Feature request: In-game text file reading

held
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Feature request: In-game text file reading

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Hello

Enjoying the core to the fullest here, but I find my self printing walkthroughs in '90 style, a lot :lol:
Would it be possible to view a text file in the game folder from the core's menu, eg:

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Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver (America).chd
Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver (Amercia).chd.txt

Use the shoulder buttons for pgup/pgdown or something.

I might be the only one, but consulting text-based docs/walkthroughs/manuals while in-game would be very handy.

Thanks.

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Re: Feature request: In-game text file reading

Unread post by FPGAzumSpass »

This would be a framework feature.
There is already some option for pdf manuals, maybe you can use that?

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Re: Feature request: In-game text file reading

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FPGAzumSpass wrote: Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:49 am

This would be a framework feature.
There is already some option for pdf manuals, maybe you can use that?

how does the pdf option work?

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Re: Feature request: In-game text file reading

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dont know, if i figure it out, ill post it here :D

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Re: Feature request: In-game text file reading

Unread post by akeley »

You can browse pdf and txt files from the "Help" menu in OSD. These files should go into fat/media/docs/core-name (Isuppose you can put them elsewhere too but a particular core will look there first)

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