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BluEarth Software
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Posted: 14th Feb 2006 23:15
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I was wondering how you can make loading bars(like the one in all the install wisards, minus the percentage) that would actually represent the progress of the game loading.

I have looked at code for one, and I noticed that:
It was printing [] every seccond
It wasn't "graphical", it was text(aviously)(were's spell check when you need it!)

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Oh yeah, I am running DBC, and I can't get those enhancements to work anymore...


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SimSmall
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perhaps the box command - that's how I do them - each time a new object is loaded, make the "right" value a little higher until all the object are loaded.

This does involve only loading one object/sound/texture etc. each time around the loop though
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___ this indeed works for small projects. If you have a huge amount of code you could try to set the box to increase after specific blocks of code are parsed to cover more code into the loading bar.


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BluEarth Software
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Sorry, I am a programming Noob, So I kind of need code, it doesn't have to be complete, but easy to understand.


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You don't need code, trust me - it'll be better if you figure it out with a little help.

The idea is, every time you load an object, you add 1 to a variable. The variable starts at 0.
Then you draw a box on the screen - the box command takes four numbers - a top, left, bottom and right. You only want your box to grow to the right, so that's the only number you'll have to change.

Pseudocode-

Loading bar variable starts at 0
Draw a box - right= left+loading bar variable.
Load an object
Add one to the loading bar variable.
Draw the box again - it will be 1 pixel bigger!

Repeat that for all your items that you're loading (and maybe changing the number you add, depending how many objects you have) and you'll have a loading bar in no time.
Remember to sync after every time you draw the box - or it won't get shown!
Good luck.
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BluEarth Software
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Uhh, k, Understand little bit of that, an example would be nice.
I don't copy the code, I rewrite it so it is still my code!




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Posted: 16th Feb 2006 00:20 Edited at: 16th Feb 2006 00:34
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Quote: "I don't copy the code, I rewrite it so it is still my code!"


You copied tinkergirl's psuedo code? Maybe i just didn't understand you.

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