configuration

Configuration Files & Paths

Classic CNF compatibility is retained while dashboard/cloud features add their own state.

LAUNCHELF.CNF

Important modern keys include:

Key	Purpose
POPSTARTER_ELF	Preferred POPStarter executable for VCD images.
EMBER_DIR	Preferred Ember umbrella directory. Its ember.elf can be staged into a game device's umbrella when needed.
NEUTRINO_ELF	Preferred Neutrino executable.
REBOOT_IOP_ELFLOAD	Generic normal-ELF reset behavior. Neutrino ISO handoff deliberately does not use it.
CNF_Path	Configuration load/save override.
USBKBD_FILE / KBDMAP_FILE	USB keyboard driver/map paths.

Save locations

The dashboard can save classic configuration to the configured folder, next to the running ELF or a memory-card SYS-CONF target. The path used to load configuration is tracked so the UI can explain where state came from.

Device path behavior

Launchstation has user-facing paths such as mass:, usb:, hdd0:/partition/ and mc:/, then resolves them into the concrete driver/mount needed for I/O. External-core launch code must distinguish that internal I/O path from the public path syntax the external core expects.

Cloud files are separate

OAuth client configuration, trust roots and refresh tokens are deliberately kept out of LAUNCHELF.CNF. See Cloud sidecars.