The Longest Journey

mitu

I'm not sure if you are going to test ResidualVM with the Pi 4 model.

ResidualVM works on the PI4 model, alas I don't have the game in my GOG library and didn't have the time to test this game in particular.
Is the normal game (i.e. non-HD remake) working ?

GeekOB

No @mitu, it is not. If I disable the HD mod, the main menu:

will display properly but the game will not run and exit back to the ResidualVM launcher.
If the HD mod is enabled the main menu screen is all black with only the mouse pointer, ©1999 Funcom, and the names of the options showing up when hovered over. Same behavior when trying to run the game.

mitu

I tried TLJ on the PI4, but it exits right when initialising the game. I'll try to get more info and maybe submit an issue to the residualVM project directly.

GeekOB

Thanks @mitu, that's probably the exact same issue I'm experiencing.
Let me know if there's anything I can do to help test/troubleshoot. I'll keep the game in my SD card just in case.

mitu

@GeekOB said in The Longest Journey:

Thanks @mitu, that's probably the exact same issue I'm experiencing.

Not quite the same issue, but it's quite similar in that's still a shader error.
While scouring for information on the project's Github repository, I stumbled upon this new addition which might help to run the game on a RPi3. You might want to keep an eye on it and - when the changes are merged - to update residualvm from source.

GeekOB

I'll definitely do that and let you know how it goes.
Thanks!

GeekOB

Hi @mitu,
I gave this a try again today as I saw the 0.4.0git version had some new commits, but now not even the main menu comes up, the game goes back to ES right after the runcommand dialog.
Can you see if the same is happening on your Pi4?

mitu

@GeekOB said in The Longest Journey:

Can you see if the same is happening on your Pi4?

I'll give it a shot, but the GLES improvement patch is still not yet merged.

GeekOB

@mitu I just wanted to put this final post here to close the loop.
I was able to test this game on a Raspberry Pi 4 using testing version of RetroPie, works beautifully!

mitu

@GeekOB That's good news ! Thanks for the follow-up.