OpenBOR 6xxx OpenBeta Testphase

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.

GreenHawk84

@agboju_logun okay thank you, I use the Xin-Mo USB controller for my Arcade cabinet and OpenBOR games would be super awesome if I could get them as their own system and have them use the control panel instead of a keyboard.

GreenHawk84

Hello, I am not very good at the SSH aspect of Retropie, but I think I did the Extras installation correctly by just copying the commands from Zerojays github into my Putty screen, it seemed to do something.

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/zerojay/RetroPie-Extra.git
cd RetroPie-Extra/
./install-extras.sh

And then I went into the Retropie setup menu from Emulationstation and ran the install openbor from Source. It added OpenBOR to the Ports menu and launched into the OpenBOR paks menu. I know this is not the intended outcome to do it, so I wonder where I went wrong?