OpenRA on RaspberryPi
According to a Irc-conversation with Paul Chote in 2015 (RaspberryPi2)
- Add Xamarin's Mono repository
- Install SDL dependency plus all the Mono crap
- Clone and compile Openra
- Cry when you see it only runs at 1.5 FPS
(he was using whatever GL support shipped with jessie with the vram turned to max)
- Make sure you have Raspbian Jessie installed on your Pi
- You need a established connection via network-cable to get the server working at the end
The following list provides package dependencies required for running OpenRA as dedicated server. This is a community initiative, be prepared to get your hands dirty.
sudo apt-get install mono-runtime libmono2.0-cil libsdl2-2.0 \
libmono-system-core4.0-cil libmono-system-drawing4.0-cil libmono-system-data4.0-cil \
libmono-system-numerics4.0-cil libmono-system-runtime-serialization4.0-cil \
libmono-system-xml-linq4.0-cil libgl1-mesa-dri liblua5.1-0
wget https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/releases/download/release-20160508/openra_release.20160508_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i openra_release.20160508_all.deb
sudo cp /usr/lib/openra/launch-dedicated.sh /usr/lib/openra/my-dedicated.shNow edit /usr/lib/openra/my-dedicated.sh server settings as explained at installation steps.
Make sure you have forwarded the necessary ports for your OpenRA server in your router.
You can look up the address of your Raspberry PI with this command (substitute eth0 as necessary):
ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr:' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}'sudo su
useradd --system --home=/usr/lib/openra --create-home --shell=/sbin/nologin openra
cat << EOF > /lib/systemd/system/openra.service
[Unit]
Description=OpenRA Dedicated Server
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/lib/openra/my-dedicated.sh
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
KillMode=mixed
Restart=on-failure
WorkingDirectory=~
User=openra
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
systemctl daemon-reload # Optional unless the service already existed.
systemctl enable --now openra.service
systemctl status openra.service