Preloading and waiting prompt before enter mission (how?) ...

[mrcash2009 0]

Hi,

Im trying to find as much about pre-load as I can but with examples.

I have a mission where it takes up to maybe 10-15 seconds (or more) to run through all scripts and inits to finally be playable and not jumpy.

I wanted to smooth this out with a waiting screen until this process (all of my init scripts run etc) ... which once done would prompt a fade in a title post exec of everything so you can then play.

Best way to describe is like the pre-load manager loop you make in Flash files to wait until all is loaded before proceeding.

Had a good search but just get pre-load descriptions and no examples, can anyone point me into a direction of a mission that does this well so I can look at it, or any script examples I may have overlooked and what I should be looking for?

Any help would be great, once I know, I can use that as template, but I have fragmented bits of info that leave me head scratching, I need a seed planted to work from but I have yet to purchase the correct seed :)

Edited November 7, 2010 by mrcash2009

[sakura_chan 9]

look into the AO training missions if you can, they have a really cool loading screen at the beginning where it is grayed out and blurry and it also has a progress bar.

[mrcash2009 0]

For others that need this, an angel dropped from the heavens and added this script (as of today and this post) slap bang into Armaholic ... and answered all I ever needed in one go, could not have asked for better timing :)

Thanks Spyder.

SPY Loading Progress:

A progress bar that loads after the player is in the mission. It's actually designed so missions with a heavy scripting load. For example, kits are assigned and initial lag is gone by the time the player can move around.

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=12618

Edited November 15, 2010 by mrcash2009

[mosh 0]

For others that need this, an angel dropped from the heavens and added this script (as of today and this post) slap bang into Armaholic ... and answered all I ever needed in one go, could not have asked for better timing :)

Thanks Spyder.

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=12618

Awesome! I saw your post and was trying to come up with an answer myself. Great find, thanks. :)