Scummvm games

Lunchbox

Hi there!

I'm trying to put my scummvm games ready to play.
Currently, I have "The Secret of Monkey Island" and "The Curse of Monkey Island"

The thing is that when I launch one of them through GUI, I get a black screen and it returns to piplay GUI.

Alternatively, I've tried to launch them executing /home/pi/pimame/emulators/scummvm/scummvm.
Scummvm interface runs OK and I can launch the games succesfully, using a mouse to interact with Scummvm interface.

My questions are:
Can I launch directly the games through piplay GUI?
Will I be able to play the games using an usb controller rather than a mouse and a keyboard?

Thanks!

Lunchbox

I'm not sure it's the same issue.

The thing is that, through command line, I can execute scummvm and lauch the games using a mouse (first a keyboard to type the commands, then the mouse over scummvm).

I'd like to manage to make it work directly through piplay graphic interface, but when I use my usb controller (or keyboard) to select Scummvm, and then a game, I get one of these two errors:

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Relaunch 11
Unhandled exception inthread started by >
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/pmmenu/romlistscene.py", line 319, in draw_boxart
descript_text = PMParagraph(self.selected_item.overwiew, self.cfg.options.info_font_color, self.description_area.w -20, 'left')
File "/home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/pmmenu/pmparagraph.py", line 13, in __init__
lines = [font.render(line, 1, color_fg) for line in self.build_lines(paragraph_text, font, max_paragraph_width)]
pygame.error: Text has zero width
scummvm: Stray argument '/home/pi/pimame/roms/scummvm/MONKEY'
Usage: scumm [OPTIONS]... [GAME]

Try 'scumm --help' for more options

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Relaunch 11
scummvm: Stray argument '/home/pi/pimame/roms/scummvm/MONKEY'
Usage: scumm [OPTIONS]... [GAME]

Try 'scumm --help' for more options

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By the way, this is on piplay 0.8

Lunchbox

Hi,

thanks a lot for your help, I saw that post in the past and I applied the workaround for the scraper, setting the scrapper_id to 21 for scummvm, which allowed it to list the games in the graphic user interface.

But I did not realize at that moment of the other part you refer to.
I have applied it, changing in "local roms" the command to /home/pi/pimame/emulators/scummvm/scummvm -f -p "/home/pi/pimame/roms/scummvm/MONKEY" monkey, and in "menu items" to /home/pi/pimame/emulators/scummvm/scummvm -f -p.

Now I am able to launch the games directly! :D

Nevertheless I do not find the way to play using a usb controller (snes type controller).
Do you know if there is any way to achieve it using some scummvm configuration file? Or just scummvm does not support this?

Thanks a lot for your help with this!

mholgatem

@Lunchbox, I don't believe that you can use a controller with the games because they all use different keyboard keys for things like opening inventories or maps. You could potentially write or find a script that would convert joystick to mouse movements, but I'm not sure how usable it would be.

Lunchbox

Thanks a lot for your help!

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