Struggling to install OpenLara

AdamBeGood

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi4
Power Supply used: Pi Standard
RetroPie Version Used: 4.6
Built From: RetroPie website image

I tried to follow the below steps that I obtained from a link within this old forum post, they were written by @dudleydes : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/21660/best-tomb-raider-on-raspberry-pi/3

"I have managed to get OpenLara running the DOS version on my Pi 3 using the pre complied Alpha binary available from the Github page.

I haven't tested the game play much as I haven't managed to get the controls working well using a PS3 controller - I can move Lara, nothing else. In any case, here's I set up OpenLara on my system.

First, in the ports roms folder, I created a folder tomb where I placed the Tomb Raider game data. Then I ran the following commands to obtain the OpenLara binary. This can be done from the terminal or via SSH:

cd /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/tomb
wget https://github.com/XProger/OpenLara/releases/download/20180226/OpenLara_rpi.zip
unzip OpenLara_rpi.zip

Next, in the ports folder, I created a shell script, OpenLara.sh. You can do this using WinSCP, SAMBA shares (create a text file and rename it) or with the following command:

cd /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports
nano OpenLara.sh

To the script I added the following:

#!/bin/bash
pushd /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/tomb
./OpenLara
popd

Next I made the script executable by running the command:

cd /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports
chmod 0755 OpenLara.sh

I restarted ES and tested.

If you are using a version other than the DOS one, then please check the readme.txt file that should be in the tomb folder."

I substituted the wget line above with the below, as that was mentioned in the forum post.

wget https://github.com/XProger/OpenLara/releases/download/latest/OpenLara_rpi.zip

I am getting this error when I run the OpenLara.sh step.

~/RetroPie/roms/ports/tomb ~
* failed to add service - already in use?
~

Any idea what I am missing here? Is there a step not detailed above that I should have performed? Maybe something so obvious it is assumed?

mitu

@AdamBeGood said in Struggling to install OpenLara:

failed to add service - already in use?

This means the binary is created for the PI3 or older models with the BRCM graphics driver, which doesn't work on the Pi4 (with a different GPU and drivers). You'll either have to compile it from source or obtain a Pi4 compatible binary.

AdamBeGood

Oh God, well at least there is an answer! I guess if that is the latest version then no Pi4 compatible version has been produced.

Building it from source isn't something I would be comfortable with at all so I guess I'll park this one for now.

Thank you so much!

Edit: I spoke to the developer on a forum, he thinks the binary is built for a Pi 4.. but says that he hasn't tried RetroPie.

retropieuser555

Hi all, so I'm trying to test openlara on a pi zero 2 w and have brought Tomb Raider 1 from gog as it's on sale. But it's an exe file and I don't have access to a windows machine. Is there any quick and easy way to extract the files from my pi? Or i'd need to install wine etc?