- added a customization hook class for the menu.

Currently the only thing it does is abstracting the menu caption, but more can be added here.
Not exposed to modding yet, though, that's for later.

src/common/menu/menu.cpp

@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ float			BackbuttonAlpha;
 static bool		MenuEnabled = true;
 DMenu			*CurrentMenu;
 int				MenuTime;
+DObject*		menuCustomizer;
+
 
 extern PClass *DefaultListMenuClass;
 extern PClass *DefaultOptionMenuClass;
@@ -190,7 +192,9 @@ void M_MarkMenus()
 		GC::Mark(pair->Value);
 	}
 	GC::Mark(CurrentMenu);
+	GC::Mark(menuCustomizer);
 }
+
 //============================================================================
 //
 // DMenu base class
@@ -884,6 +888,7 @@ DEFINE_GLOBAL(menuactive)
 DEFINE_GLOBAL(BackbuttonTime)
 DEFINE_GLOBAL(BackbuttonAlpha)
 DEFINE_GLOBAL(GameTicRate)
+DEFINE_GLOBAL(menuCustomizer)
 
 DEFINE_FIELD(DMenu, mParentMenu)
 DEFINE_FIELD(DMenu, mMouseCapture);

src/common/menu/menu.h

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class DMenu;
 extern DMenu *CurrentMenu;
 extern int MenuTime;
 class DMenuItemBase;
+extern DObject* menuCustomizer;
 
 //=============================================================================
 //

src/common/menu/menudef.cpp

@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ void DeinitMenus()
 	}
 	MenuDescriptors.Clear();
 	OptionValues.Clear();
+	if (menuCustomizer)
+	{
+		menuCustomizer->Destroy();
+		menuCustomizer = nullptr;
+	}
 }
 
 FTextureID GetMenuTexture(const char* const name)

src/menu/doommenu.cpp

@@ -1261,6 +1261,9 @@ void SetDefaultMenuColors()
 	OptionSettings.mFontColorHeader = V_FindFontColor(gameinfo.mFontColorHeader);
 	OptionSettings.mFontColorHighlight = V_FindFontColor(gameinfo.mFontColorHighlight);
 	OptionSettings.mFontColorSelection = V_FindFontColor(gameinfo.mFontColorSelection);
+
+	auto cls = PClass::FindClass("MenuCustomize");
+	menuCustomizer = cls->CreateNew();
 }
 
 CCMD (menu_main)

wadsrc/static/zscript.txt

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ version "4.5"
 #include "zscript/ui/menu/readthis.zs"
 #include "zscript/ui/menu/reverbedit.zs"
 #include "zscript/ui/menu/textentermenu.zs"
+#include "zscript/ui/menu/menucustomize.zs"
 
 #include "zscript/ui/menu/search/menu.zs"
 #include "zscript/ui/menu/search/searchfield.zs"

wadsrc/static/zscript/base.zs

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct _ native	// These are the global variables, the struct is only here to av
 	native readonly @MusPlayingInfo musplaying;
 	native readonly bool generic_ui;
 	native readonly int GameTicRate;
+	native MenuCustomize menuCustomizer;
 
 // sandbox state in multi-level setups:
 

wadsrc/static/zscript/ui/menu/menucustomize.zs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// This class allows global customization of certain menu aspects, e.g. replacing the menu caption.
+
+class MenuCustomize
+{
+	virtual int DrawCaption(String title, Font fnt, int y, bool drawit)
+	{
+		screen.DrawText(fnt, OptionMenuSettings.mTitleColor, (screen.GetWidth() - fnt.StringWidth(title) * CleanXfac_1) / 2, 10 * CleanYfac_1, title, DTA_CleanNoMove_1, true);
+		return y + fnt.GetHeight();
+	}
+}

wadsrc/static/zscript/ui/menu/optionmenu.zs

@@ -433,15 +433,7 @@ class OptionMenu : Menu
 		let font = generic_ui || !mDesc.mFont ? NewSmallFont : mDesc.mFont;
 		if (font && mDesc.mTitle.Length() > 0)
 		{
-			let font = generic_ui || !mDesc.mFont ? NewSmallFont : mDesc.mFont;
+			return menuCustomizer.DrawCaption(title, font, y, drawit);
-			if (drawit)
-			{
-				let tt = Stringtable.Localize(title);
-				screen.DrawText(font, OptionMenuSettings.mTitleColor,
-					(screen.GetWidth() - font.StringWidth(tt) * CleanXfac_1) / 2, 10 * CleanYfac_1,
-					tt, DTA_CleanNoMove_1, true);
-			}
-			return y + font.GetHeight();
 		}
 		else
 		{