[Feature Request] New Load Screen

[ViciouZ]

It only takes a few seconds for a new map to load though. By the time a load screen would load, the map would already be loaded

And I'd rather not have it set to a timer and be stuck looking at a static screen for 10s if I know the map is already loaded, that would be a pain for matches when a team keeps switching maps   (although it would be good for newbie pubs, so the cvar xbain suggested would be required if this was done)

How about an "OK" or "Play" button that appears when the map is done loading that closes the loading screen?

[lester456]

How about an "OK" or "Play" button that appears when the map is done loading that closes the loading screen?

Yeah, that sounds better.

[ic3y]

How about an "OK" or "Play" button that appears when the map is done loading that closes the loading screen?

Something like that.

[Bono]

But maybe you can cancel this timer?

[Justinph5]

I KNOW!!! Why not make it client side... cl_loadscreen 1   so that it would be on when the game is first downloaded, and can be turned off by any player if they just want the console  

[vLaD]

the okay button is a great idea.

[ic3y]

+1 for Build 31 !

[jitspoe]

Sounds pretty similar to this feature vote: http://dplogin.com/forums/index.php?topic=11192 / http://dplogin.com/dplogin/featurevote/feature.php?id=10024

Though the image isn't loading anymore, so I'm not sure.

[ic3y]

*first post picture update*

http://www.ic3y.de/bup/loader_example.png

[bLiNdThInG]

nice example ic3y, i'd lyk to see this.

[Rewind]

I too think it would be a nice improvement.
You could also stick some localstats information somewhere. KDR, Grabs, Caps, etc.

[jacobbrenner2000]

+ infinity if the cam is recording the whole place. if so NICE job

[ITSM3]

+1  good idea

[jitspoe]

I've given this its own feature vote: http://dplogin.com/dplogin/featurevote/feature.php?id=10237

One thing that would be kind of cool is if you could store the location the mapshot was taken so you could fade the mapshot out and have the real map appear behind it with a "join game" button or something.

[Gamabunta]

Wouldn't this require fixing spawnpoints? Or is there other way for a player to appear on a map?
I'd go with a screenshot showing best/largest/most crucial part of a map while the map is loading, then leave things as they are.

[jitspoe]

You could have an "enter game" point, basically, where you'd be placed when you first connected to the server, saw the MOTD, and potentially had a team selection screen or something like that.

[Rewind]

I think there's a lot of potential behind this. Would it be possible to have the same stats server browser gets to be displayed on this load page?
I.E. the players on each team and team scores. Then you could decide what team you want to be on, obviously abiding by auto-balance rules.