Animated Splashscreen

[hosier]

I have a custom splashscreen image for my application. I would like to have it animated much like the default Vizard splashscreen. That way people know that their computer hasn't locked up while the program is loading.

I guess I should ask first, is this even possible? I tried an animated gif for the image, but that just shows a single frame of the gif.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Aaron

[Darkmax]

i have interest in this too, i would like to know if is possible to have a animated splashscreen

[hosier]

It turns out that no, you currently can't have an animated splashscreen, but I have put in a feature request to WorldViz. We'll see if it happens or not. If more people request it, it could increase the chances that it will happen.

Aaron

[Darkmax]

Oh well, i hope they develop this feature, just a question where i can put a feature quest?

[IGoudt]

As far as I know an animated splash screen does not exist in Vizard. I used the AdvancedSplash, based on wxpython. You can send me a PM for setup code.

As a side note, if you want to avoid long loading screens, there is nothing wrong with calling viz.go() after initializing and loading the world and textures ect.

[farshizzo]

You can use the built-in HTML feature of Vizard to create custom HTML based splash screens. Here is a simple example:

import viz
import vizact
viz.go()

# Display HTML over entire window
viz.window.displayHTML('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw&autoplay=1',pos=(0,0),size=viz.window.getSize())

# Hide HTML at beginning of first frame
vizact.ontimer2(0,0,viz.window.hideHTML)

"""
Load script
.
.
.
"""
viz.waittime(8.0) # Simulate long load time

Just replace the URL with your own local HTML page. This should allow animated GIFs and even flash videos