Add option to turn off the GX worker thread

WheelWizard/Features/Settings/ISettingsServices.cs

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public interface ISettingsProperties
     Setting<string> RECOMP_GRAPHICS_API { get; }
     Setting<bool> RECOMP_SHOW_FPS { get; }
     Setting<bool> RECOMP_PREVENT_STUTTERS { get; }
+    Setting<bool> RECOMP_GX_WORKER { get; }
     Setting<string> RECOMP_NAND_ROOT { get; }
 }
 

WheelWizard/Features/Settings/SettingsManager.cs

@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ IUnixCommandService commands
         RECOMP_GRAPHICS_API = RegisterRecomp(("video", "graphics_api"), "auto");
         RECOMP_SHOW_FPS = RegisterRecomp(("video", "show_fps"), true);
         RECOMP_PREVENT_STUTTERS = RegisterRecomp(("video", "skip_unready_pipelines"), true);
+        RECOMP_GX_WORKER = RegisterRecomp(("video", "gx_worker"), true);
         // The Wii data folder the runtime should use, written by RecompDolphinDataService after an
         // install and whenever the sharing choice changes. Empty/absent means the runtime's private NAND.
         RECOMP_NAND_ROOT = RegisterRecomp(("paths", "nand_root"), "");
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@ private static void SaveRecommended<T>(Setting<T> setting, T value)
     public Setting<string> RECOMP_GRAPHICS_API { get; }
     public Setting<bool> RECOMP_SHOW_FPS { get; }
     public Setting<bool> RECOMP_PREVENT_STUTTERS { get; }
+    public Setting<bool> RECOMP_GX_WORKER { get; }
     public Setting<string> RECOMP_NAND_ROOT { get; }
     #endregion
 

WheelWizard/Features/Settings/Views/RecompSettings.axaml

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
                     </Grid>
                 </Border>
 
-                <Border Classes="SettingsBlockStyle SettingsRowStyle SettingsRowBottom">
+                <Border Classes="SettingsBlockStyle SettingsRowStyle SettingsRowMiddle">
                     <Grid ColumnDefinitions="*,Auto" MinHeight="40">
                         <StackPanel Grid.Column="0"
                                     Margin="0,0,16,0"
@@ -114,6 +114,27 @@
                                   VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                     </Grid>
                 </Border>
+
+                <Border Classes="SettingsBlockStyle SettingsRowStyle SettingsRowBottom">
+                    <Grid ColumnDefinitions="*,Auto" MinHeight="40">
+                        <StackPanel Grid.Column="0"
+                                    Margin="0,0,16,0"
+                                    Spacing="3"
+                                    HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+                                    VerticalAlignment="Center">
+                            <components:FormFieldLabel Text="{loc:T option.recomp_gx_worker}" />
+                            <SelectableTextBlock Classes="TinyText"
+                                       Text="{loc:T helper_text.recomp_gx_worker}"
+                                       TextAlignment="Left"
+                                       TextWrapping="Wrap" />
+                        </StackPanel>
+                        <components:ToggleCheckBox Grid.Column="1"
+                                  x:Name="GxWorker"
+                                  Variant="Switch"
+                                  HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+                                  VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+                    </Grid>
+                </Border>
             </StackPanel>
 
             <components:FormFieldLabel x:Name="InstallationSectionLabel"

WheelWizard/Features/Settings/Views/RecompSettings.axaml.cs

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public RecompSettings(
         GraphicsApiDropdown.SelectionChanged += GraphicsApi_OnChanged;
         ShowFps.IsCheckedChanged += ShowFps_OnChanged;
         PreventStutters.IsCheckedChanged += PreventStutters_OnChanged;
+        GxWorker.IsCheckedChanged += GxWorker_OnChanged;
     }
 
     private bool IsInstalled => RecompInstallService is { IsInstalled: true };
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ private void LoadVideoSettings()
 
         ShowFps.IsChecked = SettingsService.Get<bool>(SettingsService.RECOMP_SHOW_FPS);
         PreventStutters.IsChecked = SettingsService.Get<bool>(SettingsService.RECOMP_PREVENT_STUTTERS);
+        GxWorker.IsChecked = SettingsService.Get<bool>(SettingsService.RECOMP_GX_WORKER);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -198,6 +200,14 @@ private void PreventStutters_OnChanged(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         SettingsEditing.Set(SettingsService, SettingsService.RECOMP_PREVENT_STUTTERS, PreventStutters.IsChecked == true);
     }
 
+    private void GxWorker_OnChanged(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (_loading)
+            return;
+
+        SettingsEditing.Set(SettingsService, SettingsService.RECOMP_GX_WORKER, GxWorker.IsChecked == true);
+    }
+
     #endregion
 
     private async void ShareDolphinData_OnChanged(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

WheelWizard/Resources/Languages/en.yml

@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ en:
     recomp_resolution: "Resolution"
     recomp_graphics_api: "Graphics API"
     recomp_prevent_stutters: "Prevent stutters"
+    recomp_gx_worker: "Separate graphics thread"
   section:
     graphics: "Graphics"
     general: "General"
@@ -672,6 +673,7 @@ en:
     recomp_graphics_api: "Only DirectX 12 and Vulkan run WiiCompiled reliably, so nothing else is offered."
     recomp_dolphin_data_not_found: "Set an existing Dolphin User Folder in Location Settings first. It must contain a Wii folder."
     recomp_prevent_stutters: "While a shader is still compiling, the objects that need it are skipped for a few frames instead of the whole game stalling until it is ready. You get a tiny bit of pop-in instead of a stutter."
+    recomp_gx_worker: "Draws the game on its own thread so it runs faster. Turn this off if you get crashes or broken graphics. Takes effect the next time the game starts."
     launch_with_dolphin: "Will launch dolphins main window along with the game"
     launch_rr_on_startup: "Automatically launches Retro Rewind when Wheel Wizard starts"
     retro_rewind_version: "Installed version: %{version}"