Defining Game and Level Load Screens

Defining Game and Level Load Screens

You can create a game or level loading screen with the UI Editor. The game loading screen is displayed while the game loads. The level loading screen is displayed while a level loads. You can create and define a loading screen for each level.

To define the game and level loading screens, you set the file paths as parameters in game.cfg and level.cfg. Alternatively, you can use Flow Graph to specify a level loading screen.

Defining a Game Loading Screen

To define a game loading screen, you first create the loading screen canvas in the UI Editor and save it in your project directory. For example, the Samples Project directory is lumberyard_version\dev\SamplesProject\. You then add or modify parameters in game.cfg, which is at the root of your project directory.

To add game loading screen parameters to game.cfg

1. In a text editor, open game.cfg at the root of your project directory.
2. Add or modify the following parameters in game.cfg:
3. game_load_screen_uicanvas_path – File path to the .uicanvas game load screen file relative to your project path.

Example

If your game load canvas is atlumberyard_version\dev\SamplesProject\UI\Canvases\UiAnimMultiSequence.uicanvas, you would specify the following path:

\UI\Canvases\UiAnimMultiSequence.uicanvas

• game_load_screen_sequence_to_auto_play – Name of the game load screen animation sequence to play on load.
• game_load_screen_sequence_fix_fps – A fixed frame rate for the game load screen animation to play on load. Default is 60. To ignore this setting and use the real time-delta, specify -1.

The following is an example of these parameters in a game.cfg file:

game_load_screen_uicanvas_path="UI\Canvases\UiAnimMultiSequence.uicanvas"

game_load_screen_sequence_to_auto_play="TopRowMove"

game_load_screen_sequence_fix_fps=4.0

Defining a Level Loading Screen

To define a level loading screen, you first create the loading screen canvas in the UI Editor and save it in that level's directory. You then add or modify parameters in level.cfg, which is at the root of your level directory.

To add level loading screen parameters to level.cfg

1. In a text editor, open level.cfg at the root of your level directory.
2. Add or modify the following parameters in level.cfg:
3. level_load_screen_uicanvas_path – File path to the .uicanvas level load screen file relative to your project path.

Example

If your level load canvas is atlumberyard_version\dev\StarterGame\Levels\StarterGame\UiAnimMultiSequence.uicanvas (root of the level directory, which is the same as level.cfg), specify the following path:

Levels\StarterGame\UiAnimMultiSequence.uicanvas

• level_load_screen_sequence_to_auto_play – The name of the level load screen animation sequence to play on load.
• level_load_screen_sequence_fix_fps – A fixed frame rate for the level load screen animation to play on load. Default is 60. To ignore this setting and use the real time-delta, specify -1.

The following is an example of these parameters in a level.cfg file:

level_load_screen_uicanvas_path="Levels\StarterGame\UiAnimMultiSequence.uicanvas"

level_load_screen_sequence_to_auto_play="TopRowMove"

level_load_screen_sequence_fix_fps=4.0

Specifying a Level Loading Screen with Flow Graph

You can also specify a level loading screen using Flow Graph by using the Mission:LoadNextLevel node.

To specify a level loading screen with Flow Graph

• In Flow Graph, open a level flow graph. Add the Mission:LoadNextLevel node.

Define the following parameters:

• LoadScreenUiCanvasPath – File path to the .uicanvas level load screen file relative to your project path.

Example

If your level load canvas is atlumberyard_version\dev\StarterGame\Levels\StarterGame\UiAnimMultiSequence.uicanvas (root of the level directory, which is the same as level.cfg), specify the following path:

Levels\StarterGame\UiAnimMultiSequence.uicanvas

• LoadScreenSequenceToAutoPlay – Name of the level load screen animation sequence to play on load.
• LoadScreenSequenceFixFps – A fixed frame rate for the level load screen animation to play on load. Default is 60. To ignore this setting and use the real time-delta, specify -1.