; LoadWorldAsync Example ; ---------------------- ; Requires Extended mode. Graphics3D 640,480,0,2 SetBuffer BackBuffer() ; A simple loading screen lives in the default world camera=CreateCamera() PositionEntity camera,0,0,-5 light=CreateLight() RotateEntity light,45,45,0 spinner=CreateCube() EntityColor spinner,80,170,255 ; Start loading the castle world in the background ; (the path is relative to this example's directory) castle_world=LoadWorldAsync("../../../samples/worlds/castle/castle.world") ; The loading screen keeps animating while the castle loads While Not WorldReady(castle_world) If WorldLoadState(castle_world)=WORLD_LOAD_FAILED Then RuntimeError WorldLoadError(castle_world) TurnEntity spinner,0.5,1,0.25 RenderWorld Text 0,0,"Loading the castle world..." Text 0,20,"Progress: "+(WorldLoadProgress(castle_world)/10.0)+"% Stage: "+WorldLoadStage(castle_world) Flip Wend ; The world is ready: select it and use its authored camera SetWorld castle_world castle_cam=FindWorldEntity(castle_world,"camera-main") PointEntity castle_cam,FindWorldEntity(castle_world,"castle") ; A spinning beacon shows the loaded world animating beacon=CreateCube() ScaleEntity beacon,4,4,4 PositionEntity beacon,0,45,0 EntityColor beacon,255,200,80 While Not KeyDown(1) TurnEntity beacon,0,1,0 ; Arrow keys move the camera (bigger steps suit the castle's scale) If KeyDown(200) Then MoveEntity castle_cam,0,0,1 If KeyDown(208) Then MoveEntity castle_cam,0,0,-1 If KeyDown(203) Then TurnEntity castle_cam,0,1,0 If KeyDown(205) Then TurnEntity castle_cam,0,-1,0 RenderWorld Text 0,0,"Arrow keys: move camera Esc: exit" Text 0,20,"LoadWorldAsync loaded the castle while the loading screen kept running" Flip Wend FreeWorld castle_world End