Retropie on the RPi3 is brilliant.
RetrOSMC on the RPi3 is brilliant ++ @mcobit
The Vero 4K is faster than the RPi3, but has no emulation support. Oh, wait a minute…
The purpose of this guide is to get Mupen64Plus onto your Vero 4K.
I know Kodi 18 (Leia) promises RetroPlayer, but that as far as I can see is:
- A long way off;
- Limited to Retroarch cores - which is what I use mostly, but some emulators such as Mupen64Plus perform better as a standalone;
- Running from within Kodi, perhaps diminishing some of the performance gains from the RPi3 to Vero4K upgrade.
This guide assumes:
- NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DATA LOSS!! Backup backup backup;
- You have git installed -
sudo apt-get install git - You can use SSH and have some familiarity working in a linux console;
- You are familiar with Mupen64Plus and the miriad of settings/plugins to get various ROMs to work;
- You have migrated from an RPi running RetrOSMC or Retropie and therefore have already got config files for your controllers.
This guide DOES NOT currently provide a:
- Launcher from OSMC;
- Graphical front-end to select ROMS.
Installation Instructions
Run the following:
cd
git clone https://github.com/hissingshark/mupen64plus-vero4k.git
cd mupen64plus-vero4k
./m64p_builder.sh
Kodi will stop whilst the build goes on and return when it’s finished (<15mins).
Usage instructions
Before you play:
cd
sudo systemctl stop mediacenter
mv .asoundrc.hidden .asoundrc
Launch the emulator:
cd
cd mupen64plus/emulator/
./mupen64plus --gfx <name-of-video-plugin> <path-to-rom>
Note - wishing to avoid the obvious error but that means you’ll need to insert you own choice of video plugin and the path to your own choice of game ROM, wherever you may be keeping it. e.g:
./mupen64plus --gfx mupen64plus-video-rice ~/myroms/SpaceInvaders.n64
After you play:
Stop the emulator with ctrl-c in the terminal, or from the hotkey you’ve assigned to your gamepad. Then-
cd
mv .asoundrc .asoundrc.hidden
sudo systemctl start mediacenter
That’s about it!
I’m trusting you to add your controller config to
~/mupen64plus/emulator/InputAutoCfg.ini
The main emulator config for your tweaking is
~/.config/mupen64plus/mupen64plus.cfg
The mupen64plus-video-n64 video plugin has a separate config at
~/mupen64plus/emulator/gles2n64.conf
For example I found MarioKart64, essentially the only reason I did this, to run best and fullscreen stretched as I like it using the mupen64plus-video-n64 plugin above. That was with the following items changed to
window width=1920
window height=1080
video stretch=1
That aside, configuration is largely beyond the scope of this HowTo.
Google and YouTube are your friends.
I wish you joy!