Add ensure_server_started option to start_match

Author: VirxEC

pyproject.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description = "A high performance Python interface for communicating with RLBot
 dynamic = ["version"]
 requires-python = ">= 3.11"
 dependencies = [
-    "rlbot_flatbuffers~=0.14.4",
+    "rlbot_flatbuffers~=0.14.5",
     "psutil==7.*",
 ]
 readme = "README.md"

rlbot/managers/match.py

@@ -96,15 +96,19 @@ def wait_for_first_packet(self):
             sleep(0.1)
 
     def start_match(
-        self, config: Path | flat.MatchConfiguration, wait_for_start: bool = True
+        self,
+        config: Path | flat.MatchConfiguration,
+        wait_for_start: bool = True,
+        ensure_server_started: bool = True,
     ):
         """
         Starts a match using the given match settings or a path to a match settings toml file.
         Connection is automatically established if missing. Call `connect` if you
         want this process to receive match communication or ball prediction messages.
         """
 
-        self.ensure_server_started()
+        if ensure_server_started:
+            self.ensure_server_started()
 
         if not self.rlbot_interface.is_connected:
             self.connect(

rlbot/version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.0.0-beta.35"
+__version__ = "2.0.0-beta.36"