loading screen text showing and end of game not at the start

[onaid]

hi guys , trying to get a simple loading text at the start of my game , but it is drawing text at the end when i hit escape it then draws the text? i am using the context:::draw text after the world create line in main lua here is my main lua..................................

 

--Initialize Steamworks (optional)

Steamworks:Initialize()

 

--Initialize analytics (optional). Create an account at www.gameamalytics.com to get your game keys

--[[if DEBUG==false then

Analytics:SetKeys("GAME_KEY_xxxxxxxxx", "SECRET_KEY_xxxxxxxxx")

Analytics:Enable()

end]]

 

--Set the application title

title="soundscape"

 

--Create a window

local windowstyle = window.Titlebar

if System:GetProperty("fullscreen")=="1" then windowstyle=windowstyle+window.FullScreen end

window=Window:Create(title,0,0,System:GetProperty("screenwidth","1024"),System:GetProperty("screenheight","768"),windowstyle)

window:HideMouse()

 

--Create the graphics context

context=Context:Create(window,0)

if context==nil then return end

 

--Create a world

 

world=World:Create()

world:SetLightQuality((System:GetProperty("lightquality","1")))

function App:Start()

 

self.window = Window:Create()

self.context = Context:Create(self.window)

local font = Font:Load("Fonts/Arial.ttf",36)

self.context:SetFont(font)

font:Release()

return true

end

 

function App:Loop()

 

if (self.window:Closed() or self.window:KeyDown(Key.Escape)) then return false end

 

self.context:SetColor(0,0,0)

self.context:Clear()

 

--Draw some centered text on the screen

local text = "Loading"

 

local font = self.context:GetFont()

 

local x = self.window:GetWidth()/2

local y = self.window:GetHeight()/2

 

x = x - font:GetTextWidth(text)/2

y = y - font:GetHeight()/2

 

self.context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Alpha)

self.context:SetColor(1,1,1)

self.context:DrawText(text,x,y)

self.context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Solid)

 

self.context:Sync()

return true

end

--Load a map

 

local mapfile = System:GetProperty("map","Maps/start.map")

if Map:Load(mapfile)==false then return end

prevmapname = FileSystem:StripAll(changemapname)

 

--Send analytics event

Analytics:SendProgressEvent("Start",prevmapname)

 

while window:KeyDown(Key.Escape)==false do

 

--If window has been closed, end the program

if window:Closed() then break end

 

--Handle map change

if changemapname~=nil then

 

--Pause the clock

Time:Pause()

 

--Pause garbage collection

System:GCSuspend()

 

--Clear all entities

world:Clear()

 

--Send analytics event

Analytics:SendProgressEvent("Complete",prevmapname)

 

--Load the next map

if Map:Load("Maps/"..changemapname..".map")==false then return end

prevmapname = changemapname

 

--Send analytics event

Analytics:SendProgressEvent("Start",prevmapname)

 

--Resume garbage collection

System:GCResume()

 

--Resume the clock

Time:Resume()

 

changemapname = nil

end

 

--Update the app timing

Time:Update()

 

--Update the world

world:Update()

 

--Render the world

world:Render()

 

--Render statistics

context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Alpha)

if DEBUG then

context:SetColor(1,0,0,1)

context:DrawText("Debug Mode",2,2)

context:SetColor(1,1,1,1)

context:DrawStats(2,22)

context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Solid)

else

--Toggle statistics on and off

if (window:KeyHit(Key.F11)) then showstats = not showstats end

if showstats then

context:SetColor(1,1,1,1)

context:DrawText("FPS: "..Math:Round(Time:UPS()),2,2)

end

end

 

--Refresh the screen

context:Sync(true)

 

end

 

 

how do i get it to draw text at the start and disappear when game is loaded ?

 

cheers ..

[Josh]

Add this before both the calls to Map:Load. You can adjust it as desired.

--Draw a loading message
context:SetColor(0,0,0,1)
context:Clear()
context:SetColor(1,1,1,1)
context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Alpha)
context:DrawText("Loading...",0,0)
context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Solid)
context:Sync()

[onaid]

cheers mate it works! is there a context to adjust size of text ? would it be scale ?