TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk

[Request] Map Hotkeys for layer disabling for more consoles.

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App: EmuHawk Core: Atari2600Hawk Core: BSNES Core: Cygne Core: Gambatte Core: Genplus-gx Core: HyperNyma Core: mGBA Core: MSXHawk Core: NesHawk Core: O2Hawk Core: PCEHawk Core: SameBoy (from 2.8) Core: SMSHawk Core: Snes9x Core: TurboNyma Needs domain knowledge for triage Repro: Affects 2.7 Request: Feature/Enhancement
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Description

Right now you can only map hotkeys to disable layers when playing SNES and GB games.

I'm requesting for the same thing to be added for the other consoles with the option to disable background and sprite layers. I know the NES and Genesis have the option in their own settings menu when you have one of their games loaded, but they can't be mapped to a hotkey.

Thanks and hopefully this is something that can be implemented in the future!


Affected cores:
https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk/blob/f1dce8964d06cec25879ede5a3e1258ba476e9ac/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/RetroAchievements/RetroAchievements.Hardcore.cs#L46-L61

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Research direction

Start with the affected-core references in RetroAchievements/RetroAchievements.Hardcore.cs and compare the existing SNES and GB layer-disable hotkey mappings with the NES and Genesis settings mentioned in the issue. Trace how those settings are exposed while a game is loaded, then verify that background and sprite layer disabling can be assigned and triggered through hotkeys for the additional consoles.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop, game-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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