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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Is there any neato way to fo a wait till video finishes?

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MiRRoRMaN 64
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Posted: 28th May 2013 12:28
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Hi everybody,

I am wondering if theres a neato way to do this:

I'd like to find a way for a waiting period in which the user can still click the mouse button or a key to skip a video, yet when nothing is done for the software to continue after the video is done.

So yes like a games intro usually works. I know I would technically do that with a periodical loop with an until timer>some value or click=1 etc but what I'd really like to see if theres a way to make that until timer figure out from the video file how long the video exactly is and time that exactly right, so to speak.

Anyway, if anybody has any ideas and can point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance!
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Posted: 28th May 2013 17:05 Edited at: 28th May 2013 17:05
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Repeat : Sync : Until *AnyKey* Or Animation Playing( Anim ) = 0"

This is a very basic method to accomplish that task.

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thank you mobiius!
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Technically it should be a WHILE loop:
although it makes little difference in this specific situation.

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Quote: "Technically it should be a WHILE loop: + Code Snippet although it makes little difference in this specific situation."

We are splitting hairs here. It really depends on the rest of the game code. Since it's just one single screen sync, efficiency is negligible. Plus it'll help initialize the screen if the display mode was just set.

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I chose a repeat loop as you'd want at least one iteration of the loop. With a while loop, it's possible to skip the video altogether, which I'm assuming is not wanted.

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