Skipping Splash screens, Title screen and New Game/Continue screen on first start

[Sirius GG]

Hello there, dear EeveeExpo community!

The long title pretty much says it all:
I want to throw the player instantly into my first map when there is no existing save game in Essentials v21.1.
When the player watched the opening cutscene, gets control and saves the game for the first time the original behaviour should be restored, which means the splash screens appear, the title screen appears and the new game / continue menu appears when he restarts the game.
How can I do that?
My first idea was to wrap parts of the code with a check whether a specific switch (e.g. switch 146) which i set in the opening cutscene is set, e.g. in "Data/Scripts/016_UI/001_Non-interactive UI/001_UI_SplashesAndTitleScreen.rb" i changed

def initialize(viewport = nil)
    super(viewport)
    @pic = addImage(0, 0, "")
    @pic.setOpacity(0, 0)        # set opacity to 0 after waiting 0 frames
    @pic2 = addImage(0, 0, "")   # flashing "Press Enter" picture
    @pic2.setOpacity(0, 0)       # set opacity to 0 after waiting 0 frames
    @index = 0
    if SPLASH_IMAGES.empty?
      open_title_screen(self, nil)
    else
      open_splash(self, nil)
    end
  end

to

def initialize(viewport = nil)
    super(viewport)
    @pic = addImage(0, 0, "")
    @pic.setOpacity(0, 0)        # set opacity to 0 after waiting 0 frames
    @pic2 = addImage(0, 0, "")   # flashing "Press Enter" picture
    @pic2.setOpacity(0, 0)       # set opacity to 0 after waiting 0 frames
    @index = 0
    if SPLASH_IMAGES.empty?
      open_title_screen(self, nil)
    else
      if $game_switches[146] == false
        open_title_screen(self, nil)
      else
        open_splash(self, nil)
      end
    end
  end

to skip the splash screens, but the $game_switches array is still nil at this point in the program flow.

How can I make the player load directly into the first map only on the first start?

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Best regards,
Sirius GG

 

[Atlat]

This is my code for my game:

class Scene_Intro
  def main
    FILE_COUNT.times do |file|
      if SaveData.exists?(file)
        Graphics.transition(0)
        @eventscene = IntroEventScene.new
        @eventscene.main
        Graphics.freeze
        return
      end
    end
    Game.start_new
  end
end

Now mine does have a save file system so it's a tad more complicated on my end, but if you remove the loop and remove the (file) from if SaveData.exists?, it should check if there's existing save data. If there is, it'll go through the IntroEventScene. If not, it'll start a new game.

No need for messing with anything in initialize.

 

[Sirius GG]

This is my code for my game:

class Scene_Intro
  def main
    FILE_COUNT.times do |file|
      if SaveData.exists?(file)
        Graphics.transition(0)
        @eventscene = IntroEventScene.new
        @eventscene.main
        Graphics.freeze
        return
      end
    end
    Game.start_new
  end
end

Now mine does have a save file system so it's a tad more complicated on my end, but if you remove the loop and remove the (file) from if SaveData.exists?, it should check if there's existing save data. If there is, it'll go through the IntroEventScene. If not, it'll start a new game.

No need for messing with anything in initialize.

You, sir, are brillant.
For people who want to achieve the same, here is the code for vanilla Essentials v21.1 without custom multiple save slots:

class Scene_Intro
  def main
    if SaveData.exists?
      Graphics.transition(0)
      @eventscene = IntroEventScene.new
      @eventscene.main
      Graphics.freeze
      return
    end
    Game.start_new
  end
end

Thank you! This can be closed! :)