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Dark GDK / dbSetDisplayMode Alternative (s p a c e)

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bergice
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2012 02:36 Edited at: 22nd Feb 2012 02:37
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Hi, I need a loading screen for my game and decided that the resolution should change when loading. The problem is that I think the program flushes a lot of game data when setting the resolution back to normal after loading.

I have found no alternate way of doing this in DarkGDK so I am thinking of creating a temporary windows and using SDL to render the splash screen along with the loading bar and hiding the game window.

Does anyone have any tips on how I should do this?

(Sorry about the space thing, I needed more spaces in the subject title)
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Hassan
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2012 10:23
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why would you need to change the resolution? even if you succeed, after that, when you switch the resolution back to normal you will lose all loaded media

you will just have to keep the resolution, and put your media loading in a loop, in such way that every loop, only 1 (or a little bit more if you have too much to load) object/image/effect/whatever is loaded, and after loading it, you will update the progress bar (increase width or whatever it's like) then dbSync to render the updated progress to the window

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Hawkblood
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2012 13:52
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In my X Flight game, I have the main menu screen set to the current windows resolution. You can set the resolution for the game environment at that point. So when you enter the game, the resolution changes to what you selected. I find this method useful because if the player selects an incompatable resolution, this screen will never be unsupported.

The problem with having to reload all the objects is an issue, but I don't go between the game and the main menu more than once. I only load the objects when going from the main menu and the game.

The fastest code is the code never written.
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bergice
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2012 14:48
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Thanks for input.

I will just have to keep the resolution at normal until I find an efficient bypass.
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2012 22:45
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If you want to change the resolution on-the-fly in your game, you will be forced to reload all the objects each time you make the change. In that case I would suggest making a "LoadObjects()" funtion and call that each time you make a change.

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