Implement portable mode

[ElektroStudios]

This is a (basic and must-have) feature request:

Please consider to implement portable mode, that is the xemu.ini and any other files must be read/written in root directory of xemu.exe.

One easy way for all users to set portable mode probably would be to let them create a "portable.txt" file in the root folder of xemu.exe, and then xemu should do the magic to recognize the installation as a portable mode. Or through an option in the emulator UI.

I cannot think of a good emulator that is not portable itself or does not provide the user a functionality to make it portable, like PCSX2, RPCS3, Dolphin, Cemu, Citra and of course Cxbx-R just to mention some of them.

I'm in love with Xemu's UI and its functionality but this is a thing that stops me from using it as my main choice instead of others (well, the only other working xbox emulator) because I need emulators to be portable, not to save settings in the user roaming folder like xemu does :(

Just please consider this feature request. Thanks in advance.

[mborgerson]

Thanks, it is planned.

[ElektroStudios]

Thanks to you for your quick reply! and for accepting the request. It would be great if you could provide any ETA for this, although I do not ask for it to be an official time estimation.

Thanks for all your work on this emulator guys.

[theboy181]

Instead of making a portable.txt just have it understand it’s portable if the xemu.ini is in the root with the exe.

[mborgerson]

@theboy181 Sounds good. Do you want to help do this?

[ElektroStudios]

Any E.T.A for this?

[dracc]

Any E.T.A for this?

I haven't heard of anyone actively working on it. A dirty prototype shouldn't take much longer than 20 minutes to throw together if someone has the time and necessary skills.

[rrrcabral]

i want that feature too. just have it understand it’s portable if the xemu.ini is in the root with the exe.
a lot of people uses emulators in external hdd or other partitions.

[mborgerson]

It already exists

Note to future reader: Create a xemu.toml file next to your xemu.exe