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Striderx99

Hello everyone. My setup is running using the following specifications:
 
Pi Model or other hardware: 4B+  Power Supply used: Official USB-C Power Supply AC 100-240V 50/50Hz input/DC 5.1V 3A output

RetroPie Version Used: 4.8.9  
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website (retropie-buster-4.8-rpi4_400.img.gz)

USB Devices connected: TTX Wireless Gaming Reciever, HP 230 Wireless Keyboard dongle, and HP Wireless Mouse (Z3700)

Controller used: Xbox 360

Files: Fallout Community Edition.sh and Fallout 2 Community Edition.sh

Emulator: fallout1-ce and fallout2-ce

Guide used: After installing from source, I referred to the package help section under the fallout1-ce emulator in the experimental section. It states that the data folder, along with the critters.dat and master.dat files should be added to the roms/ports/fallout1 folder. For Fallout 2 Community Edition (after installing from source), I referred to the package help section under the fallout2-ce emulator in the experimental section. It asks you to include the data folder, along with the critters.dat, master.dat, and patch000.dat files to the roms/ports/fallout2 folder. All of the files and folders in each game must use lowercase letters.

The first game launches fine, but the problem begins when the cutscenes start. There are spots in the introduction where you notice blocky textures around the images. It seems like a glitch. The gameplay portions don't seem to have an issue, as I was able to kill a few of the bugs you encounter in the first cave and saved it before quiting.

Fallout 2 does not work for me at all. After it gets past the loading prompt, three seconds later my television loses the signal and all I see is a steady red light coming from the RetroPie. When I attempt to hit control-alt-delete to restart the entire system, it does not work. Luckily, I have the Argon One Pi 4B v2 case, which allows you to download a script that activates the power off switch on the back when you hold it for 5 or more seconds.

I bought both Fallout and Fallout 2 from GOG four days ago to give these emulators a try. Does anyone have any ideas as to why each of these games are giving me issues? Thanks for your input.

ExarKunIv

@Striderx99 fallout 1 had that glitch for a while now.
Nothing we can do that is something that the dev has to fix if possible.

As for fallout 2 it should be working. But I have not messed with that one in a few months now.
I'll have to give it a try before I can give a better answer

UPDATE
FALLOUT 2 is broken. im not getting it to work at all on my pi5.
i will have to get my pi4 out and give that a shot. i did open a issue on github

Azuli

Is there any way to rotate video with the aethersx2 core? It seems to be running fine on my pi4, but since my screen is vertical, the display is showing something with GBA levels of dimensions.

ExarKunIv

@Azuli unless there is a option for it in the menu. Then probably not.
That emulator is no longer being made so no help there. And I'm not sure if we can just rotate the image out side of the emulator itself. Maybe someone who is more versed on the background working of RetroPie can chime in.

Striderx99

@ExarKunIv Thanks for attempting to get it to work on the Pi5. You beat me to posting about it to alexbatalov. On the Pi 4B+, I even tried adding some files from the .dat files (using an extractor). The runcommand.log showed that it attempted to run the emulator, but it ultimately crashed. From that point, I lost the signal to the Pi and just decided to call it a day. If you would like to see what the log displayed, I'll post it here. If the developer writes back with a solution, please let me know.

ExarKunIv

@Striderx99 if you have a github account post it on my Repo. if not post it here, but ill take any info on this.
its odd since i know it was working when i first made it

Striderx99

@ExarKunIv Here is the log that was generated:

Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/ports/fallout2/fallout2.sh
INFO:
Fade time is 1143
Fade steps are 36
INFO: Chi squared is 30.872500, P = 4000.000000 at 0.05
INFO: Sequence is random, 95% confidence.
INFO: Reading SNDLIST.LST Sound FX Count: 1361
INFO: >gsound_init
INFO: >initMovie
INFO: >gmovie_init
INFO: >moviefx_init
INFO: >art_init
INFO: >tile_init
INFO: >obj_init
INFO: >cycle_init
INFO: >intface_init
INFO: >iso_init
INFO: >gmouse_init
INFO: >proto_init
INFO: >anim_init
INFO: >scr_init
INFO: >game_load_info
INFO: >scr_game_init
INFO: >wmWorldMap_init
INFO: >CharEditInit
INFO: >pip_init
INFO: >InitLoadSave
INFO: >gdialog_init
INFO: >combat_init
INFO: >automap_init
INFO: >message_init
INFO: >message_load
INFO: >scr_disable
INFO: >init_options_menu
INFO: >endgameDeathEndingInit
INFO:
Playing movie: iplogo.mve
INFO: Direct
INFO: Playing at (0, 0)
INFO: not scaled

If you see anything that might be off, please let me know. I set my screen resolution to 1024x768 (I usually use the SNES Mini theme on RetroPie, so I didn't want to mess up the settings for it).

ExarKunIv

@Striderx99 thanks. thats the same thing i got also. im going to try a clean install on my pi4 at some point to see what i can figure out. maybe see if i can pin point something i can give the dev

Striderx99

@ExarKunIv I wanted to ask one other question. This is about DOSBox-X. When you launch it, you get the GUI that pops up. I went to Main>Quick Launch Program, and it leads to a screen that says "Tiny file dialogs on UNIX needs: applescript or kdialog or yad or xdialog," along with a few other options. I don't know if something went wrong during the installation, but I remember using it in the past without the message popping up. It would allow me to browse through ports/dosbox, select the game folder, browse for the .exe, highlight it, and double click it to launch the program. Do you know why this message appears and how I can fix it? Thanks for your support.

ExarKunIv

@Striderx99 its possable that its missing packages to run. thats what kdialog or yad or xdialog are
one of those will needed to be install. among what ever else is listed there

now sure what changed that now its missing things. i can see if you where on 64bit, but you are not. you are one the official.

so you can try this sudo apt get install xdialog

i dont know if you need everything that is listed there to get it to work. so you can add what ever you want. if you want them all. you can just do that

RapidEdwin08

@Striderx99 I have DOSBox-X on my PC and Pi5, did a quick comparison for dialogs.
I'm seeing yad on Pi5 only, and whiptail on both PC and Pi5.
zenity is on both too but that's expected and very common for Desktop Environments.

I'd say try whiptail, then maybe yad if still needed.

sudo apt-get install whiptail

xdialog is not on any of my systems.

dpkg -l | grep dialog

ii  dialog                                1.3-20230209-1                      arm64        Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
ii  pinentry-curses                       1.2.1-1                             arm64        curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
ii  pinentry-gnome3                       1.2.1-1                             arm64        GNOME 3 PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
ii  polkit-agent-tde                      4:14.1.3-0debian12.0.0+0            arm64        TDE dialogs for PolicyKit
ii  whiptail                              0.52.23-1+b1                        arm64        Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
ii  yad                                   0.40.0-1+b1                         arm64        tool for creating graphical dialogs from shell scripts
ii  zenity                                3.44.0-1                            arm64        Display graphical dialog boxes from shell scripts
ii  zenity-common                         3.44.0-1                            all          Display graphical dialog boxes from shell scripts (common files)

Striderx99

@ExarKunIv and @RapidEdwin08 I tried installing yad, whiptail, and kdialog. When I launched the .exe files from ports/dosbox, they launched successfully. I also tried xdialog, but the files were not found. Thanks for helping out guys. I'll come back here to check on any updates for Fallout and Fallout 2 Community Edition when they are ready.