Adding Loading Screen (ARPG Kit)

[warlockoo1]

Hello,
So I want to add loading screen when users loads the game. I have made the script for it, but for that I have to call new function to load the level which is "SceneController.LoadLevel ("Level1")". But as Dialogue Manager uses "levelManager.LoadGame(saveData)" for directly loading data and it is precompiled so is there any way to use my function for loading level without extracting source code of Dialogue System?

Thanks

[Tony Li]

To use a loading scene, can you write a wrapper similar to how the Menu Framework's loading scene works?

You can download the Menu Framework from the Dialogue System Extras page or check out the manual here.
The loading scene information is on page 4.

If that doesn't work for your needs, you can replicate what LevelManager.LoadGame() does by writing a coroutine similar to this:

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IEnumerator LoadGame(string saveData) {
    // Get name of saved level to load:
    string levelName = string.Empty;
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(saveData)) {
        DialogueManager.ResetDatabase(DatabaseResetOptions.RevertToDefault);
    } else {
        Lua.Run(saveData, true);
        levelName = DialogueLua.GetVariable("SavedLevelName").AsString;
    }
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(levelName) || string.Equals(levelName, "nil"))
        levelName = FindObjectOfType<LevelManager>().defaultStartingLevel    
    
    // Load level:
    PersistentDataManager.LevelWillBeUnloaded();
    var async = Tools.LoadLevelAsync(levelName);
    while (!async.isDone) {
        yield return null;
    }

    // Wait for objects to finish their Start() methods, then apply save data:
    yield return null;
    PersistentDataManager.ApplySaveData(saveData);
    DialogueManager.SendUpdateTracker();
}

[warlockoo1]

Sorry for late reply, so I added loading screen scene to this code, loading screen appears but after that only character spawns and level 1 doesn't load.

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IEnumerator LoadGame(string saveData) {
    // Get name of saved level to load:
    string levelName = string.Empty;
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(saveData)) {
        DialogueManager.ResetDatabase(DatabaseResetOptions.RevertToDefault);
    } else {
        Lua.Run(saveData, true);
        levelName = DialogueLua.GetVariable("SavedLevelName").AsString;
    }
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(levelName) || string.Equals(levelName, "nil"))
        levelName = FindObjectOfType<LevelManager>().defaultStartingLevel    
    
    // Load level:
    PersistentDataManager.LevelWillBeUnloaded();
    var async = Tools.LoadLevelAsync(levelName);
    while (!async.isDone) {
        SceneManager.LoadLevelAsync("LoadingScene");
        yield return null;
    }

    // Wait for objects to finish their Start() methods, then apply save data:
    yield return null;
    PersistentDataManager.ApplySaveData(saveData);
    DialogueManager.SendUpdateTracker();
}

[Tony Li]

Hi!

Try this:

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IEnumerator LoadGame(string saveData) {
    // Get name of saved level to load:
    string levelName = string.Empty;
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(saveData)) {
        DialogueManager.ResetDatabase(DatabaseResetOptions.RevertToDefault);
    } else {
        Lua.Run(saveData, true);
        levelName = DialogueLua.GetVariable("SavedLevelName").AsString;
    }
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(levelName) || string.Equals(levelName, "nil"))
        levelName = FindObjectOfType<LevelManager>().defaultStartingLevel    
    
    // Load the LoadingScene:
    PersistentDataManager.LevelWillBeUnloaded();
    var async = Tools.LoadLevelAsync("LoadingScene");
    while (!async.isDone) {
        yield return null;
    }
    
    // Then load the gameplay level:
    async = Tools.LoadLevelAsync(levelName);
    while (!async.isDone) {
        yield return null;
    }

    // Wait for objects to finish their Start() methods, then apply save data:
    yield return null;
    PersistentDataManager.ApplySaveData(saveData);
    DialogueManager.SendUpdateTracker();
}