Setting up Half-Life through RetroPie (A Guide)

[ExarKunIv]

@quicksilver is your binary any different then what zerojay already has in his collection for RetroPie-Extra. since in see in his script that it is installing from github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs

just wondering

[quicksilver]

@exarkuniv they're coming from the same source then. In fact zerojays is going to be more up to date than mine. At the time I created this post I don't believe zerojay had a script for half-life. His is probably the better way to go at this point though I haven't looked at it closely.

[ExarKunIv]

@quicksilver cool, just trying to help so not to make for work for people where its not needed

[luckyluca]

@quicksilver
Thanks for this guide.
I got it working, except it crashes to desktop everytime I try to assign a button in-game.
Has this been resolved?

I tried both compile from source in Retropie-Source, run from Binary, and your own Binary.

Also, would you kindly share your config.txt, I'm especially after mapping a menu button, as currently it is not possible to open the menu button with the 8bitdo joypad alone.

Many thanks!

EDIT:
I switched to xash3d-fwgs and everything works now

[richradd]

Are you the same QuickSilver from 15+ years ago
QuickSilver extreme?
http://qsextreme.com/

[quicksilver]

@richradd no that's not me

[eputley]

@quicksilver Does this still work? Im not seeing xash3d come up in my packages after i put "wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/sergiopoverony/xash3d/raw/master/xash3d.sh
" into my terminal.

[mitu]

@eputley The downloaded file needs to be placed in a certain folder, it won't work if you just download it somewhere. Run:

cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/ports
wget https://github.com/sergiopoverony/xash3d/raw/master/xash3d.sh

then run again RetroPie-Setup.

[ExarKunIv]

@eputley there is a updated script in the main repo for Retropie-Extra

https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra

[eputley]

@ExarKunIv Which folder is the code in? Im really not familar with these things.

[eputley]

@ExarKunIv Okay I downloaded it from the retropie experimental section, can I follow the instructions of this original post now? Or has anything else changed? Thanks for the help btw

[ExarKunIv]

@eputley the script is in the experimental section

And you just need to add your game files.
But this post will help with that

[eputley]

@ExarKunIv So I tried add my game files but unlike others in this thread I dont have a folder for Half life in my roms/ports/

[eputley]

@eputley So im not sure where to put my valve folder I tried putting it in the ports section but it wouldnt launch the game then I tried putting it in xash3d folder that didnt work either

[ExarKunIv]

@eputley is there a valve folder within xash3d-fwgs?

If so put it in there

[eputley]

@ExarKunIv Yes there is but it dowsnt contain all the files in my valve folder from steam, so I tried replacing it with my valve folder but it still wont launch

[eputley]

@eputley

[eputley]

@ExarKunIv And I did put my valve folder into the xash3d valve folder as well, maybe i need to remove everything and try again?

[ExarKunIv]

@eputley I believe you just need to put the contents of your valve folder into the valve folder in the xashd3-fwgs folder.

Sorry I'm at close to my pi right now

I know this is in the help part of the script

rp_module_help="Please add your full version Half-Life data files (folders /valve, /bshift and /gearbox) to $romdir/ports/xash3d-fwgs/ to play."

So tell me.

Are there other folders in side of the dashed folder.
There should be a gearbox, bshift and valve folder in there

[ExarKunIv]

@eputley everything that you showed me in the picture a few posts above need to stay in there that is what is needed to run the game on a pie

So if you did delete it no big deal just rerun the script

Then add the contents of your veil folder into that valve folder

So all your files other folders etc are going to be next to those files that you have in that picture