Development Thread Testers Wanted - Global User Directory

[Shonumi]

(09-17-2013, 01:38 AM)delroth Wrote: That's already done - MaJoR provides .reg files that can be double-clicked to add the key into the registry.

Then I don't see how anyone could complain about anything :/

[nintendo_nerd]

(09-17-2013, 02:22 AM)Shonumi Wrote:

(09-17-2013, 01:38 AM)delroth Wrote: That's already done - MaJoR provides .reg files that can be double-clicked to add the key into the registry.

Then I don't see how anyone could complain about anything :/

Exactly. All the work is done for the end-user. I've been testing it thoroughly and haven't had a single problem with the system.

[RachelB]

(09-17-2013, 12:59 AM)nintendo_nerd Wrote:

(09-17-2013, 12:53 AM)Special Wrote: Can't say I really like this change, I'm fine that this is an option for people who want it, but I prefer the old way and do not like the fact that now I need to make a mess of the registry to get the old way back again.

Instead of involving the registry at all can it be handled with an ini file from within the Dolphin directory? Also having any kind of option that requires registry tweaking for the masses to use is probably not the best solution, a GUI way from within Dolphin would be a better, more dummy proof way.

The thing with the registry is that it's perfectly safe to do if you know exactly what you're doing; in this case, it's hardly a hassle and perfectly convenient keeping it global like this. To implement a GUI feature like this would be too time-consuming for the team, and since 4.0 is pretty much ready for release, it just isn't feasible. Please reread the OP, I respect their reasoning for doing this and making a new entry for the registry is hardly a detriment, the only reason registry modding is bad is if you don't know what you're trying to change and why; in this case, it's very straightforward. I don't mind these changes at all. Something like this was long overdue.

It would not be time consuming at all to add a gui option. We don't really want to do so though. And even if we did, we couldn't right now anyway. We cannot change any more text before 4.0, to allow translators time to translate everything.

[nintendo_nerd]

(09-17-2013, 08:21 AM)RachelB Wrote:

(09-17-2013, 12:59 AM)nintendo_nerd Wrote:

(09-17-2013, 12:53 AM)Special Wrote: Can't say I really like this change, I'm fine that this is an option for people who want it, but I prefer the old way and do not like the fact that now I need to make a mess of the registry to get the old way back again.

Instead of involving the registry at all can it be handled with an ini file from within the Dolphin directory? Also having any kind of option that requires registry tweaking for the masses to use is probably not the best solution, a GUI way from within Dolphin would be a better, more dummy proof way.

The thing with the registry is that it's perfectly safe to do if you know exactly what you're doing; in this case, it's hardly a hassle and perfectly convenient keeping it global like this. To implement a GUI feature like this would be too time-consuming for the team, and since 4.0 is pretty much ready for release, it just isn't feasible. Please reread the OP, I respect their reasoning for doing this and making a new entry for the registry is hardly a detriment, the only reason registry modding is bad is if you don't know what you're trying to change and why; in this case, it's very straightforward. I don't mind these changes at all. Something like this was long overdue.

It would not be time consuming at all to add a gui option. We don't really want to do so though. And even if we did, we couldn't right now anyway. We cannot change any more text before 4.0, to allow translators time to translate everything.

Well, can't argue with that I look forward to Dolphin 4.0, keep up the hard work! And again, the GUD is working great

[Special]

After looking at some of the recent changes, 3.5-2388 in which if you add a "portable" text file to the directory it will make Dolphin truly portable again, if it works how I think it will (the old behavior basically without needing to add a registry setting) then I have no qualms over this. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[MayImilae]

That's wrong. Dolphin looks to the registry first. If it doesn't see a registry key it uses the default global user directory path, if it sees LocalUserConfig it uses the directory the build is in, and if it sees UserConfigPath it uses the path indicated there.

Looking at the contents of a local file to determine what to do? That's the old method exactly. I used this to make a "global user directory" for a year before this change. While people could make a global user directory with it they usually didn't, and this lead to infrequent updates to reduce the hassle of moving saves and settings. That's what this is for. It is now much easier to update, so hopefully people will do it more often.

[RachelB]

major: http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/source/detail?r=037199c326a031df77c3684f1d6b496592baf5b5#

[MayImilae]

Oh... whoops. So that's what he meant. I'll make sure I add it to the guide.

[nintendo_nerd]

I would like to report that game configs are no longer being saved. I'm trying to disable the following in specific games.

[Video_Settings]
UseXFB = True
UseRealXFB = True

In Gamecube games, but they simply are not saving in the game.ini, in fact, there is no game.ini is there? Whenever I edit a game config text file, Dolphin tells me it doesn't exist and asks to make one for the game I'm editing, so I make one, but it doesn't take effect. Is this due to how the global user directory is being handled? Is this a bug?

[haddockd]

I thought that was just fixed by RachelB. Are you using the latest revision to date?