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Request: Have the Core Updater notify for cores that need assets #5532

Open RuiNtD opened 7 years ago

RuiNtD commented 7 years ago

For cores that need assets, such as PPSSPP and Dolphin, the Core Updater should either download the assets automatically or popup a message (in the place of the core update progress), saying "Please download this core's assets from the Content Downloader." This will probably require modifications to core info files.

RobLoach commented 7 years ago

There are BIOS checks, we could add them there with the .info file. Where does it expect the assets to live?

RuiNtD commented 7 years ago

I never necessarily said check for any files. I only said to recommend the user to download the assets (or do it automatically) when the cores are updated.

markwkidd commented 7 years ago

I think this is more relevant for files like NstDatabase.xml that NES emulators use, or the hiscore.dat file that MAME cores need to correctly save high scores for many games.

Those files are not encumbered by copyright but right now it's up to the user to read the docs to realize that they are needed, and then to place them correctly.

I don't really know how to solve this. A readme that pops up in RetroArch when a core is downloaded or updated might do the trick.

fda77 commented 6 years ago

just a small popup (eg ppsspp): "Missing files, read the manual" :)