Suggestions for ports #2

ecto

Hi @ExarKunIv,
I tried some more of the srips on your Repo, and wanted to give some more feedback. There is not much to say, because so far everything worked flawlessly. I tried Shadowwarrior (excellent and almost fluent in 1080p) xash32 (works well with the posted config changes in 720p) . It's so good to see HL and it's expansions Blue Shift and Opposiong Force in their old glory on the big screen! Thanks a lot!

In fact I will change over all my other source ports to your scrips, as keeping them up to date is a lot easier that way. Next I'll probably try OpenJK JA and JO. Do you know the state JO is in? I have heard a lot of times that it's not very finished.

I will soon try out Hexen2. You have a GL and an RPI version, right? Does it make any difference? THe scripts are almost identical from what I gathered?

Dou you think buliding a script for re3 (Grand Theft Auto 3) is possible? It looks quite complicated though...

Also there is Exult, which was - IIRC - quite easy to install and would make a great addition...

ExarKunIv

@ecto

@ecto said in Suggestions for ports #2:

I will soon try out Hexen2. You have a GL and an RPI version, right? Does it make any difference? THe scripts are almost identical from what I gathered?

yes for the most part they are the same. just in mine im using the GL binary that is made. and the RPI version is not GL. to me they look the same but i only played a few minutes of it to make sure it works.

Dou you think buliding a script for re3 (Grand Theft Auto 3) is possible? It looks quite complicated though...

i would give it a try, but it is taken down off of github. so i will have to hunt it down. i think that Pikiss might have the binary. just not sure if it is going against rules since it has a DCMA take-down notice against it now

Also there is Exult, which was - IIRC - quite easy to install and would make a great addition
Im more then willing to take a look at it.

i am working on a few more new ports so ill add it to the list

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@exarkuniv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Exarkuniv/Hexen2-GL-RPi/Master/hexen2.sh

I've encountered an issue with Hexen II. I'm unable to get the CD-music playing, even after following these steps: http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/music.html

I've placed the corresponding OGG's in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/hexen2/data1/music/ but they're not being picked-up.

Any help is much appreciated!

PS. When I type "music casb3" in the console, the track actually plays, so it's in the right place. Could this be a compiler error?

ExarKunIv

@boolean said in Suggestions for ports #2:

S. When I type "music casb3" in the console, the track actually plays, so it's in the right place. Could this be a compiler error?

is very well can be, not sure what might be causeing it. ill see if any of the devs on the site might be able to point out the problem

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@exarkuniv I'm very curious what's causing this. Normally I'm able to resolve most issues myself, but this time it's beyond me why it isn't working. TIA!

ExarKunIv

@boolean i just updated my script.
i have music going for mine.
i have my music as ogg. and i saw i was missing the library for ogg
and in the settings you make sure its changed to use all codecs

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@exarkuniv So I just have to fetch the updated script and rebuild it from source? That would be awesome!

EDIT: I noticed that you've updated Hexen2-RPI, but I was using Hexen2-GL-RPi (for RPi4). Would you be so kind to fix that script as well?

ExarKunIv

@boolean yeah. i kinda forgot that i had 2. sorry.
its updated now.

mth75

For me, the must have port would be Thimbleweek Park

ExarKunIv

if someone where to release the source for it. we could give it a shot. but since that is a more modern game.

your best chance is to use steam link or something like that.

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@exarkuniv Thanks for updating it (and the time and effort you've put in all of this)! Have you tried it yourself after recompiling it? On my end it still doesn't play music. When set it to "all codecs" I hear a faint ticking/popping sound in the background during gameplay.

I've put the OGG files beneath in "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/hexen2/data1/music/".

casb3.ogg
casb2.ogg
casb1.ogg
roma3.ogg
roma2.ogg
roma1.ogg
meso3.ogg
meso2.ogg
meso1.ogg
egyp3.ogg
egyp2.ogg
egyp1.ogg
casa4.ogg
casa3.ogg
casa2.ogg
casa1.ogg

PS. When I write down "music casb3.ogg" in the console, it actually plays the track, but it also did that before I've recompiled it with your altered script.

ExarKunIv

@boolean odd.
yes i did try it before i responded back to you. i have a test card that i just wipe and start over when im working on things.

i have my music in
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/hexen2/data1/music

casa4.ogg
casa3.ogg
casa2.ogg
casa1.ogg
casb3.ogg
casb2.ogg
casb1.ogg
egyp3.ogg
egyp2.ogg
egyp1.ogg
meso3.ogg
meso2.ogg
meso1.ogg
roma3.ogg
roma2.ogg
roma1.ogg

mine is in a different order but that dont matter. and i just checked to make sure i was hearing the music right since i have not gone past the first level. but it is playing casa1.ogg on the first level.

i did find out that the portals/music is not playing, but the music from hexen2.

Not sure if you can do this, but if you have a spare card. do a clean load. update retropie and try hexen2 again with nothing else installed. maybe you have a conflict with something else.

ExarKunIv

@exarkuniv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

i did find out that the portals/music is not playing, but the music from hexen2.

ok looking at other post, that is normal. for the first few levels of PoP it will play music from hexen 2. so no problem there

im still looking into anything for your issue. its kinda hard since its working for mine

ExarKunIv

@boolean when you start the game. open the console and take a screenshot so i can see what yours is trying to enable.

i was playing around with the different drivers and ones that work still have the BGM. and the ones that dont have no sound at all

its just odd that its working fine on my build

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@exarkuniv The "music casa3" you see in the console is my manual input to test if the music is actually playable, so you can ignore that.

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I've tried everything, but there's no BGM unless I trigger it manually each level.

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@exarkuniv I've got a spare 128GB Samsung EVO microSD laying around somewhere on which I could try a clean install. I'll report back after I've tried it, thanks!

ExarKunIv

@boolean yeah. Your screen shot looks just like mine other then the controllers. I don't have mine set up. But everything else looks like mine.

This is now making me angry

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@exarkuniv Haha, don't be angry! I appreciate the time and effort you put into your work. The least I can do is test the provided scripts and report back my experience. Normally I would be able to come with a solution myself, but on this one I'm completely in the dark.

It would be awesome if the Retropie team added your repo to their knowledgebase/documentation. I'm sure many people would benefit from it. It's only by accident that I've stumbled upon this tread, otherwise I wouldn't have been aware of your work.

ExarKunIv

@boolean thanks. me wanting to get this out there for people to use is all i wanted.

@Philcomm and I will be working on a Guide for Retropie on github what will have all of this and more.

and thank you for all the input you are giving me. it does help to know what works and doesn't.

cyperghost

@exarkuniv I'm in if you want to have some scripts reviewed and/or updated