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      Drdave79 @ExarKunIv
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      @exarkuniv I appreciate that info. Thank you.

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        Drdave79 @sleve_mcdichael
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        @sleve_mcdichael Just to make sure I understand correctly, if I install the script and purchase the game, all I have to do is copy the files into the ports folder and it should work fine?

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          ExarKunIv @Drdave79
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          @drdave79 yep, there is a description telling what files and where to put them.

          some of them need work, and im trying to get to them to make them easier to understand

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            sleve_mcdichael @Drdave79
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            @drdave79 said in Suggestions for ports #2:

            @sleve_mcdichael Just to make sure I understand correctly, if I install the script and purchase the game, all I have to do is copy the files into the ports folder and it should work fine?

            Sometimes. That depends on the port. You can check the module help section in the file, or in the RetroPie-Setup utility:

            https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra/blob/master/scriptmodules/ports/devilutionx.sh#L15

            rp_module_help="Copy your original diabdat.mpq file from Diablo to $romdir/ports/devilutionx."
            

            Sometimes you may have to do a little more. gmloader, for example, you have to run the install function again after placing the game datas:

            49E0EAEA-C8AE-44D0-9AD6-560DD3649F76.jpeg

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              Drdave79 @sleve_mcdichael
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              @sleve_mcdichael Thanks for breaking it down. I appreciate it.

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                Drdave79 @ExarKunIv
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                @exarkuniv Thank you! I appreciate your hard work on this.

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                  Drdave79 @sleve_mcdichael
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                  @sleve_mcdichael said in Suggestions for ports #2:

                  @drdave79 you've got conflicting scripts in RP's own scriptmodules dir, and in the custom ext/RetroPie-Extra/scriptmodules location. Delete the ones in /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/.

                  Which files exactly in home/pi/retropie-setup/scriptmodules? I have archivefuncs.sh, helpers.sh, inifuncs.sh, packages.sh and system.sh. When I delete these, I can no longer get into the retropie menu. So I had to restore them.

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                    sleve_mcdichael @Drdave79
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                    @drdave79 the ones mentioned in the error:

                    /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/ports/rednukem.sh
                    
                    /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/joystick-selection.sh
                    
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                      Drdave79 @sleve_mcdichael
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                      @sleve_mcdichael That makes sense and fixed it. Thank you again.

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                        quicksilver
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                        This list is not directed at anyone in particular, more a note to myself to try these games out. Probably good candidates for retropie as they are free and open source.

                        0 A.D. - an Age of Empires type strategy game.
                        https://play0ad.com/
                        https://github.com/0ad/0ad

                        Super Tux Kart - A kart racing game
                        https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page
                        https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code

                        FlightGear - A realistic flight simulator
                        https://wiki.flightgear.org/Howto:Build_and_run_FlightGear_on_Raspberry_Pi_4
                        https://github.com/FlightGear/flightgear

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                          ExarKunIv @quicksilver
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                          @quicksilver there is already one in RetroPie-Extra-unstable for Super Tux Kart - A kart racing game

                          i have not tried it yet

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                            ExarKunIv
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                            added new games to RetroPie -Extras

                            we now have

                            Abuse port 
                            
                            OpenDune Dune2 on OpenRA engine
                            
                            Relive  R.E.L.I.V.E - Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
                            

                            added to libretrocores

                            Ir-duckstation
                            

                            Fixed

                            easyrpg-player
                            

                            enjoy all

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                              quicksilver
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                              I modified the script module for supertuxkart for use with a pi 4

                              #!/usr/bin/env bash
                               
                              # This file is part of The RetroPie Project
                              #
                              # The RetroPie Project is the legal property of its developers, whose names are
                              # too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT.md file distributed with this source.
                              #
                              # See the LICENSE.md file at the top-level directory of this distribution and
                              # at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/master/LICENSE.md
                              #
                               
                              rp_module_id="supertuxkart"
                              rp_module_desc="SuperTuxKart"
                              rp_module_licence="GPL3 https://sourceforge.net/p/supertuxkart/code/HEAD/tree/main/trunk/COPYING?format=raw"
                              rp_module_section="exp"
                              rp_module_flags="!mali !x86"
                               
                              function depends_supertuxkart() {
                                  getDepends xorg
                              }
                              
                              function install_bin_supertuxkart() {
                              	[ -f "$md_inst/supertuxkart" ]] && rm -rf "$md_inst/"*
                              	aptInstall supertuxkart
                              }
                               
                               function remove_supertuxkart() {
                                  aptRemove supertuxkart
                              }
                              
                              function configure_supertuxkart() {
                                  addPort "$md_id" "supertuxkart" "SuperTuxKart" "XINIT:$md_inst/supertuxkart.sh"	
                              	
                              	
                              	cat >"$md_inst/supertuxkart.sh" << _EOF_
                              #!/bin/bash
                              /usr/games/supertuxkart
                              _EOF_
                                  chmod +x "$md_inst/supertuxkart.sh"
                              }
                              

                              Im not sure if everything above is correct or makes sense (im still trying to teach myself how to do this stuff) but it did install and run fine for me on my pi 4. There was an initial warning about my version of openGL not being sufficient but the game still seems to run just fine.

                              I removed the glshim stuff from the original script module as I dont believe its needed for the pi 4 and according to the notes it runs too slow on a pi 3.

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                                sleve_mcdichael @quicksilver
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                                @quicksilver

                                function remove_minecraft() {
                                
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                                  quicksilver @sleve_mcdichael
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                                  @sleve_mcdichael d'oh how'd I miss that

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                                    ExarKunIv @quicksilver
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                                    @quicksilver nicely done. I'll add it to the main repo.

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                                      retropi19 @ExarKunIv
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                                      @exarkuniv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

                                      @quicksilver nicely done. I'll add it to the main repo.

                                      hi
                                      When you will add the avp i gave you and the other things like
                                      thunderbird,vlc etc??

                                      Rpi3B+ USB 2.0 Boot HDD Hitachi 40GB 5400rpm

                                      Rpi4 4GB rev1.4 USB 3.0 Boot HDD Hitachi 160GB 7200rpm

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                                        ExarKunIv @retropi19
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                                        @retropi19 I did not forget about AVP. But I did forget the others you gave me.
                                        I came across them the other day.
                                        Just been busy. I'll be adding them in a few days

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                                          ExarKunIv
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                                          Added new scripts to my Github

                                          audacity
                                          epiphany-browser
                                          gtkboard
                                          kraptor
                                          kweb
                                          librecad
                                          libreoffice
                                          mixx
                                          mypaint
                                          piegalaxy
                                          putty
                                          thunderbird
                                          videolan
                                          

                                          forgot about

                                          supertuxkart
                                          

                                          enjoy all

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                                            sleve_mcdichael @quicksilver
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                                            @quicksilver said in Suggestions for ports #2:

                                            supertuxkart

                                            [ -f "$md_inst/supertuxkart" ]] && rm -rf "$md_inst/"*
                                            

                                            What is this for? It looks like it's leftover from the Minecraft scriptmodule you adapted(?) this from, where it looks like it is meant to remove a previous compiled version, which now won't be replaced because the install module has been changed to use an apt package instead. This seems like a pretty unique situation, is this really applicable here?

                                            Also taking a hint from the official supertux (sans "kart") module, there is:

                                            function _update_hook_supertux() {
                                                # to show as installed in retropie-setup 4.x
                                                hasPackage supertux && mkdir -p "$md_inst"
                                            }
                                            

                                            We should probably add a similar function to, as it says, "show as installed in retropie-setup."

                                            Do we really need to mess about with $md_inst/supertuxkart.sh? In the Minecraft module, this script does more than just launch the game. Can we just make the addPort command "XINIT:/usr/games/supertuxkart" and do away with the extra script in $md_inst?

                                            You can add moveConfigDir for network backup of saves and configs:

                                            moveConfigDir "$home/.config/supertuxkart" "$md_conf_root/supertuxkart"
                                            

                                            If this is for Pi 4 only you'll want to change the module flags:

                                            rp_module_flags="!all rpi4"
                                            

                                            ...or something else that might allow higher-end devices too (I'm not fluent in module flags. For example I don't even know what "mali" is. But why would this not run on x86?)

                                            I haven't tested this yet. Can probably try tomorrow. Does it run well on RPi4?

                                            #!/usr/bin/env bash
                                             
                                            # This file is part of The RetroPie Project
                                            #
                                            # The RetroPie Project is the legal property of its developers, whose names are
                                            # too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT.md file distributed with this source.
                                            #
                                            # See the LICENSE.md file at the top-level directory of this distribution and
                                            # at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/master/LICENSE.md
                                            #
                                            
                                            rp_module_id="supertuxkart"
                                            rp_module_desc="SuperTuxKart - a free kart-racing game inspired by the Mario Kart series"
                                            rp_module_licence="GPL3 https://sourceforge.net/p/supertuxkart/code/HEAD/tree/main/trunk/COPYING?format=raw"
                                            rp_module_section="exp"
                                            rp_module_flags="!all rpi4"
                                            
                                            function _update_hook_supertuxkart() {
                                                # to show as installed in retropie-setup 4.x
                                                hasPackage supertuxkart && mkdir -p "$md_inst"
                                            }
                                            
                                            function depends_supertuxkart() {
                                                getDepends xorg
                                            }
                                            
                                            function install_bin_supertuxkart() {
                                                aptInstall supertuxkart
                                            }
                                            
                                            function remove_supertuxkart() {
                                                aptRemove supertuxkart
                                            }
                                            
                                            function configure_supertuxkart() {
                                                addPort "$md_id" "supertuxkart" "SuperTuxKart" "XINIT:/usr/games/supertuxkart"
                                                moveConfigDir "$home/.config/supertuxkart" "$md_conf_root/supertuxkart"
                                            }
                                            
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