Loading atlases at start of scene skips fade in

Ninjadoodle

Hi guys

I'm using the scene manager and everything is working fine, except that I get about 1-2 second pause before loading the next scene (which is loading it's own image sheet).

I don't think there is any way to add a preloaded, but I did find this modification ...

http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/3733/implement-loading-scene-/p1

The problem is that it no longer seems to be working.

Is there another way to get rid of this pause or implement and 'between level loader'?

Which brings me to my second question ...

Is it necessary to load atlases per scene?

Let's say I have 4 atlases and declare them as global at the start of the game. The only time I get a pause is when the game is loading, after that everything runs smooth. I am however afraid of overloading the device / making it crash.

Do you guys have any tips etc?

Thank you in advance!

Ninjadoodle

Hi guys I've been playing with this some more, and I've noticed that even when I make my own custom fade in, it gets skipped if atlases are being loaded on that scene.

Anyone have any idea how to prevent this?

Thanks again!

ar2rsawseen

Here's some info:
http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/comment/24059#Comment_24059

And here's more:
http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/comment/28661#Comment_28661

keszegh

as @ar2rsawseen said in the above mentioned topics, basically you should delay change of scene a bit using Timer.delayedCall so that atlas loading happens before the change of scene starts.

Ninjadoodle

Hi guys

thank you very much for the replies. I've been playing around with this a little bit, and I think I might have the (delay) workaround going. Still testing to do, but I think it should be ok

Thanks again!