Additional menu on "new game"? Like player class selection?

[Sunbeam]

So when selecting "new game" from the main menu the following sub-menus get opened:
Player class, episode, skill level. Is there any way to add another menu after this with which I can set an option for the new game? Like a CVAR or a variable in ACS? Or just call a script?
If possible I would like to avoid ACS-based ingame "menus" to achieve the same because it would be best for the setting to be set before the level actually starts.

This seems to be an easy task, but I couldn't find anything.

[PlayTheDemO65]

it's in the gameinfo lump

[PlayTheDemO65]

Sorry I This may be more use than my last post

decorate lump

actor Player_DoomGuy : DoomPlayer
{
Health 75
player.maxhealth 75
}

mapinfo lump

gameinfo
{
playerclasses = "Player_DoomGuy", "Player_ZombieMan" , "Player_DoomImp"
}

[Sunbeam]

Thanks. However using the class selection menu seems like a hack to me. I want to avoid using it for this purpose if I can. Especially if I really want to use it for selecting a class at a later point.

I realized that CVARs are also ruled out, because they can change during the course of the game. I need the value to only be set once at the beginning.

Are there any other ideas? Or is this currently not possible?

[wildweasel]

I realized that CVARs are also ruled out, because they can change during the course of the game. I need the value to only be set once at the beginning.

Not necessarily, as CVARINFO has a "latch" keyword that will prevent the value from taking effect until the game is started again. I would imagine you could specify it like so:

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server int latch mymod_everythingsucks = 0

Then, if the user tries to enable "Everything Sucks!" from the menu during a game, they'd be greeted with the message "mymod_everythingsucks will be changed for next game."

[Sunbeam]

Thanks for the info. However I would need the value not to change for the whole rest of the game. So an ACS variable seems the better option here.

Still, is it possible to create an additional menu like the class selection?