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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Need help with progress bar while game loads!

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Guruchild
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Posted: 7th Jul 2003 11:39 Edited at: 7th Jul 2003 12:42
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I want to make a progress bar to display while the game loads- set out to solve this problem and ran into a huge problem- the game loads all the objects and stuff and then when it's finished it syncs and the game begins. So I can't update a progress bar while the game is loading without messing up the screen. Any thoughts? Help? Please!

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 7th Jul 2003 14:54
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Check out my loading system in the Code Snippets area.
In addition to that, I've got a plug-in that will display a splashscreen and progress bar whilst you can load data.

Good news everyone! I really am THAT good...
http://www.nickk.nildram.co.uk/ for great plug-ins and other exciting things - oh my, yes!
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Dave J
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Posted: 7th Jul 2003 15:31
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You have something for everything

Oh, and I've been meaning to ask you something, on your site you have the LongHorn list, one of which is:
-"No more defragmentation"

What kind of solution are you expecting for that? Auto-defragmentation of files when you create/download/move them? Just interested.

(I know this should be in a different forum or something but seems a waste to ask one question lol)

"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
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Ishamael Sedai
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Posted: 7th Jul 2003 22:00
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But it's more graphic than useful because....it doesn't take care about the time of loading.....

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 7th Jul 2003 23:05
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I would like something more like Linux's system (how they prevent defragmentation, I dont know, but it works).

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Rob K
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Posted: 8th Jul 2003 00:43 Edited at: 8th Jul 2003 00:43
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@GuruChild

Set the camera view size to 1 by 1 pixels or something (SET CAMERA VIEW 0,0,1,1), then you can place your loading screen in the middle and sync quite happily and just resize the view when the game starts.

Do you want Windows menus in your DBP apps? - Get my plugin: http://snow.prohosting.com/~clone99/downloads/tpc_menus_103.zip
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Guruchild
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Posted: 8th Jul 2003 02:10
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@ Rob K
That's pure genius, thanks

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