Close #19596: Disable replay effects with a startup flag (#22303)

distribution/changelog.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 0.4.13 (in development)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- Feature: [#19596] Allow for playing back a replay without camera movement or alert box.
 - Feature: [#20831] The ride selection window now shows object authors if debugging tools are active.
 - Feature: [#20832] The ride music tab now shows a track listing for the current music style.
 - Feature: [#22172] [Plugin] Expose ride satisfaction ratings to the plugin API.

src/openrct2/OpenRCT2.cpp

@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ uint32_t gCurrentDrawCount = 0;
 uint8_t gScreenFlags;
 uint32_t gScreenAge;
 PromptMode gSavePromptMode;
+
+bool gSilentReplays = false;

src/openrct2/OpenRCT2.h

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ extern bool gOpenRCT2NoGraphics;
 extern bool gOpenRCT2ShowChangelog;
 extern bool gOpenRCT2SilentBreakpad;
 extern u8string gSilentRecordingName;
+extern bool gSilentReplays;
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_NETWORK
 extern int32_t gNetworkStart;

src/openrct2/ReplayManager.cpp

@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ namespace OpenRCT2
 #ifndef DISABLE_NETWORK
                 // If the network is disabled we will only get a dummy hash which will cause
                 // false positives during replay.
-                CheckState();
+                if (!gSilentReplays)
+                {
+                    CheckState();
+                }
 #endif
                 ReplayCommands();
 
@@ -870,7 +873,7 @@ namespace OpenRCT2
                 }
 
                 // Focus camera on event.
-                if (isPositionValid && !result.Position.IsNull())
+                if (!gSilentReplays && isPositionValid && !result.Position.IsNull())
                 {
                     auto* mainWindow = WindowGetMain();
                     if (mainWindow != nullptr)

src/openrct2/command_line/RootCommands.cpp

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static bool _all = false;
 static bool _about = false;
 static bool _verbose = false;
 static bool _headless = false;
+static bool _silentReplays = false;
 static u8string _password = {};
 static u8string _userDataPath = {};
 static u8string _openrct2DataPath = {};
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ static constexpr CommandLineOptionDefinition StandardOptions[]
     { CMDLINE_TYPE_SWITCH,  &_about,            NAC, "about",              "show information about " OPENRCT2_NAME                      },
     { CMDLINE_TYPE_SWITCH,  &_verbose,          NAC, "verbose",            "log verbose messages"                                       },
     { CMDLINE_TYPE_SWITCH,  &_headless,         NAC, "headless",           "run " OPENRCT2_NAME " headless" IMPLIES_SILENT_BREAKPAD     },
+    { CMDLINE_TYPE_SWITCH,  &_silentReplays,    NAC, "silent-replays",     "use unobtrusive replays"                                    },
 #ifndef DISABLE_NETWORK
     { CMDLINE_TYPE_INTEGER, &_port,             NAC, "port",               "port to use for hosting or joining a server"                },
     { CMDLINE_TYPE_STRING,  &_address,          NAC, "address",            "address to listen on when hosting a server"                 },
@@ -224,6 +226,11 @@ exitcode_t CommandLine::HandleCommandDefault()
         gCustomPassword = _password;
     }
 
+    if (_silentReplays)
+    {
+        gSilentReplays = _silentReplays;
+    }
+
     return result;
 }
 

src/openrct2/paint/Painter.cpp

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void Painter::Paint(IDrawingEngine& de)
     auto* replayManager = GetContext()->GetReplayManager();
     const char* text = nullptr;
 
-    if (replayManager->IsReplaying())
+    if (replayManager->IsReplaying() && !gSilentReplays)
         text = "Replaying...";
     else if (replayManager->ShouldDisplayNotice())
         text = "Recording...";