Quick match for mod testing

[Viathan]

I made a little mod that may be useful for some modders.
It adds one or two buttons to the main menu which can launch a game instantly.
You can of course edit it to your needs, my current setup is:

• Button 1: Launches a singleplayer game (instant action) on mos eisley with a single click
• Button 2: Launches a LAN game with no bots and player team select etc with a single click
• Button 3: Server Browser - "Straight to sessionlist"

File: ifs_main.lua (shell script)
buttons added on lines 3 and 4

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buttonlist = {
  { tag = "sp", string = "ifs.main.sp", },
  { tag = "isp", string = "INSTANT SINGLEPLAYER", },
  { tag = "imp", string = "INSTANT MULTIPLAYER", },
  { tag = "mpsb", string = "SERVER BROWSER", },
  { tag = "mp", string = "ifs.main.mp", },
  { tag = "split", string = "ifs.main.split", },
  { tag = "tutorials", string = "ifs.main.tutorials", },
  { tag = "opts", string = "ifs.main.options", },
  { tag = "back2", string = "ifs.main.profiles", },
  { tag = "quit", string = "common.quit2windows", },
},

instant singleplayer button functionality
search for "this.CurButton == " and you will see where to add the code below

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elseif (this.CurButton == "isp") then
  RoundIFButtonLabel_fnSetString(this.buttons.isp, "LOADING ...")
  ifelm_shellscreen_fnPlaySound(this.acceptSound)
  -- clear old SSID and netshell
  ScriptCB_ClearPrevSessionId()
  ScriptCB_CloseNetShell(1)
  -- set up singleplayer mode stuff
  ifs_sp.bForSplitScreen = nil
  ScriptCB_SetSplitscreen(nil)
  ScriptCB_SetInNetGame(nil)
  -- file reference: ifs_sp -------------------------------------
  ScriptCB_SetMetagameRulesOn(nil)
  ScriptCB_SetHistoricalRulesOn(nil)
  ScriptCB_SetCanSwitchSides(1)
  -- file reference: ifs_instant_top ----------------------------
  ScriptCB_SetDifficulty(ScriptCB_GetDifficulty())
  ifs_missionselect.bForMP = nil
  -- file reference: ifs_missionselect --------------------------
  ispMapData = {-- modified gPickedMapList from ifs_missionselect
    { Map = "tat2i", Side = 1 }
  }
  ScriptCB_SetMissionNames(ispMapData, false)
  --ifs_missionselect.SelectedMap = gPickedMapList
  ScriptCB_EnterMission()


instant multiplayer button functionality

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elseif (this.CurButton == "imp") then
  RoundIFButtonLabel_fnSetString(this.buttons.imp, "LOADING ...")
  ifelm_shellscreen_fnPlaySound(this.acceptSound)
  -- ifs_mp
  ScriptCB_SetConnectType("lan")
  gOnlineServiceStr = "LAN"
  ScriptCB_SetNoticeNoCable(1)
  -- ifs_mp_main
  ScriptCB_ClearPrevSessionId()
  ScriptCB_SetAmHost(1)
  ifs_missionselect_pcMulti.bForMP = 1
  ScriptCB_SetMetagameRulesOn(nil)
  -- ifs_missionselect_pcMulti
  -- no "gPickedMapList" needed. (not even the modified variant) -> we can't pre-select the team like in 'isp'
  impMap = "tat2i"-- the map + era to load
  ifs_missionselect.SelectedMap = impMap
  this.SelectedMap = 1
--Players, Bots, TeamDmg, AutoAim, IsPrivate, ShowNames, AutoAssignTeams, StartCnt, HeroesEnabled, Difficulty, Password
  ScriptCB_SetNetGameDefaults(2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, false, 0, false, 0, "")
  ScriptCB_SetMissionNames(impMap, false)
  ScriptCB_SetDedicated(false)
  ScriptCB_SetGameName("INSTANT MULTIPLAYER")
  --ifs_mp_gameopts.bAutoLaunch = 1
  ScriptCB_BeginLobby()
  this.bLan = 1
  --ScriptCB_LaunchLobby()
  ScriptCB_EnterMission()



I'm lazy af and I find it annoying to click through the entire game just to see if the little change I made to my common.lvl looks good or something.
Seriously, this is kinda lifesaver for me. While messing around with cheatengine or a debugger, the game crashes a lot.
Any feedback is appreciated. If you need help, don't hesitate to pm me (or reply here)


thx to Phobos for sharing few helpful scripts.
thx to SleepKiller for the "LogProgress" idea. Would've driven me crazy without it.