Feature Idea : 3 levels of options

RetroArch General
#1

In my advice a good feature in retroarch would be to specify when u set an option the level u want this option be applied.

There could be 3 levels :

  • Global
  • Core
  • Game

options in game config are prior to those in core config and options in core config are prior to options in global config

Example : I want play Street of rage (genesis game) with genesis region “NTSC-U” to have the game in english. I set the option region_detect= “NTSC-U” with level : “game” => The option is writed in a config file for that game and when i launch the game if a config file exist for that game retroarch load it, overriding the gobal or core setting. => similar to --append “config file”

All could be in the UI for not having to write in the config files.

#2

You can already do this, though it’s perhaps not quite as easy as it should be. In the config section: [ul] [li]Save Configuration On Exit: ON[/li][li]Configuration Per-Core: OFF[/li][li]Use Per-Game Core Options: ON[/li][li]Load Override Files Automatically: ON[/li][/ul] Save general core configurations to :\config<core name><core name.cfg> Save per-game configurations to :\config<core name><rom name.cfg> Save per-game core options to :\config<core name><rom name.opt>

The easiest way to set this up, is to bring up the core options and use the “Game Options File” option (first item on the list) which will create a correctly named and placed .opt file. For your other config files, you will have to set up your config, and select the “Save New Config” option. This will create a file with: :\config&lt;core dll name.cfg> Rename this to <core name.cfg> and place it in the correct directory. Creating a game options file first makes this a lot easier, as that creates a directory for the core, and gives you the name that RetroArch uses for that core. You can rename this to <rom name.cfg> instead, if you want it to be a per-game override instead of the per-core override.

There are a lot more manual steps here than I’d like - I wish there was just a “save config file” option which then prompted you to save the global retroarch.cfg, <core name.cfg> or <rom name.cfg>, but in the latest Nightly it seems to at least be saving per-game overrides automatically now. However that was already the easiest of them, because the very first option on the list would write <rom name.opt> already. It also writes all core options instead of the options specific to the current core, which is a bit annoying.

I have an example of my setup for a game in this topic: http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5475

#5

Region is a core option but would be good to specifiy u want apply the setting at core level or at game level. At game level the setting override the setting at core level. I think this could be more easy to do like this than to switch with way to manage config file actually.

#6

[QUOTE=altair72;38315]Region is a core option but would be good to specifiy u want apply the setting at core level or at game level. At game level the setting override the setting at core level. I think this could be more easy to do like this than to switch with way to manage config file actually.[/QUOTE]

That’s exactly how it works if you change the settings and create a game options file. (first item in the core options menu)

#7

Yes but the pb when u do that is that all settings u do is apply only for game. So when u want change something global u have to switch and at the end u dont know what is global/core and game.

#8

Create a core options file, and then create game-specific ones after that. The core options file will be loaded if no game-specific options file exists.

#9

Hi : a question from what version of Retroarch is core options > Game Options File available ?