Setting up Half-Life through RetroPie (A Guide)

AdamBeGood · 23 Jul 2020, 13:36

@mitu Oh, for Pete's sake. Thanks. I'm an embarassment.

AdamBeGood · 23 Jul 2020, 13:53

Okay, I compiled Blue Shift and then thought I could compile Opposing Force straight after, all seemed to work fine but then I see it is the same files that you move out of the hsldk-xash3d directory in both cases.

As Opposing Force was the second mod I did, so I moved the files into the gearbox folder.

I guess I need to recompile for Blue Shift?

Anyway, I can't see any mod when I run Half-Life. Everything seemed correct against the notes, apart from the cl_dll directory in gearbox being called cl_dlls. I presume that is the correct one.

quicksilver · 23 Jul 2020, 14:40

@AdamBeGood yes you need to move the compiled files before compiling for the next mod otherwise it will overwrite the first ones.

When you click on "mods" in the half-life main menu you say nothing shows up? Are the bshift and gearbox folders in the /roms/ports/Half-Life/ folder? If so, can you double check the ownership of those two directories?

AdamBeGood · 23 Jul 2020, 14:49

@quicksilver Okay, that is what I thought. Let's focus on Opposing Force first then. It was just the two files that I move wasn't it?

There is no "mods" option... They are both pi-pi-0777 in terms of ownership, and they are both in the /ports/Half-Life folder (after I initially put them within "valve").

quicksilver · 23 Jul 2020, 17:29

@AdamBeGood correct, just those two files.

Sorry, the menu option is called "custom game". From there it should display the available mods.

AdamBeGood · 23 Jul 2020, 22:25

@quicksilver Yep, all good now! I compiled again for Blue Shift and I've fired them both up and they look absolutely fine. Thanks for the advice and patience, as ever.

quicksilver · 23 Jul 2020, 23:18

@AdamBeGood said in Setting up Half-Life through RetroPie (A Guide):

I compiled again for Blue Shift

You made sure to convert the maps for blueshift right?

AdamBeGood · 24 Jul 2020, 08:18

@quicksilver I did the map fix yep, I only fired up the mod briefly but it seems fine! Thank you.

chwilson1999 · 16 Aug 2020, 23:44

Getting a little frustrated. I managed to add the script module to my pi, but I can't add the game files to the files created by xash3d. It keeps saying I don't have permission. When I try to use WinSCP, that program cannot locate my pi. I've been using the SSH function built-in to windows.

I named the folder made by the xash3d "HalfLife2" and the folder which contains the steamapp is called "Half-Life."

In the pi, it gives me a menu with noise and keyboard and mouse function, but when I try to choose a difficulty the game does nothing.

This game is eluding me! Sorry to be a bother. I'm new to this kind of stuff.

quicksilver · 17 Aug 2020, 14:07

@chwilson1999 said in Setting up Half-Life through RetroPie (A Guide):

I named the folder made by the xash3d "HalfLife2" and the folder which contains the steamapp is called "Half-Life."

Well here is at least part of your problem. You can't just rename folders and expect things to work properly. Most programs look in very specific locations and if you rename them they won't be able to find them. First restore the original file structure that was created by the xash3d script. You then need to copy the "valve" folder from your Steam game files to the "Half-Life" folder on your pi (the one created by the xash3d script).

chwilson1999 · 17 Aug 2020, 18:23

I've corrected the name trouble, but it still says I don't have permissions to add the "valve" folder to the "Half-Life" folder.

mitu · 17 Aug 2020, 18:33

@chwilson1999 Reset the ROMs folder permissions - see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#reset-ownershippermissions-of-homepiretropie-roms - and re-try.

shavecat · 9 Sept 2020, 13:24

@quicksilver
Hey Amazing job !
All works took me some time... but works great !

P.S - Half-Life: Decay
Runs great too ;)

kactius · 9 Oct 2020, 00:09

I need help with the step 4 to a pi3 or pi3b+ :
./waf configure -T release --prefix=/path/to/any/output/directory

1 What is the correct output directory ?
2 once compiled, which files should be copied to / home / pi / RetroPie / roms / ports / Half-Life?

kactius · 14 Sept 2020, 11:49

@quicksilver
Hello again: in pi3b + with the previous version point 1 (sergiopoverony / xash3d) it works, when it got to point 4 of the tutorial (link to the xash3d-fwgs repository) I can't understand if the repository is only for pi4 or if the binaries you uploaded to mega are only to pi4.
In pi3b + I made several attempts to compile the repository, I compiled fine or so I think, but they were unsuccessful, after copying the necessary binaries, game files and assigning the permissions correctly, it starts black screen and returns to the emulationstation, can someone tell me if it works on pi3 or pi3b +?
Any ideas?

quicksilver · 19 Nov 2020, 13:35

@kactius the binaries I posted are for the pi 4 only. You'll need to manually build the newer version of xash3d if you want to use it with a pi 3. Or just skip that step and use the older one that is build by the script.

Zering · 19 Nov 2020, 13:35

Hi guys, I've tried to set this up this morning, following the guide in the first post. The pott compiled without any issues, I put my valve directory in the indicated place, tried to launch xash3d.sh and got booted back to ES.

My log is pretty short :

Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/ports/xash3d/Xash3d.sh
/opt/retropie/ports/xash3d/Xash3d.sh: line1: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/Half-Life/xash3d: Permission denied

I feel like this is probably a fairly easy problem to solve, but I don't know how to go about it.
I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks!

AdamBeGood · 19 Nov 2020, 13:42

@zering said in Setting up Half-Life through RetroPie (A Guide):

Hi guys, I've tried to set this up this morning, following the guide in the first post. The pott compiled without any issues, I put my valve directory in the indicated place, tried to launch xash3d.sh and got booted back to ES.

My log is pretty short :

Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/ports/xash3d/Xash3d.sh
/opt/retropie/ports/xash3d/Xash3d.sh: line1: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/Half-Life/xash3d: Permission denied

I feel like this is probably a fairly easy problem to solve, but I don't know how to go about it.
I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks!

What are the permissions on the folder? Is it going to be linked to that?

My folder is set to "0755".

Zering · 19 Nov 2020, 13:45

@adambegood That's also what I've got, so I don't imagine it is the issue.

AdamBeGood · 19 Nov 2020, 13:51

@zering said in Setting up Half-Life through RetroPie (A Guide):

@adambegood That's also what I've got, so I don't imagine it is the issue.

Cool, I am sure Quicksilver will be able to help. It just so explicitly says permission, that I thought it was worth checking.