MIDI music not supported

[cobalt2727]

every time I open up the game I'm greeted with

ERROR: Mix_LoadMUS_RW: Couldn't open /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg
ERROR: Music _title could not be loaded: engine failure!

I've installed the necessary dependencies and that file does exist on my system, but the flatpak file for it can't see it. I haven't yet tested this, but I'm pretty sure this is only an issue with the Flatpak bundling...

[ZebulanStanphill]

Just ran into this issue myself while playing SRB2 The Past, which requires MIDI music support to hear the soundtrack in various old stage recreations.

I tried enabling a bunch of additional permissions in Flatseal in hopes that it would get things working, but it didn't.

Notably, the Midi Settings section that should be present under Options -> Sound Options -> Advanced Options is missing in the Flatpak version of the game.

[ghisvail]

Looks like we need to add timidity + freepats to the app manifest to make this work.

[ghisvail]

There is another Flatpak manifest which includes freepats and a config file. Maybe that's enough to get us started with?

[cobalt2727]

Looks like that would do it, if I had to guess...

[hazepastel]

The "intended" way to fix this is to compile with HAVE_MIXERX=1 set. However, I do not know the details of how or if it's even possible to include SDL Mixer X in a flatpak build.

[cobalt2727]

I can't think of any reason why that wouldn't work - although I'm also not too familiar with how the Flatpak runtime is set up.

[Natedogwoooof]

fix plz, i dont like booting into windows

[ghisvail]

@Natedogwoooof you are welcome to submit a fix if you find one 👍