Alright, so I decided to mess around with my Raspberry Pi again. This time, I wanted to see if I could get Sayu, that Genshin Impact character, running on it. I figured, why not? I had some free time, and it sounded like a fun little challenge.
First things first, I had to get the Pi set up. I already had Raspbian installed on an SD card, so I just popped that in and booted it up. Then, I made sure everything was updated. You know, the usual:
sudo apt updatesudo apt upgrade
Gotta keep things fresh, right?
Next, I needed to figure out how to actually get the game files onto the Pi. This was probably the trickiest part, since, well, it’s not exactly officially supported. I did some digging around online and found some folks who had managed to get similar things working. It involved a lot of command-line stuff, which I’m not super great at, but I managed to muddle my way through.
I ended up having to install a bunch of dependencies. Stuff like, you know, graphics libraries and whatnot. Honestly, I don’t even remember all of them. I just followed the instructions I found online and hoped for the best. There was a lot of copy-pasting involved, let me tell you.
After what felt like forever, I finally got everything installed. I held my breath and tried to run the game. And… it actually started! I was pretty shocked, to be honest. It was super laggy, and the graphics were all messed up, but it was definitely Sayu, rolling around on my tiny little screen.
Tweaking for Performance (or Lack Thereof)
Okay, so “playable” is a strong word. It was more like a slideshow. But I wasn’t ready to give up yet! I spent some more time messing with the settings, trying to optimize things as much as possible. I lowered the resolution, turned off all the fancy effects, and basically made it look like a potato.
It helped a little, but it was still pretty rough. I guess a Raspberry Pi just isn’t powerful enough to run a game like that smoothly. Still, it was a fun experiment! I learned a lot about Linux and command-line stuff, and I got to see Sayu roll around on my Pi, which was pretty cool.
In the end, I wouldn’t recommend trying this unless you’re really bored and have a lot of patience. But if you’re up for a challenge, it’s definitely a unique way to spend an afternoon. Now I just need to find that instruction list, so many text that I even forgot where I found.
