Multiplayer mode selector - add "Change on next scene transition" option

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    Just watched the start of the post-mortem and the discussion about the 20 second time on switching, mostly @Chris talking. Can we have the option to change the mode when we next change scene? i.e.:
    • if I'm in Owl's Head in multiplayer mode, but I want to meet my friends in Deep Ravenswood in friends online;
    • so I switch to friends online but tick the 'on next transition' option, there is no immediate scene change;
    • I then leave Owl's Head and then the multiplayer mode changes on the next scene load
    This is better for me and better for Port because one expensive scene load is removed from the process. Some complexity would be added to support teleport scrolls as the list of valid targets will need to depend on the mode I'm aiming for rather than the mode I'm in, but otherwise it seems like all win to me.
     
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    Yer a thinker and I approve!
     
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    I'd like to have a window open asking me for every scene in what mode i want to enter.
     
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    Great idea.
     
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