The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · 2 years agoThis golden oldie has some dust on it. Looking for an appraisal.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1955arrow-down120
arrow-up1935arrow-down1imageThis golden oldie has some dust on it. Looking for an appraisal.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareFandangalo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoIt’s fake, homie. https://80.lv/articles/video-games-loading-screens-are-mostly-fake-according-to-developers/
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoIt’s still useful just to make sure it didn’t freeze.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoWhat other lies have we been fed?!
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoThe second player controller isn’t actually connected to anything.
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 years agoIf it makes you feel any better the reason is that building a loading bar that matches your intuition is a superhuman task. It’s much much easier to simply fake it and the program will finish whenever it finishes
minus-squareStarb3an@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoMetroid on SNES(I think) had the elevators be the loading screen so you never “saw” them
It’s fake, homie. https://80.lv/articles/video-games-loading-screens-are-mostly-fake-according-to-developers/
It’s still useful just to make sure it didn’t freeze.
What other lies have we been fed?!
The second player controller isn’t actually connected to anything.
Good luck fighting Psych Mantis.
If it makes you feel any better the reason is that building a loading bar that matches your intuition is a superhuman task. It’s much much easier to simply fake it and the program will finish whenever it finishes
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Metroid on SNES(I think) had the elevators be the loading screen so you never “saw” them
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