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=== Move Detection Code to the Main Executable === | === Move Detection Code to the Main Executable === | ||
Technical contacts: [[User:Sev|sev]] | Technical contacts: [[User:Sev|sev]], [[User:Criezy|criezy]] | ||
Difficulty: Medium | Difficulty: Medium | ||
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What is needed in this task, is changing our plugin system, so detection-related part of MetaEngine goes straight into the main ScummVM executable, and the engines are not required to load for detection. | What is needed in this task, is changing our plugin system, so detection-related part of MetaEngine goes straight into the main ScummVM executable, and the engines are not required to load for detection. | ||
Benefits would be faster game detection as well as the ability to detect games even if the corresponding plugin is missing, and let the user know which plugin is missing and needed to play that game. | |||
You need a medium knowledge of C++ for this task. | You need a medium knowledge of C++ for this task. | ||