Any way to check if game is loading in C++?

[tomis13lack]

Any variable or function I can call to check if it is loading? Trying to make a conditional for a loading screen

 

[gamecreator]

You should be able to find a thread or two about this (search the forums for loading screen or similar) but my method (I'm also on C++) is to load everything myself and then load the map afterwards.  Because you already have the models in memory, the map should then load very quickly.  You can increment a counter for each model you load and you'll know how far along you are in the process.  Something like:

//  Pseudocode
temporaryentity[counter++]->load("tree1.mdl");
DisplayProgressbar();

temporaryentity[counter++]->load("tree2.mdl");
DisplayProgressbar();

etc. but coded nicer.

At the end you'll know how big your counter is and you can use that as a total to divide by to get a percent loaded.

[tomis13lack]

What does the DisplayProgressbar do? I would check (assuming it is not a function i am to make) but I do not have access to a working leadwerks,

[gamecreator]

Sorry.  It was pseudo code for a function you could create, not an actual function in Leadwerks.  It would just display your progress bar based on the counter count (so the bar would get longer with each call).  The function would look something like this, assuming counter is global.

void DisplayProgressbar()
{
	context->SetColor(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
	context->DrawRect(0, 0, counter / totalcounter * 500, 50);
	context->Sync();
}