Function TelComMain

Descent3/TelCom.cpp:592–766

This is the main loop for the active TelCom...think of it as a void main(void)

// This is the main loop for the active TelCom...think of it as a void main(void)
void TelComMain(bool ingame, bool SelectShip) {
  // Initialize sound system
  TelcomInitSounds();

  // Initialize screens
  InitAllScreens();

  // Initialize the Effects
  EfxInit();

  // Initialize the Telcom Render Engine
  TelcomRenderInit();

  // Initialize the TelCom System Event Manager
  TelComInitEventManager();
  TelcomRenderSetScreen(DUMMY_SCREEN);

  // kinda a quick hack...it may stay only if there is no way to enter the briefings directly from the game
  bool noescape = false;
  if (!ingame)
    noescape = true;

  Telcom_system.state = TCS_POWERON;

  TelcomCreateStartupScreen();

  TelcomStartSound(TCSND_STARTUP);
  TelcomStartSound(TCSND_RUNNING);
  TelcomStopSound(TCSND_STARTUP);

  // #ifdef DEMO
  //	Telcom_system.current_status = TS_MISSION;
  // #endif

  // initialize this to -1 so we get events right away
  Telcom_mouse_last_effect = -1;

  // if we are coming from the game into the main menu, then any system we select, when
  // we exit should take us back to main menu
  bool return_to_main_menu = false;
  if (ingame && Telcom_system.current_status == TS_MAINMENU) {
    return_to_main_menu = true;
  }

  while (Telcom_system.state != TCS_POWEROFF) {

    TelComEnableSystemKey(TCSYS_MAXKEYS, true);

    switch (Telcom_system.current_status) {
    case TS_MISSION:
      // if we are in briefings, then show the briefing
      if (Current_level->flags & LVLFLAG_BRIEFING) {
        // determine the correct language of briefing to look at
        char basefilename[_MAX_FNAME];
        char briefingname[_MAX_FNAME];
        char extension[_MAX_FNAME];
        const char *tag[] = {"", "_GER", "_SPN", "_ITN", "_FRN"};
        bool ok_to_go = false;