trigger safe mode on windows by holding shift on game launch

loader/src/load.cpp

@@ -92,6 +92,20 @@ int geodeEntry(void* platformData) {
     if (LoaderImpl::get()->isForwardCompatMode()) {
         console::openIfClosed();
     }
+#ifdef GEODE_IS_WINDOWS
+    // yes this is quite funny
+    if (GetAsyncKeyState(VK_SHIFT) != 0) {
+        LoaderImpl::get()->forceSafeMode();
+        std::thread([] {
+            MessageBoxA(
+                NULL,
+                "You have triggered Geode Safe Mode by holding SHIFT.\nGeode will not load any mods.",
+                "Attention",
+                MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION
+            );
+        }).detach();
+    }
+#endif
 
     std::string forwardCompatSuffix;
     if (LoaderImpl::get()->isForwardCompatMode())

loader/src/loader/LoaderImpl.cpp

@@ -845,3 +845,11 @@ Result<tulip::hook::HandlerHandle> Loader::Impl::getOrCreateHandler(void* addres
     m_handlerHandles[address] = handle;
     return Ok(handle);
 }
+
+bool Loader::Impl::isSafeMode() const {
+    return m_forceSafeMode || this->getLaunchFlag("safe-mode");
+}
+
+void Loader::Impl::forceSafeMode() {
+    m_forceSafeMode = true;
+}

loader/src/loader/LoaderImpl.hpp

@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ namespace geode {
         bool userTriedToLoadDLLs() const;
 
         void addProblem(LoadProblem const& problem);
+
+        bool m_forceSafeMode = false;
+        bool isSafeMode() const;
+        // enables safe mode, even if the launch arg wasnt provided
+        void forceSafeMode();
     };
 
     class LoaderImpl : public Loader::Impl {

loader/src/loader/ModImpl.cpp

@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ bool Mod::Impl::getLaunchFlag(std::string_view const name) const {
 // Loading, Toggling, Installing
 
 Result<> Mod::Impl::loadBinary() {
-    if (!this->isInternal() && Loader::get()->getLaunchFlag("safe-mode")) {
+    if (!this->isInternal() && LoaderImpl::get()->isSafeMode()) {
         // pretend to have loaded the mod, so that it still shows up on the mod list properly,
         // while the user can still toggle/uninstall it
         m_enabled = true;

loader/src/ui/internal/list/ModListLayer.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <Geode/utils/ranges.hpp>
 #include <Geode/loader/Mod.hpp>
 #include <Geode/binding/CCContentLayer.hpp>
+#include <loader/LoaderImpl.hpp>
 
 #define FTS_FUZZY_MATCH_IMPLEMENTATION
 #include <Geode/external/fts/fts_fuzzy_match.h>
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ bool ModListLayer::init() {
     this->onTab(nullptr);
 
     // add safe mode label
-    if (Loader::get()->getLaunchFlag("safe-mode")) {
+    if (LoaderImpl::get()->isSafeMode()) {
         auto* label = CCLabelBMFont::create("Safe Mode Enabled", "bigFont.fnt");
         label->setPosition(winSize.width / 2.f, 17);
         label->setScale(0.625f);