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Feature: Save file management & RomM compatibility #174

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@pascalpfista-gif

First of all, PKVault is an amazing tool, and i am happy that there is active development. I envision it as a self-hosted alternative to Pokemon Home/Bank.

I am using RomM together with the Argosy launcher to manage my Pokémon ROMs and save files.
Depending on the emulator, RomM can store multiple save files for the same game. In my case, this means that a game can have several save files, with the most recently created/updated one being the actual save I want to work with.
Currently, PKVault appears to require selecting or accessing a specific save file. This becomes problematic when RomM has multiple save files for the same game.
One possible workaround for me would be to create a symlink pointing to the most recent save file. However, I think a better solution would be for PKVault to use the RomM API to determine the currently active/latest save file for a game.
Alternatively, it would be nice, if there is a decision option for multiple save files in one folder, so i could say, take the save file with the most playtime, or that was last modified. That might be feasible beyond different folders, if the player-ID is used to group save files.
This would make PKVault work much more seamlessly with RomM and would avoid having to manually select, rename, or link save files.
It would be especially useful for users who switch between different emulators and devices while keeping their ROMs and saves managed by RomM.

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