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FPSC Classic Scripts / "Decent" game loading screen question

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Cruise McClarren
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Posted: 29th Nov 2006 17:56
I tried searching and maybe I wasn't looking in the right spot, but I was wondering about a possibility. After playing the game Decent, I got the idea of using a loading screen similar to that. Something where, between levels, the loading screen shows your spaceship moving from planet A to planet B and so on for each level. And of course I would have to create the media and models, but how would you implement that as an animated loading screen? Any help is greatly appreciated

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Silent Thunder
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Posted: 29th Nov 2006 22:27
I don't think that animated loading screens are possible, yet...

Candle_
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Posted: 29th Nov 2006 23:40
Just use a video before they start.
max ballwinkle
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Posted: 6th Dec 2006 01:03
or you can have a moving picture? im not sure if it may work but its worth a try!


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Candle_
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Posted: 6th Dec 2006 06:40

Try that.Think thats right.
Conjured Entertainment
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Posted: 6th Dec 2006 07:12
I advise you NOT to play a video during loading.

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Les Horribres
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Posted: 6th Dec 2006 07:32 Edited at: 6th Dec 2006 07:45
I advise you to kill all noob fpi scripters.

The image is but a hudimage is it not? and you can set the locations for each hud image, can you NOT. Then DO SOMETHING. I hate it when people can't see something as obvious as THAT.

Sorry for my outburst... but that is REALLY obvious. Really Obvious. It just really annoys me when people think of the easiest laziest way of doing something weither or not it works.

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Conjured Entertainment
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Posted: 6th Dec 2006 07:53
Animating using huds would require a timer and...

Timers + Loading Page = CRASH

I'm almost certain trying to run a Video during loading would result in a crash too.
Or at best, a currupted load which would crash later in the level.

Maybe I'm wrong, but the best thing that could happen if it doesn't crash is the load would take twice as long and they seem long enough to me. But, then again, I have a crappy computer so maybe it's just me.

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Les Horribres
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Posted: 6th Dec 2006 08:25 Edited at: 6th Dec 2006 19:47
random, second best thing. [Mod Edit]

True, I do go for the most 'elegant' solution, simple and easy, but those are working good solutions. It isn't like I say something can't be done, or list bad ways to do it, just to get it out of the way.

If 'vehicles' still are consitered impossible, that is only because people refuse to follow my instructions (it is FOOLPROOF, FOOLPROOF i tell you).

Well... I could go on... but I think I'll end this quietly...

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Storm 6000
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Posted: 9th Dec 2006 23:01
yer animated loading screens are very rare even in commerical games so ur definatly pushing it lol

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Posted: 10th Dec 2006 07:40
Quote: "yer animated loading screens are very rare even in commerical games so ur definatly pushing it lol"

But they are almost allways media enhanced.

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Slayer Simon
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Posted: 12th Dec 2006 06:06
Dude, you must be the only person I have heard of besides me who plays decent. Used to be like my favorite game of all time.

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