iOS Splash Screen vs Storyboard

Temponautics

In iOS the use of StoryBoards is now recommended, and the old way of Godot (Splash screen) is deprecated. https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/40215

Can anyone point out the right way to do this? I have checked the storyboard option and it essentially uses the splash screen; and if I put a splash screen link in it shows TWICE, with an intermittent blackout.

What I really want to do is have a the game's logo come up and then a separate image saying "made by " with our logo.

Alas, no matter what I do I only get ONE graphic showing up TWICE with the intermittent screen. This even happens if I do not use StoryBoards.

Can anyone tell me how to do this right?

Thank you for any help!

TwistedTwigleg

Unless you are using Godot 4.0 (pre-alpha), I do not think there is a way to use a Storyboard in Godot 3 since it has not been implemented yet.

What I have done is add a black image (or something just saying "loading") as the splash screen and have the game load a really lightweight "into splashscreen" scene that has the logo and any other visuals. I have not tried it on mobile though, but something like that may be a viable alternative to using a splash screen image or a iOS Storyboard.

Temponautics

Uh... thanks, but 3.2.3 has the option to choose a storyboard in the iOS export settings??

Temponautics

@TwistedTwigleg : Are you saying this is not implemented? When I check the box the iOS XCode project contains a Launch Screen Storyboard though....?

TwistedTwigleg

@Temponautics said: @TwistedTwigleg : Are you saying this is not implemented? When I check the box the iOS XCode project contains a Launch Screen Storyboard though....?

Sorry, I did not have time to reply yesterday. The reason I said it was not implemented is that the pull request you linked to is for Godot 4.0.

The splashscreen that Godot uses is part of how Godot initializes the engine, so that might be why there are two splashscreens when you enable iOS story boards. What you could try doing is having a blank, black image as the project splash screen and then use the storyboard to show your game’s logo and the made by label.

I am not sure if there is a way to show multiple images during a splash screen, but what you can do as a workaround is have a single image containing both the logo and the made by text, and then use that in the splash screen.

Temponautics

@TwistedTwigleg said: The splashscreen that Godot uses is part of how Godot initializes the engine, so that might be why there are two splashscreens when you enable iOS story boards. What you could try doing is having a blank, black image as the project splash screen and then use the storyboard to show your game’s logo and the made by label.

But that seems to be the weird thing -- I get two separate appearances of the same image, no matter what I do. Once the storyboard start image option is set, it shows both the splash screen and then again as Storyboard, but always only the SAME image? So if the boot splash is black, the storyboard is black too. And it looks rather silly if a start image pops up twice. I'd appreciate any help or explanation.

TwistedTwigleg

Hmm, maybe its a bug then? I think the splash screen you set for the storyboard should only affect the storyboard and vice versa. Though, I have not used iOS with Godot very much, so maybe its expected?

Temponautics

OK, thanks @TwistedTwigleg , I think I have it now: Your Bootsplash image is what will be displayed during the actual boot of the app, while the Storyboard Launch Image will be displayed up front (and only be there for a reaaaaally short blink on most modern iOS devices).

By default, Godot packs the Boot splash image into your Storyboard. Which is why, by default, it will show twice if you check the Storyboard option to true.

You then need to give the Storyboard a @2x and/or @3x image; this is the image that will be shown first, followed by the boot splash.

So, simple rule of thumb for anyone who tries to figure this out: 1. Launch is just for launch: The Launch image (if Storyboard Launch Image is chosen in iOS Export options) will show first, during app launch, and only for a very short moment after the app has run once. It will be the same as the boot splash image unless you set it to a custom one in the fields underneath. 2. Boot is during booting: The Boot Splash image will show in any case after the Storyboard Launch Image showed. No choices there. It will show longer than the launch image.

TIA