Getting Tyrian 2000 to work on Steam Deck (ttrpg.network)

submitted 1 year ago by maquise@ttrpg.network to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/1361746

I know this might be a bit of a long shot, but I figured I would give it a go;

I am trying to get Tyrian 2000 to work properly on my Steam Deck, via installing it from my gog library on Heroic. While it managed to install correctly I have a few issues that need to be resolved before I can continue;

The controller support is non-existent. I am unsure if that is fixable, though I suspect I might be able to get around it by remapping the Steam Deck controls. Not really a problem though if anybody knows a solution I'd be happy to hear it.

The real issue is that the music is not playing. Sound effects work just fine, so far, but I don't get any music. I suspect it has something to do with Dosbox, given the age of the game in question.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Bagel5941@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have Tyrian 2000 on GOG as well and was feeling nostalgic. I could replicate the issues and here's what I did to fix it.

Installed the game with Heroic and added it (automatically) to Steam.
Applied a community control layout named "Tyrian" to fix the mapping issue.
Launched the game from Steam and used the onscreen keyboard to press 3 to go to "Game DOS settings". I had to run it twice before the controls worked for some reason. Change the music device to "FM Sound" (I think the default was "Midi 330h") and saved.
Returned to the launch menu and pressed 1 to launch Tyrian 2000.

I usually like running DOS games in EmuDeck/Retroarch though.

[-] maquise@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

That seems to have fixed the music problem, thanks!

I have a new issue though; I'm getting a phantom control input, seems to be pushing to the right sometimes. This is exclusive to Tyrian, so it's not a worn out stick or anything.

this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2023

11 points (100.0% liked)

Steam Deck

14884 readers

472 users here now

A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.

Rules:

Follow the rules of Sopuli
Posts must be related to the Steam Deck in an obvious way.
No piracy, there are other communities for that.
Discussion of emulators are allowed, but no discussion on how to illegally acquire ROMs.
This is a place of civil discussion, no trolling.
Have fun.

Link to our Matrix Space

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

Moxvallix@sopuli.xyz

codus@leby.dev

timi@lemmy.world

RolAIDS05@lemmy.world

Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz

RolAIDS05@sopuli.xyz