changed way the course ranking sort is applied - now detects on startup and theme change rather than before each music wheel

stepmania/src/Course.cpp

@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ void Course::UpdateCourseStats()
 	LOG->Trace("Updating course stats for %s", this->m_sName.c_str() );
 
 	SortOrder_AvgDifficulty = 0;
-	SortOrder_Ranking = 2;
+//	SortOrder_Ranking = 2;      // handled in SongManager::UpdateRankingCourses
 	SortOrder_TotalDifficulty = 0;
 
 	unsigned i;
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ void Course::UpdateCourseStats()
 		if (m_entries[ ci[i].CourseIndex ].type != Entry::fixed)
 		{
 			SortOrder_AvgDifficulty = 9999999; // large number
-			SortOrder_Ranking = 3;
+			if (SortOrder_Ranking == 2) SortOrder_Ranking++;
 			SortOrder_TotalDifficulty = 999999;     // large number
 			return;
 		}
@@ -926,20 +926,10 @@ void Course::UpdateCourseStats()
 	}
 
 	SortOrder_AvgDifficulty = (float)SortOrder_TotalDifficulty/GetEstimatedNumStages();
-	if (GetEstimatedNumStages() > 7) SortOrder_Ranking = 3;
+	if (GetEstimatedNumStages() > 7 && SortOrder_Ranking != 1) SortOrder_Ranking = 3;
 
-	// HACK: this function takes a while to execute because of
-	// the ranking portion at the end.  Do so only if it is
-	// absolutely necessary.
-	if (PREFSMAN->m_iCourseSortOrder == PrefsManager::COURSE_SORT_RANK)
-	{
-		CStringArray RankingCourses;
-
-		split( THEME->GetMetric("ScreenRanking","CoursesToShow"),",", RankingCourses);
-
-		for(i = 0; i < RankingCourses.size(); i++)
-			if (!RankingCourses[i].CompareNoCase(this->m_sPath))
-				SortOrder_Ranking = 1;
-	}
+	// OPTIMIZATION: Ranking info isn't dependant on style, so
+	// call it sparingly.  Its handled on startup and when
+	// themes change..
 
 }

stepmania/src/ScreenAppearanceOptions.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "NoteSkinManager.h"
 #include "GameState.h"
 #include "ThemeManager.h"
+#include "SongManager.h"
 
 
 enum {
@@ -168,6 +169,8 @@ void ScreenAppearanceOptions::ExportOptions()
 	{
 		THEME->SwitchTheme( sNewTheme );
 		ApplyGraphicOptions();	// reset graphics to apply new window title and icon
+
+		SONGMAN->UpdateRankingCourses(); // update ranking courses
 	}
 	TEXTUREMAN->DoDelayedDelete();	// delete all textures that don't have references
 

stepmania/src/SongManager.cpp

@@ -1174,3 +1174,24 @@ void SongManager::UpdateBest()
 	SortSongPointerArrayByMostPlayed( m_pBestSongs );
 }
 
+void SongManager::UpdateRankingCourses()
+{
+	/*  Updating the ranking courses data is fairly expensive
+	 *  since it involves comparing strings.  Do so sparingly.
+	 */
+	CStringArray RankingCourses;
+
+	split( THEME->GetMetric("ScreenRanking","CoursesToShow"),",", RankingCourses);
+
+	for(unsigned i=0; i < m_pCourses.size(); i++)
+	{
+		if (m_pCourses[i]->GetEstimatedNumStages() > 7)
+			m_pCourses[i]->SortOrder_Ranking = 3;
+		else
+			m_pCourses[i]->SortOrder_Ranking = 2;
+		
+		for(unsigned j = 0; j < RankingCourses.size(); j++)
+			if (!RankingCourses[j].CompareNoCase(m_pCourses[i]->m_sPath))
+				m_pCourses[i]->SortOrder_Ranking = 1;
+	}
+}

stepmania/src/SongManager.h

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ public:
 	void AddScores( NotesType nt, bool bPlayerEnabled[NUM_PLAYERS], RankingCategory hsc[NUM_PLAYERS], int iScore[NUM_PLAYERS], int iNewRecordIndexOut[NUM_PLAYERS] );	// set iNewRecordIndex = -1 if not a new record
 	void UpdateBest();
 
+	void UpdateRankingCourses();
 protected:
 	void LoadStepManiaSongDir( CString sDir, LoadingWindow *ld );
 	void LoadDWISongDir( CString sDir );

stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp

@@ -552,6 +552,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	/* Load the unlocks into memory */
 	GAMESTATE->m_pUnlockingSys->LoadFromDATFile( UNLOCKS_PATH );
 
+	/* Initialize which courses are ranking courses here. */
+	SONGMAN->UpdateRankingCourses();
+
 	/* Run the main loop. */
 	GameLoop();