#Hardcoded game how to
#Hardcoded game mods

It would also make it easy to get the metadata for unofficial translated/patched games for example by just connecting it to the ID of the original game.Īssuming it’s not likely the database system will be overhauled, is there an easier way to customize the playlists, preferably while retaining the metadata? Because from inside RetroArch it seems unless you want to keep the exact name you will definitely lose the metadata, and in order to get thumbnails for a patched version of a game for example (while still having it clearly labeled as such), you’d either have to download and rename them manually, or also have the original version there at the same time, match and download the thumbnails for that, then copy/rename those to the patched name (after which you could remove the original.) I like how we have more realistic things in the game and I appreciate how. Is there a reason the database matching was coded to the exact name of the game? To me the obvious way to do it would be to give each game a numeric ID, and once a playlist entry was connected to that ID you could change it however you wanted and you’d still have access to the relevant metadata like year, developer, and thumbnails.

#Hardcoded game how to

support - if your values are in an external configuration file you cannot protect yourself against stupid configurations and you cannot test all possible configurations, if its hard coded then you know what you are dealing with. Learn how to play like a champion in this popular soccer video game.

#Hardcoded game mods

there are mods for empire that let you use 40 units in a game that wasnt designed for it and it works perfectly fine. If you want larger battles, just crank up the unit size. Now the name in the playlist ends up as “Pokemon - Yellow Version - Special Pikachu Edition (USA, Europe) (CGB+SGB Enhanced)” which I think is a bit excessive so I use the rename function in the menu and change it to just “Pokémon Yellow” and now the connection to the database entry is broken and the thumbnails disappear. There are several 'right reasons' for hard coding. Nah, the interface and controls are clearly made for 20 units.

So let’s say I have a rom called “pokemon yellow.gb”, I feed it through the scanner, it automatically matches it with the correct database entry, and lets me download the correct thumbnails.