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

[mister_smang_n_watch]

Like how Vita got them. Seems like it'd be a little bit nicer on Switch with the bigger screen.

 

[mathew77]

..and the ability to play them on a 65" 4K OLED screen!

 

[mister_smang_n_watch]

..and the ability to play them on a 65" 4K OLED screen!

I didn't even think about that! I mean, sure I could wire my pc to my tv... but I mean, having it all on the Switch would be dope

 

[hippy dave]

Bump, in case any devs have caught the Fallout bug and feel like giving it a go.

It looks like it just needs SDL2. It's already got SCUMMVM-style touchscreen-as-trackpad mouse movement support for the mobile ports.

https://github.com/alexbatalov/fallout1-ce

https://github.com/alexbatalov/fallout2-ce

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Would love this. I've never played 1/2/Tactics before. Always on my perpetual backlog

 

[mathew77]

never played 1/2/Tactics before

Shocked. They're truly VGM masterpieces. Try them ASAP.

 

[baobao43]

Not sure about community edition but Fallout 1 has already been ported to the switch. You can find it on places I can not name here.

 

[hippy dave]

Not sure about community edition but Fallout 1 has already been ported to the switch. You can find it on places I can not name here.

Thanks for the info! It's available on the "2u" site (can't give full name here), it's the original version set up to run in dosbox via retroarch, with the controls all set up and an nsp forwarder by the looks of it. Haven't tested yet but should be a reasonable way to run it on Switch if nobody ports the CE.

 

[hippy dave]

So I tried running Fallout 1 in dosbox-svn, and the performance didn't feel great tbh, not too smooth.

What I've got now is fallout1-ce built for Switch Linux, I fixed a bug for duplicated cursor movements with the touchscreen, it's still a bit funny about registering a click when you start a movement on the touchscreen but it seems playable, only with touchscreen for mouse movements so far, controller support would be more work. Or you can use an actual mouse if it's connected and working on your Switch before you run the game.

If you're running Linux on your Switch, you can copy the files from a Windows version of Fallout 1 into a directory on your Switch, then put these files in the same directory and run fallout-ce. I've included config files for the screen resolution and the right file paths, tho you can edit the paths in fallout.cfg if they don't match your version of the game, and you can set subtitles=0 if you don't want subs on the videos (they were off by default, I turned them on).

edit: Added a newer build which disables input from a real mouse, in order for touch input to work correctly, so you don't get a false click when you start moving the cursor. This problem is caused by the messy way the game handles input, combined with a weird quirk/possible bug of SDL2, and I haven't found a clean way to work around it so this will do me for now. Use the "disable real mouse" build if you want to play with touchscreen, use the other build if you want to use an actual mouse.

 

[Herbaciarz]

@hippy dave

Are you also going to prepare Fallout 2 CE for Linux/Switch? As soon as I install Linux on Switch, I will test your F1CE. Is there a chance to convert it to HOS?

 

[hippy dave]

@hippy dave

Are you also going to prepare Fallout 2 CE for Linux/Switch? As soon as I install Linux on Switch, I will test your F1CE. Is there a chance to convert it to HOS?

Once I've finished fiddling with 1CE for linux, I may try 2CE for linux next. I'm currently trying to stop it from always detecting the start of a touch as a mouse click, even if you're just trying to move the cursor.
There's a possibility I might try porting to HOS once I'm done with fixes, but anyone else is welcome to do so in the meantime, and make use of said fixes which should apply there too.

Post automatically merged: Yesterday at 11:04 AM

Can't bump but added new build above

 

[hippy dave]

Now I can bump... I added another build above, for Switch Linux, this one disables input from real mouse in order to prevent false clicks registering when starting a cursor movement on the touchscreen.

 

[BuddhaHunterMac]

Homebrew...Homebrew never changes