/// <summary>
/// Tells the screen to go away. Unlike ScreenManager.RemoveScreen, which
/// instantly kills the screen, this method respects the transition timings
/// and will give the screen a chance to gradually transition off.
/// </summary>
public void ExitScreen()
{
if (TransitionOffTime == TimeSpan.Zero)
{
// If the screen has a zero transition time, remove it immediately.
ScreenManager.RemoveScreen(this);
}
else
{
// Otherwise flag that it should transition off and then exit.
isExiting = true;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Allows the screen to run logic, such as updating the transition position.
/// Unlike HandleInput, this method is called regardless of whether the screen
/// is active, hidden, or in the middle of a transition.
/// </summary>
public virtual void Update(GameTime gameTime, bool otherScreenHasFocus,
bool coveredByOtherScreen)
{
this.otherScreenHasFocus = otherScreenHasFocus;
if (isExiting)
{
// If the screen is going away to die, it should transition off.
screenState = ScreenState.TransitionOff;
if (!UpdateTransition(gameTime, transitionOffTime, 1))
{
// When the transition finishes, remove the screen.
ScreenManager.RemoveScreen(this);
}
}
else if (coveredByOtherScreen)
{
// If the screen is covered by another, it should transition off.
if (UpdateTransition(gameTime, transitionOffTime, 1))
{
// Still busy transitioning.
screenState = ScreenState.TransitionOff;
}
else
{
// Transition finished!
screenState = ScreenState.Hidden;
}
}
else
{
// Otherwise the screen should transition on and become active.
if (UpdateTransition(gameTime, transitionOnTime, -1))
{
// Still busy transitioning.
screenState = ScreenState.TransitionOn;
}
else
{
// Transition finished!
screenState = ScreenState.Active;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Updates the loading screen.
/// </summary>
public override void Update(GameTime gameTime, bool otherScreenHasFocus,
bool coveredByOtherScreen)
{
base.Update(gameTime, otherScreenHasFocus, coveredByOtherScreen);
// If all the previous screens have finished transitioning
// off, it is time to actually perform the load.
if (otherScreensAreGone)
{
// Start up the background thread, which will update the network
// session and draw the animation while we are loading.
if (backgroundThread != null)
{
loadStartTime = gameTime;
backgroundThread.Start();
}
// Perform the load operation.
ScreenManager.RemoveScreen(this);
foreach (GameScreen screen in screensToLoad)
{
if (screen != null)
{
ScreenManager.AddScreen(screen, ControllingPlayer);
}
}
// Signal the background thread to exit, then wait for it to do so.
if (backgroundThread != null)
{
backgroundThreadExit.Set();
backgroundThread.Join();
}
// Once the load has finished, we use ResetElapsedTime to tell
// the game timing mechanism that we have just finished a very
// long frame, and that it should not try to catch up.
ScreenManager.Game.ResetElapsedTime();
}
}
