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Race start countdown / traffic lights #116

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
(We discussed this briefly some time ago, but I couldn't find an issue for it.)

We need a countdown (could be 3-2-1-Go! or traffic lights) during which the car 
can't move. This will make the race start smoother as the player doesn't need 
to know that she needs to accelerate already during loading screen if a good 
start is desired.

This is essential for networked multiplayer as players have different computers 
and thus the loading takes takes different amount of time and simply locking 
movement until everyone is ready without any indicator is not nice.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tapiovie...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2011 at 9:45

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Original comment by tapiovie...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2011 at 9:56

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I'd say for single player we should make a keybinding to skip this countdown 
(Enter? Escape?), will probably be annoying to watch it every time.

Original comment by scrawl...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2011 at 10:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The thing could be quite fast to not annoy anyone. I myself miss a quick 
countdown even in single player as simply starting game right after loading has 
finished without even any user confirmation that he hasn't gone to kitchen for 
fetching a coffee feels rather hacky. ("Oh, it started already? I just wasted a 
second or two, where was that restart key again?")

Original comment by tapiovie...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2011 at 10:48

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Done. Just looks like it looks.
pre_time in [game] .cfg is this time in seconds, will be on gui.
Networked games will start always the same (currently 2 sec).

Original comment by Cry...@gmail.com on 26 Jan 2012 at 9:37

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Is on gui now.

Original comment by Cry...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2012 at 12:22