From e208b383395a46f914ca550bd18516a220bf43f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DDH69 <74479241+DDH69@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:57:27 +1030
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add ability to use either Platform or Emulator

---
 Program.cs | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 802f77d..e3f41d4 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ namespace DOFConnect
 {
     using Unbroken.LaunchBox.Plugins;
     using Unbroken.LaunchBox.Plugins.Data;
-    using System.IO.Pipes;
-
-    // Class to handle system events in LaunchBox/BigBox
+    using System.IO.Pipes;
+    using System.Text.Json;
+    using System.Reflection;
+
+    // Class to handle system events in LaunchBox/BigBox
     public partial class SystemEvents : ISystemEventsPlugin
     {
         string gCurrentGame = "";
         string gCurrentPlatform = "platforms";
-        string gCurrentEmulator = "";
+        string gCurrentCategory = "";
+        Boolean UseEmulator = true;
 
         public void OnEventRaised(string eventType)
         {
@@ -19,7 +22,8 @@ public void OnEventRaised(string eventType)
             switch (eventType)
             {
                 case SystemEventTypes.PluginInitialized:
-                    // Do nothing
+                    // Load the configuration
+                    LoadConfig();
                     break;
                 case SystemEventTypes.LaunchBoxStartupCompleted:
                     // Play cabinet's marquee, per the configuration
@@ -45,6 +49,23 @@ public void OnEventRaised(string eventType)
             }
         }
 
+        public class DOFConnectConfig
+        {
+            public string CategorySource { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        // Load up the configuration details
+        private void LoadConfig()
+        {
+            using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)+"\\DOFConnect.json"))
+            { 
+                string json = r.ReadToEnd();
+                DOFConnectConfig config = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<DOFConnectConfig>(json);
+                if (config.CategorySource == "Platform") UseEmulator = false;
+                sendMsg($"INFO=DOFConnect v3 category set to {config.CategorySource}");
+            }
+        }
+
         // Helper method to handle selection changes
         private void HandleSelectionChanged()
         {
@@ -59,29 +80,36 @@ private void HandleSelectionChanged()
                 if (gCurrentGame != CleanGameName(game.ApplicationPath))
                 {
                     gCurrentGame = CleanGameName(game.ApplicationPath);
-                    gCurrentEmulator = emulator.Title;
-                    sendMenuRom(gCurrentEmulator, gCurrentGame);
+                    if (UseEmulator) 
+                    { 
+                        gCurrentCategory = emulator.Title;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        gCurrentCategory = game.Platform;
+                    }
+                    sendMenuRom(gCurrentCategory, gCurrentGame);
                 }
             }
             else
-            {
-                if (selectedPlatform != null)
-                {
-                    // If platform is not null, then we just selected a platform
-                    // If we changed platform
-                    if (gCurrentPlatform != selectedPlatform.Name)
-                    {
-                        gCurrentPlatform = selectedPlatform.Name;
-                        if (selectedGames != null)
-                        {
-                            sendMenuRom(gCurrentPlatform, gCurrentGame);
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            // No game selected? Then display platform's marquee
-                            sendMenuRom("platforms", gCurrentPlatform);
-                        }
-                    }
+            {
+                if (selectedPlatform != null)
+                {
+                    // If platform is not null, then we just selected a platform
+                    // If we changed platform
+                    if (gCurrentPlatform != selectedPlatform.Name)
+                    {
+                        gCurrentPlatform = selectedPlatform.Name;
+                        if (selectedGames != null)
+                        {
+                            sendMenuRom(gCurrentPlatform, gCurrentGame);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            // No game selected? Then display platform's marquee
+                            sendMenuRom("platforms", gCurrentPlatform);
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
 

From 25ef2a5212298688088440ae6aa9181ffa81c837 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DDH69 <74479241+DDH69@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:58:41 +1030
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Configuration file for DOFConnect

---
 DOFConnect.json | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 DOFConnect.json

diff --git a/DOFConnect.json b/DOFConnect.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c013d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DOFConnect.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"CategorySource": "Emulator"
+}
\ No newline at end of file