Preference option to prioritize custom Liberation payloads

game/ato/loadouts.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from dcs.unittype import FlyingType
 from game.data.weapons import Pylon, Weapon, WeaponType
 from game.dcs.aircrafttype import AircraftType
 from .flighttype import FlightType
+from ..persistency import prefer_liberation_payloads
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .flight import Flight
@@ -161,7 +162,10 @@ class Loadout:
         # last - the first element in the tuple will be tried first, then the second,
         # etc.
         loadout_names = {
-            t: [f"Retribution {t.value}", f"Liberation {t.value}"] for t in FlightType
+            t: [f"Liberation {t.value}", f"Retribution {t.value}"]
+            if prefer_liberation_payloads()
+            else [f"Retribution {t.value}", f"Liberation {t.value}"]
+            for t in FlightType
         }
         legacy_names = {
             FlightType.TARCAP: (

game/persistency.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from game import Game
 
 _dcs_saved_game_folder: Optional[str] = None
+_prefer_liberation_payloads: bool = False
 
 
 # fmt: off
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@ class MigrationUnpickler(pickle.Unpickler):
 # fmt: on
 
 
-def setup(user_folder: str) -> None:
+def setup(user_folder: str, prefer_liberation_payloads: bool) -> None:
     global _dcs_saved_game_folder
     _dcs_saved_game_folder = user_folder
+    global _prefer_liberation_payloads
+    _prefer_liberation_payloads = prefer_liberation_payloads
     if not save_dir().exists():
         save_dir().mkdir(parents=True)
 
@@ -110,6 +113,11 @@ def payloads_dir(backup: bool = False) -> Path:
     return payloads
 
 
+def prefer_liberation_payloads() -> bool:
+    global _prefer_liberation_payloads
+    return _prefer_liberation_payloads
+
+
 def user_custom_weapon_injections_dir() -> Path:
     return base_path() / "Retribution" / "WeaponInjections"