A web-based collaborative RetroArch frontend
Why thanks for asking, a A web-based collaborative RetroArch frontend is just a fancy phrase for a video game you can play online, collaboratively, with friends by taking turns at the controller (so to speak). Users connect using the web portion which connects to this, the backend, and are then able to interact with an emulator that (usually) runs a retro video game system of some sort.
- Compiler with support for C++14
- CMake version >= 3.2
- CPU with support for SSE2 and SSSE3 (most CPUs do)
To build, simply type cmake . in the top level directory, then type make. To do parallel builds (recommended), type make -j# where # is the number of cores you have on your machine. After the build, the binary will be in ./bin/ as letsplay.
Where do I put the extra files (bios, etc) that would normally go in the frontend's system directory?
The RetroArch cores will be instructed to look in the system folder inside of the data directory. The location of the data directory varies based on what is specified in the configuration. If dataDirectory is equal to System Default, Let's Play will first go to XDG_DATA_HOME/letsplay as the data dir, and if XDG envs are undefined, ~/.local/share/letsplay.
The default admin password is LetsPlay. This should be changed for your own security. Change the password by directly modifying the config. The values that should be modified are config["serverConfig"]["salt"] and config["serverConfig"]["adminHash"]. The hash should be generated by taking your password, appending the salt value, and md5 hashing it.