M CHANGES → CHANGES

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ - Debugger: Don't skip undefined instructions when debugger attached
  - Debugger: Close trace log when done tracing
  - FFmpeg: Fix some small memory leaks
  - FFmpeg: Fix encoding of time base
+ - mGUI: Don't attempt to preload files larger than can fit in RAM
  - Qt: Force OpenGL paint engine creation thread (fixes mgba.io/i/1642)
  - Qt: Fix static compilation in MinGW (fixes mgba.io/i/1769)
  - Qt: Fix a race condition in the frame inspector

M src/core/core.c → src/core/core.c

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ #ifdef FIXED_ROM_BUFFER
 	extern uint32_t* romBuffer;
 	extern size_t romBufferSize;
 	if (size > romBufferSize) {
-		size = romBufferSize;
+		return false;
 	}
 	vfm = VFileFromMemory(romBuffer, size);
 #else

M src/feature/gui/gui-runner.c → src/feature/gui/gui-runner.c

@@ -387,8 +387,19 @@ runner->core->init(runner->core);
 		mCoreInitConfig(runner->core, runner->port);
 		mInputMapInit(&runner->core->inputMap, &GBAInputInfo);
 
-		found = mCorePreloadFileCB(runner->core, path, _updateLoading, runner);
+		struct VFile* rom = mDirectorySetOpenPath(&runner->core->dirs, path, runner->core->isROM);
+		found = mCorePreloadVFCB(runner->core, rom, _updateLoading, runner);
+
+#ifdef FIXED_ROM_BUFFER
+		extern size_t romBufferSize;
+		if (!found && rom && (size_t) rom->size(rom) > romBufferSize) {
+			found = runner->core->loadROM(runner->core, rom);
+		}
+#endif
 		if (!found) {
+			if (rom) {
+				rom->close(rom);
+			}
 			mLOG(GUI_RUNNER, WARN, "Failed to load %s!", path);
 			mCoreConfigDeinit(&runner->core->config);
 			runner->core->deinit(runner->core);