Patch: Loading Indicators

TheJosh · Post by **TheJosh** » 19 Jun 2007 11:04

Loading Indicators

Loading indicators is a patch that makes a small percentage appear above a vehicle while it is loading or unloading.
The percentage shows how full it is.
This patch works for all vehicles (trains, buses, ships, aeroplanes)
This patch does not have any known problems, and has been tested a lot.

This patch is in trunk as of r10254

Version History
1.2 - updated to r10240
1.1 - added a patch option
1.0 - initial

doghousedean · Post by **doghousedean** » 19 Jun 2007 11:22

wow, thats a good patch,

will test it out...

rav · Post by **rav** » 19 Jun 2007 14:11

get it in trunk

Digitalfox · Post by **Digitalfox** » 19 Jun 2007 14:34

rav wrote:get it in trunk

Ben_K · Post by **Ben_K** » 19 Jun 2007 17:08

Awesome patch Josh!! Im with Rav, go for Trunk!

Chicago Rail Authority · Post by **Chicago Rail Authority** » 19 Jun 2007 17:38

Do the % values sit in a constant position, or do they move?

Have you considered mirroring the $ value movements? An interesting variant might be to show the % only when the value changes, and have it rise up and vanish like the $ values...

Great as-is though... hope to see it make the cut soon.

XeryusTC · Post by **XeryusTC** » 19 Jun 2007 17:47

I think that having the numbers float up would be really annoying, especially when trains have to load A LOT and you'll also see loads of those things moving up.

Chicago Rail Authority · Post by **Chicago Rail Authority** » 19 Jun 2007 18:03

...fair enough.

[EDIT] What about changing it (or having a setting...) so that the % only displays every 25%, or every 50%?

The idea here was 1) to make things a bit more consistent, and 2) not to upset the talented artists we have by eventually flooding the forums with screenshots of % covering their stations... Just something to consider

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[/EDIT]

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 19 Jun 2007 18:38

Digitalfox wrote:
rav wrote:get it in trunk

Now now, lets not get spammy.

I wouldn't like the "rises with value change" idea myself. It'd just look messy when the station loads the trains quickly.

griffin71 · Post by **griffin71** » 19 Jun 2007 20:50

I'd say: get it in the trunk, but as an option under 'stations'.

great work!

TheJosh · Post by **TheJosh** » 19 Jun 2007 22:15

Chicago Rail Authority wrote:...fair enough.
2) not to upset the talented artists we have by eventually flooding the forums with screenshots of % covering their stations...

They can always just turn off the indicators in the 'Transparency GUI'...

athanasios · Post by **athanasios** » 20 Jun 2007 00:26

griffin71 wrote:I'd say: get it in the trunk, but as an option under 'stations'.

great work!

Need I say more?

TheJosh · Post by **TheJosh** » 20 Jun 2007 11:09

Ok i have just updated the patch, I added a configure patches option to enable/disable.

as usual, see the first post (and don't forget to remove the patch if your upgrading)

chrissicom · Post by **chrissicom** » 20 Jun 2007 14:58

Thanks for the update, without it I would have missed this great patch

This would indeed be nice in trunk.

Expresso · Post by **Expresso** » 20 Jun 2007 16:28

This is a very helpful patch... but instead of a patch option, could you put it in the transparency gui?

griffin71 · Post by **griffin71** » 20 Jun 2007 21:32

Expresso wrote:This is a very helpful patch... but instead of a patch option, could you put it in the transparency gui?

Good point.
What do you think about it, athanasios?

athanasios · Post by **athanasios** » 21 Jun 2007 00:44

Does it suit there?

TheJosh · Post by **TheJosh** » 21 Jun 2007 03:58

it is in both already!

TheJosh · Post by **TheJosh** » 21 Jun 2007 10:58

Another update, this time because some code changed for Timetables.

See the first post for the patch, and dont forget to remove the old if you have it.

Anyway,
Have a nice day

Post by **TrueBrain** » 21 Jun 2007 16:18

This patch (although modified code-wise) hit the trunk at 18:18 today, as revision 10254. Very nice job!!

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