RetroPie Install

[tgaldi]

Hey - I just setup a Pi4 with RetroPie and trying to get Devilution installed. When I launch it in the ports menu I get the launch menu and then it pauses and returns to the ports menu.

I grabbed the latest release devilutionx-linux-armhf.7z.

Made sure sdl dependencies are installed.

I've created the folder retropie\roms\ports\diablo:

and I put this script (diablo.sh) in the ports directory:
#!/bin/bash
"/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh" 0 _PORT_ "diablo" ""

I set up the config file:

diablo = "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/diablo/devilutionx --data-dir /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/diablo"
default = "diablo"

[AJenbo]

Feel free to add this to the wiki rather than the discussion section, unless you are having problems with it?
https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/wiki

[tgaldi]

I haven't been able to get the game to launch.

[AJenbo]

Ok, you are not really describing anything specifically related to DevilutionX but just retro pie settings, so unless you have an error message or something I think you need to contact the Retro Pi community. You could add try doing this with a simple test application to narrow dow the issue you are having.

[AJenbo]

I'm not sure what you are asking for, you're not the only one asking, but once people figure it out they don't bother to write one either.

I think the names are fairly self-explanatory, but you can also view the options comment from the code here if that helps you.
https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/blob/master/Source/diablo.h#L22

[tgaldi]

Thanks, I was just going through the source looking for this.

I'm not sure if I'm using it incorrectly, but the settings are not working. I've put a diablo.ini inside the folder, and as a test tried to set the sound volume to 0:

[DevilutionX]
SoundVolume=0

[AJenbo]

It generates the file itself, if you don't want to use the normal path given by the os then overwrite it with --save-dir or --config-dir

You got the name and probably value wrong, but use the one it generates instead of trying to fill it out beforehand.

[tgaldi]

Excellent. --config-dir didn't work but --save-dir works.

Changed it in the emulators.cfg:
"/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/diablo/devilutionx --save-dir /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/diablo"

[tgaldi]

There wouldn't happen to be a way to reduce the UI for more gameplay real-estate?

[AJenbo]

you can increase the game area, that would make it take less of the total

[tgaldi]

ok and last question I swear - the sounds are sometimes distorted, is there a way to fix this?

Oh and how do I contribute all this information to the wiki?

[AJenbo]

ok and last question I swear

couldn't even stick to it for one post :D

1: you probably have a buggy version of SDL2 on ARM, you need to update it, check your distribution for options

2: add a new page to the wiki
https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/wiki/_new

[tgaldi]

Says I don't have permission to update this wiki.

[AJenbo]

see if you can edit now