OpenGothic for PlayStation 4

The notes below are the text of the release OpenGothic 0.92 for PS4 (r1).

Based on upstream OpenGothic v0.92 - Try/OpenGothic@17e889d3 (v0.92-29-g17e889d3), PS4 port revision 1.

OpenGothic for the PlayStation 4, on a jailbroken console (GoldHEN).

Vulkan on RADV (mesa-ps4), keyboard and mouse input.

Install

1. Copy the .pkg to the console (for example over FTP to /data/pkg/) and install it with Settings → Debug Settings → Package Installer (or GoldHEN's package installer). It installs as OpenGothic, title id TMPS10021.

2. Provide the game data yourself - it is NOT included and never will be. Copy your own Gothic II installation (the directory that contains Data and _work) to the console, for example over FTP to:

   /data/gothic2/

   The title searches /data, /mnt/usb0 … /mnt/usb7 and, under each of them, the directory itself and gothic2, Gothic2, GOTHIC2, GothicII, Gothic II, gothic, OpenGothic. The first installation found is used, and every path looked at is written to the log.

3. Connect a USB keyboard. It is required - the game has no controller support yet, and without a keyboard it shows a "No keyboard detected" notice. A USB mouse is optional (camera and combat, as on a PC). Text is typed with a US layout.

Saves are kept in /data/OpenGothic/.

Known issues

• Closing the game from the PS4 system menu (Close Application) does not work - the title does not answer the system's close request. Quit through Exit in the game's main menu instead; the process ends a few seconds later.
• No DualShock 4 support. It will be ported once upstream OpenGothic supports controllers.

Source code and licence

orbis-ports/OpenGothic at opengothic-ps4-v0.92-r1 — licensed MIT, as its licence file says. The graphics stack and platform layer it is built on are listed on the ports page.