Tile World update | PortMaster | Page 1

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 5:11 AM

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A.O. 03/12/2025

Update game logic which also updates support for the Ice Block.
Waits for input (original behavior) upon selecting a level so player can make immediate first move at level start (e.g. Level 39 in CCLP2 requires this).
Improved performance when standing on a 'Hint' tile (removed transparent backdrop that pretty much tanked framerate and switched to a high-contrast font that matches the aesthetic of the Atari Lynx version).
Reduce menu navigation delay.
Now uses GameSelector (originally by tekenfede) to select between mods.
Add option to maintain Aspect Ratio or stretch FullScreen from GameSelector/mod selection @ startup.

A.O. 04/24/2024 - Update to support muOS 2404 (aarch64)! Needed to add a few aarch64 libs for muOS 2404. Would like to ensure this is still working on all other CFWs.

Updated to now support armhf and x86_64 devices!
Tile World is a source port clone of Chip's Challenge. Everything is included and ready to run. Just launch the original Tile World (Chip's Challenge) or one of the theme mods and play!

Not only have I added armhf and x86_64 binaries and their respective libs, I've also removed aarch64 libs that likely interfered with the music on JelOS/X55/RGB30 & friends.

Control Menus with D-Pad and 'A' button
Control Hunter (this character has replaced Chip from the original game in this source port) with D-Pad
Access in-game menu by pressing 'A' or 'Start'

https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/93uwquhys3vzewb/TileWorld.7z/file

✅ RG351P/ArkOS
✅ RG351P/AmberELEC
✅ RG351P/JelOS
✅ RG351P/ROCKNIX
✅ RG353P/ArkOS
✅ RG503/ArkOS
✅ RG35XX H/muOS

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 6:05 AM

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Tile World update

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 6:24 AM

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<@&1216123318122577972>

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 8:43 AM

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@serene pine armhf on rg35xxplus for example does not need any of the lib sdl1.2 libs I think

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For now i need libjpeg.so.62

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the rest it didn't ask for

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Unfortunetaly I don't have that lib on my chroots

latent tulip Mar 12, 2024, 8:46 AM

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📎 libjpeg.so.62

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 8:54 AM

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Works now, these 3 libs are needed

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had to rename libvorbisidec.so.1.0.3 to libvorbisidec.so.1

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ok crashes

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😄

latent tulip Mar 12, 2024, 8:55 AM

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lmao

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 8:55 AM

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Thing is on muos

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😄

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when it crashes it does not clear the screen

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so it looks like th game is still running

latent tulip Mar 12, 2024, 8:56 AM

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oh yeah that old chestnut

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 8:57 AM

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@tawdry kayak fyi we commited to

DEVICE_ARCH="${DEVICE_ARCH:-aarch64}" instead of the 3 block if statement 🙂

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@latent tulip wasnt this problematic with muos?
GAMEDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )/tileworld"

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@serene pine for logging we now try to use
> "$GAMEDIR/log.txt" && exec > >(tee "$GAMEDIR/log.txt") 2>&1

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This clears the 2>&1 | tee -a $GAMEDIR/log.txtwhich is problematic on some cfw and also removes the need for $ESUDO rm $GAMEDIR/log.txt

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$ESUDO chmod 666 /dev/uinput this is used if xbox360 mode is used for gptokeyb I think

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@latent tulip

unset SDL_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG
unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH```
these two lines are they necessary in the .sh?

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I'Ve seen some people using thes

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I thought they were unset anyway after the .sh quits

latent tulip Mar 12, 2024, 9:02 AM

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novel lava <@449527391157485568> wasnt this problematic with muos? `GAMEDIR="$( cd "$( dirn...

yes

latent tulip Mar 12, 2024, 9:02 AM

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novel lava I thought they were unset anyway after the .sh quits

Yeah should be

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 9:07 AM

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Fixed up script

📎 Tile_World_Chips_Challenge.sh

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Unfortunetaly still segfaults

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[email protected]'s password:
[~]# ./Tile\ World\ \(Chip\'s\ Challenge\).sh
-sh: ./Tile World (Chip's Challenge).sh: not found
[~]# cd /mnt/mmc/ports/
[/mnt/mmc/ports]# ./Tile\ World\ \(Chip\'s\ Challenge\).sh
# RG35XX PLUS - muOS
CFW_NAME=muOS
CFW_VERSION=2403 PLUSH v10
DEVICE_NAME=RG35XX PLUS
DEVICE_ARCH=armhf
DEVICE_RAM=1
DISPLAY_WIDTH=640
DISPLAY_HEIGHT=480
ANALOG_STICKS=0
'//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/rc.hh.original' -> '//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/rc'
'//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/atiles_orig.png' -> '//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/atiles.png'
Segmentation fault
[/mnt/mmc/ports]# ./Tile World (Chip's Challenge).sh: line 39: systemctl: not found

hidden ingot Mar 12, 2024, 9:36 AM

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Thanks for picking this up!
Working fine on RGB30/JELOS

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to make it run the 32bit version on JELOS, I used this test sh and had to copy libjpeg.so.8 to libjpeg.so.62

./tworld-hh.armhf: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

don't have an 32bit only device to check further

📎 Tile_World_Chips_Challenge.sh

dull stump Mar 12, 2024, 11:18 AM

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oh geeze, the stupid windows defender really does not like your archive 😄 😄

dull stump Mar 12, 2024, 11:54 AM

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Anyway, works fine on 353VS / OGA Arkos. It launches on 353VS / Jelos (bsp build), though for whatever reason it took somewhat longer to load, not sure why. It doesnt run on mainline build (OGA or ACE) with:
error: [oshw-sdl/sdloshw.c:131] Cannot initialize SDL system: wayland not available error: [tworld.c:2053] cannot initialize program due to previous errors

This also applies to the version already uploaded to the Portmaster

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 12:03 PM

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dull stump Anyway, works fine on 353VS / OGA Arkos. It launches on 353VS / Jelos (bsp build...

Good old mainline working just fine everywhere 😛

dull stump Mar 12, 2024, 12:05 PM

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indeed! 😄

hidden ingot Mar 12, 2024, 12:06 PM

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does it work on mainline when you add
export SDL_VIDEODRIVER = kmsdrm to the .sh?

dull stump Mar 12, 2024, 12:08 PM

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still the same, at least on Ace. I will check on OGA, but I expect the same result

hidden ingot Mar 12, 2024, 12:10 PM

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dang

dull stump Mar 12, 2024, 12:13 PM

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yeah, unsuprisingly the same

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 1:33 PM

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Thanks for checking this out, everyone! I'm going to make adjustments to the 32-bit one as well as address the shell scripts. Would I be correct to assume that the RG35xx plus also only uses KMS for display?

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 1:34 PM

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serene pine Thanks for checking this out, everyone! I'm going to make adjustments to the 32...

Pretty much yeah, but strangely does not need sdl1.2 compat

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 1:35 PM

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Aha! So I should remove sdl1.2-compat from the libs folder entirely, then? I'm guessing the devs of muos included those...?

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Since it was segfaulting on ya, I'm thinking of re-compiling it in a diff environment.

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 1:37 PM

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serene pine Aha! So I should remove sdl1.2-compat from the libs folder entirely, then? I'm...

Idk the games just worked xD

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Without me adding anything

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 1:40 PM

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That's conveninet, at least 👍 Pretty slick.
I'm guessing you don't have it running on the RG35xx+ still?

tawdry kayak Mar 12, 2024, 1:48 PM

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Everything good here?

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 1:59 PM

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serene pine That's conveninet, at least 👍 Pretty slick. I'm guessing you don't have it ru...

Its on there

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 1:59 PM

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tawdry kayak Everything good here?

https://tenor.com/view/what-hello-yes-say-what-gif-15655177

Tenor

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 2:05 PM

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I haven't recompiled, but I'm going to repackage it in a moment. Just those 3 libs, you say?

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I also noticed that systemctl error above which makes me wonder if the mods are getting applied.

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 2:14 PM

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serene pine I haven't recompiled, but I'm going to repackage it in a moment. Just those 3 l...

yeah

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 2:15 PM

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serene pine I also noticed that systemctl error above which makes me wonder if the mods are ...

you mean these ?

cp -f -v $GAMEDIR/res/rc.hh.original $GAMEDIR/res/rc
cp -f -v $GAMEDIR/res/atiles_orig.png $GAMEDIR/res/atiles.png```

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 2:19 PM

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Yep

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 2:20 PM

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Should yeah

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 4:41 PM

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Hang loose, I'm getting that error Ganimoth pointed out on my RG351P/JelOS and I'm trying to figure out what the h311 it wants. I'll report back when I find out more of what the deal is.

dawn flint Mar 12, 2024, 7:24 PM

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Game does take a long load at rgb30 jelos, when finally in main menu, game doesn't start (waited couple of minutes, after hitting start)

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 8:56 PM

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@dawn flint Do you have a log.txt you can put up by chance?

dawn flint Mar 12, 2024, 8:59 PM

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serene pine <@1058719336048644156> Do you have a log.txt you can put up by chance?

I deleted, but only thing (with portmaster earlier version too) is pulse audio didn't start or not found. That error went away at portmaster version when doing export spla plugin.... But didn't fix the slow loading or entering the game.

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 9:07 PM

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I hear ya. I had this working on Jel, Ark and Amber for a good time, but now it just refuses to load on JelOS and I'm not sure what to make of it. I've tried different libs, different envars, running the 32-bit just for grins... I just can't figure out what the deal is. I can't even get to the menu because of the wayland error, but if I set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=kmsdrm it tells me there's no kmsdrm available, either. It's quite wild what I'm witnessing.

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 9:07 PM

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serene pine I hear ya. I had this working on Jel, Ark and Amber for a good time, but now it...

Square 1, how did you compile it?

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 9:08 PM

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The aarch64 one I compiled directly using ArkOS
The armhf one I compiled in a Debian 10 Buster armhf chroot

novel lava Mar 12, 2024, 9:09 PM

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serene pine The aarch64 one I compiled directly using ArkOS The armhf one I compiled in a De...

What source?

serene pine Mar 12, 2024, 9:11 PM

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I have the source included in a 7z, but you can grab it here:
https://github.com/Slayer366/tileworld-for-handhelds

serene pine Mar 13, 2024, 5:25 AM

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I'm having all kinds of problems getting it working in JelOS, but it works just fine in Unofficial OS. Still trying to figure out what JelOS isn't happy with.

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 2:25 AM

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I THINK I GOT IT!!!

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 6:27 AM

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serene pine I THINK I GOT IT!!!

What changed?

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 6:27 AM

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novel lava What changed?

Did it work for ya?

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 6:28 AM

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serene pine Did it work for ya?

Still in bed xD

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 6:29 AM

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LOL I gotcha. The more I messed with it the silliest thing seemed to be the issue. I discovered it when I SSH'ed into JelOS on my RG351P and started trying things from the terminal with it. Seems to have been the XDG_RUNTIME envar that was causing the whole thing to "crap the bed" particularly with JelOS for some strange reason.

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So I figured it would just be best to remove it entirely and see what happens. Then it fired right up. I also remember you saying "The less configuration needed in the script the better" so I went with that mentality when making the change.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 6:34 AM

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serene pine LOL I gotcha. The more I messed with it the silliest thing seemed to be the iss...

I use xdg data or config in my script. Never xdg runtime. Was there a reason you used that?

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 6:35 AM

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novel lava I use xdg data or config in my script. Never xdg runtime. Was there a reason you...

Originally when I would get those XDG_RUNTIME errors when ArkOS would complain about it not being set. This was one of the games I did that I apparently neglected to remove it.

dawn flint Mar 14, 2024, 7:27 AM

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Oh yeah! Will test this evening when I get home

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 8:06 AM

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Unfortunetaly still segfaults after the first screen

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but i have that one couple of ports so not necessarily your ports fault 🙂

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 10:05 AM

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novel lava but i have that one couple of ports so not necessarily your ports fault 🙂

A bit comforting to know. I'm still happy to try to resolve it if possible, of course. I had the log file report an issue accessing a configuration file, but didn't stop it from running on my device nor did it stop it from writing to the config file, however, I wouldn't be surprised to find that this may be causing the issue on other units.

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@novel lava See if this doesn't fix the crash?

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 10:34 AM

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serene pine <@576856879586738206> See if this doesn't fix the crash?

Changelog?

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 11:05 AM

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serene pine A bit comforting to know. I'm still happy to try to resolve it if possible, of ...

Afraid not

[/mnt/mmc/ports]# ./Tile\ World\ \(Chip\'s\ Challenge\).sh
# RG35XX PLUS - muOS
CFW_NAME=muOS
CFW_VERSION=2403 PLUSH v10
DEVICE_NAME=RG35XX PLUS
DEVICE_ARCH=armhf
DEVICE_RAM=1
DISPLAY_WIDTH=640
DISPLAY_HEIGHT=480
ANALOG_STICKS=0
'//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/rc.hh.original' -> '//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/rc'
'//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/atiles_orig.png' -> '//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/atiles.png'
Segmentation fault
[/mnt/mmc/ports]# ./Tile World (Chip's Challenge).sh: line 50: systemctl: not found

echo locust Mar 14, 2024, 1:29 PM

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On RG503/ArkOS I tried to exit with SELECT+START and now game input is dead and the it's still running. Something might be up with the gptokeyb.

dull stump Mar 14, 2024, 1:29 PM

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so far I only tried on Jelos, works on both bsp 3566 (353VS) and mainline (OGA and ACE) builds

echo locust Mar 14, 2024, 1:30 PM

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I've seen some issues with gptokeyb when there is a "." in the name of the process.

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On ArkOS the name of the process is "./tworld-hh.aarch64 -F"

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I ran into this before... have to remember how I fixed it.

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This is the fix for ArkOS... change:
$GPTOKEYB "tworld-hh.${DEVICE_ARCH}" -c "$GAMEDIR/tileworld.gptk" &
to
$GPTOKEYB "./tworld-hh.${DEVICE_ARCH}" -c "$GAMEDIR/tileworld.gptk" &

dull stump Mar 14, 2024, 2:41 PM

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oh and now it also works on Emuelec / OGA

echo locust Mar 14, 2024, 2:47 PM

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🙂

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 4:27 PM

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echo locust On RG503/ArkOS I tried to exit with SELECT+START and now game input is dead and ...

Nice. I haven't had a chance to check, but I assume this fix/change for ArkOS can work for all systems, too?

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If so I'll make this change for across the board

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I have an idea

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It's not the pretties thing in the world, but it worked.

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Thanks @echo locust

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Still hoping I can find a fix for the systemctl error on those other systems

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Forums online claim it to be related to not having systemd

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 4:40 PM

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serene pine Still hoping I can find a fix for the systemctl error on those other systems

That's not an error

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Also comes on working games

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 4:40 PM

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TurtleThink

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 4:40 PM

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that's for arkos only

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The segementation fault is the error 😛

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 4:41 PM

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I don't get the systemctl message on ArkOS

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 4:41 PM

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because ark has systemctl

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as do the others

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muos don't

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 4:41 PM

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Rightrightright

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 4:41 PM

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😛

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 4:42 PM

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Well, whaddaya think?

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Is there a workaround for that segfault I could try? Wished I had a unit to play with.

dawn flint Mar 14, 2024, 7:08 PM

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Nice, boots fast on rgb30 jelos now and all works!

Some minors:

select+start doesn't force close, but no input possible anymore (timer still counts and music plays, had to use reset button)
main menu seems to have 0.5s input lag dpad
stretch video possibility (just curious, don't build it if it takes a lot of time) ?

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 7:33 PM

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dawn flint Nice, boots fast on rgb30 jelos now and all works! Some minors: - select+start ...

Right on!
The start+select not quitting, is that with the latest download here? If so, I have another way to address that I think.
The main menu having that delay is from the SDL_Dealy function that was implemented by the first dev who coded this handheld edition. I can reduce the delay easily enough and re-compile it if it'll help make it a bit less annoying to move the cursor in the menu.
The video stretch is automatically done by sdl12-compat and I'm not sure if I can set an envar to tell sdl12-compat to do a full stretch. The best way to have that done reliably (which I've been trying to do myself) is to re-write the whole game to use SDL2 directly using textures and SDL_Renderer, but my skills are subpar and I'm not sure how to manipulate the surfaces, sprites, fonts, etc. directly with using SDL_Texture which would give me full control to stretch the display using SDL_RenderSetLogicalSize and SDL_Hint to suggest scaling methods which works wonders when it's written directly for SDL2 Texture and Renderer, but every time I've tried to do this myself, I've broken it badly because I suck at programming 😂

dawn flint Mar 14, 2024, 7:37 PM

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serene pine Right on! The start+select not quitting, is that with the latest download here? ...

Yeah latest, 17:36 post, (on final jelos build). The delay is only slightly annoying in main and overlay menu in game.

Fair enough, no full screen then. Don't put too much time in it, we're already happy with this LinkYay

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 7:38 PM

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dawn flint Yeah latest, 17:36 post, (on final jelos build). The delay is only slightly anno...

That's cool. It actually wouldn't take me too long to change the delay, but I think I'll focus on getting the Start+Select process killer fixed first and foremost.

dawn flint Mar 14, 2024, 7:39 PM

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serene pine That's cool. It actually wouldn't take me too long to change the delay, but I t...

Since the systemctl also doesn't work, I couldn't kill the 'process' via ssh. So yeah that's an issue for some users, having to reset if it might happen (I try to close most ports via the 'good' way though, but in testing...)

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 8:00 PM

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I've set a condition to check if it's running on Ark so it sets GPTOKEYB depeding on the OS. That should finally (and hopefully) fix the Start+Select sitch.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 8:03 PM

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Why so complicated 😄

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You only have to rename the binary and it will fix it for all CFWs

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that's because the process name in ark is different so it doesn't find it

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Please don't

isitarkos=$(grep "title=" /usr/share/plymouth/themes/text.plymouth)
if [[ $isitarkos == *"ArkOS"* ]]; then
  $GPTOKEYB "$GAMEDIR/tworld-hh.${DEVICE_ARCH}" -c "$GAMEDIR/tileworld.gptk" &
else
  $GPTOKEYB "tworld-hh.${DEVICE_ARCH}" -c "$GAMEDIR/tileworld.gptk" &
fi```

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+370 ports and not once we had to implemnt something like this

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btw we have for some time now device_info which also includes cfw names

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Your problem is this
"$GAMEDIR/tworld-hh.${DEVICE_ARCH}"

instead of

"tworld-hh.${DEVICE_ARCH}"

is looking for the process name but a path was given into the process name

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 8:44 PM

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That's what fixed it not killing on ArkOS

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 8:45 PM

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serene pine That's what fixed it not killing on ArkOS

ideally we can just rename it and it will work

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else all multiarch ports are broken on ark

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maybe they are? 😄

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If they are we need to rethink the approach

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 8:49 PM

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I'm not sure tbh. I only just now discovered this myself. I renamed the bins with underscores instead of dots, but it didn't change. I'm not sure what this problem is.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 8:50 PM

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serene pine I'm not sure tbh. I only just now discovered this myself. I renamed the bins w...

try renaming the whole thing to test

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try that first

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then add the .arch thing

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:01 PM

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Okay. What all do I rename to test to check it?

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 9:02 PM

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serene pine Okay. What all do I rename to test to check it?

just the binary

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i can test tomorrow too 🙂

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:04 PM

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novel lava i can test tomorrow too 🙂

I appreciate ya

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@novel lava Sorry, bro. I tried what you said just now and it worked like that. I think I know what's doing it and I'm kind of surprised. Apparently it doesn't like there being a hyphen in my filename is my guess.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 9:10 PM

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serene pine <@576856879586738206> Sorry, bro. I tried what you said just now and it worked ...

Maybe we can find out what exactly to avoid it in the future

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I saw it a couple of times

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:11 PM

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I don't mind removing the hyphen from the executables if that's all I have to do to it tbh.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 9:11 PM

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serene pine I don't mind removing the hyphen from the executables if that's all I have to do...

but then it would be a gptokeyb bug 😛

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or both

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😄

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:12 PM

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novel lava but then it would be a gptokeyb bug 😛

Hmm... this is true

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 9:12 PM

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klops is rewriting gptokeyb anyway 😛

echo locust Mar 14, 2024, 9:12 PM

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gptokeyb needs it. On ArkOS I see all the converted keystrokes on the screen when the port ends.

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:13 PM

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That's cool. I wonder if that'll include the keys I put in, too! That'd be exciting.

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:14 PM

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echo locust gptokeyb needs it. On ArkOS I see all the converted keystrokes on the screen wh...

This ^
I agree if that can be cleared up. I'm not completely certain that this is gptokeyb specifically because I've seen those keystrokes appear when I use a keyboard while a process is stuck running even when I don't have gptokeyb loaded when testing on-device.

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That one might be a bit tricky, but perhaps not impossible.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 9:15 PM

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We'll figure it out

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:16 PM

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You masters always do

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I'm not being sarcastic, either. Y'all are amazing at what you do. I try to contribute where I can, but I'm just a peon compared to the half of ya's.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 9:19 PM

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serene pine I'm not being sarcastic, either. Y'all are amazing at what you do. I try to co...

Yeah I also feel like a peon 😄

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:22 PM

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Q: Shall I wait to see what new version of gptokeyb kloptops builds at this point before I make any more modifications?

echo locust Mar 14, 2024, 9:23 PM

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novel lava Why so complicated 😄

Yeah that works better. I'm not worthy!

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 9:23 PM

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serene pine Q: Shall I wait to see what new version of gptokeyb kloptops builds at this poin...

nah that will take some time 🙂

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:25 PM

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echo locust Yeah that works better. I'm not worthy!

Lol you're good. It was still an interesting workaround despite not being the recommended way. Despite not being "regulation", experimentation is always encouraged.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 9:26 PM

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^^

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Me when doing something new and kloptops comes around the corner

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https://tenor.com/view/modern-family-spray-squirt-annoyed-irritated-gif-11864636400230753109

Tenor

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 9:33 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/lol-dinosaurs-thebaby-hahaha-funny-gif-3915552729604807489

Tenor

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I know it's still broken on the RG35XX PLUS yet

dawn flint Mar 14, 2024, 10:03 PM

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serene pine I know it's still broken on the RG35XX PLUS yet

Just tried before sleeping, still breaks input here.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 10:12 PM

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dawn flint Just tried before sleeping, still breaks input here.

What device and os?

dawn flint Mar 14, 2024, 10:14 PM

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novel lava What device and os?

Rgb30, final jelos.

novel lava Mar 14, 2024, 10:14 PM

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dawn flint Rgb30, final jelos.

kk I'll test tomorrow

serene pine Mar 14, 2024, 10:15 PM

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Thanks, guys. I'm really determined to get this working and "polished".

novel lava Mar 15, 2024, 11:04 AM

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@serene pine can you build me a debug version?

echo locust Mar 15, 2024, 1:20 PM

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I'm up to level 9 on my RG503/ArkOS. Works and sounds great.

serene pine Mar 15, 2024, 5:17 PM

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novel lava <@171818107323678721> can you build me a debug version?

I sure can. aarch64 or armhf?

novel lava Mar 15, 2024, 5:27 PM

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serene pine I sure can. aarch64 or armhf?

Armhf that's the one not working 😛

serene pine Mar 15, 2024, 6:21 PM

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@novel lava

novel lava Mar 15, 2024, 6:29 PM

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serene pine <@576856879586738206>

Thanks!

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hmmmz

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not much info

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[/mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld]# gdb ./tworldhh_armhf_debug
GNU gdb (GDB) 8.1
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
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Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
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For help, type "help".
Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
Reading symbols from ./tworldhh_armhf_debug...done.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/tworldhh_armhf_debug
warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available.
[New LWP 2169]
[New LWP 2170]
[New LWP 2171]
[New LWP 2172]
[New LWP 2173]
[New LWP 2174]
[New LWP 2175]
[New LWP 2176]
[New LWP 2177]
[LWP 2177 exited]
loadimages path: ./res/atiles.png
Loading settings from file: ./port_cfg

Thread 1 "tworldhh_armhf_" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0xf755b23c in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0xf755b23c in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0xf766193c in ogg_stream_clear () from /usr/lib/libogg.so.0
#2  0x00000e4a in ?? ()
Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
ALSA lib pcm.c:8684:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred

Thread 1 "tworldhh_armhf_" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0xf754cd60 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) continue
Continuing.
Unable to fetch general registers.: No such process.
(gdb) [LWP 2176 exited]

serene pine Mar 15, 2024, 7:26 PM

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It almost appears as if the process got renamed mid-runtime

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That shouldn't be possible, though

novel lava Mar 15, 2024, 7:33 PM

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serene pine It almost appears as if the process got renamed mid-runtime

Where did you see that?

serene pine Mar 15, 2024, 7:40 PM

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Thread 1 "tworldhh_armhf_" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.

serene pine Mar 15, 2024, 8:14 PM

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@dawn flint How bad does the scaling look on the RGB30 (out of curiosity)?

dawn flint Mar 15, 2024, 8:18 PM

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serene pine <@1058719336048644156> How bad does the scaling look on the RGB30 (out of curios...

Not bad, I just like such games to make use of the whole screen

serene pine Mar 15, 2024, 8:27 PM

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dawn flint Not bad, I just like such games to make use of the whole screen

Gotcha. I agree with you 100%, just wished I knew how to fix it. I was asking because I was afraid you had a small square for the game's screen in the middle of the display with all borders. I was hoping it wasn't that bad.

dawn flint Mar 15, 2024, 8:27 PM

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serene pine Gotcha. I agree with you 100%, just wished I knew how to fix it. I was asking ...

No it's normal 4:3 I think.

serene pine Mar 15, 2024, 8:28 PM

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dawn flint No it's normal 4:3 I think.

Gotcha. Yep. It's been set to a fixed 640x480 internally and it just upscales or downscales depending on the device res.

serene pine Mar 15, 2024, 9:12 PM

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@novel lava Ooc, what's the version of libc6 on that device/OS (muOS, was it)?

novel lava Mar 15, 2024, 9:12 PM

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ouhh

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😄

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good question

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 6:16 AM

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@novel lava I got to trying some things just to be adventurous and I may have found something out. It would seem that the libs that sit between the game and the OS in question (especially armhf, apparently) can easily cause it to segfault amongst other odd behaviours. I went as far as to pull out my ASUS TinkerBoard and grab an Armbian Focal Fossa Image (with GLIBC 2.31) and compile it there. I then found a command that copies all needed dependencies and their needed dependencies in one go. When transferring the mass of libs over to ArkOS with the newly compiled armhf tworld, I got segfaults. When I ran it with minimal libs, it ran just fine as long as I passed sdl12-compat to it (for the obvious reasons). This leads me to think that a very specific set of libs (even if very few in number) may be required for muOS 🤷‍♂️

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I'd be happy to toss you the whole package of libs and the new executable, but I understand if you don't have time to tinker with it.

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 7:19 AM

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serene pine I'd be happy to toss you the whole package of libs and the new executable, but I...

The thing is the application will complain if a library is missing

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So the way I test is remove all libd

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And only add the one it asks for

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And that's what I did

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And I also get the title screen

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After that it crashed

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 9:10 AM

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Drat, that's right! Nvm... hrrrmmmm...

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 12:15 PM

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@serene pine ```[/mnt/mmc/ports]# ./ldd --version
ldd (Debian GLIBC 2.36-9+rpt2+deb12u4) 2.36
$Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
$Written by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper.

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 4:31 PM

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Ok cool. Good to know

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 9:35 PM

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I've dialed back the menu delay. I've done some very minor changes for armhf, but I'm farily certain it still isn't going to work.

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 9:44 PM

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@serene pine just for reference. This was the other game that got a segfault for me one armhf

https://portmaster.games/detail.html?name=alchemyquest

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 9:48 PM

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Gotcha.

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Is it possible it's related to ogg playback you think? I see that Alchemy Quest has an ogg track for music as well and I noticed this in your gdb output above:
#1 0xf766193c in ogg_stream_clear () from /usr/lib/libogg.so.0

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You said you get the title screen right before it crashes. If I understand correctly, you never made it to the main menu?

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 9:52 PM

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yep

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like a credit screen

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 9:54 PM

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Fitting. Because the title screen shows up while it loads the image assets for the game which doesn't take long. Once it loads those assets, it then prints "PRESS ANY BUTTON" and in that very moment it begins playing the main menu ogg music track. I'm believing that the ogg playback is causing the crash.

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If you haven't tried it yet, I dropped the libogg.so.0 armhf lib in the libs.armhf folder in the event it may do something.

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 9:56 PM

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perfect

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 9:56 PM

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I've also recompiled the armhf binary using my Tinker Board with Focal Fossa.

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Bringing it up from libc 2.27 to 2.31 (just above ArkOS for compatibility and to get it up a bit higher, but you knew this already 😛 )

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 9:59 PM

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serene pine If you haven't tried it yet, I dropped the libogg.so.0 armhf lib in the libs.arm...

Uhm

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thats not in there 😄

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maybe we need to add it

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maybe the one from muos is broken

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 10:01 PM

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Which one did ya grab?

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 10:02 PM

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serene pine Which one did ya grab?

from my armhf chroot

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 10:02 PM

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Oh

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I thought you were talking about my recent upload lol

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 10:03 PM

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ah no

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should not matter

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@serene pine

'//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/rc.hh.original' -> '//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/rc'
'//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/atiles_orig.png' -> '//mnt/mmc/ports/tileworld/res/atiles.png'
sh: show_splash.sh: not found
loadimages path: ./res/atiles.png
Loading settings from file: ./port_cfg
Error: Mix_LoadMUS("music/menumusic.ogg"): Couldn't open 'music/menumusic.ogg'
Loading last level played in levelset (in ~/.tworld/port_cfg): 2

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Game runs

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i deleted the .ogg files

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 10:08 PM

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Aha. You can actually play if the music is removed?

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 10:09 PM

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Yes

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 10:10 PM

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Okay. Gotcha.

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Thoughts?

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 10:11 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/parks-and-rec-who-broke-gif-23407071

Tenor

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muos problem 🙂

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I reported it

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 10:11 PM

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Cool. Looks like we play the waiting game for a bit then...

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 10:11 PM

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🙂

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 10:13 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/heavenly-joy-yes-yas-girl-excited-gif-13602201

Tenor

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 10:14 PM

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serene pine https://tenor.com/view/heavenly-joy-yes-yas-girl-excited-gif-13602201

Good job!

serene pine Mar 16, 2024, 10:15 PM

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novel lava Good job!

Same! You do an excellent job helping 👍

novel lava Mar 16, 2024, 10:15 PM

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serene pine Same! You do an excellent job helping 👍

https://tenor.com/view/teamwork-gif-11937128885494742584

Tenor

serene pine Apr 3, 2024, 7:11 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/fair-step-right-up-folks-ringmaster-barnum-and-bailey-circus-ringmaster-gif-16911616

Tenor

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Just tested on my RG35XX H/muOS and re-tested on RG351P/ArkOS and all is working including the ogg tracks on the RG35XX H! I have additionally added x86_64 so anyone willing to do testing and inspection

serene pine Apr 7, 2024, 3:00 AM

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@novel lava Should I call Port Navigators or should I not worry too much about the x86_64 port?

novel lava Apr 7, 2024, 6:32 AM

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serene pine <@576856879586738206> Should I call Port Navigators or should I not worry too mu...

We don't have any x64 testers

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Monkey

novel lava Apr 7, 2024, 6:33 AM

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serene pine <@576856879586738206> Should I call Port Navigators or should I not worry too mu...

How can we test x64 if x64 is not out yet ^^

serene pine Apr 7, 2024, 6:36 AM

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I am most confused

novel lava Apr 7, 2024, 6:38 AM

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serene pine I am most confused

In what way

serene pine Apr 7, 2024, 6:39 AM

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So explain to me then how RVGL posted by monkeyx.net got its x86_64 flavour tested, please

novel lava Apr 7, 2024, 6:39 AM

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serene pine So explain to me then how RVGL posted by monkeyx.net got its x86_64 flavour test...

Because he posted instructions how to do it with pm on retrodeck

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He did it to test his portmaster alpha

serene pine Apr 7, 2024, 6:40 AM

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That's fair. You're telling me it doesn't exist in the sense that it isn't in a stable or finished release then?

novel lava Apr 7, 2024, 6:40 AM

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Broken af doggokek

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I think it's almost ready

serene pine Apr 7, 2024, 6:40 AM

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Okay. I'm starting to get it.

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What do you suggest I do with these two that I started?

novel lava Apr 7, 2024, 6:41 AM

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We probably need a separate testing group for x64 as well

serene pine Apr 7, 2024, 6:42 AM

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That makes sense.

novel lava Apr 7, 2024, 6:42 AM

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We're also trying to get kloptops a steam deck

serene pine Apr 7, 2024, 6:42 AM

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I remember you mentioning that.

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Hmmm... shall I hold these here for now or would it be fine to create a PR with what I have working and then fix whatever's not working on the x86_64 later after it "matures"?

novel lava Apr 7, 2024, 6:44 AM

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Ask monkey or the other guy on x64 to test it for you 🙂

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I think someone has it running on Aya neo

serene pine Apr 7, 2024, 6:45 AM

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Okay, cool.

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Thanks, Ceb.

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Now it makes sense why monkeyx seemed to be the only one putting up a port with that arch.

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I guess that didn't register with me before lol.

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I know now that's why they keep you around to clear things up when folks like me are having an off-day 😄

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@cloud warren Would you be available and willing to check this on your Deck for me?

cloud warren Apr 7, 2024, 8:57 AM

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serene pine <@498831366176112650> Would you be available and willing to check this on your D...

I don't have a deck. Could test on my desktop though?

novel lava Apr 7, 2024, 8:59 AM

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cloud warren I don't have a deck. Could test on my desktop though?

I think he meant with pm on retrodeck

serene pine Apr 24, 2024, 3:14 PM

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Update to support muOS 2404 (aarch64)! Needed to add a few aarch64 libs for muOS 2404. Would like to ensure this is still working on all other CFWs.

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<@&1216123318122577972>

novel lava Apr 24, 2024, 3:15 PM

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serene pine Update to support muOS 2404 (aarch64)! Needed to add a few aarch64 libs for muO...

Why do you have 3 times lib sdl1-2? 😄

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@serene pine we're trying to add these missing libs into the os of muos

serene pine Apr 24, 2024, 3:16 PM

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novel lava Why do you have 3 times lib sdl1-2? 😄

I only do that to keep track of the version of the wrapper is my only reason lol.

serene pine Apr 24, 2024, 3:16 PM

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novel lava <@171818107323678721> we're trying to add these missing libs into the os of muos

Oh, should I not do anything yet then?

novel lava Apr 24, 2024, 3:16 PM

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serene pine Oh, should I not do anything yet then?

see my ping 🙂

serene pine Apr 24, 2024, 3:17 PM

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Well in that case... that's great! Heck. I'll just hold off for a bit. Works for me 😄

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@novel lava This might be a question I already know the answer to, but is it possible to remove my port navigators ping?

novel lava Apr 24, 2024, 3:31 PM

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serene pine <@576856879586738206> This might be a question I already know the answer to, but...

Uhm yeah but has no impact

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It's like ringing a bell

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once and done

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when you remove it it won't undo the ping

serene pine Apr 24, 2024, 3:31 PM

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Figured as much. Makes sense.

serene pine Dec 13, 2024, 7:47 PM

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@dawn flint Just updated Tile World and made a change to sdl12-compat. Tile World should fill the entire screen now. 👍

dawn flint Dec 14, 2024, 1:52 PM

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serene pine <@1058719336048644156> Just updated Tile World and made a change to sdl12-compat...

Nice work, it does!

sour moss Dec 22, 2024, 10:42 PM

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Hello, I am trying TW on RP5 and while it works fine, the game is filling the whole screen and with 16:9 aspect ratio it's stretched. I tried changing the aspect ratio in emulation station but it seems to not influence it at all. A constant 4:3 screen ration would be superior for this particular port I feel even for the handhelds with other aspect ratios.

serene pine Dec 26, 2024, 11:19 PM

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sour moss Hello, I am trying TW on RP5 and while it works fine, the game is filling the wh...

This is accurate becuase you changed that setting for EmulationStation... which is a setting for EmulationStation and nothing else. If you want the 4:3 smaller screen, switch it out with an unmodified sdl12-compat as I mentioned above how I made it fill the screen.

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📎 sdl12-compat_default.7z

serene pine Dec 26, 2024, 11:45 PM

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On the other hand, I might even decide to add an option at game launch to choose between 'fullscreen' and 'aspect', but I don't know how quickly I'll be able to conjure something up that'll do this. However, I do have a couple of ideas and I may do this at some point because I've thought of building a menu for Tile World since I have 5 themes and I could implement this if I get around to making a dedicated menu for it.

serene pine Dec 27, 2024, 3:47 AM

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@sour moss I've tried something. Would you be willing to try this and let me know if it works on your TW RP5?

sour moss Dec 31, 2024, 6:39 PM

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@serene pine sorry for the late answer. The title screen is still streched which i don't care about, then credits screen is very small in the left upper corner, also no complains, and the game then works beautifully in a 4x3 scale ratio in the middle of the screen exactly as i desired. there is a small wish to be able to switch to the lynx art - i tried adding the two copy commands from the old lynx script but that didn't do it. will try again with a some more thought the next time.

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on the rp mini works in the same way. great job, BTW!

serene pine Dec 31, 2024, 6:45 PM

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No sweat. The small credits at the upper left of the screen might be related to the way SDL is built on the TW RP5. The reason copying the Lynx files didn't work is because the next script applies each mod at launch. Don't forget you can use the D-Pad on that first screen to switch between the mods.

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If you select a mod from that screen and it doesn't get set, let me know and I'll see if I can fix it.

sour moss Dec 31, 2024, 6:50 PM

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yeah, the first screen selection did the trick! amazing!!! so happy!

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the selection there is not persisted but that's tiny issue. BTW the credits screen is fine on the 2. run

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at any rate i am delighted can put aside rp mini now. 😉 oh, and BTW this port is the reason i picked rp5 and mini in first place 😉

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have a great new year celebration - i surely will have it now 😄

sour moss Jan 26, 2025, 4:28 PM

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ok, i played a lot and enjoyed it too, but now i have another request. lets start with the problem - some of the levels require a d-pad direction button pressed when the level is started. one such level is level 39 from CCLP2. when on the ice tile at the level start chip would go in the direction pressed on the d-pad or if none is pressed slide downwards. that level is made so that sliding downwards puts chip into infinite sliding loop without a way to exit it. the current implementation of the TW port makes it impossible to press the left while the level is started for two reasons - first the directions are used to chose the starting level, and second simultaneously pressing the button A and direction button is not possible. a perfect solution IMO would be to keep the level in a waiting state after button A is pressed and only actually start the level once a d-pad is pressed or the A button is pressed again. also feed this first d-pad button press to the engine...

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BTW same problem is present on other releases of the Tile World (i checked the anbernic arc-s one)

sour moss Feb 20, 2025, 1:57 PM

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@serene pine WDYT?

serene pine Feb 20, 2025, 2:03 PM

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sour moss BTW same problem is present on other releases of the Tile World (i checked the a...

I was about to ask that. I wasn't aware the arc had its own release.
It has to do with the game logic, but I'm not sure how easy it would be to improve this. Does the CCLP2 l39 play okay with newer releases of TW (outside of our PM version, that is).

sour moss Feb 20, 2025, 2:11 PM

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not sure on that haven't compiled it for a while myself. which TW release is official?

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i guess this problem has more to do with UI rather than a core TW logic. the fact that one can't enter a keypress at the very beginning of a level...

serene pine Feb 20, 2025, 2:23 PM

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I'm thinking the same. Probably a slight oversight when DKS made this handheld flavour

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As far as "official " goes I was thinking grabbing it from Brian Raiter's page.

serene pine Feb 22, 2025, 1:54 AM

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@sour moss I just tested that with the version I play with on Windows and also the version we have here on PM. It's as you describe - it's 'broken' here, but works as you pointed out when on Windows. I've got the source code up and I'm skimming over it seeing if there's something I can do to rectify it.

serene pine Feb 24, 2025, 4:55 AM

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@sour moss I just wanted to give you an update on how it's going. While I'm at it, I chose to update the game logic to match that of v1.3.2 while this one was a bit stale @ v1.3.0 (which isn't bad, but I knew v1.3.2 was improved and supported the Ice Wall I think it was). I've also made progress. The game menu now lets you choose the level from the level select screen and once selected, it waits for the user's first key press just like it should normally and I can now skate out of that rink properly on CCLP2-L39. It took me a bit to find in the code where it was altered and then even longer to find a proper solution to retain the graphical interface while adding the pause. I now have two more sections to apply this same fix: 1) When Chip dies and 2) If you choose to restart the level from the in-game menu. I'll report back if and when I get those last pieces sorted.

sour moss Feb 24, 2025, 7:28 AM

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Great! Absolutely amazing! Looking forward to play CCLP2-L39. 🙂

serene pine Feb 25, 2025, 4:28 AM

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@sour moss If you'd like to take this for a spin and let me know how this goes. If it works out, I'll be updating the whole thing on the repo.

sour moss Feb 25, 2025, 9:52 PM

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i tried it and works - i beat the level. so it gets the job done and i am all for pushing it to all releases. in retrospect i realized that the "perfect solution" that i devised above removes from the suspense of some levels where the player is forced to act fast as the monsters are already chasing him from the get go. definetelly a huge improvement but i'd devise even better approach if the game waits for 200-300 ms and then starts spinning. i wonder how the lynx version behaved... at any rate this is more nitpicking than a reasonable request. other smaller things is that the restart/select button now moved, not that is bothers me just i noticed the change. other thing is SDL handling is not perfect on title screen but again very minor issue IMO. that's from my 20-30 min testing so far.

serene pine Feb 25, 2025, 9:54 PM

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I forgot to give you this since I made internal control changes.

serene pine Feb 25, 2025, 9:55 PM

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sour moss i tried it and works - i beat the level. so it gets the job done and i am all fo...

Fact of the matter is, the change I made makes it behave exaclty as the original Tile World does. I'll have to fire up the original Atari Lynx version to see how closely Tile World actually mimics the original game.

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Yep. The original on the Atari Lynx does indeed sit and wait until the user presses a key and allows pressing a movement key to move Chip immediately upon starting the stage.

sour moss Feb 25, 2025, 10:06 PM

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perfect! lets push it then! will it later autoupdate on other platforms?

serene pine Feb 25, 2025, 10:09 PM

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Not sure about it autoupdating, but once it's live on the PM games page it should be available from there for everything. I'm keeping the armhf in, too since I bothered to add it back when it mattered.

sour moss Feb 25, 2025, 11:20 PM

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very nice! thanks for your work!

latent tulip Mar 26, 2025, 12:16 AM

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@serene pine

modest plank Jul 12, 2025, 2:47 AM

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on steam deck, it doesn't load past the first screen, once pressing a key it exits. the log.txt shows: line 36: pm_platform_helper: command not found
[GPTK]: Running in UINPUT output mode.
[GPTK]: Unable to open /dev/uinput
sh: symbol lookup error: sh: undefined symbol: rl_trim_arg_from_keyseq

serene pine Jul 12, 2025, 3:38 AM

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That's the first big problem right there:
undefined symbol: rl_trim_arg_from_keyseq
but I don't know what to do about that.
Thank you for checking. I'll do some research to see what the heck that means. It looks like something related to a controller or keyboard, but even that seems a bit strange.

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ChatGPT claims that it's related to libreadline. If that's the case, I'm not sure why it would be ignoring the working bundled libreadline.so.8 in the libs.x86_64 folder. I'm not sure if RetroDeck has a sandboxed environment that's interfering or something.

modest plank Jul 12, 2025, 9:40 AM

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as a test i deleted that and could play i'll try removing more libs and only include what it asks for

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looks like it might only need these in x86 libs:
libmad.so.0
libmikmod.so.3
libSDL-1.2.so.0
libSDL_image-1.2.so.0
libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0
sdl12-compat.default
sdl12-compat.stretched

modest plank Jul 12, 2025, 12:36 PM

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oh and my secret to working faster at and x86_64 testing is just installing the retrodeck flatpack on an ubuntu vm, it is sandboxed so it's a pretty solid reperesentation of how it will act on the steam deck as well

latent tulip Jul 12, 2025, 1:01 PM

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I used my new helper thingy today to quickly iterate on the port I’m working on the steamdeck and a muOS device.

modest plank Jul 12, 2025, 1:18 PM

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Yeah I will probably have to give that a go soon too

serene pine Jul 12, 2025, 5:14 PM

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Sweet! Thanks. I'll make that adjustment this arvo and get it PR'ed so RetroDeck users can now actually run it. I'll probably zip up the "extras" just in case someone wants to have them handy for Desktop mode.

serene pine Jul 12, 2025, 8:52 PM

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PR created

surreal adder Jul 13, 2025, 5:57 AM

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I've never tried to really play this game. Is it fun?

serene pine Jul 13, 2025, 7:05 AM

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surreal adder I've never tried to really play this game. Is it fun?

If you're into puzzle games you might like it. If you make it through the first 20 levels of the game you'll know for sure if you aren't hooked by that point 3718nukacola .

serene pine Jul 18, 2025, 1:14 AM

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@green pendant Thanks for approving the PR. As for your question regarding those libs - I included them initially for x86_64 by testing against a "Normal" Linux desktop environment (such like Linux Mint) and also with my brother's Steam Deck running in desktop mode. I thought that'd be thorough enough and if it was working on Steam Desktop mode, perhaps it would work in other modes on the Deck as well. My brother did not have RetroDeck or EmuDeck set up on his Steam Deck and since I do not own one of my own I had no way of testing it proper and it wasn't mandatory to have x86_64 support added at the time. I know it still isn't now, but seeing how there has been an increase of PRs including and adding x86_64 for RetroDeck, I figured it'd be a good time to re-check my things to actually make sure they're working correctly. Now that I know more about how RetroDeck operates and have some testers to aid with this, I'm going to be correcting any of my ports that are not working on RetroDeck and adding x86_64 support to other ports that I haven't yet.

modest plank Jul 18, 2025, 1:21 AM

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Let me know when you have any ready or want help with any others!

serene pine Jul 18, 2025, 1:24 AM

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Thanks. I appreciate ya.

modest plank Jul 18, 2025, 1:56 AM

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I have an unofficial goal to increase x86 support by 10%, and so far I'm ~5%

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