[Solved] How to remove splash screen from 1.4 stable code

[Lokaar]

Well, for those who love to tinker and customize, take a crack at it yourself:

open the GameEditor.sln with visual c++ 2008 express (or whichever you're familiar with), expand the "GameEditor" project, expand the "Source Files", and open GameControl.cpp. Search the code until you see this (or just search for bGEInfo):

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KrResourceVault *vault2 = NULL;
KrSprite *kr2 = NULL;
bool bGEInfo = false;

And replace that with this:

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KrResourceVault *vault2 = NULL;
KrSprite *kr2 = NULL;
bool bGEInfo = true;

bGEInfo works like a neat little on/off switch for the GE splash screen... (Sorry for the post changing, I keep updating it with the best way as I'm learning how the code is organized)

cool thing is you can control things via script right from launch this way, and do neat things like uh maybe the konami code during intro credits like games used to have?
I heard maks say he didn't want game editor to die, and I don't see that at all, I see it gaining a large fan base now
I'm getting the hang of the code now, hopefully I can contribute in the future soon...
Hopefully, with legit-looking games, game editor will have a backing of strong creators, which will only strengthen game editor even more. With the freedom it has now, I'm certain people (and developers) will find it worth investing time into

UPDATE: I have attached the GameControl.cpp with the entire splash code removed completely, instead of the simple edit you see above (it might help it work in wine better - edit: nvm it's an issue with newer linux distros, maybe)

[Lokaar]

Would it be alright if I posted up how to remove the splash screen from the 1.4 code? And I'm not sure if it's allowed or not, so...
I'm assuming since it's taken out in the 1.5 code (although not fully functional yet) that it's allowed?

[skydereign]

It should be fine. The only reason we haven't done that already is that makslane doesn't want any further commits to the 1.4 source, as it would require odd merges with the current source.

[Lokaar]

Completely understandable. I would like to stop investing my time into the old code as well, and be able to provide some progress on the front lines with 1.5, but I'm just using it as a way to become comfortable with the process

[johngalt00]

Thanks for sharing. This works great for Windows.
Do you or someone else managed to build also other executable types?

[Lokaar]

I'm thinking, since you build the windows game editor.exe and also it's engine using the windows build method, i'm pretty sure linux would be built within linux the same way, but i haven't tried it yet