Rise of the triad crashes before it starts

[TheOneAnthony]

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

[TheOneAnthony]

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.

[zerojay]

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

[TheOneAnthony]

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

[zerojay]

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.

[TheOneAnthony]

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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On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 5:03 PM zerojay ***@***.***> wrote: 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. — You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#318 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQ2F7JV4TQQVBYLTUVMQYS3SFKGBZANCNFSM4Q4ZN2OQ> .

[zerojay]

Keeping this open during investigation.

[zerojay]

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).