Merge pull request #3035 from CIB/feature

New configuration option: external resource download

code/controllers/configuration.dm

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 	var/Ticklag = 0.9
 	var/Tickcomp = 0
 	var/socket_talk	= 0					// use socket_talk to communicate with other processes
+	var/list/resource_urls = null
 
 	var/list/mode_names = list()
 	var/list/modes = list()				// allowed modes
@@ -164,6 +165,9 @@
 
 		if(type == "config")
 			switch (name)
+				if ("resource_urls")
+					config.resource_urls = stringsplit(value, " ")
+			
 				if ("admin_legacy_system")
 					config.admin_legacy_system = 1
 

code/modules/client/client defines.dm

@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@
 	var/player_age = "Requires database"	//So admins know why it isn't working - Used to determine how old the account is - in days.
 	var/related_accounts_ip = "Requires database"	//So admins know why it isn't working - Used to determine what other accounts previously logged in from this ip
 	var/related_accounts_cid = "Requires database"	//So admins know why it isn't working - Used to determine what other accounts previously logged in from this computer id
+
+	preload_rsc = 0 // This is 0 so we can set it to an URL once the player logs in and have them download the resources from a different server.

code/modules/client/client procs.dm

@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@
 		del(src)
 		return
 
+	// Change the way they should download resources.
+	if(config.resource_urls)
+		src.preload_rsc = pick(config.resource_urls)
+	else src.preload_rsc = 1 // If config.resource_urls is not set, preload like normal.
+	
+	src << "\red If the title screen is black, resources are still downloading. Please be patient until the title screen appears."
+
+
 	clients += src
 	directory[ckey] = src
 
@@ -278,4 +286,4 @@
 		'icons/xenoarch_icons/chart2.jpg',
 		'icons/xenoarch_icons/chart3.jpg',
 		'icons/xenoarch_icons/chart4.jpg'
-		)
+		)