I want to make a loading screen, a friend gave me this

[limber quarry]

I'm really new at scripting, im just doing a project with my friends and we all are learning, but there is this guy who i know since a few weeks that said he know a bit more about this, so i seeked for help with him and gave me this. I want to modify or add something to the code, because its for a loading screen, and i want to add animations. The thing is, i want help because i dont understand how this works to edit it, can someone help?

Here is the script:

local LoadingText = "loading"
local textBox = script.Parent
local loadingScreen = textBox.Parent

for i = 1, #LoadingText do
    textBox.Text = string.sub(LoadingText, 1, i)
    task.wait(0.2)
end

local firstDotsCycleDone = false

while true do
    for numDots = 0, 3 do
        local dots = string.rep(".", numDots)
        textBox.Text = LoadingText .. dots
        task.wait(0.5)
        
        if not firstDotsCycleDone and numDots == 3 then
            loadingScreen.Visible = false
            firstDotsCycleDone = true
        end
    end
end

[harsh cave]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/players/loading-screens

you can check out this

[velvet beacon]

This is a fake loading screen

You can use PreloadAsync or sum idk 🥹

[velvet beacon]

Also, this is an article for switching between Places aka. Replacing the loading screen between place to place.

[harsh cave]

Wont this code work just fine too?

[velvet beacon]

For the article, no. Its replacing default loading screen. Not exactly...

For his code, As a fake loading screen for appeal purposes, Yeah. But for loading stuffs, No.

[harsh cave]

Fake one is probably better cause you can load half of the stuff then just let the player play the game and they probably wont even notice it

[steel plaza]

** You are now Level 2! **

[lapis hedge]

in order to understand this code so that you can edit it, you first need to understand everything in this article https://create.roblox.com/docs/tutorials/fundamentals/coding-1/coding-fundamentals

[limber quarry]

Thank u all so much, I’m a bit busy with school and stuff and that, I’m at school rn and I just checked this

This helps me a lot

[velvet beacon]

Uhhh.. no.. not.. not really... the purpose of a loading screen is to properly load things into the game before it can be played iirc... 💔

[harsh cave]

Its better to let the player start playing as soon as possible

[velvet beacon]

just add a skip button

[harsh cave]

cause they may leave before they even start playing the game

[velvet beacon]

usually best option

[harsh cave]

tru

[velvet beacon]

If you want the players to have the choice to either wait for the game to load properly

or just get in and play already

its their choice

🤷‍♂️

just add a skip button

fake loading screens would only work if you want it to look apealling if you know how to load things fast enough

sooo