Any chance of seeing those Fallout 1CE/2 CE ports on Switch?

[ryandeering]

Oh, thanks! I tried it and it speeds up a little bit, not too much. It's just me, or the normal (by default) speed should be at (100% ("Faster" option) + "Speed Up" cursor) X3.

PS: and maybe it'd be better to put the Speed Up Cursor button the the R button.

I haven't heard this before to be honest. You're not running in Applet mode are you? Potentially a stupid question!

 

[mathew77]

@ryandeering
No-no, I'm running it in a full RAM = Title mode.

 

[cucholix]

The visual issue as shown above has been fixed, sorry for the inconvenience.

https://github.com/ryandeering/fallout2-ce-switch/releases/latest

Thanks for porting it!
There's any chance of setting switch/fallout2/ folder to store game files instead sd root?

 

[ryandeering]

@ryandeering
No-no, I'm running it in a full RAM = Title mode.

Weird. Can you message me your discord or something? I’m just conscientious about debugging issues in the thread!

Thanks for porting it!
There's any chance of setting switch/fallout2/ folder to store game files instead sd root?

If it’s more standard sure. I’ll check fallout2 in both the root and the switch folder, I’ll update the docs to recommend the latter.

 

[cucholix]

In ddraw.ini there’s a option to reverse mouse buttons

ReverseMouseButtons=1

by default it’s 0 but setting to 1 doesn’t swap the buttons.

Also here are the files needed in case you don’t want a bloated folder (GOG release):

critter.dat
data (folder)
ddraw.ini
Extras (folder)
f2_res.dat
f2_res.ini
fallout2.cfg
master.dat
patch000.dat
sound (folder)

It probably can be trimmed further.

 

[ryandeering]

In ddraw.ini there’s a option to reverse mouse buttons

ReverseMouseButtons=1

by default it’s 0 but setting to 1 doesn’t swap the buttons.

Also here are the files needed in case you don’t want a bloated folder (GOG release):

critter.dat
data (folder)
ddraw.ini
Extras (folder)
f2_res.dat
f2_res.ini
fallout2.cfg
master.dat
patch000.dat
sound (folder)

It probably can be trimmed further.

Yeah, the mapping is hardcoded to the Switch buttons per the layout for now. I’d prefer a fixed layout but I can create an issue on the repo to potentially get a Switch-specific config file going to let people re-map buttons if it’s a case of accessibility or being left-handed or whatever (this can probably include the resolution too if people wanna mess with that)

And thanks for the files, was hoping someone would do that!

 

[OrGoN3]

The visual issue as shown above has been fixed, sorry for the inconvenience.

https://github.com/ryandeering/fallout2-ce-switch/releases/latest

Did you misname the .nsp as .nso?

 

[ryandeering]

Did you misname the .nsp as .nso?

Nope. I don’t think there’s a way to build nsps as part of the pipeline. I looked into this when I started the project but I think it has to be done manually with some Windows app? Would be great to have it as part of the deployment process.

If someone can recommend a (decently maintained) tool to convert to nsp to run in a Docker container I’ll happily implement it as part of the build process.

 

[mathew77]

get a Switch-specific config file going to let people re-map buttons

That would be AWESOME!..

 

[OrGoN3]

Nope. I don’t think there’s a way to build nsps as part of the pipeline. I looked into this when I started the project but I think it has to be done manually with some Windows app? Would be great to have it as part of the deployment process.

If someone can recommend a (decently maintained) tool to convert to nsp to run in a Docker container I’ll happily implement it as part of the build process.

Ah. I was able to look it up. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for the release!

 

[ryandeering]

I noticed the port has its own Rutracker page now (I’ve made it mom and dad!) and someone else has mentioned the cursor being too slow at max speed also. Can anyone else attest to this? Do people want me to change the base speed?

 

[Airxd]

I noticed the port has its own Rutracker page now (I’ve made it mom and dad!) and someone else has mentioned the cursor being too slow at max speed also. Can anyone else attest to this? Do people want me to change the base speed?

Yes, it is. It is desirable to speed up the cursor in the menu at least 2 times. I found another bug if you click on + in the start menu, the game crashes

 

[ryandeering]

Yes, it is. It is desirable to speed up the cursor in the menu at least 2 times. I found another bug if you click on + in the start menu, the game crashes

Haha ok that is funny. It’s because + just maps to ESC, if you press ESC in the main menu it will exit the game. I will still disable it in the menu as it doesn’t make sense from a Switch perspective.

As for the cursor, okay that’s valid, I will look into it when I next get the chance as a priority.

 

[Airxd]

Oh, thanks! I tried it and it speeds up a little bit, not too much. It's just me, or the normal (by default) speed should be at (100% ("Faster" option) + "Speed Up" cursor) X3.

PS: and maybe it'd be better to put the Speed Up Cursor button to the R button.

I totally agree. Pressing the R button will be much more convenient

 

[ryandeering]

I totally agree. Pressing the R button will be much more convenient

Right; I’ll do that too.

I’m logging issues here: if there’s any lurkers feel free to create any for bugs or whatever

https://github.com/ryandeering/fallout2-ce-switch/issues

Just important for me to remember what I’m changing so we can have these QOL features for fallout1-ce-switch!

 

[ryandeering]

Version 1.1.0 released.

- Speed up button moved to 'R'
- Mouse cursor sensitivity fix. Turns out this is broken upstream. I put a PR for a fix there too. I would suggest putting your mouse sensitvity less than max before updating. Complaints about the cursor speed should be remedied.
- Base cursor speed increased by 1.5x.
- New Switch-only config file support - 'fallout2_nx.ini'. Details in the README.md. Resolution and interface bar settings configurable for now. Control remapping perhaps in the future.
- Fix for pressing '+' in the main menu exiting the game.
- Support for moving the fallout2 in the 'switch' folder in the root. Game can load from the root folder or the switch folder in order to not break previous installs.
- Minor tweak to pipeline - You will notice the executable version will align with the Github release version.

Thanks for your patience and enjoy - lmk if there's anything else.

https://github.com/ryandeering/fallout2-ce-switch/releases/tag/v1.1.0

As an aside: someone emailed me asking if I had a kofi or Paypal. I've no interest in recieving anyone's money (tbh if anything that should go to Alex who led the fallout CE projects) -- but a Github star would be cool if you have an account. thanks.

 

[cucholix]

further strimmed needed files

It's for the GOG release, fallout_nx.ini is optional

 

[ryandeering]

For a bit of fun, I challenged myself to get from cloning the fallout1-ce repo to getting to the main menu in less than two hours.

I did it in an hour 23 minutes.

 

[cucholix]

void handleControllerButtons(MouseData* mouseState)
{
    u64 buttons = padGetButtons(&pad);
    mouseState->buttons[0] |= (buttons & HidNpadButton_ZL) != 0;
    mouseState->buttons[1] |= (buttons & HidNpadButton_ZR) != 0;
}

swaping mouseState->buttons[0] | [1] change the mouse click assigned to ZR | ZL ?

 

[ryandeering]

void handleControllerButtons(MouseData* mouseState)
{
    u64 buttons = padGetButtons(&pad);
    mouseState->buttons[0] |= (buttons & HidNpadButton_ZL) != 0;
    mouseState->buttons[1] |= (buttons & HidNpadButton_ZR) != 0;
}

swaping mouseState->buttons[0] | [1] change the mouse click assigned to ZR | ZL ?

Can we make a GitHub issue for stuff like this instead of filling the thread please?

I don’t really want to swap the buttons by default at this point. It can be done by the user if I get around to the remapping in the config file.