- added random splash screen on startup (testing)

- branding changes in menus
- ver. now stored in variable

splash_screen.py

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+import os
+import random
+import time
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.panel import Panel
+from rich.progress import Progress, SpinnerColumn, TextColumn
+
+console = Console()
+
+def show_startup_logo(SVMU_ver):
+    splash_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "splash-screens.txt")
+    if not os.path.exists(splash_file):
+        console.print("[bold red]Splash screens file not found![/bold red]")
+        return
+
+    with open(splash_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        content = f.read()
+
+    # Split ASCII art blocks by lines of '=' (at least 160 in a row)
+    blocks = [block.strip() for block in content.split("\n" + "="*160) if block.strip()]
+    if not blocks:
+        console.print("[bold red]No splash screens found![/bold red]")
+        return
+
+    art = random.choice(blocks)
+
+    # Animated spinner while showing splash
+    with Progress(
+        SpinnerColumn(),
+        TextColumn("[bold cyan]Loading SpaceVM Utility...[/bold cyan]"),
+        transient=True,
+        console=console,
+    ) as progress:
+        task = progress.add_task("startup", total=None)
+        # Simulate loading
+        import time
+        time.sleep(1.5)
+        progress.remove_task(task)
+
+    # Show the ASCII art in a pretty panel
+    console.print(Panel.fit(art, subtitle=f"[bold magenta]{SVMU_ver}[/bold magenta]", subtitle_align="right", border_style="grey53" , width=200 , padding = 2))
+    time.sleep(2) #pause for 2 sec
+    os.system('cls' if os.name=='nt' else 'clear')  #clears screen before returning
+
+
+# Example usage:
+# show_startup_logo()