Loading screen

Cleves · Post by **Cleves** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 1:55 pm

Hey all,

I want to create a loading screen but i can't quite get the idea how to do it?
Can someone help me?

Thanks

Tequilla · Post by **Tequilla** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 2:50 pm

Ah, without any status indicator on the loading-screen it's easy:
Just view your loading-image with the gui on the screen, then let the engine load the map and finaly hide the image.
If you want to have a status indicator, I think you must create your own loading-function, which calls a function viewing the status-screen everytime more data is red and give the current status as parameter.

I hope I could help you.

BTW: That would be a nice feature to the engine: When you lode a mesh from file, you could give the getMesh()-function a class (eg called irr::scene::IGetMeshStatus), which have a user implimented function (eg CurrentStatus(float PerCent)) that is called from the engine when more data is red... How about that, Niko?

Cleves · Post by **Cleves** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 3:01 pm

Hey,

The only problem is that i don't know when to hide image, or in other words when the engine completed loading everything.

Thanks

Tequilla · Post by **Tequilla** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 4:05 pm

Easy:
After initializing the device, you load the image to GUI, beginn scene, draw gui-elements (gui->drawAll() I think), end scene. Then you do all stuff needed for your game (loading map, models, initialize network and so on). After that you delete the image from the GUI and begin to render the scene (scenemanager->drawAll()) in the main-loop. you don't have to take care when the stuff is loaded. The code pauses automatically till all stuff is loaded.

DarkWhoppy · Post by **DarkWhoppy** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:46 am

Do this...

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gui::IGUIImage* Loading_Img;
Loading_Img = guienv->addImage(rect<int>(0,0,0,0)); //adjust the 0's for the image
Loading_Img->setImage(driver->getTexture("loading.jpg"));
Loading_Img->draw();
//---To Remove the image
Loading_Img->remove();

That should work...

Tequilla · Post by **Tequilla** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 10:27 am

Loading_Img = guienv->addImage(rect<int>(0,0,0,0)); //adjust the 0's

Hmm... I'm not sure, but I think it should be rect<s32>(0,0,ResX,ResY)
By defining 0,0,0,0 you get a rectangle sized 0x0pixels :-\

Cleves · Post by **Cleves** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 12:41 pm

Yes Tequilla i already modified it.it should be rex,resy.

Thanks a lot guys

DarkWhoppy · Post by **DarkWhoppy** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 8:28 pm

Tequilla wrote:Loading_Img = guienv->addImage(rect<int>(0,0,0,0)); //adjust the 0's

Hmm... I'm not sure, but I think it should be rect<s32>(0,0,ResX,ResY)
By defining 0,0,0,0 you get a rectangle sized 0x0pixels :-\

I told him to modify it... read my post again.
Loading_Img = guienv->addImage(rect<int>(0,0,0,0)); //adjust the 0's for the image

Tequilla · Post by **Tequilla** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 8:56 pm

Oh, sorry.. I should read the comments more carefully