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fp-launch runs a LocalGames .exe with Flashpoint's bundled Wine from a writable copy, linking its Prefs directory, where Director projectors save, into the synced saves directory. Players without a save start from the Prefs the game ships with. The image adds the X, font and PulseAudio libraries the bundled Wine loads.
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Flashpoint streamer (prototype)
Runs a Flashpoint game natively on the server and streams it to the browser with
Selkies, for platforms that cannot
run in a browser. One container plays one game, set by GAME_ID. It supports
Java applets, and Windows games installed under LocalGames/ (see
local-games).
Requirements
A Linux Flashpoint install at FLASHPOINT_HOST_PATH. The streamer uses the
Infinity build's Server/FlashpointGameServer, FPSoftware/Java and
FPSoftware/Wine, which
Ultimate's packed zips do not include on Linux. To add them to an extracted
Ultimate without overwriting its data, copy an extracted
Infinity for Linux over it:
rsync -a --ignore-existing /path/to/infinity/ /path/to/flashpoint/
Usage
FLASHPOINT_HOST_PATH=/path/to/flashpoint docker compose up -d --build
Open https://<host>:3001 and accept the self-signed certificate. To play a
different game, set GAME_ID, plus GAME_WIDTH and GAME_HEIGHT to its
window size, and recreate the container. The launch log is at
/config/fp-launch.log inside the container.
How it works
fp-launch follows the Flashpoint launcher's Linux launch sequence: it starts
the game server, mounts the game's zip through the server's mountzip API, and
runs the game's application with its HTTP proxy pointed at the game server.
Selkies restarts the game when it exits (RESTART_APP).
appletviewer lacks two things applets got from the browser's Java plugin, so
the image adds them: a netscape.javascript.JSObject stand-in whose window has
a document.cookie that persists to /config/saves/cookies.txt, and a policy
allowing HTTP requests through the game server's proxy. The same jar (applet-support/) is loaded as a Java agent
that removes appletviewer's menu bar and status line.
Windows games run under Flashpoint's bundled Wine from a writable copy of the
game's directory. Its Prefs directory, where Director projectors save, is
linked into /config/saves, so the session manager syncs it to the player's
browser. A player without a save starts from the Prefs the game ships with.