Openbor Linux
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darknior
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Hi
I know this post is really old ... but i search the build 6391 for linux to try on my Manjaro computer please.
I already use an other OB version but with Wine, and i want to compare with native linux please.
I mean there are some script problems on linux, not on windows, and for sure with the 6412 linux version my game is not working fine
Thanks a lot for your help
@darknior You can download the official Linux 6391 build hereHi
I know this post is really old ... but i search the build 6391 for linux to try on my Manjaro computer please.
I already use an other OB version but with Wine, and i want to compare with native linux please.
I mean there are some script problems on linux, not on windows, and for sure with the 6412 linux version my game is not working fine
Thanks a lot for your help
LOSS404
New member
Hello, thank you all again for your time, love OpenBOR.
I have a bug(?) to report, in regards with the Linux 6391 app image...
first of all, it launches pak files just fine, nothing wrong there.
however, if seeking to develop/mod on linux... i found on the forums (somewhere around here) that the windows .exe file will default to the data folder if one exists, rather than the pak folder... it appears that the app image does not have this setting to automatically use the data folder (in the way the .exe does).
I've been away for awhile as my previous machine took a crap & been preoccupied with life, so largely my delay getting back to working with OpenBOR had nothing to do with the engine itself. however before my previous machine died completely, i had it limping on a tails live usb, which at least at that date was unable to successfully compile from source, due to tails OS having some immutable traits that wouldnt let me install a dependency, or something, was years ago.
anyway, the .exe loaded from the data folder correctly, the app image does not seem to do so (but otherwise works for playing pak files)
just wanted to report this, partially in hopes of sparing a fellow linux newbie some confusion & a bit in hopes that OpenBOR 4.0 eventually has an app image too ^_^ (with the same nice automatic search for data folder, etc, feature heh)
great community, thank you to everyone here.
& since I'm already using WINE, i think i'll finally enjoy myself a peek at that 4.0 alpha/beta.
cheers~
I have a bug(?) to report, in regards with the Linux 6391 app image...
first of all, it launches pak files just fine, nothing wrong there.
however, if seeking to develop/mod on linux... i found on the forums (somewhere around here) that the windows .exe file will default to the data folder if one exists, rather than the pak folder... it appears that the app image does not have this setting to automatically use the data folder (in the way the .exe does).
I've been away for awhile as my previous machine took a crap & been preoccupied with life, so largely my delay getting back to working with OpenBOR had nothing to do with the engine itself. however before my previous machine died completely, i had it limping on a tails live usb, which at least at that date was unable to successfully compile from source, due to tails OS having some immutable traits that wouldnt let me install a dependency, or something, was years ago.
anyway, the .exe loaded from the data folder correctly, the app image does not seem to do so (but otherwise works for playing pak files)
just wanted to report this, partially in hopes of sparing a fellow linux newbie some confusion & a bit in hopes that OpenBOR 4.0 eventually has an app image too ^_^ (with the same nice automatic search for data folder, etc, feature heh)
great community, thank you to everyone here.
& since I'm already using WINE, i think i'll finally enjoy myself a peek at that 4.0 alpha/beta.
cheers~
oldyz
Well-known member
updated reply:
the data folder thing happens when you paxplode a module, that is mostly used when people are developing the game,
are there any modules or demos that have data folders ? dont know about any,
probably templates and thats it....
all you have to do is to use the packer softare to make a .pak file, put the pak in the paks folder and and then make the ¨typical/average" appimage
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@LOSS404 I have developed games using the linux appimage so you might be doing something wrong. Make sure there data folder is in the same location as the appimage and run it directly not from a symlink or from the command line, and remove/rename any pak folders. If that does not work rename the data folder to all lower case.
Granixo
New member
Where do i find paxplode and packer for Linux?
oldyz
Well-known member
@Granixo
i think you are going to have to use windows, you can probably use Hirens boot cd or usb,image to boot your machine with a basic windows enviroment
after that , just do the operations of packing or unpacking with the tools:
www.chronocrash.com
if a game is secure packed, there is no easy way to decrypt it, so i'd be looking into finding out how to run the games on linux using the paks folder
i think you are going to have to use windows, you can probably use Hirens boot cd or usb,image to boot your machine with a basic windows enviroment
after that , just do the operations of packing or unpacking with the tools:
Paxplode Pack
Here are basic information (and tools) for extracting and packing PAK files for your mod. ======PAXPLODE PACK======= Useful tools to pack and extract .PAK files. All those files should be put int he same folder where the OpenBOR executable is...
www.chronocrash.com
if a game is secure packed, there is no easy way to decrypt it, so i'd be looking into finding out how to run the games on linux using the paks folder
Granixo
New member
Thanks!@Granixo
i think you are going to have to use windows, you can probably use Hirens boot cd or usb,image to boot your machine with a basic windows enviroment
after that , just do the operations of packing or unpacking with the tools:
Paxplode Pack
Here are basic information (and tools) for extracting and packing PAK files for your mod. ======PAXPLODE PACK======= Useful tools to pack and extract .PAK files. All those files should be put int he same folder where the OpenBOR executable is...
if a game is secure packed, there is no easy way to decrypt it, so i'd be looking into finding out how to run the games on linux using the paks folder
@Granixo I recently had a hard drive crash I made a nice little wrapper for packing unpacking openbor mods I will make a new one soon but for now if you download the source code and navigate to "openbor/tools/borpak/source" now open a terminal here and run "./build.sh lin" now you will have the file borpak running this from the command line will give you instructions on how to pack/unpack mods.
O Ilusionista
Captain 100K
as far as I know, there is a direct Linux version of OpenBOR. The RetroPie version insn't official, btw.
as an alternative, you can run it using wine.
Granixo
New member
I tried to use Wine but paxplode.exe would refuse to launch.
Guess i'll just have to use Windows.
Granixo
New member
That would be awesome! : D
LOSS404
New member
Thank you much. happy to be here, long time lurking but hoping to interact more & maybe even be a bit helpful ^_^
Yes, thank you. I made the changes you suggested here & it seems to have resolved the hiccup immediately.
data folder needed to be lower case
Paks folder upper-case AND empty (other than "My Mod.pak")
Hi, just wishing you luck in your setup too.
& wanted to speculate super briefly about AppImage, (because i am fairly new to Linux also)
OpenBOR_3.0_6391.AppImage seems to load (OpenBOR) 4.0 version .exe, even without being updated.
There MIGHT be bugs, but may not, it loads an initial test mod without issues, (if there are any issues, it may be revealed once 4.0 specific code is attempted to be loaded, if any issues would ever occur)
So, i wanted to ask or bring attention to the appimage in terms of potentially enabling the auto-update feature.
as it may never be needed at all, or it could be a somewhat straightforward way of enabling users to individually keep up with the task of updating the appimage if & whenever that may become necessary.
& thank you also, i am aware of paxplode but it didnt entirely pertain to my question. i actually dont think i've tried paxlode on linux at all so far, & can't really speak to it atm on this OS. but i appreciate the info & that you're trying to help me figure this out too.
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Hannah Montana
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hello.
Good to see Openbor is in more systems, there was a Mugen for Linux, but I never knew about people used it, was before Winmugen.
Good to see Openbor is in more systems, there was a Mugen for Linux, but I never knew about people used it, was before Winmugen.
@LOSS404 I did not know appimages could include update information but that might not be a good idea as moving openbor version could introduce bugs into your mod and corrupt save/configuration data.
So if a game was made with openbor 3.0 6391 its recommended you use the same build on whatever system you run the game on. For now openbor 4.0 has backwards compatability but that is not a priority going forward.
So if a game was made with openbor 3.0 6391 its recommended you use the same build on whatever system you run the game on. For now openbor 4.0 has backwards compatability but that is not a priority going forward.