                  @Jste84 I'll see about posting a step by step list of how to manually compile it for a pi 4. I'm not 100% sure that I'm doing everything correctly (even though it seems to be working) so it may be good to post if for some peer review as well.

                                  J 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                  • J
                                    Jste84 @quicksilver
                                    last edited by

                                    @quicksilver if you do that I'll happily test

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • tpo1990T
                                      tpo1990 @quicksilver
                                      last edited by tpo1990

                                      @quicksilver That is exactly my experience as well just with a different game/source port that I got running earlier on my Pi 3B. Even though it takes time to learn it all, once you have managed to get a better knowledge of understanding how Linux works with compiling and installing you will get the success of it and just feel great for what you have accomplished. ;-)

                                      Just keep on the good work and eventually you will get there. :-)

                                      Your welcome. I will gladly help you out as much as I can. Just let me know.

                                      Greetings from Denmark. :-)

                                      Developer of install scripts for ports such as Hexen 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Caesar III. See my other projects at my profile.

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • quicksilverQ
                                        quicksilver
                                        last edited by quicksilver

                                        So here are the build instructions for anyone who is interested. This will get OpenRCT2 up and running on your pi 4 (im sure the game can be run on pi 3 as well but you'll need to manually compile a newer version of cmake). The game can be run without a window manager but performance is not as good and there is an issue with the mouse cursor. I will add instructions on how to run through matchbox-window-manager but I will need some peer review with that part because I dont think I have it working 100% correctly.

                                        First step is to install needed dependencies:

                                        sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y cmake libsdl2-dev libicu-dev \
                                            gcc pkg-config libjansson-dev libspeex-dev libspeexdsp-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
                                            libcrypto++-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libpng-dev libssl-dev libzip-dev \
                                            build-essential make
                                        

                                        Next we need to get the source from the repository (change master to develop if you want bleeding edge version):

                                        git clone -b master --depth 1 --recursive https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2.git
                                        

                                        Next, we need to compile (this may take a while):

                                        cd OpenRCT2
                                        mkdir build && cd build
                                        cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Ofast -DNDEBUG -mcpu=cortex-a72"
                                        make -j4
                                        

                                        Now run make install this will download required resources (json objects, title sequences) and installs openrct2 under /usr/local by default:

                                        make install
                                        

                                        OpenRCT2 requires original game files to run, I installed RCT1 (optional) and RCT2 on my windows computer then copied the install directories to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/. Im not sure if there is a better way of doing it or if a different location for the files should be used but this method does work. On first boot of OpenRCT2 it will ask for the location of the game files, or you can input the location manually by editing the config.ini located at /home/pi/.config/OpenRCT2/

                                        To start the game run ./openrct2 from the build directory.

                                        This section I need help on
                                        Running the game without the window manager performance will not be as good and the mouse cursor has issues. So what I did was install matchbox window manager, xorg, and x11-xserver-utils:

                                        sudo apt-get install xorg matchbox-window-manager x11-xserver-utils
                                        
                                        

                                        Then I run the game using this command:

                                        xset -dpms s off s noblank matchbox-window-manager & startx /home/pi/OpenRCT2/build/openrct2
                                        

                                        However I get an error saying that xset cannot open the display, but the game still boots (im assuming because of the startx command?) I had issues with the game automatically running in 4k mode so I had to force 4k mode off in my /boot/config.txt/ I also noticed that when running the game this way that you cannot scroll the screen by moving your mouse to the edge of the screen, to work around this you can right click-hold and drag to move the screen around. Im hoping this is an issue because of something Im doing incorrectly (which I am sure I am). So if anyone who knows how all of this x server stuff works I would appreciate some pointers on getting this part to work right.

                                        Some pointers for performance: Once the game is up and running I lowered the display res via the ingame options to 720p and increased the window scale to 1.5. I also used "software (hardware display)" as the drawing engine because everything looks a bit clearer/sharper. Uncapping the framerate also makes for a smoother gameplay experience because the default FPS is capped at 40. Also make sure that the games config.ini has proper permissions otherwise changing settings in game wont persist between game sessions.

                                        E 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                        • J
                                          Jste84
                                          last edited by Jste84

                                          Trying this now, but unfortunately I'm getting an error at step 2.

                                          Fatal: repository '1' does not exist 😔

                                          Hoping you can help @quicksilver 👍

                                          quicksilverQ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • quicksilverQ
                                            quicksilver @Jste84
                                            last edited by

                                            @Jste84 sorry about that, there was a syntax error in the command I posted. I fixed it, can you try again?

                                            J 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                            • First post
                                              Last post

                                            Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                                            Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.