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steve c
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Posted: 8th Sep 2004 06:04
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is there a way u can make ur loading bar go up whith the game loading
so if dbc loads a bit of your game the bar goes up because that would be cool and if u can pls explain

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blanky
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Posted: 8th Sep 2004 06:07
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first you must get a stopwatch and time how long loading ta-

okay, that would just be stupid.

Even on professional in-game loading bars, you can see that they don't go smoothly! What the easiest solution would be, is to find out in advance how many files you would need to load during the time the loading bar is displayed. After each file is loaded, exec. a function that adds a bit/bar to the loading bar. Call the function anything you like. I'd probably call it JellyMake().

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Xander
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Yeah, don't expect to make it go smoothly. You should see the one in my game, Firewall...

I made a subroutine that moves the bolt over 1/20 of the total space. Then I said "gosub load" 20 times throughout the loading process of my game. Not too hard. You can easily to 2D also. Just stretch a sprite.

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BearCDPOLD
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Bolt, that loading bar was really cool. Where'd you stick everything else(like objects) while it loaded?

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Thanks. Actually, the position of the camera and where it is pointing is really screwed up. You wouldn't know it, but the camera actually points down while loading and the objects are usually hidden right after loading. That way they don't show up when the sync is called during the loading animation. Also, the camera is below the grid (playing field) while loading, then zooms up when the game starts, as you will see.

It as all done sort of in a rush, but it turned out pretty good, so I just kept it.

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steve c
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so back to the subject how can i do this loading bar pls

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Xander
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Posted: 10th Sep 2004 08:48
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What else do you need to know? I'll help you, but I need specifics...

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Indian Homie G
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Um ive been trying to do this also. so like going with blanky186's idea... this what im thinking:

(before the main loop where all ur stuffz is getting loaded

load object "whatever.x"
-- add a bit to your bar here
load object "house.x"
--- add a little more
load image "image.bmp"
-- same thing


so basically i think what you would do is after every model you load you add a little to the bar... Bolt, Blanky, is this right?

Thanks!

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Xander
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Posted: 11th Sep 2004 01:10
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Yeah, but every object or image would mean a lot of bar moving...I would move it after every section of images or objects are loaded. Get what I mean?

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steve c
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oh right i get it thanks

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Indian Homie G
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Ya lol thats what I meant

Thanks... this will help me too

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Look at all the answeres he got for his question, but when I post a question about a seriouse problem Im having, I get minimal response!

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indi
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Posted: 11th Sep 2004 14:06
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if you look in the code snippets area i have posted something similar. for dbc tho u will have to change the typed array to an array.


btw theres no point in having a whinge if your post didnt get the answer you were looking for: perhaps it was phrased incorrectly : perhaps there were no people around at the time u posted. theres many factors.

If no-one gives your an answer to a question you have asked, consider:- Is your question clear.- Did you ask nicely.- Are you showing any effort to solve the problem yourself
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