improve loading screen

Author: MystixCode

client/assets/ui/loading/loading.gd

@@ -4,13 +4,25 @@ extends Control
 var path: String
 var is_loading: bool
 
-func _process(delta):
+@export var tips: Array = [
+	"Press shift to sprint",
+	"Scroll your mousewheel to zoom",
+	"Press spacebar to jump",
+	"Add more tips to the tips array in loading.gd"]
+
+func _process(_delta):
 	if is_loading:
 		var progress: Array = []
 		var status = ResourceLoader.load_threaded_get_status(path, progress)
 		if status == ResourceLoader.THREAD_LOAD_IN_PROGRESS:
-			get_node("ProgressBar").value = progress[0] *100
-			print("status: " + str(progress[0] *100))
+		
+			#this should work in godot 4.1
+#			get_node("ProgressBar").value = progress[0] * 100
+
+			#temporary workaround until fixed
+			get_node("ProgressBar").value += 1
+			
+			print("progress: " + str(progress[0] * 100))
 			print("this should work in godot 4.1: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75644")
 		elif status == ResourceLoader.THREAD_LOAD_LOADED:
 			set_process(false)
@@ -27,9 +39,16 @@ func change_map(resource: PackedScene):
 	queue_free()
 
 
-func load_map(path: String):
-	self.path = path
+func load_map(res_path: String):
+	path = res_path
 	show()
+	if tips != null and !tips.is_empty():
+		$Control/VBoxContainer2/tip.text = tips[randi() % tips.size()]
+		
+	var level_name_parts: Array = path.split("/")
+	var level_name_without_extension = level_name_parts[-1].split(".")[0]
+	$Control/VBoxContainer/map_name.text = level_name_without_extension
+	
 	if ResourceLoader.has_cached(path):
 		ResourceLoader.load_threaded_get(path)
 	else:

client/assets/ui/loading/loading.tscn

@@ -66,6 +66,30 @@ layout_mode = 2
 text = "level_name"
 horizontal_alignment = 1
 
+[node name="VBoxContainer2" type="VBoxContainer" parent="Control"]
+layout_mode = 1
+anchors_preset = 8
+anchor_left = 0.5
+anchor_top = 0.5
+anchor_right = 0.5
+anchor_bottom = 0.5
+offset_left = -43.5
+offset_top = 110.0
+offset_right = 43.5
+offset_bottom = 177.0
+grow_horizontal = 2
+grow_vertical = 2
+
+[node name="tip_label" type="Label" parent="Control/VBoxContainer2"]
+layout_mode = 2
+text = "Tip:"
+horizontal_alignment = 1
+
+[node name="tip" type="Label" parent="Control/VBoxContainer2"]
+layout_mode = 2
+text = "tip"
+horizontal_alignment = 1
+
 [node name="ProgressBar" type="ProgressBar" parent="."]
 layout_mode = 1
 anchors_preset = 12