Time and Frame independent animated picture

[Jorik]

Hi,

i want to implement a loading screen when something is loaded from a webserver.

Unfortunatly this process stops the window of my game from running.

So the displaying of different frames is not possible.

Does anyone know a way to display a animation time and frame independent?

Would a Gif do this, and is a gif useable in irrlicht?

[hybrid]

I think you need to tell us how your render loops are build, otherwise it's hard to suggest anything. Do you have two different windows, do you render the load screen on top of your game scene, do you have a separate thread for your webserver communication, etc.

[Jorik]

I have a game scene and a gui that is rendered over the game scene.

My loading picture is rendered over the gui.


I thin there i no way to render an animated picture at the time i connect to the server...



Is it possible to draw a gif-like picture in irrlicht, and how?

[Sylence]

a gif won't help you there.
You have to put the connection into a separate thread.

[hybrid]

You can also poll each time you rendered a frame. This might lag sometimes when too few data was available, etc., so it's usually best to put communication into a separate thread.

[Jorik]

Ok, this way i think i will use a non-moving picture.

Thanks for helping