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I'm trying to add a custom loading screen that displays on screen while a saved game is loading in the background. My game takes a few seconds to load, and a few seconds yet more on mobile devices, so I want to make sure the player doesn't think the game has crashed.
But it never shows up. Does anyone know how to fix this? And while I'm at it, how can I ensure it only shows up when people are loading, and not saving?
Thanks!
Last edited by storykween on Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I'm useless at coding, but from a somewhat convolutedly logical point of view: you put it before the game loads, and set it to vanish when the main menu shows up... But the problem is, it can't show up until the game loads, and by then the main menu is already up. Does that make sense? (You might have to make it load the loading screen and then load the rest of the game, and I don't know how to make that happen.)
TheChatotMaestro wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:32 pm
I'm useless at coding, but from a somewhat convolutedly logical point of view: you put it before the game loads, and set it to vanish when the main menu shows up... But the problem is, it can't show up until the game loads, and by then the main menu is already up. Does that make sense? (You might have to make it load the loading screen and then load the rest of the game, and I don't know how to make that happen.)