Pressing the Spacebar to Load Game!

[Davinci]

Hey, do anyone other than myself feel that the Press the Spacebar to start the game has out-lived its purpose.

It really does get irritating when you are constantly modding \ trouble-shooting the game and constantly pressing the spacebar to get into the game.

For those that don’t know or don’t remember – the original purpose of the (press-the-spacebar) came from a group of testers that wanted Norb to put a pause into the game loading, due to it was loading too fast.

This was years ago, and the game is no longer loading that fast to require a pause!

Thoughts!

davinci

[Amish John]

I don't need it.

[Little Powell]

It would probably be a one line code change, I'll request it.

Or of course I could be wrong and it's actually something extremely important that would break the entire game if removed... :laugh:

[Davinci]

Or, of course I could be wrong and it's actually something extremely important that would break the entire game if removed... :laugh:

LOL - now that was quite amusing.....

Or, put an Option the the ini file that would disable this for those that don't want the pause.

davinci

[norb]

Hey, do anyone other than myself feel that the Press the Spacebar to start the game has out-lived its purpose.

It really does get irritating when you are constantly modding \ trouble-shooting the game and constantly pressing the spacebar to get into the game.

For those that don’t know or don’t remember – the original purpose of the (press-the-spacebar) came from a group of testers that wanted Norb to put a pause into the game loading, due to it was loading too fast.

This was years ago, and the game is no longer loading that fast to require a pause!

Thoughts!

davinci

You sure? I thought it was so that people could read the keyboard mapping screen.

[Davinci]

You sure? I thought it was so that people could read the keyboard mapping screen.

If, I remember correctly you were working on a patch which sped of the game, and also sped of the loading time for the game.

So, the group of testers was complaining that the game loaded too fast, and you put the pause at the start of the game, I’m not sure when you placed keyboard help-screen into the game.

If, this will result in a problem, perhaps an option in the ini file that will bypass the Press Spacebar to begin would be just fine.

The problem here is that when Modding \ Map-Making – you are constantly changing something and then testing the changes in the game, only to be constantly interrupted by pressing the spacebar to get into the game.

davinci

[Little Powell]

Hey, do anyone other than myself feel that the Press the Spacebar to start the game has out-lived its purpose.

It really does get irritating when you are constantly modding \ trouble-shooting the game and constantly pressing the spacebar to get into the game.

For those that don’t know or don’t remember – the original purpose of the (press-the-spacebar) came from a group of testers that wanted Norb to put a pause into the game loading, due to it was loading too fast.

This was years ago, and the game is no longer loading that fast to require a pause!

Thoughts!

davinci

You sure? I thought it was so that people could read the keyboard mapping screen.

Ah good point, didn't even think about that. There's also the splash screens with quotes etc..

An INI flag would be the best option because I think most people will still want the press spacebar.

[Garnier]

Having to press the spacebar has the advantage that if you're testing something and need to be present when the scenario starts, you can go do other stuff while it's loading, and then hit space when you return and not miss anything. If it starts immediately after loading, you have to stay watching the loading screen.

[Davinci]

Norb \ ADukes – A Question…

While the game is going through the loading process…..I can press the spacebar…..and once the game has finished loading the game will automatically start.

So, this tells me that the game can acknowledge a pressing of the spacebar while loading…

Question – Can I place any type of information in the ini file that would simulate the pressing of the spacebar while loading?

If, so – what?

Thanks,

davinci