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Support ROM patches

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#24 opened on Jul 28, 2023

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Description

Description

It can be annoying and an inconvenience to patch ROM's . At minimum, we should support .ips and .bps patches.

At a stretch, we should support .xdelta

How to solve the problem

Use https://github.com/alcaro/flips as a submodule

Describe alternatives you've considered

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Research direction
Investigate how to integrate the flips library as a submodule and add patch loading support for .ips and .bps files.
Tech stack
c
Domain
backend
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Feature
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2
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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Git
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70