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Description
- Description:
- Shows loading screen with the given text,using the given resource.,When 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..."];
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
- resource has to be defined in description.ext. 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};
};
};
};
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