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Loading screens?
Posted: March 23rd, 2015, 3:50 am
by Chris
I got to thinking about loading screens. Every PS1 game has one. I was just wondering when you would need to put one in, or if my Jack and the Beanstalk game needs any at all.
Re: Loading screens?
Posted: March 23rd, 2015, 5:07 am
by Gradius
Hmm, I don't see the need.
It would load so fast it would be pointless (IMHO).
Re: Loading screens?
Posted: March 23rd, 2015, 12:27 pm
by Administrator
The Sony publishing documents state that any screen that is blank for 3 seconds or more requires the text "Loading" to be displayed.
Re: Loading screens?
Posted: March 24th, 2015, 4:13 am
by Chris
OK, so if the Playstation is loading info the screen goes blank then. I've always wondered why no N64 games had a loading screen while PSX games did. I assume it is faster when it is cartridge based as opposed to disc based.
Re: Loading screens?
Posted: March 24th, 2015, 6:17 pm
by Administrator
Chris wrote:I assume it is faster when it is cartridge based as opposed to disc based.
Yes.
Sorry, I also just re-read the document, and it's actually 5 seconds.
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MTRC13.PDF
Version 1.3, June 1998 Technical Requirements Checklist for PlayStation Software page 24
18.7 Loading
Recommended: During the initial load or any subsequent loads, the user should not be presented with a blank screen lasting more than 5 seconds.
Whenever loading occurs which may interrupt play, some sort of display should be used. Any load that lasts longer than 5 seconds while on screen should notify the user that a load is occurring.
So, when it comes to loading in data, if your 'do while' CD-ROM read routines are greater than 5 seconds on the original hardware (with a good laser of course), then in your 'do while' loop you would render a progress bar. Otherwise, just displaying an image is good enough with the words "LOADING".
Re: Loading screens?
Posted: November 20th, 2015, 9:09 pm
by inc^lightforce
Shadow wrote:Chris wrote: Otherwise, just displaying an image is good enough with the words "LOADING".
nah.
Fntprint is much better than load a pic that show: LOADING
