(Menu) Allow selecting soft-patch in the menu
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Description
I think support for the huge number of "romhacks" would be increased if there were a way to simply specify a patch file along with the other data in the playlist file. I don't know how patch information is handed off to cores (or do they currently handle that on their own?) but it seems like having the info available to the menu/launcher would open up options beyond avoiding massive file duplication.
As it is now I've duplicated and renamed the base rom for every romhack patch. It would be great to have some way for a bunch of patch files work against a single copy of the base rom.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how playlist data reaches the menu/launcher and how patch information is handed off to cores. Done means a playlist can select multiple patch files that apply to one base ROM without duplicating or renaming the ROM.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100