I HATE GLOBAL CONFIGS I HATE GLOBAL CONFIGS I HATE

@tildearrow instead of this nonsense you could have just made a language menu in the interface settings

src/engine/engine.cpp

@@ -3956,15 +3956,24 @@ bool DivEngine::deinitAudioBackend(bool dueToSwitchMaster) {
   return true;
 }
 
-bool DivEngine::preInit(bool noSafeMode) {
-  bool wantSafe=false;
-  // register systems
-  if (!systemsRegistered) registerSystems();
-
+bool DivEngine::prePreInit() {
   // init config
   initConfDir();
   logD("config path: %s",configPath.c_str());
 
+  configLoaded=true;
+  return loadConf();
+}
+
+bool DivEngine::preInit(bool noSafeMode) {
+  bool wantSafe=false;
+  if (!configLoaded) prePreInit();
+
+  logI("Furnace version " DIV_VERSION ".");
+
+  // register systems
+  if (!systemsRegistered) registerSystems();
+
   // TODO: re-enable with a better approach
   // see issue #1581
   /*
@@ -3979,10 +3988,6 @@ bool DivEngine::preInit(bool noSafeMode) {
   String logPath=configPath+DIR_SEPARATOR_STR+"furnace.log";
   startLogFile(logPath.c_str());
 
-  logI("Furnace version " DIV_VERSION ".");
-  
-  loadConf();
-
   if (!conf.has("opn1Core")) {
     if (conf.has("opnCore")) {
       conf.set("opn1Core",conf.getString("opnCore",""));

src/engine/engine.h

@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ class DivEngine {
   String exportPath;
   std::thread* exportThread;
   int chans;
+  bool configLoaded;
   bool active;
   bool lowQuality;
   bool dcHiPass;
@@ -1295,6 +1296,9 @@ class DivEngine {
     // quit dispatch
     void quitDispatch();
 
+    // pre-pre-initialize the engine.
+    bool prePreInit();
+
     // pre-initialize the engine. returns whether Furnace should run in safe mode.
     bool preInit(bool noSafeMode=true);
 
@@ -1315,6 +1319,7 @@ class DivEngine {
       output(NULL),
       exportThread(NULL),
       chans(0),
+      configLoaded(false),
       active(false),
       lowQuality(false),
       dcHiPass(true),