Wolf4SDL closes immediately after starting Spear of Destiny Ep 1

Chuckgofer

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi 4 Model B
Power Supply used: Raspberry Pi 15W USB-C Power Supply
RetroPie Version Used: 4.8.8
Built From: Prebuilt Retropie image retropie-buster-4.8-rpi4_400.img
USB Devices connected: Keyboard, Xbox 1 Power A controller
Controller used: Xbox 1 Power A controller
Error messages received: None
Verbose log (if relevant):
Guide used: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Wolfenstein-3D/
File: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/wolf3d/vswap.sd1
Emulator: Wolf4SDL
Attachment of config files:

# /opt/retropie/configs/ports/wolf3d/emulators.cfg 
wolf4sdl = "/opt/retropie/ports/wolf4sdl/bin/wolf4sdl.sh %ROM%"
default = "wolf4sdl"

How to replicate the problem: Launch Wolf4SDL from Emulationstation, game closes almost immediately

sleve_mcdichael

More information in the Reddit post. We weren't able to find a solution there, so I directed them to the forums here for more help:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/s/m4J6zLA8Sa

Chuckgofer

Just for a bit of further testing, I made an alternate .sh that points to "vswap.sod" instead of "vswap.sd1". Same thing happens, closes almost immediately, no error.

#/dev/shm/runcommand.log
Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/ports/wolf4sdl/bin/wolf4sdl.sh "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/wolf3d/vswap.sod"
~/RetroPie/roms/ports/wolf3d ~
~

I have both sets of the 3 files (sd1 and sod) in the /roms/ports/wolf3d folder. Splitwolf gave a missing files error without them (the sod files).

mitu

Seems like you're missing some files - did you copy the files from a working DOS installation ? Make sure all files (.sod, .sd1) are lowercase.

Post a listing of your $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/roms/ports/wolf3d files (run ls -1 $HOME/RetroPie/roms/ports/wolf3d).

Chuckgofer

audiohed.sd2
audiohed.sd3
audiohed.sdm
audiohed.sod
audiohed.wl1
audiohed.wl6
audiot.sd2
audiot.sd3
audiot.sdm
audiot.sod
audiot.wl1
audiot.wl6
config.sd2
config.sd3
config.sdm
config.sod
config.wl6
gamemaps.sd1
gamemaps.sd2
gamemaps.sd3
gamemaps.sdm
gamemaps.sod
gamemaps.wl1
gamemaps.wl6
maphead.sd1
maphead.sd2
maphead.sd3
maphead.sdm
maphead.sod
maphead.wl1
maphead.wl6
vgadict.sd2
vgadict.sd3
vgadict.sdm
vgadict.sod
vgadict.wl1
vgadict.wl6
vgagraph.sd2
vgagraph.sd3
vgagraph.sdm
vgagraph.sod
vgagraph.wl1
vgagraph.wl6
vgahead.sd2
vgahead.sd3
vgahead.sdm
vgahead.sod
vgahead.wl1
vgahead.wl6
vswap.sd1
vswap.sd2
vswap.sd3
vswap.sdm
vswap.sod
vswap.wl1
vswap.wl6

I downloaded the Spear of Destiny files off of my retropie setup, and dropped ecwolf in the folder, and Spear of destiny ep 1 worked. Matched the md5 too.

mitu

I don't have access right now to my installation to check, though it seems most of the files needed (mainy .sod ones) are there. Can you run a checksum on them just to cross-check ?

pushd $HOME/RetroPie/roms/ports/wolf3d
md5sum *.sod
popd

Chuckgofer

6e914d15335125872737718470061ad8 audiohed.sod
10020fce0f04d21bd07b1b5b951c360a audiot.sod
3e676d1c1350de03d1bd58e7b8dda498 config.sod
04f16534235b4b57fc379d5709f88f4a gamemaps.sod
276c79a4a6419db6b23e7699e41cb9fa maphead.sod
30b11372b9ec6bc06289eb3e9b2ef0b9 vgadict.sod
3b85f170098fb48d91d8bedd0cac4e0d vgagraph.sod
fb75007a1167bba05c4acadf90bc30d8 vgahead.sod
b1dac0a8786c7cdbb09331a4eba00652 vswap.sod

And the md5 of everything else

6e914d15335125872737718470061ad8 audiohed.sd2
6e914d15335125872737718470061ad8 audiohed.sd3
f0022742f86c214872bd72f03aaf1529 audiohed.sdm
58aa1b9892d5adfa725fab343d9446f8 audiohed.wl1
a41af25a2f193e7d4afbcc4301b3d1ce audiohed.wl6
10020fce0f04d21bd07b1b5b951c360a audiot.sd2
10020fce0f04d21bd07b1b5b951c360a audiot.sd3
fcde1333c941229f4dd6ca099fcfe616 audiot.sdm
4b6109e957b584e4ad7f376961f3887e audiot.wl1
2385b488b18f8721633e5b2bdf054853 audiot.wl6
3e676d1c1350de03d1bd58e7b8dda498 config.sd2
3e676d1c1350de03d1bd58e7b8dda498 config.sd3
4ccd2a2b1c957423641ddded63f9f7d8 config.sdm
aa75133df873b660d2058425ca8539b3 config.wl6
04f16534235b4b57fc379d5709f88f4a gamemaps.sd1
fa5752c5b1e25ee5c4a9ec0e9d4013a9 gamemaps.sd2
29860b87c31348e163e10f8aa6f19295 gamemaps.sd3
4eb2f538aab6e4061dadbc3b73837762 gamemaps.sdm
30fecd7cce6bc70402651ec922d2da3d gamemaps.wl1
a4e73706e100dc0cadfb02d23de46481 gamemaps.wl6
276c79a4a6419db6b23e7699e41cb9fa maphead.sd1
d55508cd58e2e61076ac81b98aeb9269 maphead.sd2
a8b24dd3d3271e0b7fc6f2f995915f27 maphead.sd3
40fa03caf7a1a4dbd22da4321c6e10d4 maphead.sdm
7b6dd4e55c33c33a41d1600be5df3228 maphead.wl1
b8d2a78bc7c50da7ec9ab1d94f7975e1 maphead.wl6
30b11372b9ec6bc06289eb3e9b2ef0b9 vgadict.sd2
30b11372b9ec6bc06289eb3e9b2ef0b9 vgadict.sd3
2f85b6763a582df19e6a35dd9634c736 vgadict.sdm
76a6128f3c0dd9b77939ce8313992746 vgadict.wl1
dec8939cff5a4ec27ae7b43e8f52ec28 vgadict.wl6
3b85f170098fb48d91d8bedd0cac4e0d vgagraph.sd2
3b85f170098fb48d91d8bedd0cac4e0d vgagraph.sd3
1cc5ceb8e43c0c0030cf552fc8ae9d0d vgagraph.sdm
74decb641b1a4faed173e10ab744bff0 vgagraph.wl1
8b40b5b785f898e229bf1c2f2e3ee003 vgagraph.wl6
fb75007a1167bba05c4acadf90bc30d8 vgahead.sd2
fb75007a1167bba05c4acadf90bc30d8 vgahead.sd3
18c03cb401ed274bc0b659e951140e64 vgahead.sdm
61bf1616e78367853c91f2c04e2c1cb7 vgahead.wl1
8e75e3ffb842ed3d08abe6ffea97b231 vgahead.wl6
b1dac0a8786c7cdbb09331a4eba00652 vswap.sd1
25d92ac0ba012a1e9335c747eb4ab177 vswap.sd2
94aeef7980ef640c448087f92be16d83 vswap.sd3
35afda760bea840b547d686a930322dc vswap.sdm
6efa079414b817c97db779cecfb081c9 vswap.wl1
b8ff4997461bafa5ef2a94c11f9de001 vswap.wl6

mitu

The .sod files are similar to my installation - which works fine - so it seems this is not an issue with missing game files. Just to make sure, the checksum was calculated directly on the RPI and not on the original installation ?

Chuckgofer

@mitu yes

mitu

Ok. Well, just on the slim chance there's somehow a file that's wrong somewhere, can you run the following commands:

pushd /home/pi/roms/ports/wolf3d
strace -e openat /opt/retropie/ports/wolf4sdl/bin/wolf4sdl-spear
popd

The 2nd command should try and start the game, recording any file access (open) and printing it on the terminal. Post the last 20 lines that begin with openat, printed by wolf4spl before it exits.

Chuckgofer

@mitu I assume you mean /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/wolf3d,

Here's the output

#
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR|O_CLOEXEC) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC) = 15
openat(AT_FDCWD, "maphead.sod", O_RDONLY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "gamemaps.sod", O_RDONLY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "vgadict.sod", O_RDONLY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "vgahead.sod", O_RDONLY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "vgagraph.sod", O_RDONLY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "audiohed.sod", O_RDONLY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "audiot.sod", O_RDONLY) = 14
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/config.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such                                                                          file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam0.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam1.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam2.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam3.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam4.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam5.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam6.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam7.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam8.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/pi/.wolf4sdl/savegam9.sod", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No su                                                                         ch file or directory)

mitu

Seems ok. The config.sod opening error is ok, since this is where the settings are stored and you haven't got a chance to save any setting.

Not sure what's the issue here and unfortunately the game doesn't have any logging to show what's not working.

Chuckgofer

I see, thanks for trying