From 270c4607f3abc8553a2ed80c361d40b604322342 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Allred <brian@allred.io>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:03:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add option to unlock characters

---
 src/renderer/operations/launcher_config.ts |  2 +-
 src/renderer/routes/menus/options_menu.tsx | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/renderer/operations/launcher_config.ts b/src/renderer/operations/launcher_config.ts
index 24f3ca0..e704d6e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/operations/launcher_config.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/operations/launcher_config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Backend } from './backend';
 
-type BooleanSetting = 'skip_launcher' | 'ignore_music' | 'enable_dev_tools' | 'unlock_menu_music';
+type BooleanSetting = 'skip_launcher' | 'ignore_music' | 'enable_dev_tools' | 'unlock_menu_music' | 'unlock_characters';
 
 const CONFIG_PATH = 'ultimate/hdr-config';
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/routes/menus/options_menu.tsx b/src/renderer/routes/menus/options_menu.tsx
index b6e513a..ec4964a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/routes/menus/options_menu.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/routes/menus/options_menu.tsx
@@ -104,6 +104,22 @@ export default class OptionsMenu extends AbstractMenu<{
             )
           }
         />
+        <FocusCheckbox
+          className="smaller-main-button"
+          onClick={async () => {
+            const enabled = await config.getBoolean('unlock_characters');
+            await config.setBoolean('unlock_characters', !enabled);
+          }}
+          checkStatus={async () => {
+            return config.getBoolean('unlock_characters');
+          }}
+          text={'Unlock Characters (!)\u00A0'}
+          onFocus={() =>
+            this.props.setInfo(
+              'WARNING: Potentially bannable operation!'
+            )
+          }
+        />
         {super.render()}
       </div>
     );