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snowshovelboy: Apr 13, 2006

Heran Bago posted:

Why is it so hard to make a loading bar that cleanly and smoothly goes from start to finish and immediately gives way at 100%?

I don't think I've ever seen a loading bar that doesn't hitch up at some point outside of a single file transfer. I imagine it's just impossible - even spinning or glowing loading icons hitch up.
Wouldn't a more verbose loading dialog (graphics... check. collision... check.) be more useful and interesting for everyone than a bar that sticks somewhere around 80% and then on 100%?

The only way to really make it load smoothly is to time how long it takes and move the bar over time, instead of having it show the actual loading progress. I shamefully admit I have shipped a console game that worked this way.

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