Need help installing OpenRCT2

quicksilver

Im looking to try to run OpenRCT2 (Rollercoaster Tycoon 2)through retropie. It looks like it should be do-able but I am a little out of my depth. I found a previous thread that asked the same question from a few years back:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9132/openrct2-rollercoaster-tycoon-2-on-retropie

But he never reported back if he got it working. Just curious if anyone else has tried since then and if they were successful. If nobody has then I will try to muddle through the install instructions myself and see if I can get it working. If so, it would be a cool addition to the retropie ports section.

retropi19

@quicksilver said in Need help installing OpenRCT2:

Rollercoaster

hi you can try to build it from here

https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/wiki/Building-OpenRCT2-on-Linux

quicksilver

@retropi19 Thanks for the link. Have you had any success running the game? If so, have you been able to launch directly from emulation station?

retropi19

@quicksilver i havent try yet i have too many games to port im my list

quicksilver

@retropi19 I am trying to build it myself currently, Ill report back if I get it working. I have learned a lot about linux since I started playing with my raspberry pi but some of this is still a bit opaque for me.

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 The one linked in that guide is a bit outdated it seems.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