[Feature Request] Duplicate A Core
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Description
I'm requesting a feature to duplicate an existing core with separate config folders. But the same everything else.
Why? Because, this way, I won't have to use separate cores when I need to load the same content in different ways across two separate playlists.
Right now, if I want to have two playlists: Super Game Boy + Game Boy, with the same roms, but different core options & shaders, I need two different cores, one for each playlist.
But if I can duplicate SameBoy / SameBoy_copy, that way I won't need a different core for each playlist, nor to duplicate my entire romset.
Of course, the copy should also update normally alongside the original via the online updater.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how cores, config folders, playlists, shaders, and the online updater are handled. The feature would be complete when an existing core can be duplicated with separate configuration while sharing the same content and continuing to receive normal updater changes.
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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
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100