some more draft work

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@ set(CORE src/core/aerolib/stubs.cpp
          src/core/thread.h
          src/core/tls.cpp
          src/core/tls.h
+         src/core/user_account.cpp
+         src/core/user_account.h
 )
 
 if (ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86_64")

src/common/config.cpp

@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ static bool compatibilityData = false;
 static bool checkCompatibilityOnStartup = false;
 static std::string trophyKey;
 static bool isPSNSignedIn = false;
+std::string userid{"00000001"};
+std::string selectedUserid{"00000001"};
 
+std::string getDefaultUserId() {
+    return userid;
+}
 // Gui
 static bool load_game_size = true;
 static std::vector<GameInstallDir> settings_install_dirs = {};

src/common/config.h

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ bool getEnableDiscordRPC();
 bool getCompatibilityEnabled();
 bool getCheckCompatibilityOnStartup();
 bool getPSNSignedIn();
+std::string getDefaultUserId();
 
 std::string getLogFilter();
 std::string getLogType();

src/core/user_account.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 shadPS4 Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include "user_account.h"
+
+user_account::user_account(const std::string& user_id) {
+    // Setting userId.
+    m_user_id = user_id;
+    // TODO
+}
+
+std::map<u32, user_account> user_account::GetUserAccounts(const std::string& base_dir) {
+    std::map<u32, user_account> user_list;
+    // TODO
+
+    return user_list;
+}

src/core/user_account.h

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 shadPS4 Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include "common/types.h"
+
+class user_account {
+public:
+    explicit user_account(const std::string& user_id = "00000001");
+
+    const std::string& GetUserId() const {
+        return m_user_id;
+    }
+    const std::string& GetUserDir() const {
+        return m_user_dir;
+    }
+    const std::string& GetUsername() const {
+        return m_username;
+    }
+
+    static std::map<u32, user_account> GetUserAccounts(const std::string& base_dir);
+
+private:
+    std::string m_user_id;
+    std::string m_user_dir;
+    std::string m_username;
+};

src/qt_gui/main.cpp

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     const auto user_dir = Common::FS::GetUserPath(Common::FS::PathType::UserDir);
     Config::load(user_dir / "config.toml");
 
+    const auto& default_user_dir =
+        Common::FS::GetUserPath(Common::FS::PathType::HomeDir) / Config::getDefaultUserId();
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(default_user_dir)) {
+        std::filesystem::create_directory(default_user_dir);
+    }
+
     bool has_command_line_argument = argc > 1;
     bool show_gui = false, has_game_argument = false;
     std::string game_path;