Package request: TRX (run Tomb Raider 1/2 games)

[revuwa]

Project description

Open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2, respectively. Aim to enhance these classic games through decompilation and the implementation of open-source alternatives to proprietary components.

Metadata

• homepage URL: https://lostartefacts.dev/projects.html
• source URL: https://github.com/LostArtefacts/TRX
• license: gpl3
• platforms: linux

Could replace: #189177 (package request for: OpenLara)

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[jficz]

I was just about to open the exact same request!

However, the game's build recipe is based on Docker which makes the build rather complicated on/with Nix (the inputs are mutable and impure - you never know what docker container you're going to end up with).

I don't know how to approach this in Nix - or whether there even is a way to expose Docker daemon to the build environment...

[nixos-discourse]

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/docker-as-build-dependency/39886/1

[revuwa]

UPDATE:
The project renamed to TRX in the meanwhile, (and supports Tomb Raider 1+2 now).
So I updated this issue with new links and information.

In the issues, someone seems to get the project compiled under NixOS: LostArtefacts/TRX#716 (comment) while the compiling "instruction" still seems not that helpful: https://github.com/LostArtefacts/TRX/blob/develop/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md#compiling

Hope to see this project sometime on NixOS, anyway 🤞

[pluiedev]

In the issues, someone seems to get the project compiled under NixOS:

That's when it still used CMake AFAICT — now it's built with Meson which is an entirely different beast

[revuwa]

The current (TR1X >=4.7) version seems to has: "added support for Wayland in binary Linux builds".
Source: release page & issue.

So, [...]-Linux.zip packages are provided for newer releases (under assets) with executable TR1X binaries inside.

Does this make something easier to build or whatever?