Load the main menu without loading mixes or creating a shellmap world. A giant hack.

OpenRA.Game/Cursor.cs

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			sequence = CursorProvider.GetCursorSequence(cursor);
 		}
 		
-		public void Draw(WorldRenderer wr, int frame, float2 pos)
+		public void Draw(int frame, float2 pos)
 		{
-			sequence.GetSprite(frame).DrawAt(wr, pos - sequence.Hotspot, sequence.Palette);
+			sequence.GetSprite(frame).DrawAt(pos - sequence.Hotspot, Game.modData.Palette.GetPaletteIndex(sequence.Palette));
 		}
 	}
 }

OpenRA.Game/Game.cs

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			}
 
 			Tick( orderManager );
-			if( orderManager.world != worldRenderer.world )
+			if( worldRenderer != null && orderManager.world != worldRenderer.world )
 				Tick( worldRenderer.world.orderManager );
 
 			using (new PerfSample("render"))
@@ -244,13 +244,16 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			Console.WriteLine("Loading mods: {0}",string.Join(",",mods));
 			
 			modData = new ModData( mods );
+			modData.Sucks();
+			
 			Sound.Initialize();
 			PerfHistory.items["render"].hasNormalTick = false;
 			PerfHistory.items["batches"].hasNormalTick = false;
 
 			JoinLocal();
+			viewport = new Viewport(new int2(Renderer.Resolution), Rectangle.Empty, Renderer);
 
-			StartGame(ChooseShellmap());
+			//StartGame(ChooseShellmap());
 
 			// TODO: unhardcode this
 			modData.WidgetLoader.LoadWidget( new Dictionary<string,object>(), Widget.RootWidget, "PERF_BG" );

OpenRA.Game/Graphics/HardwarePalette.cs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ using OpenRA.Traits;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 {
-	class HardwarePalette
+	public class HardwarePalette
 	{
 		public const int MaxPalettes = 64;
 		int allocated = 0;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		Dictionary<string, Palette> palettes;
 		Dictionary<string, int> indices;
 		
-		public HardwarePalette(Map map)
+		public HardwarePalette()
 		{
 			palettes = new Dictionary<string, Palette>();
 			indices = new Dictionary<string, int>();

OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteLoader.cs

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 {
 	public class SpriteLoader
 	{
-		public SpriteLoader( TileSet tileset, SheetBuilder sheetBuilder )
+		public SpriteLoader( string[] exts, SheetBuilder sheetBuilder )
 		{
-			exts = tileset.Extensions;
 			SheetBuilder = sheetBuilder;			
+			this.exts = exts;
 			sprites = new Cache<string, Sprite[]>( LoadSprites );
 		}
 

OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Viewport.cs

@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		public void DrawRegions( WorldRenderer wr, IInputHandler inputHandler )
 		{
 			renderer.BeginFrame(scrollPosition);
-			
+			if (wr != null)
 				wr.Draw();
+			
 			Widget.DoDraw();
 			var cursorName = Widget.RootWidget.GetCursorOuter(Viewport.LastMousePos) ?? "default";
-			new Cursor(cursorName).Draw(wr, (int)cursorFrame, Viewport.LastMousePos + Location); 
+			new Cursor(cursorName).Draw((int)cursorFrame, Viewport.LastMousePos + Location); 
 
 			renderer.EndFrame( inputHandler );
 		}

OpenRA.Game/Graphics/WorldRenderer.cs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			terrainRenderer = new TerrainRenderer(world, this);
 			shroudRenderer = new ShroudRenderer(world);
 			uiOverlay = new UiOverlay();
-			palette = new HardwarePalette(world.Map);
+			this.palette = Game.modData.Palette;
 
 			foreach( var pal in world.traitDict.ActorsWithTraitMultiple<IPalette>( world ) )
 				pal.Trait.InitPalette( this );

OpenRA.Game/ModData.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Copyright & License Information
+#region Copyright & License Information
 /*
  * Copyright 2007-2010 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
  * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public SheetBuilder SheetBuilder;
 		public CursorSheetBuilder CursorSheetBuilder;
 		public SpriteLoader SpriteLoader;
+		public readonly HardwarePalette Palette;
 		
 		public ModData( params string[] mods )
 		{		
@@ -35,15 +36,27 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			LoadScreen.Init();
 			LoadScreen.Display();
 			
+			AvailableMaps = FindMaps( Manifest.Mods );
+			WidgetLoader = new WidgetLoader( this );
+			Palette = new HardwarePalette();
+		}
+		
+		public void Sucks()
+		{
             // all this manipulation of static crap here is nasty and breaks 
             // horribly when you use ModData in unexpected ways.
 
-			FileSystem.LoadFromManifest( Manifest );
+			FileSystem.UnmountAll();
+			foreach (var dir in Manifest.Folders) FileSystem.Mount(dir);
+			//foreach (var pkg in Manifest.Packages) FileSystem.Mount(pkg);
+						
+			Palette.AddPalette("cursor", new Palette( FileSystem.Open( "cursor.pal" ), false ));
 			ChromeProvider.Initialize( Manifest.Chrome );
 			SheetBuilder = new SheetBuilder( TextureChannel.Red );
 			CursorSheetBuilder = new CursorSheetBuilder( this );
-			AvailableMaps = FindMaps( mods );
+			
-			WidgetLoader = new WidgetLoader( this );
+			SpriteLoader = new SpriteLoader(new[]{".shp"}, SheetBuilder);
+			CursorProvider.Initialize(Manifest.Cursors);
 		}
 		
         public static IEnumerable<string> FindMapsIn(string dir)
@@ -53,7 +66,6 @@ namespace OpenRA
             if (!Directory.Exists(dir))
                 return NoMaps;
 
-            // todo: look for compressed maps too.
             return Directory.GetDirectories(dir)
                 .Concat(Directory.GetFiles(dir, "*.zip"))
                 .Concat(Directory.GetFiles(dir, "*.oramap"));
@@ -104,7 +116,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				|| previousMapHadSequences || map.Sequences.Count > 0)
 			{
 				SheetBuilder = new SheetBuilder( TextureChannel.Red );
-                SpriteLoader = new SpriteLoader(Rules.TileSets[map.Tileset], SheetBuilder);
+				SpriteLoader = new SpriteLoader( Rules.TileSets[map.Tileset].Extensions, SheetBuilder );
 				CursorSheetBuilder = new CursorSheetBuilder( this );
 				CursorProvider.Initialize(Manifest.Cursors);
 				SequenceProvider.Initialize(Manifest.Sequences, map.Sequences);