Added an option to skip loading game settings from a saved game (from Mr.Stalin)

Minor edits to ddraw.ini.

artifacts/ddraw.ini

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ Use32BitHeadGraphics=0
 AllowDShowMovies=0
 
 ;Fade effect time length percentage modifier
-;Default is 100. Larger values make it slower, smaller values make it faster
 FadeMultiplier=100
 
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@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ ReloadWeaponKey=0
 
 ;A key to hold down to let you move/drop a whole stack of items at once without the 'Move Items' window
 ;Set to 0 if you don't want to use a modifier key, or a DX scancode otherwise
-ItemFastMoveKey=0x1d
+ItemFastMoveKey=29
 
 ;Set to 1 to skip the 'Move Items' window when taking items from containers or corpses and not holding down ItemFastMoveKey
 ;Requires ItemFastMoveKey to be enabled
@@ -632,6 +631,10 @@ DisplaySwiftLearnerExp=1
 ;Set to 1 to display party member's current level/AC/addict flag on the combat control panel
 PartyMemberExtraInfo=0
 
+;Set to 1 to skip loading game settings from a saved game, except for the game/combat difficulty settings
+;Set to 2 to also skip loading the game/combat difficulty settings
+SkipLoadingGameSettings=0
+
 ;Set to 1 to prevent the inventory/loot/automap interfaces from being placed on top of other script-created windows
 InterfaceDontMoveOnTop=0
 

sfall/Modules/Graphics.cpp

@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ void Graphics::init() {
 		Graphics::mode = 0;
 	}
 	if (Graphics::mode == 4 || Graphics::mode == 5) {
-		dlog("Applying dx9 graphics patch.", DL_INIT);
+		dlog("Applying DX9 graphics patch.", DL_INIT);
 #define _DLL_NAME "d3dx9_43.dll"
 		HMODULE h = LoadLibraryEx(_DLL_NAME, 0, LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE);
 		if (!h) {

sfall/Modules/MiscPatches.cpp

@@ -855,6 +855,21 @@ void KeepWeaponSelectModePatch() {
 	}
 }
 
+void SkipLoadingGameSettingsPatch() {
+	int skipLoading = GetConfigInt("Misc", "SkipLoadingGameSettings", 0);
+	if (skipLoading) {
+		dlog("Applying skip loading game settings from a saved game patch.", DL_INIT);
+		BlockCall(0x493421);
+		SafeWrite8(0x4935A8, 0x1F);
+		SafeWrite32(0x4935AB, 0x90901B75);
+		CodeData PatchData;
+		if (skipLoading == 2) SafeWriteBatch<CodeData>(PatchData, {0x49341C, 0x49343B});
+		SafeWriteBatch<CodeData>(PatchData, {0x493450, 0x493465, 0x49347A, 0x49348F, 0x4934A4, 0x4934B9, 0x4934CE, 0x4934E3,
+		                                     0x4934F8, 0x49350D, 0x493522, 0x493547, 0x493558, 0x493569, 0x49357A});
+		dlogr(" Done", DL_INIT);
+	}
+}
+
 void InterfaceDontMoveOnTopPatch() {
 	if (GetConfigInt("Misc", "InterfaceDontMoveOnTop", 0)) {
 		dlog("Applying InterfaceDontMoveOnTop patch.", DL_INIT);
@@ -953,6 +968,8 @@ void MiscPatches::init() {
 
 	DisplaySecondWeaponRangePatch();
 	KeepWeaponSelectModePatch();
+
+	SkipLoadingGameSettingsPatch();
 	InterfaceDontMoveOnTopPatch();
 }
 

sfall/Modules/MiscPatches.h

@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ public:
 	void exit() override;
 };
 
+#pragma pack(1)
+struct CodeData {
+	DWORD dd = 0x0024548D;
+	BYTE  db = 0x90;
+};
+
 extern bool npcAutoLevelEnabled;
 
 void _stdcall SetMapMulti(float d);