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How? - UnitForce2000 - 10-17-2014
How do I become a Dolphin developer? Is it easy? I would like to help out with Dolphin.
RE: How? - Link_to_the_past - 10-17-2014
You need to have knowledge about programming, and sit and learn about how hardware and emulation works. You can still help in other aspects of the emulator without having the above (translation, game testing and bug hunting, wiki, helping newcomers in the forums, etc.). If you seriously want to be a dev though, both programming and hardware/emulation knowledge is a must. Personally i picked the second route since i can't help with the first, i would have to spent a lot of time just to catch up with others and i don't thing i could make much of a difference even if i did so i gave up on that.
RE: How? - UnitForce2000 - 10-17-2014
(10-17-2014, 01:40 AM)Link_to_the_past Wrote: You need to have knowledge about programming, and sit and learn about how hardware and emulation works. You can still help in other aspects of the emulator without having the above (translation, game testing and bug hunting, wiki, helping newcomers in the forums, etc.). If you seriously want to be a dev though, both programming and hardware/emulation knowledge is a must. Personally i picked the second route since i can't help with the first, i would have to spent a lot of time just to catch up with others and i don't thing i could make much of a difference even if i did so i gave up on that.
Oh okay, thanks!
I will get to know programming first. I guess I have a long way to study.