TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk
[🪟] Accepting "...custom firmware does not reside..." prompt fails
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Description
This is the prompt that appears if you right-click > "Set Customization..." and then browse to a file outside the Firmware dir (default: %BIZHAWK_HOME%\Firmware).
https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk/blob/4a16b5c7ee1e5fc1a96aad863c9dd2158975c9c4/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/FirmwareConfig.cs#L510
Repro'd at 5adcbf73b65f5015a4877e0d243e5e13f72742c6 on Win11 but not on Linux.
The other version I had in my Win11 VM was 2.3.2, and FWIW the bug was not present there.
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Research direction
Start at src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/FirmwareConfig.cs around line 510 and reproduce the prompt by using Set Customization to select a file outside the default Firmware directory on Windows. Compare the Windows behavior with Linux and the older 2.3.2 behavior mentioned in the report. Done means accepting the prompt successfully applies the selected external firmware file.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100