Help With The Main Menu
ImparatulDan
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Ok so i want to make a main menu where once the player presses the play button, the screen transitions to the main scene but as if a page is burning from left to right. Like the fire burns the main menu and transfers to the next scene. I need to know if this is possible and if so how can i accomplish it?
Thanks everyone for your help!
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Interesting concept. I have an idea -- let me whip up a quick demo.
Thanks!!
It's possible, you just need to do some work. You have 2 choices, but either way: you'll have to create the page-burning animation on your own.
Choice 1: have two separate scenes. When the player hits the button to change scenes, begin the page-burning animation. When that animation is done (or as it's playing), activate a Change Scene behavior and open the next scene. You'll have to wait for the scene to load so you'll see the spinning wheel and may experience a delay this way.
Choice 2: have just one scene. Keep all of the assets, art, actors, etc. for the second scene off screen. Once the player hits the button, begin the burning animation and either move the camera or move the actors so it appears to bring the player to a new section. You won't have to worry about the spinning wheel or loading, but this could get messy as far as workspace is concerned.
The page-burning animation is really nothing more than a series of images that you'll start playing. There's no other secret, magic way to do this.
Okay -- first let me say that getting an animation would be the best way to do this -- you wouldn't have to play with all of this and it would look more professional.
Also, I don't really like how this turned out. The effect wasn't what I was picturing.
That being said, I've attached the project just incase you wanted to see this method.
By the way, I built this in the RC build so you'll need to download the latest to preview.
yea i can't open it.. can you attach it as a gs file?
You need to download the latest Release Candidate. Check here: http://gamesalad.com/previous-releases
i did but i get this error when i try opening the file :
The document “MenuBurning” could not be opened. GameSalad cannot open files in the “com.gamesalad.gsrcproj” format.
I believe you're trying to open it incorrectly. Open the RC and then select "Open" from the "File" menu. Navigate to the file and then click "Open."