From 3ea7c479a219fa782e72d4c7ed84501c4fb6c7dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CasualPokePlayer <50538166+CasualPokePlayer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 23:27:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [GambatteLink] Don't bother stepping when the link is
 disconnected, should provide a nice speedboost

---
 .../Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/GambatteLink.IEmulator.cs         | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/GambatteLink.IEmulator.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/GambatteLink.IEmulator.cs
index d89da635c8..9583d7d21a 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/GambatteLink.IEmulator.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/GambatteLink.IEmulator.cs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.Gameboy
 
 					fixed (short* sbuff = &SoundBuffer[0])
 					{
-						const int Step = 4;
+						int Step = _linkConnected ? 4 : SampPerFrame; // don't bother stepping if we aren't linked
 
 						int[] n = new int[_numCores];
 						for (int i = 0; i < _numCores; i++)