Loading Screen - ideas?

Discussion in 'Server Chat / Updates' started by Teddi, Feb 16, 2012.

  1. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    As part of the next general Gmod update I'd like to have something more with the Loading screen going on. The only criteria however is that whatever you suggest cannot be interactive. With the way the loading screen is designed you cannot pass any key clicks to it.

    So far the sole Idea I have is changable youtube videos where you could pay say 5k cubes and swap to a video of your choice (of which it would then be locked for an hour).

    Any other ideas?
     
  2. Zephyr1551

    Zephyr1551 The Slayer of Bob

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    Why would anyone want to spend 5k cubes to view a video for an hour? Even if it is locked there is no guarantee that people will be on the server, or stay long enough for your video to play. I'd much rather just pull it up on youtube and watch it myself.
     
  3. Cwivey

    Cwivey See-wivey!

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    A slideshow displaying all the fun on the other BB servers rather th'n the one the user has just decided to join? xP
     
  4. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    The idea is to prevent the loading screen from becoming too static and / or boring. At the moment I keep getting suggestions for videos but it's a case giving everyone the chance.

    A slideshow or suggested servers is a good idea though.
     
  5. John Brown

    John Brown [BB] Resident Alcoholic Admin

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    [youtube]VJ1dYrjuYf4[/youtube]
     
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  6. Kaiden

    Kaiden Administrator Community Manager

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    The video doesn't work. If you've already downloaded everything the server has to offer you see about 3 seconds of the video then it stops. An alternative is both images and text lines which players can contribute too.
     
  7. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    I'm open to that sort of thing as well, such as "lolquotes" or otherwise.
     
  8. Zephyr1551

    Zephyr1551 The Slayer of Bob

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    5k cubes is WAY too much, maybe bring the price down.

    Back on deathrun it was far more difficult to obtain cubes, amassing 5k cubes was a job and spending them on a video isn't worth it.
     
  9. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    It would be designed as a cubesink, not for something to be spent on willy nilly.
     
  10. Bundt

    Bundt DJ Pauly D MVP

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    I had like 500k or 5m i forget which amount of cubes all earned legitly. 5k is nothing.
     
  11. Sleepydragn1

    Sleepydragn1 Serious Business Since 08

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    [video=youtube;Tr_SLfk49sI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr_SLfk49sI&feature=g-all-lik&context=G29f49a1FAAAAAAAAAAA[/video]
     
  12. Zephyr1551

    Zephyr1551 The Slayer of Bob

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    That should be the intro vid! ^^^
     
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  13. Pot Ducky

    Pot Ducky Hurf Durf,

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    You should have like a screen showing all the servers and the players on it etccccc :) will be good when rp is eventually out
     
  14. Sleepydragn1

    Sleepydragn1 Serious Business Since 08

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    This sounds like a good idea to promote the other servers.
     
  15. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    Sleepydragn1 Serious Business Since 08

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    Zeke [BB] Sub Admin Sub Admin

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    Good intro
     
  18. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    Yep.