Summary

I have written an external tool that requires the use of TAStudio to function. There is a use case where I need to always have the external tool be invoking IToolFormBase.UpdateAfter() when the game is paused and when TAStudio is active.

Given the following source code snippet here:

When the game is paused, runFrame flag will be false, and force is typically false by default. With runFrame and force both set to false, EmuHawk will not be able to invoke the methods:

• Tools.FastUpdateBefore()
• Tools.UpdateToolsBefore()
• Tools.FastUpdateAfter()
• UpdateToolsAfter()

When frame advancing from TAStudio, force flag will be set to true, and we can invoke any of the 4 methods listed above. But it wouldn't be useful as I have a need to invoke Tools.FastUpdateBefore(), Tools.UpdateToolsBefore(), and Tools.FastUpdateAfter() while the game is paused and without TAStudio frame-advancing the game.

Thus, we currently don't have a solution. I would like to request for a small modification so that there can be an External Tools API method that will always be invoked even when the game is paused. Perhaps something like:

Tools.AlwaysUpdate() right outside of that if statement block. It is an empty method, but it will be useful for external tools to override it, and be able to do things even when the game is paused.

Host env.

• BizHawk 2.9; Win11 64-bit Pro 22H2; Intel/NVIDIA
• BizHawk 2.9.1 dev; Win11 64-bit Pro 22H2; Intel/NVIDIA