3DS emulator for Pi users based on "Borked 3DS"

roslof

@Folly said in 3DS emulator for Pi users based on "Borked 3DS":

Committed improvements can be viewed here.
Script needs to be checked and tested again.

Thank you again Folly!

For me, when the emulator.cfg line is prepended env MESA_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE=GL_OES_texture_buffer runcommand seems to have a hard time. Guessing something to do with number of parameters since we're adding one?

Viewing /dev/shm/runcommand.log yields the following error before kicking back to ES:

Parameters:
Executing: env MESA_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE=GL_OES_texture_buffer XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/borked3ds/borked3ds "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/3ds/Angry Birds Star Wars (USA) (En,Fr,Es,Pt).3ds"
env: â€˜XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/borked3ds/borked3dsâ€™: No such file or directory

So I removed the environment variable from emulators.cfg and added it to es_systems.cfg in this location (which I believe was @gvx64's or @DTEAM's original idea:

<command>env MESA_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE=GL_OES_texture_buffer /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ 3ds %ROM%</command>

This yielded the correct log information in ~/.local/share/borked3ds-emu/log is specified by @gvx64: GL_OES_texture_buffer is available, utilizing primary code path

gvx64

@roslof OK, that wasn't supposed to happen. Thanks for letting me know. I will need to do some additional investigation to figure out how to get the install script to add the env var to /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg. I haven't seen it done in any other examples scripts and so I will have to do some digging.

Folly

@gvx64 @roslof

I think the runcommand didn't work because it was missing a semicolon.
The env part is a command not an option, by adding the semicolon, I think, it should work now.
The change can be viewed here.
Script needs to be checked and tested again.

@roslof
If you want you can test only the configure part by doing the following commands.

cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh borked3ds configure

That should only install the new runcommands.

Folly

@DTEAM

Found that it should be possible to add a configuration gui to the script.
I tested the "function gui_retroarch" from retroarch.sh and renamed it and placed it in the script.
It will then add an option for borked3ds in the configuration / tools menu.
This means that if we I create a function called "function gui_borked3ds" we can work from there,
and it should be possible to create something similar as the mamedev.sh script.

DTEAM

@Folly said in 3DS emulator for Pi users based on "Borked 3DS":

Found that it should be possible to add a configuration gui to the script.
I tested the "function gui_retroarch" from retroarch.sh and renamed it and placed it in the script.
It will then add an option for borked3ds in the configuration / tools menu.
This means that if we I create a function called "function gui_borked3ds" we can work from there,
and it should be possible to create something similar as the mamedev.sh script.

This is a good news.

In the PS2 script from Retropie Extra, they have write config settings at the end of the script.This is another example to preset the GUI.

Folly

@DTEAM said in 3DS emulator for Pi users based on "Borked 3DS":

@Folly said in 3DS emulator for Pi users based on "Borked 3DS":

Found that it should be possible to add a configuration gui to the script.
I tested the "function gui_retroarch" from retroarch.sh and renamed it and placed it in the script.
It will then add an option for borked3ds in the configuration / tools menu.
This means that if we I create a function called "function gui_borked3ds" we can work from there,
and it should be possible to create something similar as the mamedev.sh script.

This is a good news.

In the PS2 script from Retropie Extra, they have write config settings at the end of the script.This is another example to preset the GUI.

Depending of what we want to add that's indeed a way of adding config settings quite easily.
However if we want to add other or more stuff a gui could come in handy.
Examples could be :

predefined gamelists
cheats
joystick configs

just naming a few ideas.

roslof

@Folly said in 3DS emulator for Pi users based on "Borked 3DS":

Script needs to be checked and tested again.

Cheers, Folly. I'm having the same basic issue with the modification. For what it's worth, here are the contents of emulators.cfg post-change:

borked3ds-ui = "env MESA_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE=GL_OES_texture_buffer;XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/borked3ds/borked3ds"
borked3ds-roms = "env MESA_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE=GL_OES_texture_buffer;XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/borked3ds/borked3ds %ROM%"
default = "borked3ds-roms"

This is what runcommand is executing:

Executing: env MESA_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE=GL_OES_texture_buffer;XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/borked3ds/borked3ds "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/3ds/Angry Birds Star Wars.3ds"

and here is the bottom of runcommand.log:

_=/usr/bin/env
MESA_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE=GL_OES_texture_buffer
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1329: XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/borked3ds/borked3ds: No such file or directory

For now, on my local device, will revert to having the env command in es_systems.cfg and remove it from emulators.cfg (which works fine).

Folly

@roslof
Thanks for letting me know.

@DTEAM @ExarKunIv @gvx64
Do you have the same issue ?

Edit :
Turned off the launch_extension until there is a better solution.

Folly

@DTEAM

I added the basic structure for adding a Configuration/Options menu (also viewable from the main Configuration/Tools menu).
You can view the commit here .
Try to play with it and see how it works.
The "build_menu" code is basically code from the docsview script.
I also use that for the mamedev script, with the addition for showing and running stuff that is placed inside a CSV.
Here I used the special char □ as comma so commas can be used in the CSV.
If you somehow need to add " in the commands then use a backslash in front of it.
Let me know if you can work with that.

DTEAM

@Folly

It works, we can see options 1 to 4 . Maybe we could start (option 1 = pi5/pi4 settings and option 2 cheat codes) I didn't test a cheat code yet with that emulator. Here's a forum about it . I don't see sites with all the cheat codes ready to go. For Joystick, is there a way to match ES settings like Lr emulators?

Folly

@DTEAM said in 3DS emulator for Pi users based on "Borked 3DS":

@roslof

I have no games (many games) issue on my side for Pi5. It's probably un 3d parameter selected in the graphic options menu

If you go in

/home/pi/.config/borked3ds-emu

here's my settings

qt-config.ini

sdl2-config.ini

Game language is set to french. Youwill have to change it

You are talking about changing these ini files depending on rpi4 and rpi5 right ?
We might be able to do that without adding full ini-files.
If possible a good idea would be to change just the settings needed for that specific platform.
Something like this (copied from mame.sh) :

       iniConfig " " "" "$temp_ini_mame"
       iniSet "rompath"            "$romdir/$system;$romdir/arcade;$biosdir/$system"
       iniSet "hashpath"           "$md_inst/hash"

Edit :
Using the the cheat messages, from your link, to show up in the menu are likely not possible as the messages seem to be encrypted and only viewable in a browser.

For Joystick, is there a way to match ES settings like Lr emulators?

Don't know, we should do one by one thing, otherwise it's too much ;-)

Btw.
About the config files.
If needed, we can use curl to get the raw files from pastebin.

Folly

@DTEAM

Just made some working code to edit the qt-config.ini file.

"□Enable Gles□□iniConfig \"=\" \"\" \"/home/$user/.config/borked3ds-emu/qt-config.ini\";iniSet \"use_gles\" \"true\"□□□□□printMsgs dialog \"NO HELP\"□"
"□Disable Gles□□iniConfig \"=\" \"\" \"/home/$user/.config/borked3ds-emu/qt-config.ini\";iniSet \"use_gles\" \"false\"□□□□□printMsgs dialog \"NO HELP\"□"

The functions are explained in the inifuns.sh script.

Another example would be :

"□Overwrite qt-config.ini from pastebin□□curl https://pastebin.com/raw/KXEmXpjQ > \"/home/$user/.config/borked3ds-emu/qt-config.ini\"□□□□□printMsgs dialog \"NO HELP\"□"

Seems the user right are still "pi", but it might be that we need to add chown to the command in order to keep the correct rights.

Folly

Added a useful config option.

Retrodade

@Folly Question, I just tried instaling Borked 3DS on my pi5 and I got could not successfully (home/pi/Retropie-setup/setup/temp/build/borked3ds/build/bin not found) How I solve this? thanks

Folly

@Retrodade

What kind of distro version are you running and is it 32 bit or 64 bit ?
Can you add your log to pastebin ?

Retrodade

@Folly pi5 64bit, where is the log? i went to look at dev/shm i dont see any error logs, must be another location? thanks

Folly

@Retrodade said in 3DS emulator for Pi users based on "Borked 3DS":

@Folly pi5 64bit, where is the log? i went to look at dev/shm i dont see any error logs, must be another location? thanks

In /dev/shm you can only find the runcommand.log and not the RetroPie-Setup logs.

RetroPie-Setup gzipped logs are here :
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs

Find the one from when you tried to install Borked.
It should be the latest, if you didn't do anything else..
These logs can be read with the command zcat, like suggested by @gvx64 in post 6.
Pipe to the command more to pause the output like this :

zcat '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs/rps_2025-xx-xx-xxxxx.log.gz'|more

(use "enter" and "q" to see next line or to quit)

To get the .log file you can either unzip the file like this :

gzip -d '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs/rps_2025-xx-xx-xxxxx.log.gz'

Or redirect the output of zcat to a new file :

zcat '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs/rps_2025-xx-xx-xxxxx.log.gz' > mylog.log

Retrodade

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Installing dependencies for 'borked3ds' : 3DS Emulator borked3ds
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/borked3ds /home/pi

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Getting sources for 'borked3ds' : 3DS Emulator borked3ds
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Already on 'master'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Already up to date.
HEAD is now in branch 'master' at commit '1d680a076d3e2fdd652f17f65430ffe50bdee49d'
/home/pi
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/borked3ds /home/pi

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Building 'borked3ds' : 3DS Emulator borked3ds
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/ext/RetroPie-Extra/scriptmodules/emulators/borked3ds.sh: line 57: cd: /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/borked3ds/borked3ds: No such file or directory
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘build’: File exists
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:2 (cmake_minimum_required):
CMake 3.26 or higher is required. You are running version 3.25.1

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Error: could not find CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME in Cache
Could not successfully build borked3ds - 3DS Emulator borked3ds (/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/borked3ds/build/bin not found).
/home/pi

Log ended at: Tue Jun 24 03:09:27 PM BST 2025
Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 4 secs
i tried a second time, it wouldn't let me this is the log thanks

DTEAM

@Retrodade said in 3DS emulator for Pi users based on "Borked 3DS":

CMake 3.26 or higher is required. You are running version 3.25.1

You must update your CMAKE version

Folly

@Retrodade

Seems you used @DTEAM modulescript.
@DTEAM is correct, then you need to use a newer cmake version.

If you use my modulescript then a newer cmake is downloaded and used to build Borked.
Try to clean the source folder fists so you know that the latest source is cloned.

Tip read post 1.