Armbian-gaming box64 box86 + wine

[jerrebxl]

I am waiting on my opi5 but was already investigating how to run Roblox (an x86 32 bit Windows game) on it. Grapejuice + box86 + wine could do the trick and saw this interesting script: https://github.com/NicoD-SBC/armbian-gaming

Will this be working for opi5 too or is it specific to rk3399 (saw that in some compiler flags)? Anybody experience or an updated installer script?

 

Related info: This YouTube channel covers examples of running games on rk3588 (rock5b) making me believe performance could be quite good: https://youtube.com/@TheByteman

Edited February 22, 2023 by jerrebxl
Adding info about Roblox / adding YouTube example

[NicoD]

It works on rk3588 with Armbian Jammy and Sid.
The RK3399 flag is for arm64, doesn't matter what board.
I think there's a flag for rk3588 too but not sure what it changes.
I also have a Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@NicoDsSBCs

Haven't shown much rk3588 gameplay now I think of it. But it is great.
Not sure about Roblox. I don't know it.
 

[NicoD]

You can install box86 and box64 from repo, but for me wine then doesn't work. I use armbian-gaming. I need to work on it to make a few improvements. But it gives me a headache thinking of it.
 

sudo apt install box86 box64

 

[jerrebxl]

Thanks, looking forward thinkering with it. I checked box86 doesn't have a rk3588 flag but I assume rk3399 would indeed work as well. @NicoD I assume we can use the latest Wine 8.x instead of the 5.x you mentioned in the readme or is there a specific reason you mention that version?

Btw: Roblox is a game in a 3d world so Vulkan (or OpenGl) support would be helpful, so far I see this is possible with box86+wine+dxvk on the opi5.

 

Edited February 22, 2023 by jerrebxl

[NicoD]

I haven't updated to use the latest wine version. You can use whatever version you want.
There is a reason why to use wine 5. It does the old 32-bit programs better since it can emulate win 95/98
Version 6.x can only do from winxp.
Good luck with it.