Easy way to make multiple "locations".

Zizanyman

I was wondering if there is an easy way to make multiple "locations" in a game. For instance, level select, main menu, levels, etc. Right now I am just using stage and box2d worlds. It would be great to have a way to get from one place to another. Thanks!

jdbc

I have defined a global getString function and depending on locale return the properly string from a lua table in the form

en= {"menu" = "Main menu", ...} es = {"menu" = "Menu principal"}

It works quite well for me.

ar2rsawseen

I think what he meant was more of a usage of SceneManager, but maybe I'm mistaken

SinisterSoft

Yes, do a search for SceneManager.

I usually have a 'background' running with scenemanager running on top of it - looks better to me.

pie

@SinisterSoft can you explain better of "which" background are you speaking of, please?
I am intrigued in everything that could be better than my approach
I have a long loading time between some scenes, due to their complexity, while everything is stuck until the next scene is loaded. I play music in the meanwhile to ease the sense of time, but who knows when it's enough?

SinisterSoft

I start a on_frame event on the actual stage, on this I have the game running. I use the SceneManager to overlay on top of the game and also control key game aspect - such as new game, reset, etc That way the game can run in demo mode behind a title graphic.

In the old days they called it 'Attract Mode'.

Here is a video of it working - notice the game playing by itself in the background...

pie

Thank you