TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk

Conditional Cheat Enabling/Disabling. Compare Against Value to Enable another Cheat.

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App: EmuHawk Request: Feature/Enhancement
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Description

Some GameShark and other cheat devices have codes that enable other codes.

For Example,
E0XXXXXX 00YY Codes for Playstation, say this:
When the value (YY) for the given address (XXXXXX) is equal to the supplied value (YY), activate the following code, which the user would specify.

It should be noted that this kind of Code (E0) does NOT do any changes/writing to the RAM itself. Just reading values.

BizHawk 1.11.4 and below only supports codes that checks the user's specified address's Value to a user specified value, then applies the user's wanted value to the same address.

What I want from this request/report/issue is, a way to get a conditional enable/disable of a cheat, by checking against another cheat's value.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating BizHawk's cheat-code handling and existing conditional-code support, then clarify how one cheat should enable or disable another when a specified address value matches; completion should include agreed behavior and tests for the requested conditional activation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
game-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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