Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition

Lolonois

Good to see to tackle the issues one-by-one.

FTR I have the gmloader scriptmodule ready for RPI5, I am running a few last tests and when I am satisfied I will file a PR.

ExarKunIv

@Lolonois cool. That was one on my list.

Lolonois

@ExarKunIv I have broken out a separate thread, it is quite a change and I don't want to have the discussion mixed with your progress in this thread: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/36501/run-spelunky-and-other-android-game-maker-games-on-pi5-arm64

PS: Have a look at your commit bfe5d28. It downloads the same file again and again.

ExarKunIv

@Lolonois said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

It downloads the same file again and again.

When you first run it or when you run it again after you have it installed

TPR

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

UPDATE

[Y] -
aethersx2 Ps2 emulator - has had a few small edits to it.

If I already have Aethersx2 up and running on my Pi 5 (and it's actually working really well!) is there any reason to add these updates?

TPR

@DTEAM Did you ever try to figure this one out? I've done some digging and all I found was this:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/28345-aethersx2-opengl-is-not-supported-only-opengl-30-was-found/

Seems like whatever we need might be found in whatever "libgl4es" but I can't get it to install.

There are some PS2 games that work GREAT in "Software Renderer" mode, which you can switch into once you load the game, but there doesn't seem to be a way to start that game in software renderer mode without getting that error.

retropieuser555

I've added a script for lr-wasm4 into the RetroPie Extras. Can you take a look and give it a test for me please:-

https://docs.libretro.com/library/wasm-4/

ExarKunIv

@TPR if it's not broken don't fix it. So no don't do anything to yours

ExarKunIv

@TPR no I have not even looked into it. But since you have. We can give it a shot

TPR

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

@TPR if it's not broken don't fix it. So no don't do anything to yours

My thoughts exactly!

TPR

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

@TPR no I have not even looked into it. But since you have. We can give it a shot

Great! Thank you!

ExarKunIv

@retropieuser555 said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

lr-wasm4

[Y] -
lr-wasm4 - low-level fantasy game console - works on the Pi5, (have not tested on pi4 yet

Lolonois

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

It downloads the same file again and again.
When you first run it or when you run it again after you have it installed

Whenever you run the gmloader scriptmodule (configure) again.

ExarKunIv

@Lolonois ok, thats a easy fix, we just need to add a if function.
that can be done once we get the Pi5 version up and going

ExarKunIv

@TPR said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/28345-aethersx2-opengl-is-not-supported-only-opengl-30-was-found/

i was able to install this, but when i change it to OpenGL a error pops up saying cant run, only opengl3.1 is found. so im not sure what it should do if anything on what we run

as far as i know "libgl4es" is for openGL and will have nothing to do with the software driver

TPR

@ExarKunIv That's the same error I get. It's weird that you can switch to the software rendered when inside of a game but you can't load a game using the software renderer.

ExarKunIv

@TPR yes and no.
This emulator was not built for the pi. It just happens to work on it. So somethings things just didn't play nice as it would on the platform it was designed for

TPR

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #3 - Pi5 edition:

@TPR yes and no.
This emulator was not built for the pi. It just happens to work on it. So somethings things just didn't play nice as it would on the platform it was designed for

To be honest, that's kind of what I figured. But I'd also throw it out there to see if anyone was able to find a hack or workaround to make that work. I have exhausted all of my efforts and I appreciate anyone else that tried.

Switching in game isn't a huge deal, you just have to keep track of which ones run under software and which ones under hardware.

ExarKunIv

@TPR it's possible as more people use it and more time passes someone will figure out how to have per game settings

retropieuser555

https://github.com/openblack/openblack

Apparently builds on arm64 so might be worth a try