Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?

Folly

I created an initial base module-script with a data-folder for patching and copying the config file.
It's probably not perfect but it after many tests it worked for me.
I must admit I have used a few hackish methods.
I used my own differences files as the one from @Lolonois didn't work for me as "patch" failed to apply patches with that diff.
I also cannot make a "git diff" file like @Lolonois did, not sure how to do that yet so I created and used regular diff files.
It might be that we need to add more packages to the depends.
Also, the SDL package isn't installed by the script.
The Chance is that SDL is already installed otherwise you need to install it from the RetroPie-Setup from the dependency packages.
Not sure yet how to add SDL correctly yet.

That said it probably needs some improvements or adjustments but it's a start.

Here are the files :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-raine-modulescript/tree/main

Just push the raine.sh file and the raine folder in the emulators scriptmodules folder.

Use it on your own risk.

p.s.
The paths can be viewed in the config file.

Edit:
These SDL packages are needed to compile raine :
libsdl2-dev
libsdl2-image-dev
These packages are not installed by the module-script !

ExarKunIv

@Folly sweet. I'll test it on Monday

JimmyFromTheBay

@Folly said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

@JimmyFromTheBay

I created an initial base module-script with a data-folder for patching and copying the config file.

Awesome, cheers :)

Sadly on reading the thread more closely I noticed that it needs Bookworm and I'm still on Buster and I'm not sure my Pi can handle Bookworm :(

(Whenever I try to read stuff about it to see how to/whether I can update, it's all just ARGLE WARGLE FLARGLE BARGLE and I run away sobbing.)

JimmyFromTheBay

@ExarKunIv said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

@Folly sweet. I'll test it on Monday

Hey, while you're here - is there any chance of incorporating this into RetroPie-Extra, friend? :)

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/36714/monaco-gp-remake

Folly

@JimmyFromTheBay said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

@Folly said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

@JimmyFromTheBay

I created an initial base module-script with a data-folder for patching and copying the config file.

Awesome, cheers :)

Sadly on reading the thread more closely I noticed that it needs Bookworm

I think it will run on Buster as raine is old source-code.

and I'm still on Buster and I'm not sure my Pi can handle Bookworm :(

All pi's are supported :
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/
But the best is to use a pi4 or pi5 and 64bit os.

(Whenever I try to read stuff about it to see how to/whether I can update, it's all just ARGLE WARGLE FLARGLE BARGLE and I run away sobbing.)

Just start with a clean OS and install RetroPie manually :
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup

Lolonois

@Folly said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

Here are the files :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-raine-modulescript/tree/main

Nice. Thanks for taking this further.
Positively, a few notes from a cursory look:

The link to the License file in rp_module_licence is not right (yields HTTP 404).
For applying the diff there exists the applyPatch function from RetroPie.
The indent is not right in L72-74.
IIRC chown should be changed to $__user:$__group instead of $user:$user

Lolonois

@Folly said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

I think it will run on Buster as raine is old source-code.

It could, but it requires a more recent SDL, which would mean a manual SDL2 install which in turn will have knock-on effects on the rest of a otherwise Buster-based RetroPie installation.

Others have been down the road trying to get Raine compiled with an older SDL2: https://www.1emulation.com/forums/topic/37608-is-it-possible-to-compile-raine-on-arm-device-retropie/

HTH

Folly

@Lolonois said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

@Folly said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

Here are the files :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-raine-modulescript/tree/main

Nice. Thanks for taking this further.
Positively, a few notes from a cursory look:

Thanks, I noticed a few myself too and fixed them.

fixed help (3th commit)
added depends for the xgettext and msgfmt commands (5th and 6th commit) (didn't work correctly so removed in 7th to 9th commit)
added comments (3th commit)
lowered swap (9th commit)

The link to the License file in rp_module_licence is not right (yields HTTP 404).

Replace with the only thing I could find :
unknown https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zelurker/raine/refs/heads/master/source/Musashi/readme.txt
Fixed in the 3th commit

For applying the diff there exists the applyPatch function from RetroPie.

Adding applyPatch needs to be done later as it needs a proper diff file.
My earlier attempt with using applyPatch with your diff file failed.

The indent is not right in L72-74.

Fixed in the 4th commit

IIRC chown should be changed to $__user:$__group instead of $user:$user

Fixed in the 3th commit

Folly

@Lolonois said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

@Folly said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

I think it will run on Buster as raine is old source-code.

It could, but it requires a more recent SDL, which would mean a manual SDL2 install which in turn will have knock-on effects on the rest of a otherwise Buster-based RetroPie installation.

Others have been down the road trying to get Raine compiled with an older SDL2: https://www.1emulation.com/forums/topic/37608-is-it-possible-to-compile-raine-on-arm-device-retropie/

HTH

Gotcha !

Lolonois

@Folly said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

    The link to the License file in rp_module_licence is not right (yields HTTP 404).
Replace with the only thing I could find :
unknown https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zelurker/raine/refs/heads/master/source/Musashi/readme.txt

The guys in the gametechwiki interpreted Raine as being Source-Available License (see box on the right). Maybe it is more accurate.
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/RAINE

Folly

@Lolonois said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

@Folly said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:
    The link to the License file in rp_module_licence is not right (yields HTTP 404).
Replace with the only thing I could find :
unknown https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zelurker/raine/refs/heads/master/source/Musashi/readme.txt
The guys in the gametechwiki interpreted Raine as being Source-Available License (see box on the right). Maybe it is more accurate.
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/RAINE

Added this in commit 10.

Found a missing piece fixing showing roms in emulationstation :
Commit 11

Folly

@ExarKunIv said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

@Folly sweet. I'll test it on Monday

Did you got it working ?

p.s.
Use the latest script.

ExarKunIv

@Folly i tested this and i get a fail.

Compiling c++ source/sdl/dialogs/sound_commands.cpp...
In file included from source/sdl2/gui/menu.h:9,
                 from source/sdl/dialogs/../gui/menu.h:2,
                 from source/sdl/dialogs/sound_commands.cpp:2:
source/sdl/gui/tfont.h:4:10: fatal error: SDL_ttf.h: No such file or directory
    4 | #include <SDL_ttf.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

im testing this on my pi5 with a basic install

Folly

@ExarKunIv said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

@Folly i tested this and i get a fail.

Compiling c++ source/sdl/dialogs/sound_commands.cpp...
In file included from source/sdl2/gui/menu.h:9,
                 from source/sdl/dialogs/../gui/menu.h:2,
                 from source/sdl/dialogs/sound_commands.cpp:2:
source/sdl/gui/tfont.h:4:10: fatal error: SDL_ttf.h: No such file or directory
    4 | #include <SDL_ttf.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

im testing this on my pi5 with a basic install

Try to install libsdl-ttf2.0-dev, that will probably work.

ExarKunIv

@Folly still same error

found it, needed libsdl2-ttf-dev
that let it install. ill just need to get the game files for final testing

Folly

@ExarKunIv said in Did anyone ever support RAINE/EmuDX on Retropie/Retroarch?:

libsdl2-ttf-dev

Now that you mention libsdl2-ttf-dev that sounds much better.
I will add it in the comment for SDL packages that need to be installed.
We will need to look later if these packages can be added safely to the depends

I would recommend to run raine as a test from the terminal after install, something like this :
(not having the roms yet)
/opt/retropie/emulators/raine/raine galaga
Then you will probably notice something.
It will not completely work for the ones that have emudx files.
Just look at the output of raine and you will have the info needed.

ExarKunIv

@Folly

./raine galaga
 RAINE (680x0 Arcade Emulation) 0.97.4 (c)1998-2025(!) Raine Team

CPU:
Can't use RDTSC, the cpu does not support it !
load_emulator joys
Segmentation fault

is this what i should see?

Folly

@ExarKunIv

No, wasn't expecting that.
Do you get the menu when running just raine ?

I did all my testing on a x86_64.
Otherwise I have to test and compile it on my rpi5 and see what happens.

ExarKunIv

@Folly no

Folly

@ExarKunIv

I will check on my pi5 tomorrow and let you know how it went.

Do you run Bookworm ?