lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!

DARKGATE73

Hi guys, i have more images of RETROPIE for raspberry pi4, "copies for security". Time ago i have install Duckstation on all my retropie SD, but on one sd the emu don't start anymore, first work perfectly.
I go on RETROPIE SETUP, search the package for reinstall the emu, but nothing, the emu is disappear, i have upgrade retroarch, the script for menu of retropie setup, but nothing.
Please someone can tell me what 's happened?
Thank you.

hawkes_84

@DARKGATE73 the developer took it down about 2 months ago

barbudreadmon

@DARKGATE73 You can use the libretro fork swanstation, which is still maintained.

Edit: oh wait, i'm just noticing there is no lr-swanstation setup script in retropie ? Any reason ?

DARKGATE73

@hawkes_84 said in lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!:

@DARKGATE73 the developer took it down about 2 months ago

Oh my god, why? On a my sd the emu work , but can drag and drop files or directories of the emu on the sd wich don't work anymore? There are games wich work only with duckstation.

windg

You can use the files from your backup to install lr-duckstation to the new copy. You need the lr-duckstation folder and the lr-duckstation.sh file. Then:

Put the folder lr-duckstation here :

/opt/retropie/libretrocores

Put the lr-duckstation.sh here :

/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores

From the terminal run :

cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup

and

sudo ./retropie_packages.sh lr-duckstation configure

You are ready. You can delete the lr-duckstation.sh to not have the error messages during the updates.

The pcsx-rearmed take a lot of updates recently maybe the games that didnt work before they are working now.
Also the RetroPie dev's, working to bring the standalone version of Duckstation : https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/3486

hawkes_84

@DARKGATE73 really don't know. I didn't have much issue with the PSX-REARMED one anyway so didn't mean much to me

barbudreadmon

@DARKGATE73 said in lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!:

Oh my god, why?

Relations between the duckstation project and the libretro project had been weird since the duckstation author made a drama out of a non-existing copyright issue in libretro code back in 2020 (he and another emu author accused some libretro code of being illegally copied from official sony ps3 sdk, but that code was actually gcc code under gpl license, meaning it was perfectly legal).

Somehow, things escalated recently, i'm not sure about the real reason. I've heard things but they seemed way too stupid to be the truth.

Refazeshot1

I play PlayStation the most on my setup. I did use duckstation but like many other I reverted back to stock. PSX ReArmed is loads better now. So many games work better then they ever did. Even if they did put Duckstation back up; id never go back.

pi2user

Why can't retropie just host the last binary build they have?

dankcushions

@pi2user said in lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!:

Why can't retropie just host the last binary build they have?

discussed here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/32196/how-are-core-inclusion-decisions-made

pi2user

Would it be permitted to provide download links here to the files windg mentioned in their instructions above, so that end users can add it to new retropie installations themselves?

mitu

@pi2user I think someone already posted a link to a backup version of them, but you can post them also if you'd like.

Darksavior

@pi2user @mitu
I altered the retropie lr-duckstation installer to point to batocera's github that's hosting the binaries. Delete if it's not allowed.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# This file is part of The RetroPie Project
#
# The RetroPie Project is the legal property of its developers, whose names are
# too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT.md file distributed with this source.
#
# See the LICENSE.md file at the top-level directory of this distribution and
# at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/master/LICENSE.md
#

rp_module_id="lr-duckstation"
rp_module_desc="PlayStation emulator - Duckstation for libretro"
rp_module_help="ROM Extensions: .exe .cue .bin .chd .psf .m3u .pbp\n\nCopy your PlayStation roms to $romdir/psx\n\nCopy compatible BIOS files to $biosdir"
rp_module_licence="PROP https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"
rp_module_section="exp"
rp_module_flags="!all arm !armv6 aarch64 64bit"

function __binary_url_lr-duckstation() {
    local url="https://github.com/batocera-linux/lr-duckstation/raw/master/duckstation_libretro_linux_"
    isPlatform "aarch64" && echo "${url}aarch64.zip"
    isPlatform "arm" && echo "${url}armv7.zip"
    isPlatform "x86" && isPlatform "64bit" && echo "${url}x64.zip"
}

function install_bin_lr-duckstation() {
    downloadAndExtract "$(__binary_url_lr-duckstation)" "$md_inst"
}

function configure_lr-duckstation() {
    mkRomDir "psx"
    ensureSystemretroconfig "psx"

    if isPlatform "gles" && ! isPlatform "gles3"; then
        # Hardware renderer not supported on GLES2 devices
        setRetroArchCoreOption "duckstation_GPU.Renderer" "Software"
    fi

    # Pi 4 has occasional slowdown with hardware rendering
    # e.g. Gran Turismo 2 (Arcade) race start
    isPlatform "rpi4" && setRetroArchCoreOption "duckstation_GPU.Renderer" "Software"

    # Configure the memory card 1 saves through the libretro API
    setRetroArchCoreOption "duckstation_MemoryCards.Card1Type" "NonPersistent"

    # dynarec segfaults without redirecting stdin from </dev/null
    addEmulator 0 "$md_id" "psx" "$md_inst/duckstation_libretro.so </dev/null"
    addSystem "psx"
}

mitu

@Darksavior said in lr-Duckstation disappear !!!????!!!:

Delete if it's not allowed.

It's ok, not sure why people keep asking that ? It's not like it's malware or copyrighted material (ROMS/BIOS).

Darksavior

@mitu The decision was made to remove the installer so I wasn't sure if it was allowed.

mitu

@Darksavior Even if it's not part of RetroPie-Setup, it's just another user contributed script - like RetroPie-Extras. We don't have a monopoly on what the user is able to install on their own system, though the This file is part of .. is now a bit misleading :).

Darksavior

@mitu I just altered the location to the binaries and nothing else so I didn't want to look like I'm taking credit for creating it. I can remove that whole section if you want.

ExarKunIv

lr-Duckstation is part of RetroPie-Extras.
it pulls batocera's github. just letting people know

windg

Good news, Duckstation updated recently,maybe the developer it's back to the project.

Clyde

@windg Well, that's interesting. There were several merged pull requests and commits to the repo.

Does anyone know more of this resumed activity by stenzek?

edit: People on Reddit don't have a clue either, the best guess that I read there was, while stenzek himself said that he won't work on DS anymore, he may still accept others' contributions.