startLoadingScreen

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Description

Description:

Shows loading screen with the given text, using the given resource. While loading screen is shown, simulation and scene drawing is disabled, scripts run at full speed.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

startLoadingScreen [text] or [text,resource]

Parameters:

[text] or [text,resource]: Array -

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

startLoadingScreen ["Loading My Mission, please wait..."];

Example 2:

startLoadingScreen ["Can't skip loading time...", "MyLoadingRsc"];

Additional Information

See also:

endLoadingScreenprogressLoadingScreen

Notes

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Notes

Posted on July 15, 2009 - 01:47 (CEST)

Lou Montana

As it stops simulation as well as scene drawing, be sure not to put any sleep (or waitUntil if you are checking for in-game changes ; waitUntil for var initialization or script loading is ok) command between startLoadingScreen and endLoadingScreen.

Posted on January 18, 2010 - 08:07 (CEST)

Lou Montana

edit 10:15 : Whatever transparence you define in your own resource, there will be a black screen to cache loading.
It's up to you to choose a nice blue background :-)

Resource has to be defined in description.ext ; it must NOT be defined as RscTitles ! Here is an example : // basic defines // class RscText { type = 0; idc = -1; x = 0; y = 0; h = 0.037; w = 0.3; style = 0x100; font = Zeppelin32; SizeEx = 0.03921; colorText[] = {1,1,1,1}; colorBackground[] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; linespacing = 1; }; class RscPicture { access=0; type=0; idc=-1; style=48; colorBackground[]={0,0,0,0}; colorText[]={1,1,1,1}; font="TahomaB"; sizeEx=0; lineSpacing=0; text=""; }; class RscLoadingText : RscText { style = 2; x = 0.323532; y = 0.666672; w = 0.352944; h = 0.039216; sizeEx = 0.03921; colorText[] = {0.543,0.5742,0.4102,1.0}; }; class RscProgress { x = 0.344; y = 0.619; w = 0.313726; h = 0.0261438; texture = "\ca\ui\data\loadscreen_progressbar_ca.paa"; colorFrame[] = {0,0,0,0}; colorBar[] = {1,1,1,1}; }; class RscProgressNotFreeze { idc = -1; type = 45; style = 0; x = 0.022059; y = 0.911772; w = 0.029412; h = 0.039216; texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0)"; }; // // the loading screen itself // class Harrier_loadingScreen { idd = -1; duration = 10e10; fadein = 0; fadeout = 0; name = "loading screen"; class controlsBackground { class blackBG : RscText { x = safezoneX; y = safezoneY; w = safezoneW; h = safezoneH; text = ""; colorText[] = {0,0,0,0}; colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,1}; }; class nicePic : RscPicture { style = 48 + 0x800; // ST_PICTURE + ST_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO x = safezoneX + safezoneW/2 - 0.25; y = safezoneY + safezoneH/2 - 0.2; w = 0.5; h = 0.4; text = "img\nicePic.paa"; }; }; class controls { class Title1 : RscLoadingText { text = "$STR_LOADING"; // "Loading" text in the middle of the screen }; class CA_Progress : RscProgress // progress bar, has to have idc 104 { idc = 104; type = 8; // CT_PROGRESS style = 0; // ST_SINGLE texture = "\ca\ui\data\loadscreen_progressbar_ca.paa"; }; class CA_Progress2 : RscProgressNotFreeze // progress bar that will go reverse { idc = 103; }; class Name2: RscText // the text on the top-left { idc = 101; x = 0.05; y = 0.029412; w = 0.9; h = 0.04902; text = ""; sizeEx = 0.05; colorText[] = {0.543,0.5742,0.4102,1.0}; }; }; };