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      sleve_mcdichael @Drdave79
      last edited by sleve_mcdichael

      @Drdave79 it looks like the sliders go from 0-2 in-game which corresponds to values of 0-131072 in the config ("1" = 65536, "0.5" = 32768, etc).

      These settings are working well for me...first I set controls to "modern default" and then adjust the "scale" sliders:

      LeftX (strafing) 1.5 (98304)
      LeftY (moving) 2 (131072)
      RightX (turning) 0.25 (16384)
      RightY (looking up and down) 0.25 (16384)

      I didn't touch the "dead" or "saturate" values, just the "scale."

      I'm not sure if the strafing and moving values are "optimal"; I didn't really have issue with them except at very low values, when movement slowed to a crawl. There's also a "run" function that can be mapped to a button that didn't seem to do anything but maybe if I set it to where the "regular" movement is less than full-speed, it might change that?

      0.25 does seem good for the turning and looking axes though, for me. 0.13 was a little sluggish and 0.38 was still pretty quick. Of course you could set values in between those, if you edit the config manually.

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        Drdave79 @sleve_mcdichael
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        @sleve_mcdichael Thanks for the follow-up advice. I found turning leftx down to .25 and turning worked pretty well. Overall it's running pretty smooth now!

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          sleve_mcdichael @sleve_mcdichael
          last edited by

          @sleve_mcdichael said in Suggestions for ports #2:

          There's also a "run" function that can be mapped to a button that didn't seem to do anything but maybe if I set it to where the "regular" movement is less than full-speed, it might change that?

          I played with this some more. Values above "1" don't seem to do anything; values below "1" do reduce your top speed but "run" still isn't doing anything? I thought maybe like "0.75" would let you walk slower but still go up to full "1" speed when running, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Let us know if you make any progress here.

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            Jste84
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            I'm interested in trying fofix, the script seems to work but when I launch the game from the ports menu, I get a black screen and then it goes back to the ports menu.

            Am I missing a step?

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              sleve_mcdichael @Jste84
              last edited by sleve_mcdichael

              Edit:
              actually I've just tried to sudo apt install fofix and it came back "has no installation candidate." I'm not sure this works as-is? There's a git repo: https://github.com/fofix/fofix

              Edit edit:
              https://fofix.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart/installation.html

              Says there are apt repositories for Debian 8 and 9 but not 10, so I don't think this is going to work with an aptInstall anymore.

              Original post:
              @Jste84 What hardware are you on? I see FoFiX is using the same glshim that was in SuperTuxKart:

              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/273988 says it's not needed on Pi4. I haven't installed this but here's something you could try if you're on that:

              In file:

              /opt/retropie/configs/ports/fofix/emulators.cfg
              

              It should look something like:

              fofix = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/retropie/supplementary/glshim LIBGL_FB=1 xinit fofix"
              default = "fofix"
              

              Edit the file and change the first line so it reads simply:

              fofix = "XINIT:fofix"
              

              Let us know if this helps.

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                sleve_mcdichael @Jste84
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                @Jste84 I haven't tested this yet, but it should replicate the steps outlined in:

                https://github.com/fofix/fofix/blob/master/doc/source/quickstart/Linux_Setup_Guide.md

                ...with some educated guesses in re: the md_ret_files and # symlink config dirs functions.

                Make a backup, first. It wants to install pip from an external source (https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py -- seems legit, I guess? See also: https://github.com/pypa/get-pip#readme) and then use it to install some additional packages; also it wants to remove package libjack-jackd2-0 and replace with libjack0 as a dependency required to to install portaudio19-dev.

                I haven't tested because I have no interest in playing this with a keyboard, and the GH controller I thought was in the back of my closet turned out to be for PlayStation (so, not USB), so I'm going to leave my system as-is. Let us know if it works for you, though, and I'll submit a PR; in any case, we should probably remove the old script, as it doesn't do anything useful (it builds glshim that isn't needed, and then it attempts to install a package that doesn't exist and configure a port that wasn't installed.)

                To use, paste this code into your ~/RetroPie-Setup/ext/RetroPie-Extra/scriptmodules/ports/fofix.sh file, replacing all of its existing contents, and then reinstall fofix through RetroPie-Setup.

                #!/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="fofix"
                rp_module_desc="Frets on Fire X - Guitar Hero and Rock Band clone"
                rp_module_licence="GPL2 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fofix/fofix/master/COPYING"
                rp_module_repo="git https://github.com/fofix/fofix.git"
                rp_module_section="exp"
                rp_module_flags="noinstclean !mali !x86"
                
                function depends_fofix() {
                    getDepends python2 libglu1-mesa-dev freeglut3-dev mesa-common-dev ffmpeg pkg-config libogg-dev libportmidi-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsoundtouch-dev libswscale-dev libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev mesa-utils portaudio19-dev python-dev gettext xorg
                
                    # install pip and packages
                    local tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
                    local url="https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py"
                    local file="${url##*/}
                
                    download "$url" "$tmpdir"
                    python2 "$tmpdir/$file"
                    rm -rf "$tmpdir"
                
                    pip2 install - numpy
                    pip2 install --upgrade cython
                    pip2 install PyOpenGL PyOpenGL_accelerate
                }
                
                function sources_fofix() {
                    gitPullOrClone
                }
                
                function build_fofix() {
                    python setup.py build_ext --inplace --force
                    python setup.py msgfmt
                    pip install -r requirements.txt
                
                    # ensure build completed
                    md_ret_require="$md_build/build"
                }
                
                function install_fofix() {
                    md_ret_files=(
                        'fofix'
                        'data'
                        'FoFiX.py'
                    )
                }
                
                function configure_fofix() {
                    local script="$md_inst/$md_id.sh"
                    local file="$md_inst/FoFiX.py"
                
                    addPort "$md_id" "fofix" "FoFiX - Guitar Hero and Rock Band clone" "XINIT:$script"
                    moveConfigDir "$home/.fofix" "$md_conf_root/$md_id"
                    [[ "$md_mode" == "remove" ]] && return
                
                    # chown install dir -- may not be necessary?
                    #chown -R $user:$user "$md_inst"
                
                    # symlink config dirs
                    local dir
                    for dir in mods shaders songs themes tutorials users; do
                        moveConfigDir "$md_inst/data/$dir" "$md_conf_root/$md_id/$dir"
                    done
                
                    cat > "$script" << _EOF_
                #!/bin/bash
                python "$file"
                _EOF_
                    chmod +x "$script"
                }
                

                ...if it installs but doesn't play (or if it plays but doesn't save, or crashes), try removing the # from line #chown -R $user:$user "$md_inst", and install again. This will make the install directory user-owned instead of admin, allowing files to be written to here by the normal user when the game is running.

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                  sleve_mcdichael
                  last edited by sleve_mcdichael

                  Got one for the "unstable" repo. It works, but requires a keyboard.

                  "Chopper Commando Revisited" is a port for modern systems of the 1990 (1988? Sources differ) DOS game "Chopper Commando" (CHOPPER2.EXE), written by at-the-time 15-year-old Mark Currie while learning to program and ported to SDL2 by Jason McSweeney (loadzero), with additional work by Harvey Patterson.

                  B85FD5B8-B10D-40EC-9D33-4AA2BC2A8276.jpeg

                  Get the scriptmodule at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra-unstable/master/scriptmodules/ports/chopper258.sh or in RetroPie-Extra-unstable.

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                    ecto
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                    Hi fellow Ports-fans. I just found a new potential game for the Retropie: Arx Fatalis (also available on GOG).

                    The source code was made public and there is the project Arx Libertatis on Github. I tried to compile it (which worked). But when I run it, it crashes. I think it's sound related, but I'm not sure...

                    Maybe some else wants to take a shot. ;)

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                    • ExarKunIvE
                      ExarKunIv
                      last edited by

                      just wanted to let you all know, im back on working on my scripts.

                      i have updated the main repo with a few scripts from @sleve_mcdichael.

                      and i have started taking a better look at the other scripts and cleaning them up a little more and doing a better test to see what works and what doesn't.

                      i might even try to mess around with making a few new ones too.

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                      • ExarKunIvE
                        ExarKunIv
                        last edited by

                        I have added
                        chopper258.sh
                        and
                        prototype.sh to Extras, thanks to @sleve_mcdichael for taking a shot at them.
                        they both need keyboards but otherwise play fine.

                        i moved
                        amphetamine.sh due to it not going fullscreen and it being a small window in the upper left corner

                        i have installed and played around with
                        abuse.sh - Classic action game
                        augustus.sh - Augustus - Enhanced Caesar III source port
                        audacity.sh Audacity open-source digital audio editor
                        bstone.sh - Blake Stone - BStone A source port of Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold and Blake Stone: Planet Strike

                        they all work well and are full screen,

                        for Augustus i fixed the missing assets
                        bstone i believe i have got it so it starts with full screen out of box

                        I will be posting updates as i get through a handfull

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                        • ExarKunIvE
                          ExarKunIv
                          last edited by ExarKunIv

                          I forgot with my last post i also added a new BGM script made by @sleve_mcdichael
                          Please give bgm123.sh a try and let him know how it works and if any improvements are needed or ideas
                          it is in the supplementary part of the Retropie setup

                          i have done more clean up and testing on my end

                          barrage.sh Shooting Gallery action game
                          bermudasyndrome.shBermuda Syndrome engine
                          bloboats.sh Fun physics game
                          breaker.sh Arkanoid clone
                          burgerspace.sh BurgerTime clone
                          chocolate-doom.sh- DOOM source port
                          chocolate-doom-system.sh- For setting up DOOM as an emulated system, not port
                          chromium.sh - Open Source Web Browser
                          crispy-doom.sh DOOM source port
                          crispy-doom-system.sh For setting up DOOM as an emulated system, not port

                          for these
                          bermudasyndrome.sh works but i cant figure out how to exit the game
                          breaker.sh need to drop the resolutions down to the lowest to get full screen
                          burgerspace.shneed to drop the resolutions down to the lowest to get full screen

                          both crispy-doom-system and chocolate-doom-system makes its own system folder for the WADS to go into

                          as always let me know what needs work on my github

                          UPDATE
                          corsixth.sh - Theme Hospital engine clone -
                          crack-attack.sh - Tetris Attack clone -

                          corsixth now installs the demo and correct data path
                          crack-attack.shneed to drop the resolutions down to the lowest to get full screen kinda. you'll see if you try it

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                            sleve_mcdichael @ExarKunIv
                            last edited by

                            @ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

                            Please give bgm123.sh a try and let him know how it works and if any improvements are needed or ideas
                            it is in the supplementary part of the Retropie setup

                            You can follow my development version here:

                            https://github.com/s1eve-mcdichae1/RetroPie-Extra/blob/bgm123/scriptmodules/supplementary/bgm123.sh

                            This might be about ready for a bump, I'll put in the PR soon.

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                              sleve_mcdichael
                              last edited by sleve_mcdichael

                              Nice!: https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra/pull/69

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                                ExarKunIv @sleve_mcdichael
                                last edited by

                                @sleve_mcdichael nice work

                                I'll play around with it later this week

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                                  NIGHTKILLER05
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                                  Hey guys, would you help me. please? I can't go fullscreen in Rise of the Triad: Dark War, I am using the "rott-darkwar.sh" port/script from https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra, and I don't know what to do, I only can view the game in a diminute window.

                                  IMG_20220708_175647.jpg

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                                    ExarKunIv @NIGHTKILLER05
                                    last edited by

                                    @NIGHTKILLER05 you have to hit "a" when the run command pops up and drop the resolution to a lower one to make the screen bigger

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                                      NIGHTKILLER05 @ExarKunIv
                                      last edited by NIGHTKILLER05

                                      @ExarKunIv Thanks for the help man, but unfortunately changing the resolution didn't do anything noticeable, I tried 800x600 and 640x480, with no avail, and I realy like this game, It reminds me my childhood, help, please.

                                      Captura de pantalla 2022-07-08 200438.jpg

                                      Captura de pantalla 2022-07-08 200419.jpg

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                                        ExarKunIv @NIGHTKILLER05
                                        last edited by ExarKunIv

                                        @NIGHTKILLER05 unless someone else can give input on this it will have to wait till the the start of the week for me to take a look at it on my end.

                                        I had to switch to using XINIT for rott due to it not starting correctly, and lowering the resolution to the lowest has worked on my screen which is just a 25in monitor

                                        I'll have to mess around with it more Monday unless someone beats me

                                        BTW when did you install RetroPie extra's

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                                          sleve_mcdichael @ExarKunIv
                                          last edited by sleve_mcdichael

                                          @ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

                                          I had to switch to using XINIT for rott due to it not starting correctly,

                                          Probably best to include it, then ;)

                                          https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra/pull/77

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                                            NIGHTKILLER05 @ExarKunIv
                                            last edited by

                                            @ExarKunIv of course man, I'll wait for the help, no worries, and I installed your excellent script like 6-8 months ago, do I need to update it? how can I do that?

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