Need help installing OpenRCT2

quicksilver

So I got it to build and was able to boot up the game. Im averaging 15-22 fps so its pretty playable. Hopefully someone who knows a bit more about these things can get a script setup to simplify the install and have the ability to launch straight from ES.

retropi19

@quicksilver can you post the info how you build it?

quicksilver

@retropi19 I mostly followed the instructions here:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=219430&p=1438684&hilit=Openrct2#p1438684

There is also an .ini file that you can set screen resolution, path to data files, windowed vs full screen modes etc.

retropi19

@quicksilver ok thanks what raspberry pi do you have 2 or 3?

quicksilver

@retropi19 3b+

I'm going to try to compile a newer version of openrct2. The one linked in that guide is a bit outdated it seems. I'm experiencing a weird bug with the in game pointer.

retropi19

@quicksilver do this before you try the new version install matchbox and launch the game from the build directory with:
xset -dpms s off s no blank matchbox-window-manager & ./openrct2 --openrct-data-path=../data

if it does not work this:

xset -dpms s off s no blank matchbox-window-manager & startx ./openrct2 --openrct-data-path=../data

in general its better to pass the game from the runcommand to have more speed and maybe to fix the pointer bug

its always better to have the latest version

retropi19

3b here do the 800 mhz more in total in the cpu have any speed that is been noticed?
or it feels the same?

quicksilver

@retropi19 I'll try with matchbox when I have a moment. Interestingly enough the CPU usage only is around 30-50% while running this game. I can't imagine the 200mhz difference between the 3b and the 3b+ will make much difference.

retropi19

we need something faster really quad core ok but at 1.8 or 2.2ghz each core this is speed

quicksilver

@retropi19 so I installed matchbox and ran the command you posted but it didn't understand the command xset. I apparently had to install something separate for that. Now it recognizes xset but says unable to open display. The game will still boot however but I don't think it's using matchbox.

retropi19

yeah i thought so its a whole process to make it work to pass-thou the whole runcommand
go here

https://github.com/zerojay/RetroPie-Extra/blob/master/scriptmodules/ports/firefox-esr.sh
save the script to your computer edit with sudo nano firefox-esr.sh
replace in the script the names and the descriptions eg instead of firefox put gridwars
and in the /usr/bin/executable section put the location of the executable with the executable in the end

retropi19

does the game works fine?

quicksilver

@retropi19 said in Need help installing OpenRCT2:

does the game works fine?

I havent been able to get it working properly. Unfortunately Im still a bit of a novice with this stuff.

retropi19

where do you stuck?

quicksilver

@retropi19 Im having a hard time compiling a newer version of OpenRCT2. I download the newer version from their site but when I try to build it it says it cant find cmake instructions or something like that

retropi19

you need to install this packages: sudo apt-get install make cmake

quicksilver

@retropi19 I believe I already did that as it required cmake with the older version of OpenRCT2 as well

retropi19

@quicksilver check it check also if you installed all the dependencies

quicksilver

@retropi19 according to the documentation I installed all the correct dependencies

retropi19

Did you delete the folder you compiled before the older version or you compiled on it the latest one? if not delete totally the folder and try the latest version

otherwise maybe the latest version is the problem try the 0.2.1 version and if it does the same try the 0.2.0

to create a shortcut do this

cd /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports
sudo nano Openrct2.sh
inside type the game location eg: cd /home/pi/openrct2 press enter to go a line under
and type the command that you start the game
finally press control+x and yes to save