hiding par times

[m8f]

Pull request

This CVAR controls if par time and suck time are displayed on intermission screen. True by default (original behavior).

This commit adds a new string to the menu, MISCMNU_WISHOWPARTIMES. In English it should be something like "Par time on summary screen".

Honestly, I'm not sure if this belongs to the engine at all. The engine is already oversaturated with options, but I found no way to mod around this barring replacing intermission screens.

This is more a personal nitpick than a widely useful feature. The reason behind this option is that the par time on the screen says how you "should" play a level, and it is irrelevant for modded play.

[Rachael]

The reason behind this option is that the par time on the screen says how you "should" play a level, and it is irrelevant for modded play.

Not to bike-shed or anything on this, but wouldn't it make more sense to make this mod controlled rather than using a CVAR?

[m8f]

Like, how? Exposing to script how the intermission info (wbstartstruct_t) is filled up? Or making LevelLocals.partime not readonly so mods can set it to 0?

It's currently possible to replace intermissions screen by mods, but that would mean basically duplicating code and won't be compatible with custom intermissions.

[Graf Zahl]

What do you need this for anyway? If it's for a mod, the proper way to add it would be a key in the gameinfo section of MAPINFO.

[Rachael]

Like, how?

Doing what Graf suggested, mainly. It could just be set to not show par times, and the appropriate ammendments would be made to the stat screen as needed to accomodate this.

[m8f]

Done, force-pushed to the PR. Now instead of a CVAR this adds "hidepartimes" MAPINFO/GameInfo property which makes intermission screens hide par time and suck time.
False by default.

Example mod's mapinfo.txt that disables par times looks like this:

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gameinfo
{
  hidepartimes = true
}

(example mod is attached to the PR)