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Save State Menu Request #2642

Open miroswan opened 7 years ago

miroswan commented 7 years ago

It would be really helpful to be able to save a save state in the UI without using hot keys. If you're using MAME with a joystick, you don't want to have to reach for a keyboard to save and load states. Also, it would be great if frontends had the capability of controlling save states.

cuavas commented 7 years ago

You can save and load states with a joystick. You need to map buttons or button combinations to the "Save State" and "Load State" inputs, but once you're on the menu you can press a joystick button to save or load machine state.

miroswan commented 7 years ago

Yes, but then you're limited by the number of buttons on your joystick. Is it all at feasible to get a configurable number slots to which you can save a state within the UI?

miroswan commented 7 years ago

If it's feasible and someone can point me in the right direction maybe I can help. Could be a fun little side project.