From 4d327409755a4b6094053cebc14edcece737e952 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hunter Jozwiak <hunter.t.joz@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 12:24:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Experimental way to launch a game with GDB.

Useful for when you do indeed need a debugger.
---
 audiogame-manager.sh | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/audiogame-manager.sh b/audiogame-manager.sh
index b8ceaab..caf0ddc 100755
--- a/audiogame-manager.sh
+++ b/audiogame-manager.sh
@@ -569,7 +569,21 @@ game_launcher() {
         fi
         process_launcher_flags
         custom_launch_parameters
-        wine start /d "${game[1]%\\*}" "${game[1]##*\\}" /realtime
+        if [[ "$debugGdb" == "1" ]]; then
+            echo "Starting GDB server for debugging..."
+            echo "Connect from another terminal with:"
+            echo "  gdb"
+            echo "  (gdb) target remote localhost:1234"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Press Ctrl+C to stop the debugger."
+            echo ""
+            # Change to game directory before launching
+            pushd "$(winepath "${game[1]%\\*}")" > /dev/null
+            winedbg --gdb "${game[1]##*\\}"
+            popd > /dev/null
+        else
+            wine start /d "${game[1]%\\*}" "${game[1]##*\\}" /realtime
+        fi
     fi
     exit 0
 }
@@ -662,6 +676,7 @@ declare -A command=(
     [C]="Clear the cache. All game installers will be deleted."
     [D]="Create desktop shortcut. You can launch audiogame-manager from the desktop or applications menu."
     [d]="Debug mode, wine will be much more verbose when games are installed with this flag."
+    [g]="Debug with GDB. Launch game with winedbg --gdb for step-through debugging."
     [h]="This help screen."
     [i]="Install games."
     [I:]="Noninteractive game installation."
@@ -692,6 +707,9 @@ while getopts "${args}" i ; do
             unset WINEDEBUG
             game_installer
         ;;
+        g)
+            debugGdb=1
+            game_launcher;;
         h) help;;
         i) game_installer;;
         I)