What is auto-patching (also known as Soft Patching)?
If you’re using ZSNES, it has a neat feature that automatically patches your ROM when you load it. It does not modify your original ROM copy. No additional programs are necessary.(Of course this only works on SNES games.) Just rename your patch to the same name as the ROM and place them in the same directory (Folder) together, and ZSNES will find the patch and apply it every time the game is run, which leaves the original ROM untouched! An example: If your ROM is FF5.SMC, and your patch is RPGER0X.IPS, change the IPS file to FF5.IPS. Other emulators that support auto-patching are Gens, SNES9x, and VisualBoy Advance. FCE Ultra also auto-patches, but the ROM’s full filename plus extension has to be the patch’s filename. So, if you wanted to patch FF3.NES, you would change the patch’s name to FF3.NES.IPS. If you are having auto-patching problems and you’re using ZSNES AND you have a separate directory for your saved games, you need to put the patch in that directory, instead of the same o
