ADOFAIRenderer/Patch/Game/scrPressToStartPatch.cs

using ADOFAIRenderer.Core;
using HarmonyLib;

namespace ADOFAIRenderer.Patch.Game;

[HarmonyPatch(typeof(scrPressToStart))]
// ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
public class scrPressToStartPatch
{
    [HarmonyPrefix]
    [HarmonyPatch("ShowText")]
    private static bool PreventShowText()
    {
        if (!RenderManager.Instance || !RenderManager.Instance.skipPressToStart) return true;

        RenderManager.Instance.skipPressToStart = false;

        // scrPressToStart.ShowText ends with ShowDifficultyContainer(mode). Skipping ShowText skips that call too,
        // which leaves the difficulty selector active and clickable. DontShow deactivates difficultyContainer
        // and makes the keyboard difficulty shortcuts (difficultyUIMode != DontShow checks) do nothing.
        if (scrUIController.instance)
            scrUIController.instance.ShowDifficultyContainer(DifficultyUIMode.DontShow);
        return false;
    }
}