Phase Shift (Guitar Hero clone) via Moonlight Embedded
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I've setup Moonlight Embedded on Retropie/Emulationstation using different guides and i am very happy with the results. My X360 controllers are recognized and i can navigate every menu. When launching Moonlight Embedded (stream PC/Steam) i can still navigate menus and play games without any problem. Great!
The next step was to look for a rhythm game like Guitar Hero, and was found in the form of Phase Shift (http://www.dwsk.co.uk/index_phase_shift.html). Installed and worked like a charm. X360 guitar controller worked out of the box by connecting the USB wireless receiver to my PC (which i also use to my RPI3). Added the game to Steam so it can be launched by EmulationStation/Moonlight.
Now, when my X360 guitar controller is connected to my RPI3 using the wireless receiver, i can navigate all the menus in EmulationStation, all the menus in Moonlight/Steam, but when i launch Phase Shift the game freezes when i touch a button. Normal X360 controllers work fine in the game.
I know this might be a Phase Shift problem, but in the forums over there they couldnt really help me because they dont use this setup, so thats why i try it here. Also, Phase Shift looks like a great game to play from your couch using RetroPie, so it might interest others to help!
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@HarmLTC
I've never tried Phase Shift but I have played Frets on Fire on my PC back in the day. It was alot of fun! The only problem is that FoF was last updated in 2008.This sounds like a Phase Shift issue. I've tried many games I own in Steam and some work and some have issues. I've only tried a couple of non-Steam games add to Steam and they seamed to have issues with Moonlight. An example is I tried Uplay's version of Assassin's Creed in Steam using Moonlight and it wouldn't recognize my Xbox 360 controller (it had @ signs in all the controller mapping). Some other game everything worked but the sound (sound was coming from my PC speakers instead of my RetroPie/TV).
One thing you might try is in GeForce Experience program on your PC, add Phase Shift's installed folder to the search path (Like C:\Games\Phase Shift or whatever).
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Unfortunately, this didn't work.
So it is possible to stream and play Phase Shift through Moonlight and control it with a keyboard or X360 controller, but not with the X360 Guitar Controller.
I think i should continue my search on the DWSK - Phase Shift forums.
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@HarmLTC I'm not familiar with these Steam/Moonlight things and I can't help with it, sorry. But as a hobbyist drummer I'm very interested in running Phase Shift on a Raspberry Pi.
The only Windows machine I have is a Intel Compute Stick used only to play drums running Phase Shift (to be honest I use DTXMania as well).
If you make any progress on it, please share with us! And then my home could become 100% Windows-free! :-)
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but not with the X360 Guitar Controller
Did you map the Xbox360 Guitar for Moonlight support?
moonlight map xbox360guitar.mapYou might have to make this directory but I keep my Moonlight controller map files in
/opt/retropie/configs/moonlightthen when you launch Moonlight you just tell it where you controller map files is with-mapping /opt/retropie/configs/moonlight/xbox360guitar.map.You might already know this but letting you know just in case!
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But as a hobbyist drummer
So you're a hobbyist drummer as well! Seems like most musicians I have meet are guitarist but us drummers are very rare lol. I think it's been like 5 years since I've really been able to drum in a band though :-\
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I didn't map the X360 guitar controller before, because it was already working in EmulationStation and in Moonlight as well. I could navigate all the menus and select my games.
Now I did map my guitar controller and launched the game, but the problem persists. It seems, more and more, that this is a Phase Shift issue.
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