Template talk:Config

Config List
Remember the Dolphin Manual? Well, I've thought about it a lot since that project failed, and really the dolphin manual was only two things.

1. A list of instructions for set up and doing various things. The wiki already has most of that in Help:Contents via our tutorials.

2. A list of functions in the emulator and what they do and where they are.

We already have #1. However, it occurred to me that we already have #2 as well... right here. Template:Config. It lists all of the options in the emulator, shows where they are (general location via categories anyway) and describes them. The problem is that it is very user unfriendly. It's designed to display stuff in wiki pages, and it does that job very well but it's not very friendly for other purposes. So, here's my question to you guys - how hard would it be to make a page that automatically displayed every Template:Config entry? That way, any time Template:Config is updated, the big user-friendly list would be updated as well. With a little tweaking to make it more presentable, we take what we already have and maintain and suddenly it's a one-stop shop for Dolphin help, fulfilling everything the Dolphin Manual set out to achieve! But uh, I don't know how to do that. You know, artist and all. What do you guys think? - MaJoR (talk) 15:23, 13 July 2014 (CEST)


 * It'll need some refactoring to automatically add new option to a list and the template's code is messy at the moment. A temporary solution is creating a page and include Config template with every possible entry and then update accordingly whenever we add new options. It's a quick way to archive #2 until we refactor the template's code. Jhonn (talk)

Misalignment with Current Rev
There seem to be quite a few mis-alignments with the template and the current config options. I'll try to list the ones I'm seeing, I didn't cover the Graphics tab in detail...

General

 * Framelimit options were revised, now is set 10 - 200% rather than by individual frames.

Under our General, but Configs Interface
 * Panic Handlers, do we need to cover this option?

GC/Wii

 * We should properly split out the GC options. And the missing Device Settings may be needed for a few games (i.e. GC Mic).
 * Under Wii we only miss the Aspect Ratio options. Probably safe to ignore, but may effect some games 16:9 support.

Game Properties
We don't cover...
 * Skip DCBZ clearing

- Panic Handlers were added because in the past some games worked fine but threw a lot of Error Messages. If we don't have games needing it anymore I'm OK with its removal. Otherwise I think it should stay. About Aspect Ratio in Wii tab, we could implement it for games like WarioWare Smooth Moves that outputs stretched graphics at 16:9 because it doesn't have widescreen support. It may be cleaner than suggesting the users to use "Force 4:3" in graphics config. Despite these two notes, I agree with everything else. - Jhonn (talk)

Output Per Rating
We should revise this to output alternate config section messages based on ratings (i.e. output a less certain message on titles without a rating). Kolano (talk) 09:18, 6 August 2016 (CEST)

Remaining Gaps
A few gaps remain in some outputs of the config template. Specifically when outputting multiple config sections while skipping over some sections. This is documented at Template:Config/sandbox/doc. Kolano (talk) 08:31, 10 November 2016 (CET)