Loading a new game - have accurate progress bar

[felinee1 48]

Loading a new battle can take time on my connection.  Sometimes I wait a long time, as a connection problem (?) prevents the full loading of the battle.  I find that I can't get into the game because I get a message saying that I was removed due to inactivity (5mins), even though I didn't get into the game.  When I suspect there are problems, I refresh the page and the battle will then load in a reasonable time. 

 

A graphic with a progress bar appears when loading a battle, but this progress bar appears to be nothing but an animation designed to give the illusion of progress loading.  It would be more useful if this progress bar was modified to reflect the actual progress.  This will then give an indication of when a fault prevents loading.  Eg., a percentage value display indicates how much has been downloaded and how much remains. 

[dilsharox 2,395]

what???

[Maf 32,322]

 this progress bar appears to be nothing but an animation designed to give the illusion of progress loading.

+1

That's exactly what I feel. But I doubt that an accurate progress bar could be implemented. Often it might go really fast to, let's say, 67% and then it just gets stuck on something for a while and no progress is being made. It wouldn't help you better estimate the loading time left.

[CaptainMaxwell7 231]

+1

That's exactly what I feel. But I doubt that an accurate progress bar could be implemented. Often it might go really fast to, let's say, 67% and then it just gets stuck on something for a while and no progress is being made. It wouldn't help you better estimate the loading time left.

Before the game had an actual progress bar. 

[felinee1 48]

+1

That's exactly what I feel. But I doubt that an accurate progress bar could be implemented. Often it might go really fast to, let's say, 67% and then it just gets stuck on something for a while and no progress is being made. It wouldn't help you better estimate the loading time left.

But it would give you an idea that loading has stopped.  If itit is stuck on 67% then it indicates that nothing's being downloaded.  If it goes fast to 67% and then progresses slowly, you are aware that loading hasn't stopped, just slowed. 

[i200000 717]

I also know this problem if I can't use good internet.

Good idea (even if it isn't totally clear for me)

[creeperskelly 1,281]

I hate when it gets near the end but doesn't complete - this can be caused by two peolpe hitting "Join" at the same time, so, one person gets in while you sit there forever wondering why you can't join.

 

Other games such as Robocraft will show you a percentage of what needs to download and then it will complete - then you can join. Surely this can be implemented here too.

[Hex 11,522]

http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=200660

[Kevred 1,586]

YES PLEASE!

 

All it does is stall forever at three millimeters from the end...

[Indra_Otsutsuki 329]

This better be in the awesome unity tanki. I am so glad my pc is fast enough for 60 fps on unity tanki :D

[joe2vega 1,259]

[Zenyth 6,494]

YES PLEASE!

 

All it does is stall forever at three millimeters from the end..

EXACTLY SAME for me too!  :ph34r:

It'd be welcome to have a helpful progress bar.

 

IDK if it even holds relevance to the topic, but that's TOO HILARIOUS!  :lol:

[NedFighter 408]

Awesome idea :) +1

 

Photo proposal:

[The-Operator219 1,929]

Not really related to the topic, but WTH, anyone remember the old loading bar?

Where it would load shells as it loaded?

[felinee1 48]

I like NedFighter's image, I would improve it by having a decimal point added to the percetage, eg. 85.7%.

[SmexyGiraffe 584]