Move save states to Onion Saves folder

[schmurtzm]

The objective would be to move load_state and save_state to /mnt/SDCARD/Saves/CurrentProfile/states/Drastic . As this modification concerns only Onion I suppose that a dedicated version of the drastic binary would be necessary with a detection of Onion in the launch script.

As reminder (credits Steward):

if we only need load_state anf save_state, it is also possible to do this by patching

[steward-fu]

commit: https://github.com/steward-fu/nds_miyoo/commit/ba347780d23867de84be51011b855eb1a2d7e425

There is a new setting in resources/setting.json for states path, which names "states".

[neolao]

I suppose it's also possible to do the same thing with the backup files, right?

[schmurtzm]

@steward-fu It works very well for the save state triggered our keymon (save states go into /mnt/SDCARD/Saves/CurrentProfile/states/Drastic). But if I press menu + R2 or by using the Drastic menu, the saves go into /mnt/SDCARD/Emu/NDS/savestates. Is it possible to systematically redirect all the save states into /mnt/SDCARD/Saves/CurrentProfile/states/Drastic ? (which means that the Drastic menu will load it from here too).

I suppose it's also possible to do the same thing with the backup files, right?

Yes it would be an improvement even if most users will use save states. But I don't want to ask too much to Steward and this kind of redirection is tricky.

[neolao]

Yes it would be an improvement even if most users will use save states.

oh really? I consider the states as a "(very) nice to have" feature. Several times I've overwritten a state. But the real save is the one I make in the game. 🤷‍♂️

[schmurtzm]

Yes really 🤔 I already know that if you ask for it it means that you use it, but it doesn't mean that your use reflecting the habits of most of our users ;)

But anyway, I agree on the fact that it would be more clean to have all what is related to saves to the Saves folder :

• savestates from /mnt/SDCARD/Emu/NDS/savestates to /mnt/SDCARD/Saves/CurrentProfile/states/Drastic
• saves from /mnt/SDCARD/Emu/NDS/backup to /mnt/SDCARD/Saves/CurrentProfile/saves/Drastic

From what I know it's not necessarily feasible...

[steward-fu]

Yes, all of save files (in both backup and savestates) should be put in the same parent folder, ex: /mnt/SDCARD/Saves/CurrentProfile/saves/Drastic folder. I will try to implement it, thanks :)

[steward-fu]

commit: https://github.com/steward-fu/nds/commit/fe775926de2cb290f69c6900e1c828acb034270f

[steward-fu]

I put all of save files together for management more easily. If this is not you want, please drop a comment to let me know.

[neolao]

Ok for me, I prefer every save files in the same folder.