lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!

barbudreadmon · 20 Mar 2022, 10:37

@DARKGATE73 You can use the libretro fork swanstation, which is still maintained.

Edit: oh wait, i'm just noticing there is no lr-swanstation setup script in retropie ? Any reason ?

DARKGATE73 · 20 Mar 2022, 11:02

@hawkes_84 said in lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!:

@DARKGATE73 the developer took it down about 2 months ago

Oh my god, why? On a my sd the emu work , but can drag and drop files or directories of the emu on the sd wich don't work anymore? There are games wich work only with duckstation.

windg · 20 Mar 2022, 11:37

You can use the files from your backup to install lr-duckstation to the new copy. You need the lr-duckstation folder and the lr-duckstation.sh file. Then:

Put the folder lr-duckstation here :

/opt/retropie/libretrocores

Put the lr-duckstation.sh here :

/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores

From the terminal run :

cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup

and

sudo ./retropie_packages.sh lr-duckstation configure

You are ready. You can delete the lr-duckstation.sh to not have the error messages during the updates.

The pcsx-rearmed take a lot of updates recently maybe the games that didnt work before they are working now.
Also the RetroPie dev's, working to bring the standalone version of Duckstation : https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/3486

hawkes_84 · 20 Mar 2022, 11:39

@DARKGATE73 really don't know. I didn't have much issue with the PSX-REARMED one anyway so didn't mean much to me

barbudreadmon · 20 Mar 2022, 11:43

@DARKGATE73 said in lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!:

Oh my god, why?

Relations between the duckstation project and the libretro project had been weird since the duckstation author made a drama out of a non-existing copyright issue in libretro code back in 2020 (he and another emu author accused some libretro code of being illegally copied from official sony ps3 sdk, but that code was actually gcc code under gpl license, meaning it was perfectly legal).

Somehow, things escalated recently, i'm not sure about the real reason. I've heard things but they seemed way too stupid to be the truth.

Refazeshot1 · 20 Mar 2022, 12:20

I play PlayStation the most on my setup. I did use duckstation but like many other I reverted back to stock. PSX ReArmed is loads better now. So many games work better then they ever did. Even if they did put Duckstation back up; id never go back.

pi2user · 23 Mar 2022, 23:06

Why can't retropie just host the last binary build they have?

dankcushions · 24 Mar 2022, 10:42

@pi2user said in lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!:

Why can't retropie just host the last binary build they have?

discussed here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/32196/how-are-core-inclusion-decisions-made

pi2user · 27 Mar 2022, 14:50

Would it be permitted to provide download links here to the files windg mentioned in their instructions above, so that end users can add it to new retropie installations themselves?

mitu · 28 Mar 2022, 04:12

@pi2user I think someone already posted a link to a backup version of them, but you can post them also if you'd like.

Darksavior · 28 Mar 2022, 10:18

@pi2user @mitu
I altered the retropie lr-duckstation installer to point to batocera's github that's hosting the binaries. Delete if it's not allowed.

 #!/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="lr-duckstation"
rp_module_desc="PlayStation emulator - Duckstation for libretro"
rp_module_help="ROM Extensions: .exe .cue .bin .chd .psf .m3u .pbp\n\nCopy your PlayStation roms to $romdir/psx\n\nCopy compatible BIOS files to $biosdir"
rp_module_licence="PROP https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"
rp_module_section="exp"
rp_module_flags="!all arm !armv6 aarch64 64bit"
 
function __binary_url_lr-duckstation() {
    local url="https://github.com/batocera-linux/lr-duckstation/raw/master/duckstation_libretro_linux_"
    isPlatform "aarch64" && echo "${url}aarch64.zip"
    isPlatform "arm" && echo "${url}armv7.zip"
    isPlatform "x86" && isPlatform "64bit" && echo "${url}x64.zip"
}
 
function install_bin_lr-duckstation() {
    downloadAndExtract "$(__binary_url_lr-duckstation)" "$md_inst"
}
 
function configure_lr-duckstation() {
    mkRomDir "psx"
    ensureSystemretroconfig "psx"
 
    if isPlatform "gles" && ! isPlatform "gles3"; then
        # Hardware renderer not supported on GLES2 devices
        setRetroArchCoreOption "duckstation_GPU.Renderer" "Software"
    fi
 
    # Pi 4 has occasional slowdown with hardware rendering
    # e.g. Gran Turismo 2 (Arcade) race start
    isPlatform "rpi4" && setRetroArchCoreOption "duckstation_GPU.Renderer" "Software"
 
    # Configure the memory card 1 saves through the libretro API
    setRetroArchCoreOption "duckstation_MemoryCards.Card1Type" "NonPersistent"
 
    # dynarec segfaults without redirecting stdin from </dev/null
    addEmulator 0 "$md_id" "psx" "$md_inst/duckstation_libretro.so </dev/null"
    addSystem "psx"
}

mitu · 28 Mar 2022, 10:23

@Darksavior said in lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!:

Delete if it's not allowed.

It's ok, not sure why people keep asking that ? It's not like it's malware or copyrighted material (ROMS/BIOS).

Darksavior · 28 Mar 2022, 10:27

@mitu The decision was made to remove the installer so I wasn't sure if it was allowed.

mitu · 28 Mar 2022, 10:33

@Darksavior Even if it's not part of RetroPie-Setup, it's just another user contributed script - like RetroPie-Extras. We don't have a monopoly on what the user is able to install on their own system, though the This file is part of .. is now a bit misleading :).

Darksavior · 28 Mar 2022, 10:38

@mitu I just altered the location to the binaries and nothing else so I didn't want to look like I'm taking credit for creating it. I can remove that whole section if you want.

ExarKunIv · 28 Mar 2022, 13:43

lr-Duckstation is part of RetroPie-Extras.
it pulls batocera's github. just letting people know

windg · 4 Jan 2022, 21:36

Good news, Duckstation updated recently,maybe the developer it's back to the project.

Clyde · 4 Feb 2022, 15:03

@windg Well, that's interesting. There were several merged pull requests and commits to the repo.

Does anyone know more of this resumed activity by stenzek?

edit: People on Reddit don't have a clue either, the best guess that I read there was, while stenzek himself said that he won't work on DS anymore, he may still accept others' contributions.

barbudreadmon · 2 Apr 2022, 14:51

@Clyde said in lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!:

stenzek himself said that he won't work on DS anymore, he may still accept others' contributions.

Some of the recent commits are his though.

gzuz · 18 Apr 2022, 16:43

@Darksavior I'm sorry i tried it myself but i just cant get my head around it. I'm having a lot o trouble with psx games on retropie and i am looking for an alternative emulator. I read a lot of duckstation and found your post. How can i Install duckstation on my retropie (Pi4) with that code? I have no clue what to do with it... :(

	#!/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="lr-duckstation"
	rp_module_desc="PlayStation emulator - Duckstation for libretro"
	rp_module_help="ROM Extensions: .exe .cue .bin .chd .psf .m3u .pbp\n\nCopy your PlayStation roms to $romdir/psx\n\nCopy compatible BIOS files to $biosdir"
	rp_module_licence="PROP https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"
	rp_module_section="exp"
	rp_module_flags="!all arm !armv6 aarch64 64bit"

	function __binary_url_lr-duckstation() {
	local url="https://github.com/batocera-linux/lr-duckstation/raw/master/duckstation_libretro_linux_"
	isPlatform "aarch64" && echo "${url}aarch64.zip"
	isPlatform "arm" && echo "${url}armv7.zip"
	isPlatform "x86" && isPlatform "64bit" && echo "${url}x64.zip"
	}

	function install_bin_lr-duckstation() {
	downloadAndExtract "$(__binary_url_lr-duckstation)" "$md_inst"
	}

	function configure_lr-duckstation() {
	mkRomDir "psx"
	ensureSystemretroconfig "psx"

	if isPlatform "gles" && ! isPlatform "gles3"; then
	# Hardware renderer not supported on GLES2 devices
	setRetroArchCoreOption "duckstation_GPU.Renderer" "Software"
	fi

	# Pi 4 has occasional slowdown with hardware rendering
	# e.g. Gran Turismo 2 (Arcade) race start
	isPlatform "rpi4" && setRetroArchCoreOption "duckstation_GPU.Renderer" "Software"

	# Configure the memory card 1 saves through the libretro API
	setRetroArchCoreOption "duckstation_MemoryCards.Card1Type" "NonPersistent"

	# dynarec segfaults without redirecting stdin from </dev/null
	addEmulator 0 "$md_id" "psx" "$md_inst/duckstation_libretro.so </dev/null"
	addSystem "psx"
	}