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Tom Mulgrew135 days ago

#!/bin/bash

GAMESUBDIR="taxi"

GAMEEXE="whiplashtaxi"

# Based on

# https://portmaster.games/packaging.html#the-launchscript-sh

XDG_DATA_HOME=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}

if [ -d "/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster/" ]; then

  controlfolder="/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster"

elif [ -d "/opt/tools/PortMaster/" ]; then

  controlfolder="/opt/tools/PortMaster"

elif [ -d "$XDG_DATA_HOME/PortMaster/" ]; then

  controlfolder="$XDG_DATA_HOME/PortMaster"

else

  controlfolder="/roms/ports/PortMaster"

fi

source $controlfolder/control.txt

[ -f "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt" ] && source "${controlfolder}/mod_${CFW_NAME}.txt"

get_controls

GAMEDIR=/$directory/ports/$GAMESUBDIR/

cd $GAMEDIR

> "$GAMEDIR/log.txt" && exec > >(tee "$GAMEDIR/log.txt") 2>&1

$ESUDO chmod +x "$GAMEDIR/$GAMEEXE.${DEVICE_ARCH}"

$GPTOKEYB "$GAMEEXE.${DEVICE_ARCH}" &

pm_platform_helper "$GAMEDIR/$GAMEEXE.${DEVICE_ARCH}"

./${GAMEEXE}.${DEVICE_ARCH}

pm_finish

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Tom Mulgrew135 days ago (1 edit)

That's the PortMaster script I use.

The game files are in the "taxi" subfolder of the "ports" folder.

The main file is renamed to "whiplashtaxi.aarch64"

The script has the "chmod" logic built into it, so that shouldn't need to be done manually.

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pathosbob135 days ago

Firstly, thank you for the extremely thorough walkthrough. You are the absolute MAN! It would have been very easy of you to simply say, "Use Portmaster, look it up," but you didn't. As thanks, be on the lookout for my purchase of WTC+. Think of it as a tip not only for your help in this matter, but as recompense for the hours of enjoyment I've gotten from your various pico8 titles (the original WTC is a personal favorite that I recommend often). Take it to go get yourself a Red Bull or a thirstbuster or something.

That said, I'd hoped my solution was vastly more simple: put the files into a folder I hadn't thought to use, or add an appropriate extension to the whiplashtaxi file and it would magically run itself…something I could wrap my clueless head around. Don't get me wrong, I'll attempt to get it working following your instructions, but I'm not gonna hold my own breath that I'll figure it out. (For the "bash script" above, I just copy/paste to a text file then change its extension to .sh, correct? Told you…clueless.)

Anyway, thanks again for taking the time, for being truly helpful when others may have been dismissive, and for the enjoyment you've provided through your other titles.

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Tom Mulgrew135 days ago

Hey thanks for that! Much appreciated.

I'm pretty lost in the Linux world, so it took me a bit of time to figure out how to get it running. But yeah, you'd need to save it as text with a .sh extension.


So hopefully the steps should just be:

1. Rename the "whiplashtaxi" file to "whiplashtaxi.aarch64".

2. Find the PortMaster folder on your device (e.g. /share/roms/ports).

3. Create a subfolder named "taxi" and copy in the files.

4. In the main PortMaster folder save the above script as "Taxi.sh" (or whatever name you want it to appear as in the UI).

5. Update your gamelist in the frontend UI.

Then (hopefully) it should appear in your "Ports" folder.


If it has trouble running, it *may* be necessary to set the executable flag on "whiplashtaxi.aarch64" and/or the .sh file - which might involve invoking a linux shell and running:

chmod +x filename

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