From 30beb5d97271526248c37affbedf88e1c671ce53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chase Harkcom <me@chasehark.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:44:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Create a CMake option for toggling RetroAchievements

---
 CMakeLists.txt           | 2 ++
 externals/CMakeLists.txt | 4 +++-
 src/CMakeLists.txt       | 6 +++++-
 src/core/CMakeLists.txt  | 6 +++++-
 src/core/core.cpp        | 8 +++++++-
 src/core/core.h          | 2 ++
 6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 54eb90e90..7712727a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ option(ENABLE_SSE42 "Enable SSE4.2 optimizations on x86_64" ON)
 
 option(ENABLE_DEVELOPER_OPTIONS "Enable functionality targeted at emulator developers" OFF)
 
+option(ENABLE_RETROACHIEVEMENTS "Build with RetroAchievements support" OFF)
+
 # Compile options
 CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(COMPILE_WITH_DWARF "Add DWARF debugging information" ${IS_DEBUG_BUILD} "MINGW" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_LTO "Enable link time optimization" ${DEFAULT_ENABLE_LTO})
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 02372cc7b..e959ba238 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -516,4 +516,6 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 # rcheevos
-add_subdirectory(rcheevos)
+if (ENABLE_RETROACHIEVEMENTS)
+    add_subdirectory(rcheevos)
+endif()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a7c9d689..892495497 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,13 +182,17 @@ if(ENABLE_DEVELOPER_OPTIONS)
     add_compile_definitions(ENABLE_DEVELOPER_OPTIONS)
 endif()
 
+if (ENABLE_RETROACHIEVEMENTS)
+    add_compile_definitions(ENABLE_RETROACHIEVEMENTS)
+    add_subdirectory(rcheevos_integration)
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(common)
 add_subdirectory(core)
 add_subdirectory(video_core)
 add_subdirectory(audio_core)
 add_subdirectory(network)
 add_subdirectory(input_common)
-add_subdirectory(rcheevos_integration)
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
     add_subdirectory(tests)
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index ef785bc8e..a0d4d77e5 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -500,10 +500,14 @@ add_library(citra_core STATIC
 
 create_target_directory_groups(citra_core)
 
-target_link_libraries(citra_core PUBLIC citra_common PRIVATE audio_core network video_core rcheevos_integration)
+target_link_libraries(citra_core PUBLIC citra_common PRIVATE audio_core network video_core)
 target_link_libraries(citra_core PRIVATE Boost::boost Boost::serialization Boost::iostreams httplib)
 target_link_libraries(citra_core PUBLIC dds-ktx PRIVATE cryptopp fmt lodepng open_source_archives)
 
+if (ENABLE_RETROACHIEVEMENTS)
+    target_link_libraries(citra_core PUBLIC rcheevos_integration)
+endif()
+
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
     target_link_libraries(citra_core PRIVATE web_service)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/core/core.cpp b/src/core/core.cpp
index f1a4c2724..64863d6ed 100644
--- a/src/core/core.cpp
+++ b/src/core/core.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ Core::Timing& Global() {
     return System::GetInstance().CoreTiming();
 }
 
-System::System() : movie{*this}, cheat_engine{*this}, rcheevos_client{*this} {}
+System::System() : movie{*this}, cheat_engine{*this}
+#ifdef ENABLE_RETROACHIEVEMENTS
+    , rcheevos_client{*this}
+#endif
+{}
 
 System::~System() = default;
 
@@ -591,8 +595,10 @@ System::ResultStatus System::Init(Frontend::EmuWindow& emu_window,
         plg_ldr->SetAllowGameChangeState(Settings::values.allow_plugin_loader.GetValue());
     }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_RETROACHIEVEMENTS
     rcheevos_client.InitializeClient();
     rcheevos_client.LoginRetroachievementsUser("", "");
+#endif
 
     LOG_DEBUG(Core, "Initialized OK");
 
diff --git a/src/core/core.h b/src/core/core.h
index 6325fc103..083256a2e 100644
--- a/src/core/core.h
+++ b/src/core/core.h
@@ -440,8 +440,10 @@ private:
     /// Cheats manager
     Cheats::CheatEngine cheat_engine;
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_RETROACHIEVEMENTS
     /// RetroAchievements
     RcheevosClient rcheevos_client;
+#endif
 
     /// Video dumper backend
     std::shared_ptr<VideoDumper::Backend> video_dumper;