TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk
Suggestion: Option to add new games to the database
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- Dominant language
- C#
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Description
If you open a game that isn't in the database and BizHawk can't recognize the system by the filename extension, it will ask you what core it should use. It would be nice, if once the game successfully loaded, there was a menu option to add the game to the database for the currently loaded core. Or even maybe a popup aksing if the game should be added to the database. That way it would automatically know which core to use next time.
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the game-loading flow where an unrecognized filename leads to core selection, then find how the game database stores core associations. Determine how a menu option or confirmation popup would fit that flow; done means a successfully loaded game can be saved for automatic core selection on a later launch.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- databases, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100