OpenBOR 6xxx OpenBeta Testphase

kactius

@shavecat
my recommendation is to test openbor games with the latest version of openbor or the one that is valid for that game and on the pc. Also take into account the latest version of the game.
Different and similar problem here:
https://www.chronocrash.com/forum/index.php?topic=4460.0

zerojay

Hi, I've created a new script module for RetroPie that will install the latest 6510 build of openbor for all Raspberry Pi boards (installing the proper libGL.so.1 depending on which one you have automatically).

It also is installed as an emulator instead of a port and fully supports directly launching .pak games directly from emulationstation. Drop your .pak files into RetroPie/roms/openbor.

You can find the script on my RetroPie-Extra repository: https://github.com/zerojay/RetroPie-Extra

kactius

@zerojay
thank you for coming back

cyperghost

@zerojay Thanks for envolving into this.
I'll edit 1st post and link to your extras-resp ;)
You've a small mistake, in your script you're checking twice for rpi1 platform.

shavecat

@kactius
it works on the pc :\

zerojay

@cyperghost said in OpenBOR 6xxx OpenBeta Testphase:

@zerojay Thanks for envolving into this.
I'll edit 1st post and link to your extras-resp ;)
You've a small mistake, in your script you're checking twice for rpi1 platform.

I don't see that.

cyperghost

@zerojay Yes saw it now rpi1 and rpi ;) Allright

zerojay

@cyperghost said in OpenBOR 6xxx OpenBeta Testphase:

@zerojay Yes saw it now rpi1 and rpi ;) Allright

That's not a mistake. rpi = generic raspberry pi.

BMovieBen

@zerojay I am running a Pi3b+, I've installed the RetroPie-Extras script, gone to RetroPie-Setup, Manage Packages, Manage Experimental Packages, 132 openbor, install from source (install from binary is not an option), and I get this error:

Could not install package(s): libpng12-dev.

Here's a screenshot just before it fires that message (I am not a linux wiz):

What am I doing wrong here? How do I install this dependency?

BMovieBen

@BMovieBen said in OpenBOR 6xxx OpenBeta Testphase:

Could not install package(s): libpng12-dev.

OK I did more poking around...removed holds on all apps, uninstalled apps, reinstalled apps, used apt-get, and finally used aptitude...which presents an interesting conflict...
libpng12-dev aptitude-s.jpg

So I'm completely blocked at this point. I don't know what's going on here or how to resolve it. Any help would be appreciated as I am just DYING to get these OpenBor games working on this.

zerojay

@BMovieBen said in OpenBOR 6xxx OpenBeta Testphase:

@BMovieBen said in OpenBOR 6xxx OpenBeta Testphase:

Could not install package(s): libpng12-dev.

OK I did more poking around...removed holds on all apps, uninstalled apps, reinstalled apps, used apt-get, and finally used aptitude...which presents an interesting conflict...

So I'm completely blocked at this point. I don't know what's going on here or how to resolve it. Any help would be appreciated as I am just DYING to get these OpenBor games working on this.

Resync and try again. I just pushed a dependency change for you.

BMovieBen

@zerojay I updated the RetroPie-Setup script, re-cloned the RetroPie-Extras repo and ran the script. Went through RetroPie-Setup, selected OpenBor, install from source, aaand got the same exact issue as before.

zerojay

@BMovieBen said in OpenBOR 6xxx OpenBeta Testphase:

@zerojay I updated the RetroPie-Setup script, re-cloned the RetroPie-Extras repo and ran the script. Went through RetroPie-Setup, selected OpenBor, install from source, aaand got the same exact issue as before.

I've done all I can do. The problem is on your end if you are still having this problem after I've corrected the dependency.

asanchez81

@zerojay I was able to run your script and install v6510 though now when I run openbor And select a game I get a message that there is no configuration. Would there be a step I missed to point the games to v6510?

zerojay

@asanchez81 said in OpenBOR 6xxx OpenBeta Testphase:

@zerojay I was able to run your script and install v6510 though now when I run openbor And select a game I get a message that there is no configuration. Would there be a step I missed to point the games to v6510?

Need more info.

BMovieBen

@asanchez81 If you installed zerojay's script properly, you should be able to launch directly into a pak rather than have to go into openBOR first. Where did you place your pak files?

agboju_logun

Good work on the script @zerojay, thanks!

I did run into a bit of bother getting it working initially and it took a few attempts to get it sorted so here's a bit of info just in case anybody else runs into the same issue.

The first couple of times I ran the 6510 script, I'd end up with openbor appearing under the ports folder and es_systems.cfg wasn't automatically updated to include an openbor entry.

At this point, I wasn't sure if this was the intended result so I manually added an entry into es_systems.cfg and stuck a few .paks in /roms/openbor. This resulted in the system appearing in ES but launching a rom just opened the pak selection menu rather than starting the selected game.

In the end, I got it to work by deleting the openbor.sh script from the ports folder (/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/ports) prior to running the 6510 script as I suspected that the ports script was inadvertently being invoked.

This time no openbor folder was created under ports and the script did add an entry into es_systems.cfg. I just had to make a small tweak to es_systems.cfg to include the extensions & fullname:

<extension>.PAK .pak</extension>
<fullname>OpenBOR</fullname>

I wasn't sure if the roms/openbor folder would be generated by the script but it needs it be added manually. Anyway, added a few .paks and they launch directly from ES now :)

One question I did have was about the Logs, Paks, Saves & Screenshots folders which have been created under /home/pi. Is there a config file that can be tweaked to change the location of these just so I can keep things tidy? No biggie if not!

GreenHawk84

Do you guys use a keyboard for exiting OpenBOR games? Can the controller be used?

BMovieBen

@greenhawk84 You can use either. There's an "exit game" option in the main menu of every openBor game.

agboju_logun

@greenhawk84 Aye, you’ll have to use the keyboard to set up the controller the first time you launch a game. You can save the changes in the config menu, this will apply the controller settings to all games.