Rise of the triad crashes before it starts

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Rise of the triad crashes before it starts

Closed this issue 4 years ago · 7 comments

when trying to run it, the whole program freezes before it even loads. i tried loading its executable directly through the terminal. at first i used ./rott-shareware and it said could not initialize SDL.
adding sudo made it say could not change video mode.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////copy of terminal
./rott-shareware
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Rise of the Triad Startup Version 1.4
Shareware Version
Z_INIT: 8950000 bytes
IN_Startup: Mouse Present
Adding /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/rott/shareware/huntbgin.wad.
Adding /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/rott/shareware/remote1.rts.
W_Wad: Wad Manager Started NUMLUMPS=2103
RT_DRAW: Tables Initialized
MU_Startup:
SD_SetupFXCard: Fx ok.
SD_Startup: Fx ok.
RT_MAIN: Fonts Initialized
RT_MSG: Message System Started
RT_VIEW: Colormaps Initialized
Could not initialize SDL Episode = 0
Area = 1

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// copy of terminal
sudo ./rott-shareware
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
RT_DRAW: Tables Initialized
MU_Startup:
SD_SetupFXCard: Fx ok.
SD_Startup: Fx ok.
RT_MAIN: Fonts Initialized
RT_MSG: Message System Started
RT_VIEW: Colormaps Initialized
Could not set video mode Episode = 0
Area = 1
pi@retropie:/opt/retropie

Answer 1 · 2020-09-09T17:23:59.000Z

I managed to fix it the error was below
fluidsynth: error: Failed to load SoundFont "/usr/share/sounds/sf2/TimGM6mb.sf2"
i looke din that folder and there was an sf2 file but under a different name. i copied it and renamed the copy to that of the missing file. it worked perfectly and the game booted up.

do you know if contorllers work? i cant seem to get it to.

Answer 2 · 2020-09-11T20:58:56.000Z

I'll try to look into the crash. As for controllers, I am not sure.

Answer 3 · 2020-09-11T21:01:04.000Z

the crash was because i was missing timgm6mb.sf2 in the sound-font folder. manually adding it seemed to fix it.

Answer 4 · 2020-09-11T21:03:09.000Z

OK, so that sounds like it's not really an issue with the installer script then, it's just data that the user is supposed to provide by the sounds of it.

Answer 5 · 2020-09-12T00:31:46.000Z

I would work that file into the script anyway. The only reason I found that out was because I looked at the runcommand log and there was no mention of this anywhere else. Including the readme.

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Answer 6 · 2020-09-12T02:44:19.000Z

Keeping this open during investigation.

Answer 7 · 2020-09-12T06:56:06.000Z

In looking deeper into this issue, I do not have a /usr/share/sounds/sf2 folder on my pi whatsoever and it was not stopping the game from launching. The problem I was having was that the shareware data files were not copied where they should be and were not capitalized as the game is expecting them. I made a submit to fix those issues and the game is running perfectly fine for me now (with the exception of being just in the top left corner of the screen).