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[AnyOldName3]

The key thing is that you need to meddle with the emulator to turn it into a Retroarch core, and the newer the console, the more likely it is to not map nicely onto the interface and need invasive modifications that break things. If that leads to a bunch of support threads blaming the main project for Retroarch-induced problems, that can be irritating, especially if people aren't polite about it or bury the lede by failing to mention they're using Retroarch. If it happens enough to be a problem, then obviously the upstream project's community isn't going to remain welcoming.

As for the name change, if you're forking a GPL project (which you have to if you're turning it into a Retroarch core), you're required to publish it under another name or the original name with your name added so it can be easily distinguished from the original and the original creator doesn't catch flak for your bugs.

[NaturalViolence]

I still to this day do not understand the point of using retroarch instead of standalone emulators.

[mbc07]

(02-15-2023, 04:50 AM)ZLRK Wrote: [...]
Dolphin-emu itself: AFAIU, not as "extremist" as PCSX2, but I have seen here that discussion about it is generally not very welcome.

That's just our current forum policy. Since we only provide support for our officially maintained ports (Windows, Linux, macOS and Android at the moment), we close threads deliberately asking for support for unofficial forks, advising the OP to seek the fork maintainers directly...

[DacoTaco]

(02-16-2023, 12:15 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: I still to this day do not understand the point of using retroarch instead of standalone emulators.

i don't understand retroarch either. and its such a *shivers* special codebase that has libogc inside of their repo... *pukes*

[AnyOldName3]

IIRC, when I was first trying to play SNES games on my phone because I'd realised the days of good mobile games were over, it was the only way to get Higan/BSNES working on Android without building anything yourself. I can't think of any other reason why I'd have it installed.