GS. please remove the loading box(at least for pros)

calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
I don't see the point of adding that box when loading between scenes

So lets say someone bought pro because they don't want people to know it is made form GS, but everyone will still know because of that box

So GS, please remove that box, or at least for pros

Calvin

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  • kapserkapser Member Posts: 458
    At least it's the iphone loading logo and not a little gamesalad face. But I wish we could customize it for our own loading icon.
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    kapser said:
    At least it's the iphone loading logo and not a little gamesalad face. But I wish we could customize it for our own loading icon.

    I will not use GS if it is a GS logo

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  • DimensionGamesDimensionGames PRO Posts: 993
    I love the way people think people associate the loading button with GS and most People haven't heard of GS.

    Cheers
  • osucowboy18osucowboy18 Member Posts: 1,307
    I think it does serve a useful purpose. It lets the user know they have actually touched a button and the game is still working. Since most people don't necessarily associate that icon with just GameSalad, I don't have a problem with the scrolling wheel.

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    PossesiveGaming said:
    I love the way people think people associate the loading button with GS and most People haven't heard of GS.

    Cheers

    Yep people don't seem to realize only the review sites or other devs will even pick up on that and associating it with GameSalad.

    I would love to customize it but not so I can disassociate myself from GameSalad. Just to make it fit my game better.

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  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    calvin9403 said:
    I don't see the point of adding that box when loading between scenes

    So lets say someone bought pro because they don't want people to know it is made form GS, but everyone will still know because of that box

    So GS, please remove that box, or at least for pros

    Calvin

    that damn loading wheel is keeping me from making millions! millions, I say!

    Give us iAds now! oh wait. damn time travel...

    QS, how do I get back?
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    You will get rejected if that box is removed. It is requirement by apple to show some sort of indication that loading is going on.

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  • jb15jb15 Member Posts: 602
    jonmulcahy said:
    You will get rejected if that box is removed. It is requirement by apple to show some sort of indication that loading is going on.

    Really? I tried Angry Birds light or whatever the free version was and it just showed a "Loading" picture. No status bar or anything--just a static, non-animating, solid picture.
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    jb15 said:
    Really? I tried Angry Birds light or whatever the free version was and it just showed a "Loading" picture. No status bar or anything--just a static, non-animating, solid picture.

    some of indication that a load is happenieg. An image that says loading, is a indication that it is in fact loading, isnt it ? ;)
  • StormyStudioStormyStudio United KingdomMember Posts: 3,989
    yeah I've got no problem with the laoding icon... I wish loading times would be shorter but thats a different issue...(and one that you can try and design around at times by building certain parts in the same scene)
  • jb15jb15 Member Posts: 602
    JohnPapiomitis said:
    sort of of indication that a load is happenieg. An image that says loading is a indication that it is in fact loading, isnt it ? ;)

    You got me there. :)

    No, seriously, I mean, I didn't think apple required showing the "status" of the loading. I mean, sometimes a computer will show "Loading" when it's really frozen. Apple doesn't require a "Loading" animation, or loading bar, just a picture saying it's loading. So, in a scene, you could just spawn an image saying "Loading" in front of everything else.
  • fremachucafremachuca Member Posts: 26
    it would be great to be able to have a "loading behavior" that gave us the % that the scene has already loaded. this way we could make loading bars, animations, etc, all based on the loaded %.
    if not, at least be able to use our own loading icon.
    also, would be great if the scene didn't "freeze" when loading. this way I could at least have a animated background while the loading happened.
  • RHRH Member Posts: 1,079
    fremachuca said:
    it would be great to be able to have a "loading behavior" that gave us the % that the scene has already loaded. this way we could make loading bars, animations, etc, all based on the loaded %.
    if not, at least be able to use our own loading icon.
    also, would be great if the scene didn't "freeze" when loading. this way I could at least have a animated background while the loading happened.

    Yep, support everything you just said.
  • GamersRejoiceGamersRejoice Member Posts: 817
    For now I would just like to be able to at least position the loading wheel to where I want.
  • JBULLFROGJBULLFROG Member Posts: 58
    It seems as though there needs to be better loading management, not just a new loader icon or image. I often wonder why a scene has to load, then when you go to a new scene and back to another, why isn't the previous scene cached or something. I understand that GS removes the previous scene from the memory to load the new one in, but this could be done better. Also it makes no sense to load a pause scene, that should be loaded when the scene containing that functionality is loaded. Things that are reused from scene to scene shouldn't have to be reloaded when going from one to the other, GS should be smart about detecting those common assets. With the loader icon, I personally would prefer that it be center screen, rather then upper right corner. Maybe you allow us to choose its location. That might pace a band-aid on the larger issue.
  • JBULLFROGJBULLFROG Member Posts: 58
    tshirtbooth said:
    ill say this

    back when i was testing 9.2 (think)
    there was a bug where the loading circle was not there.
    At first i thought OHH COOOLLL!

    let me tell you it was not good. every time the scene changed i thought the game crashed because it just sat there tell the scene loaded.

    tell we get faster scene changes we need the loading circle. With that said it would be nice if we can change the animation.

    I agree there needs to be something there when loading a bunch of stuff. But it seems as though GS is reloading assets/actors that are in use in memory in the current scene, and reloading them when moving to the next scene. As an example, things like menu items/scenes should be small enough to store in memory and thus not need to have a loader when the user taps the pause button, then decides to go back to the level select screen. Those things should be seamless.

    Lets take for instance, Cut the Rope holiday gift. When launched it loads up the menu. On the menu screen there are 2 main buttons, "Play" and "Options". when you click "Options" it doesn't need to load that content, its just there, part of the initial load. I know this is a native app, and there is more specific memory management that a dev has, and we get none :( in GS. But no one should have to sit through an initial load just to select an option, that then loads up another screen with options. Levels make sense to have a loader.

    I know we could be tricky and just lay out our two scenes on or in one scene, then animate between those sections, all in one scene. But that seems like a work around.

    These are all just thoughts/suggestions ;)

    Thanks
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    but why can't we even choose are own icon?
    or at least something like a bar so we can choose?

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  • inceptioninception Member Posts: 74
    I would LOVE if they gave us an option to remove the black background of the icon. Keep the spinning wheel, just remove the black backing ! :) A very simple change that would help it fit in a bit better.

    Also maybe allow different positioning?
  • 11clock11clock Member Posts: 450
    JBULLFROG said:
    It seems as though there needs to be better loading management, not just a new loader icon or image. I often wonder why a scene has to load, then when you go to a new scene and back to another, why isn't the previous scene cached or something. I understand that GS removes the previous scene from the memory to load the new one in, but this could be done better. Also it makes no sense to load a pause scene, that should be loaded when the scene containing that functionality is loaded. Things that are reused from scene to scene shouldn't have to be reloaded when going from one to the other, GS should be smart about detecting those common assets. With the loader icon, I personally would prefer that it be center screen, rather then upper right corner. Maybe you allow us to choose its location. That might pace a band-aid on the larger issue.

    Wait..the loading icon always appears at the BOTTOM right corner for me. At first I thought it was a bug and sent a bug report to GS, but it got rejected.
  • JPickardJPickard Member Posts: 477
    If they put the loading spinner in the center it would be more consistent, and less oddly asymmetrical and un-Apple-ish. Also we could at least use it as the letter "O" in an image of the word "LOADING". Just a thought.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    11clock said:
    Wait..the loading icon always appears at the BOTTOM right corner for me. At first I thought it was a bug and sent a bug report to GS, but it got rejected.

    I have notice depending on the device and you orientation lock setting it will appear in different corners.
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  • jamies15-3jamies15-3 Member Posts: 94
    I agree, the loading indicator is very annoying, i wish we could customise it, or even if not that just add a section where we can choose the loading icon :)

    Cheers
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    I'm closing this, the discussion is 3 months old, and without the loading box your apps will get rejected for not showing a loading indicator.

    it would be nice to customize the feature, but there are so many more important things to work on first.

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