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      RussellB @Troopaking
      last edited by RussellB

      @troopaking I took it one step further. I modified "Wine Desktop.sh" so that it will try to load a qjoypad layout named the same as the folder the mugen executable is in.

      This only works for .conf files. I did this because I hated to have to have a different .sh for each game that basically does the same thing.

      So for example...

      /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/wine/Files/M.U.G.E.N/mugen.exe

      It now tries to load M.U.G.E.N.lyt after checking to see if it exists in /home/pi/.qjoypad3 folder.

      If it does not exist, it checks to see if WINE.lyt exists, and if it exists it will load that.

      If that doesn't exist, it loads the default layout that was setup in the XWindows desktop.

      This is generic now for any game, not just MUGEN.

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        RussellB @DTEAM
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        @dteam I actually changed the theme to "windows" because most themes have a "Windows" theme already setup.

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          George @DTEAM
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          @dteam That looks awesome! Thanks!

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            George @RussellB
            last edited by George

            @russellb This sounds pretty cool. I've never used QJoyPad before. Can either you or @Troopaking share how you installed it? The original project on SourceForge seems fairly old (http://qjoypad.sourceforge.net/), but there is a more recent fork on GitHub (https://github.com/panzi/qjoypad). I see there is a package for qjoypad, but that seems to be for v4.1 (the SourceForge version), while on GitHub it's up to 4.3.1.

            @RussellB would you mind sharing your modifications?

            There doesn't seem to be a script for QJoyPad in RetroPie (please correct me if I'm wrong). There seem to be additional alternatives as well (https://askubuntu.com/questions/239176/alternative-to-qjoypad). Perhaps it's worth starting a new topic with regards to creating some scripts that install these.

            Thanks!

            - George

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              RussellB @George
              last edited by RussellB

              @george sudo apt-get install qjoypad did the trick. Installed version 4.1.

              Replace the test for .conf file in "Wine Desktop.sh" with this code. If ~/.qjoypad3 folder does not exist, it ignores the call to qjoypad all together.

              elif [[ "${params[0]}" == *.conf ]]; then
                  configFile=$(cat "${params[@]}")
                  WINEPREFIX=$(configValueForKey WINEPREFIX "$configFile")
                  DIRECTORY=$(configValueForKey DIRECTORY "$configFile")
                  PROGRAM=$(configValueForKey PROGRAM "$configFile")
                  OPTIONS=$(configValueForKey OPTIONS "$configFile")
                  QJOYPADLAYOUT=$(echo $(basename $(dirname "${PROGRAM}")))
              
                  echo "Launching with config file"
                  echo "WINEPREFIX: $WINEPREFIX"
                  echo "DIRECTORY: $DIRECTORY"
                  echo "PROGRAM: $PROGRAM"
                  echo "OPTIONS: $OPTIONS"
                  echo "QJOYPADLAYOUT: $QJOYPADLAYOUT"
              
                  if [[ "$DIRECTORY" ]]; then
                      cd "$DIRECTORY"
                  fi
              
                  midi_synth start
                  xset -dpms s off s noblank
                  matchbox-window-manager &
                  if [ -d "/home/pi/.qjoypad3" ]; then
                      if [ -f "/home/pi/.qjoypad3/${QJOYPADLAYOUT}.lyt" ]; then
                          qjoypad "$QJOYPADLAYOUT" &
                          echo "Starting qjoypad with $QJOYPADLAYOUT"
                      elif [ -f "/home/pi/.qjoypad3/WINE.lyt" ]; then
                          qjoypad WINE &
                          echo "Starting qjoypad with WINE"
                      else
                          qjoypad &
                          echo "Starting qjoypad with default layout"
                      fi
                  fi
                  setarch linux32 -L /opt/retropie/emulators/wine/bin/wine "${PROGRAM}" "${OPTIONS}"
                  midi_synth stop
              fi
              
              
              
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                Troopaking @George
                last edited by

                @george
                Sudo apt-get install qjoypad worked for me as well on a few builds .
                Me and RusselB (mainly Russels knowledge) have been working on qjoyoad instead of joy2key in wine . Qjoyoad performs a lot better and can scripted like Russel has done for each game to launch different settings.

                All of us have done a good combined effort to make something really cool . Hopefully they will use in retropie offical soon .
                Thanks to russel, you and others for the work.

                I greatly appreciate the teamwork and community effort .

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                  RussellB @RussellB
                  last edited by

                  @russellb said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

                  @george sudo apt-get install qjoypad did the trick. Installed version 4.1.

                  Replace the test for .conf file in "Wine Desktop.sh" with this code. If ~/.qjoypad3 folder does not exist, it ignores the call to qjoypad all together.

                  elif [[ "${params[0]}" == *.conf ]]; then
                      configFile=$(cat "${params[@]}")
                      WINEPREFIX=$(configValueForKey WINEPREFIX "$configFile")
                      DIRECTORY=$(configValueForKey DIRECTORY "$configFile")
                      PROGRAM=$(configValueForKey PROGRAM "$configFile")
                      OPTIONS=$(configValueForKey OPTIONS "$configFile")
                      QJOYPADLAYOUT=$(echo $(basename "$(dirname "${PROGRAM}")"))
                  
                      echo "Launching with config file"
                      echo "WINEPREFIX: $WINEPREFIX"
                      echo "DIRECTORY: $DIRECTORY"
                      echo "PROGRAM: $PROGRAM"
                      echo "OPTIONS: $OPTIONS"
                      echo "QJOYPADLAYOUT: $QJOYPADLAYOUT"
                  
                      if [[ "$DIRECTORY" ]]; then
                          cd "$DIRECTORY"
                      fi
                  
                      midi_synth start
                      xset -dpms s off s noblank
                      matchbox-window-manager &
                      if [ -d "/home/pi/.qjoypad3" ]; then
                          if [ -f "/home/pi/.qjoypad3/${QJOYPADLAYOUT}.lyt" ]; then
                              qjoypad "$QJOYPADLAYOUT" &
                              echo "Starting qjoypad with $QJOYPADLAYOUT"
                          elif [ -f "/home/pi/.qjoypad3/WINE.lyt" ]; then
                              qjoypad WINE &
                              echo "Starting qjoypad with WINE"
                          else
                              qjoypad &
                              echo "Starting qjoypad with default layout"
                          fi
                      fi
                      setarch linux32 -L /opt/retropie/emulators/wine/bin/wine "${PROGRAM}" "${OPTIONS}"
                      midi_synth stop
                  fi
                  
                  
                  

                  Found a bug in the assignment of QJOYPADLAYOUT. Missing quotes around the parameter to basename.

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                    RussellB @RussellB
                    last edited by RussellB

                    @russellb So to make like easy on the game add-on developer I have created a default WINE.lyt that has the default joypad values for MUGEN. Then, in mugen.cfg I have the following changes:

                    GameWidth=640
                    GameHeight=480
                    .
                    .
                    .
                    FullScreen=1
                    .
                    .
                    .
                    P1.Joystick.type = 0
                    P2.Joystick.type = 0
                    
                    ;-------------------------------------------------------
                    ; P1 Key config (configurable from M.U.G.E.N)
                    [P1 Keys]
                    Jump   = 273
                    Crouch = 274
                    Left   = 276
                    Right  = 275
                    A      = 44
                    B      = 46
                    C      = 47
                    X      = 108
                    Y      = 59
                    Z      = 39
                    Start  = 13
                    
                    ; P2 Key config (configurable from M.U.G.E.N)
                    [P2 Keys]
                    Jump   = 119
                    Crouch = 115
                    Left   = 97
                    Right  = 100
                    A      = 102
                    B      = 103
                    C      = 104
                    X      = 114
                    Y      = 116
                    Z      = 121
                    Start  = 117
                    

                    That way all the games can have the same configuration. If you want to have game-specific settings leave the keys alone in mugen.cfg for that game and create a custom layout in qjoypad that maps to that game. Easy peasy.

                    It occurs to me that M.U.G.E.N. deserves its own system in themes, but I can't find any themes that have a M.U.G.E.N. system. Also need a "Loading..." screen.

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                      RussellB @RussellB
                      last edited by

                      @russellb Because not a lot of themes have a specific theme for MUGEN I made a subdirectory under roms/wine/M.U.G.E.N.. (need to periods so it shows up as M.U.G.E.N. in the ES menu) and put the MUGEN conf files in that folder. I'm using the "windows" theme for wine so this makes sense to me as they run under windows. I'm ok with that. :)

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                        Troopaking @George
                        last edited by Troopaking

                        @george
                        Hello again George so Russell's qjoypad code works great. Just awesome stuff .

                        I'm having a issue with Baldurs Gate(bg). If I opened wine config then start bg works fine . But open through desktop or .conf fails. Has horrible black screen issue unless ran with wineconfig .

                        Update Baldurs Gate worked perfect when ran through .sh with startx instead of matchbox .

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                          RussellB @Troopaking
                          last edited by

                          @troopaking said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

                          @george
                          Hello again George so Russell's qjoypad code works great. Just awesome stuff .

                          I'm having a issue with Baldurs Gate(bg). If I opened wine config then start bg works fine . But open through desktop or .conf fails. Has horrible black screen issue unless ran with wineconfig .

                          Update Baldurs Gate worked perfect when ran through .sh with startx instead of matchbox .

                          I can't find a version of Baldur's Gate that runs properly even in Windows 10 to try it in WINE. :(

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                            RussellB @RussellB
                            last edited by RussellB

                            Can someone try this for me?

                            Testing WINE with 3D Space Cadet Pinball originally for Windows 95. It runs fullscreen fine, however hitting "ESCAPE" key it switches back to a window and then hangs. Can't figure out why.

                            If I hit ALT+F4 however, it exists back to ES.

                            Looks like WINE is having a problem closing whatever application is running and it hangs.

                            NEVERMIND! I see this was noted in a previous post.

                            EDIT: Using xbindkeys and qjoypad I now have the ability to do a one-button exit back to ES:

                            xbindkeys is configured to map the "END" key to the command "pkill -f /opt/retropie/emulators/wine/bin/wine".

                            qjoypad is configured so the "BACK" button send the "END" key

                            So "BACK Button"->qjoypad->xbindkeys->terminate wine process

                            I'll test it with other programs but now at least you don't need a keyboard for Pinball anymore!! If this works with mugen (Need to map a different button because I use "BREAK" as "ESCAPE" to traverse back through the menus. Let me do some more testing.

                            This even fixes the issue I had where on one RetroPie install it failed to exit when selecting the "EXIT" menu item or "ESCAPE". Now I programmed the "Logitech" button on the F710 to send the "END" key and it works great!

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                              RussellB @RussellB
                              last edited by RussellB

                              Had to change the kill command to "kill $( pgrep -f "wine/bin/wine\ /")". This command kills the executable that was started so Wine can shutdown cleanly.

                              So I had to install xbindkeys and xbindkeys-config from apt-get. A custom configuration file to handle the END mapping to the script, and voila.

                              EDIT: Even easier way to shutdown cleanly:

                              /opt/retropie/emulators/wine/bin/wineserver -k

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                                George @RussellB
                                last edited by

                                @russellb That's awesome. The escape key problem on Space Cadet pinball always bothered me. I'm going to have to try this!

                                - George

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                                  RussellB @George
                                  last edited by

                                  @george said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

                                  @russellb That's awesome. The escape key problem on Space Cadet pinball always bothered me. I'm going to have to try this!

                                  - George

                                  Let me know if you want the files to try this out.

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                                    Troopaking @George
                                    last edited by

                                    @George

                                    So I tryed to use your scripts in combo with lutris installed on pi 4 .
                                    Could work take some time to make lutris act right. It's acts funky sometimes .
                                    The .sh would be simpler to code rough example
                                    Bin bash
                                    Cd "/home/pi/...."
                                    Startx &
                                    Qjoypad "blah"
                                    Lutris lutris game id 3

                                    I feel a few things to note/consider
                                    -lutris complied mesa and vulkan itself and your scripts still worked fine.
                                    -lutris can "install" games with a working directory so might be able to remove cd line all together that way .
                                    -lutris has joystick configuration already . Haven't tested it yet . But might be able to remove qjoypad altogether with it .
                                    -metadata for most games is fetched from lutris.net and could be transferred to es in theory .
                                    -lutris takes space on sd with Metadata etc .
                                    -lutris update could cause problems or solutions

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                                      RussellB @RussellB
                                      last edited by

                                      @george, @Troopaking

                                      To get xbindkeys working:

                                      1. sudo apt-get install xbindkeys
                                      2. sudo apt-get install xbindkeys-config
                                      3. Modify 'Wine Desktop.sh':
                                      .
                                      .
                                      .
                                      xbindkeys -f ~/.xbindkeysrc &
                                      setarch linux32 -L /opt/retropie/emulators/wine/bin/wine "${PROGRAM}" "${OPTIONS}"
                                      .
                                      .
                                      .
                                      
                                      1. Create ~/.xbindkeysrc:
                                      "/opt/retropie/emulators/wine/bin/wineserver -k"
                                          m:0x0 + c:115
                                          End
                                      
                                      1. Modify the qjoypad layout file you want and assign 115 to the button you want to exit Wine:
                                      Button X: Key 115
                                      

                                      Where "X" is the number of the button assigned.

                                      1. Run any Wine game and hit the button you assigned in step 5.
                                      2. Profit!
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                                        roslof
                                        last edited by roslof

                                        I noticed the mesa folder generated from the script is almost 2GB in size. The lion's share in:
                                        /opt/retropie/suppementary/mesa/lib/dri/

                                        There are 23 .so files about 85MB a piece. For the RPi4. Wondering if any of these files are being used. I'd like to reduce the storage footprint by nuking any unnecessary files.

                                        Best!

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                                          Troopaking @roslof
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                                          @roslof
                                          I can't say if they are need that is rather large though .
                                          Will try and look into it next time I test stuff out .
                                          I assume the pi needs em that's why they are thier but can't conform or denie.

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                                            RussellB @RussellB
                                            last edited by RussellB

                                            @russellb said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

                                            @george, @Troopaking

                                            To get xbindkeys working:

                                            1. sudo apt-get install xbindkeys
                                            2. sudo apt-get install xbindkeys-config
                                            3. Modify 'Wine Desktop.sh':
                                            .
                                            .
                                            .
                                            xbindkeys -f ~/.xbindkeysrc &
                                            setarch linux32 -L /opt/retropie/emulators/wine/bin/wine "${PROGRAM}" "${OPTIONS}"
                                            .
                                            .
                                            .
                                            
                                            1. Create ~/.xbindkeysrc:
                                            "/opt/retropie/emulators/wine/bin/wineserver -k"
                                                m:0x0 + c:115
                                                End
                                            
                                            1. Modify the qjoypad layout file you want and assign 115 to the button you want to exit Wine:
                                            Button X: Key 115
                                            

                                            Where "X" is the number of the button assigned.

                                            1. Run any Wine game and hit the button you assigned in step 5.
                                            2. Profit!

                                            So I ran into a problem with this approach. Shutting down the Wine Server prevented Pinball from saving its high scores. It apparently updates them upon normal close of the main window. So I changes to command in .xbindkeysrc to this:

                                            "xdotool key --window $(xdotool search --name '3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet') 'ALT+F4' &"
                                             m:0x0 + c:115
                                             End
                                            

                                            This shuts Pinball down gracefully and allows it to save high scores.

                                            xdotool needs to be installed (sudo apt-get install xdotool) but once it is it now completes the ability to send key combinations from a controller to a Wine-based game:

                                            qjoypad->xbindkeys->xdotool

                                            1. Gamepad Button converts to single keyboard character using qjoypad
                                            2. xbindkeys converts single keyboard character into a script that can be executed using xdotool
                                            3. xdotool sends the key combination to the actively selected window

                                            This approach does require a different .xbindkeysrc file per game if you want to use the same keyboard character.

                                            I'll probably modify "Wine Desktop" to pick different .xbindkeysrc files as I mentioned above with qjoypad.

                                            This was gonna keep me up at night.. it did last night. Whoo hoo!

                                            Just fixed the 'Exiting' issue from SkiFree as well.

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