ScummVM lag with joystick control

Dominus

Any help with this yet? :-(

darkav

I have the same problem. Any news on this?

Dominus

What I did was took all the scummvm folders I could find in an older version. (I think it was the 3.7 image?) Just WinSCP over and copy all of the /opt/retropie/emulators/scummvm files. Save to your desktop and then load up your newest image and replace the files. Pretty sure this will work. I thought there might have been another folder to copy, but I don't think that one mattered. Let me know if it works for you. I just made a new image, so when I have time I'll have to do it again anyway.

darkav

@Dominus Tested with the one in Retropie v3.7 => ScummVM 1.8.1pre
Same issue.
Now i will try with an older version...

darkav

OK, with SCUMMVM 1.7.0 works. Can be taken from Retropie v3.6.

Dominus

@darkav Ok good to know! Maybe eventually they'll just scrap the updated Scumm and go back to the older version? or just fix the problem in future versions.

BuZz

@Dominus We don't maintain/develop every piece of software we include with RetroPie - the joystick control issue has happened since we are building scummvm on SDL2. Not sure if they still include SDL1 support, but the issue needs to be fixed either at the scummvm project or via SDL2.

It has been brought up here - http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?p=83050

i may consider including an older scummvm at some point, but you can probably work around it by using xboxdrv or by using a wireless keyboard with mouse/pad etc.

mediamogul

@BuZz

i may consider including an older scummvm at some point

Can we take this to mean that the older version would be considered as an alternative installation? I would hate to lose the current and future advancements this software has to offer in favor of alleviating this one issue.

BuZz

@mediamogul yeah - it wouldn't be default or anything.

mediamogul

@BuZz

Ah, fantastic!

@Dominus, @darkav

I'm sure that you've both read above about the ability to use xboxdrv to solve this issue. I do recognize that the learning curve for the utility is high and that it's not even always an option. Once I get some spare time to sit down with it, I plan on revising the guide with a simpler approach to it's use that may appeal to more people. However, if you're interested, an example and work-through of this new approach can be found here in the mean time.

darkav

@mediamogul Tnx, I'll try xboxdrv. but I'm using ControlBlock for Controllers and I'm not sure it can be used with it. I will investigate.

Dominus

@BuZz Oh yeah I know. I just meant putting the older version back in. Not really sure what you don't get with the new updates, but as long as the games work....

herb_fargus

@Dominus myst support is one thing...

mediamogul

@Dominus

'Myst' was indeed a biggie and they are constantly adding support for more games all the time. I've personally played though two Sherlock Holmes games that weren't playable before version 1.8.

Chris

I had experienced the same issue that most people here already mentioned.
I uninstalled the package "scummvm" and installed "scummvm-sdl1" instead. With the sdl1-version the joystick works fine.

mode7

@chris could you elaborate on that? Where did you find the package scummvm-sdl1?

Dominus

@chris Yeah I'd like to know where this is located?

Rookervik

@chris Oh reeeeeeaaally? I'm gonna have to find this sdl1 since scummvm's joystick support has been broken for a long time.

PeriodicLogic

@rookervik I'm just reading with interest to install scummvm later (have several other systems to get in place first), but it looks like the scummvm-sdl1 package is built-in to RetroPie-Setup (at least as of 4.3.5) as an alternative "optional" package to scummvm.

triforcexp

I'm having an issue with sdl1 games in general. Black screen.
So I'm trying the xboxdrv solution. But so far I couldn't make the cursor to move at all when I'm running the xboxdrv. Is there a way to debug this stuff?