[feat] Loading menus now appear on startup and on game load.

src/frontend/components/atoms/loading.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function Loading({
   className,
   loadingDone,
 }: {
-  progress: number;
+  progress?: number;
   className?: string;
   loadingDone: () => void;
 }) {
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ export function Loading({
     if (!videoRef.current) {
       return;
     }
+    if (progress === undefined) {
+        videoRef.current.playbackRate = 2;
+        videoRef.current.play();
+        return;
+    }
     const expectedProgress = VIDEO_TIME_S * progress;
     const currentTime = videoRef.current.currentTime;
     if (expectedProgress > currentTime) {
@@ -38,14 +43,16 @@ export function Loading({
     }
   }, [videoRef, progress]);
 
+  // Always play muted, because it prevents browsers blocking the animation.
   return (
     <video
+      muted
       style={{ maxWidth: "500px", width: "15vw" }}
       className={className}
       ref={videoRef}
       src={video}
       controls={false}
       preload="auto"
-    ></video>
+    />
   );
 }

src/frontend/components/ingame-view.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import styles from "./ingame-view.module.css";
 import { Game } from "../../game";
 import { AmmoCount, GameReactChannel } from "../../interop/gamechannel";
 import { WeaponSelector } from "./gameui/weapon-select";
-import { IRunningGameInstance } from "../../logic/gameinstance";
+import { IRunningGameInstance, LocalGameInstance } from "../../logic/gameinstance";
+import { LoadingPage } from "./loading-page";
 
 export function IngameView({
   scenario,
@@ -16,21 +17,35 @@ export function IngameView({
   gameReactChannel: GameReactChannel;
   gameInstance: IRunningGameInstance;
 }) {
+  const [hasLoaded, setLoaded] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const [fatalError, setFatalError] = useState<Error>();
   const [game, setGame] = useState<Game>();
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const [weaponMenu, setWeaponMenu] = useState<AmmoCount | null>(null);
   useEffect(() => {
-    Game.create(window, scenario, gameReactChannel, gameInstance, level)
-      .then((game) => {
-        (window as unknown as { wormgine: Game }).wormgine = game;
-        game.loadResources().then(() => {
-          setGame(game);
-        });
-      })
-      .catch((ex) => {
-        setFatalError(ex);
+
+    async function init() {
+      if (gameInstance instanceof LocalGameInstance) {
+        // XXX: Only so the game feels more responsive by capturing this inside the loading phase.
+        await gameInstance.startGame();
+        console.log("Game started");
+      }
+      const game = await Game.create(window, scenario, gameReactChannel, gameInstance, level);
+      setGame(game);
+      game.ready$.subscribe(r => {
+        if (r) {
+          console.log("Game loaded");
+          setLoaded(true);
+        }
       });
+      // Bind the game to the window such that we can debug it.
+      (globalThis as unknown as { wormgine: Game }).wormgine = game;
+      await game.loadResources();
+    }
+
+    void init().catch((ex) => {
+      setFatalError(ex);
+    });
   }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -42,7 +57,6 @@ export function IngameView({
       return;
     }
 
-    // Bind the game to the window such that we can debug it.
     ref.current.appendChild(game.canvas);
     game.run().catch((ex) => {
       setFatalError(ex);
@@ -85,6 +99,7 @@ export function IngameView({
 
   return (
     <>
+      <LoadingPage visible={!hasLoaded} force />
       <div id="overlay" className={styles.overlay}>
         <WeaponSelector
           weapons={weaponMenu}

src/frontend/components/loading-page.tsx

@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ import { useAnimate } from "framer-motion";
 export function LoadingPage({
   progress,
   visible,
+  force,
 }: {
   visible: boolean;
-  progress: number;
+  progress?: number;
+  /**
+   * Force hiding the loading bar when visible is false */
+  force?: boolean;
 }) {
   const [scope, animate] = useAnimate();
   const [isLoadingDone, setLoadingDone] = useState(false);
+  const [shouldOverlay, setShouldOverlay] = useState(true);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!scope.current) {
@@ -24,17 +29,21 @@ export function LoadingPage({
           { opacity: 1 },
           { delay: 0, duration: 0.25, ease: "easeIn" },
         );
-      } else if (isLoadingDone) {
+      } else if (isLoadingDone || force) {
         await animate(
           scope.current,
           { opacity: 0 },
           { delay: 0.5, duration: 0.5, ease: "easeIn" },
         );
-        console.log("safetoremove");
+        setShouldOverlay(false);
       }
     }
     void runAnim();
-  }, [visible, isLoadingDone, scope.current]);
+  }, [visible, force, isLoadingDone, scope.current]);
+
+  if (!shouldOverlay) {
+    return null;
+  }
 
   return (
     <>

src/frontend/components/menu.tsx

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function mainMenu(
             <span onMouseOver={videoHover} onMouseOut={videoHoverOut}>
               Skirmish
             </span>
-            <video src={settingsAnim} loop />
+            <video muted src={settingsAnim} loop />
           </button>
         </li>
         <li>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function mainMenu(
             <span onMouseOver={videoHover} onMouseOut={videoHoverOut}>
               Team Editor
             </span>
-            <video src={settingsAnim} loop />
+            <video muted src={settingsAnim} loop />
           </button>
         </li>
         <li>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function mainMenu(
             <span onMouseOver={videoHover} onMouseOut={videoHoverOut}>
               Online Play
             </span>
-            <video src={settingsAnim} loop />
+            <video muted src={settingsAnim} loop />
           </button>
         </li>
         <li>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function mainMenu(
             <span onMouseOver={videoHover} onMouseOut={videoHoverOut}>
               Settings
             </span>
-            <video src={settingsAnim} loop />
+            <video muted src={settingsAnim} loop />
           </button>
         </li>
       </ul>

src/frontend/components/menus/lobby.tsx

@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ function LocalLobby({ onOpenIngame, exitToMenu }: Omit<Props, "client">) {
     <ActiveLobby
       gameInstance={gameInstance}
       onOpenIngame={() => {
-        gameInstance.startGame();
         onOpenIngame(gameInstance);
       }}
       exitToMenu={exitToMenu}

src/game.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import Logger from "./log";
 import { CriticalGameError } from "./errors";
 import { getGameSettings } from "./settings";
 import { NetGameWorld } from "./net/netGameWorld";
-import { debounceTime, fromEvent, map, merge, Observable, of } from "rxjs";
+import { BehaviorSubject, debounceTime, fromEvent, map, merge, Observable, of } from "rxjs";
 import { IRunningGameInstance } from "./logic/gameinstance";
 import { RunningNetGameInstance } from "./net/netgameinstance";
 
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export class Game {
   public readonly world: GameWorld;
   public readonly rapierGfx: Graphics;
   public readonly screenSize$: Observable<{ width: number; height: number }>;
+  private readonly ready = new BehaviorSubject(false);
+  public readonly ready$ = this.ready.asObservable() ;
 
   public get pixiRoot() {
     return this.viewport;
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ export class Game {
       undefined,
     );
     this.pixiApp.stage.addChildAt(this.rapierGfx, 0);
+    this.ready.next(true);
 
     // Run physics engine at 90fps.
     const tickEveryMs = 1000 / 90;