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Loading Screen before game starts (urgent)

by EfrenStudios · in Torque Game Builder · 04/29/2011 (4:53 pm) · 4 replies

Hello again community,

I wonder how I can create a loading screen that works before the game starts to loading the game assets.

I am ok with the load everything the assets at the beginning, but it takes like a 15 to 25 seconds and for some users is confusing because they think the game doesn't work, and the truth is it just need a Loading Screen.

I have read documentation and I don't find any clue how to do this, maybe with the GUI, maybe with some "onLoad" event, maybe with something more, the thing is that I really not sure how to do it.

Could anybody help me with this issue?

I am about to publish my first game and I really need to have this in ASAP, so, if anyone can help me I will really appreciated!

Thanks in Advance!
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I worked on a outsourcing videogame company on the past but now I am want to make my own games, after years trying I hope to finally do it with Torque Blessing Help! http://efrenstudios.daportfolio.com/

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    Torque Owner EfrenStudios
    #1
    05/02/2011 (9:16 am)
    I recently discover that the GuiDefaultProfile.gui is responsible of making the slow begin of my game (tooks like 20 seconds!).

    I figured 2 posible solutions to my problem:
    1.- Speed up the GuiDefaultProfile.gui load (somehow)
    2.- Make a loading screen with a GUI (I already tried this but the main problem is the consuming time of GuiDefaultProfile.gui).

    Could somebody give me a clue of what to do?

    Torque Owner EfrenStudios
    #2
    05/02/2011 (1:32 pm)
    Does anybody have a documentation to see all the calls/functions to the Canvas?

    Canvas.setcontent... Canvas.setcursor... canvas.???

    I really need help :(.

    Bojan Vukojevic
    Default Studio Name
    #3
    05/02/2011 (3:04 pm)
    Maybe you find something here

    Torque Owner EfrenStudios
    #4
    05/02/2011 (3:43 pm)
    Yes, was really helpful! Thanks! (Unbelievable, I almost finish a publish game and I never saw that site)

    http://tdn.garagegames.com/wiki/TGB/Reference:_GuiCanvas

    The only solution I find is to put a "setCanvasTitle("Loading... (Wait a moment please)");" before the "exec("~/gui/profiles.cs");" instruction :(.

    That was not what I want, but I don't find another solution.

    Thanks Bojan!