improve load times and add fade animations

PSP-Archive · Jul 20, 2023 · 32240d7 · 32240d7
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diff --git a/extras/menus/xMenu/include/menu.h b/extras/menus/xMenu/include/menu.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ class Menu{
         void loadGame();
 
         void rebootMenu();
+
+        void fadeIn();
+        void fadeOut();
 
     public:
 

diff --git a/extras/menus/xMenu/main.cpp b/extras/menus/xMenu/main.cpp
@@ -9,30 +9,35 @@ PSP_MAIN_THREAD_ATTR(PSP_THREAD_ATTR_USER);
 
 using namespace std;
 
-int main(int argc, char** argv){
-
-    common::setArgs(argc, argv);
-
-    initGraphics();
-
-    common::loadData();
-
+int startup_thread(int argc, void* argp){
+	int i;
 	std::string startup_txt = "starting menu";
 	std::string startup_txt_upper = "STARTING MENU";
-
 	std::stringstream startup_holder;
-
-	int i;
 	for(i=0;i<startup_txt.length();i++) {
-			if((i%2)==0)
-				startup_holder << startup_txt_upper[i];
-			else 
-				startup_holder << startup_txt[i];
+		if((i%2)==0)
+			startup_holder << startup_txt_upper[i];
+		else 
+			startup_holder << startup_txt[i];
 
 		debugScreen(startup_holder.str().c_str(), 180, 130);
-		sceKernelDelayThread(100000);
+		sceKernelDelayThread(50000);
 	}
-
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv){
+
+    common::setArgs(argc, argv);
+
+	int thid = sceKernelCreateThread("xmenu bootup", (SceKernelThreadEntry)startup_thread, 10, 2048, PSP_THREAD_ATTR_VFPU, NULL);
+	sceKernelStartThread(thid, 0, NULL);
+
+    initGraphics();
+    common::loadData();
+
+	sceKernelWaitThreadEnd(thid, NULL);
+	sceKernelDeleteThread(thid);
 
     Menu* menu = new Menu();
     menu->run();

diff --git a/extras/menus/xMenu/src/menu.cpp b/extras/menus/xMenu/src/menu.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ void Menu::moveUp(){
 
 void Menu::control(){
 
+    fadeIn();
+
     Controller control;
     bool working = true;
     while(working){
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ void Menu::control(){
 		}
 
     }
+    fadeOut();
 }
 
 void Menu::loadGame(){
@@ -335,7 +338,7 @@ void Menu::loadGame(){
     param.args = strlen(path) + 1;
     param.argp = path;
     param.key = "pops";
-    debugScreen(path, NULL, NULL);
+    fadeOut();
     sctrlKernelLoadExecVSHWithApitype(runlevel, path, &param);
 }
 
@@ -346,15 +349,14 @@ void Menu::rebootMenu(){
 
     char path[256];
     strcpy(path, ark_config->arkpath);
-    //strcat(path, ark_config->launcher);
 	strcat(path, ARK_XMENU);
 
     int runlevel = 0x141;
 
     param.args = strlen(path) + 1;
     param.argp = path;
     param.key = "game";
-    debugScreen(path, NULL, NULL);
+    fadeOut();
     sctrlKernelLoadExecVSHWithApitype(runlevel, path, &param);
 }
 
@@ -389,6 +391,30 @@ void Menu::run(){
     control();
 }
 
+void Menu::fadeOut(){
+    int alpha = 255;
+    while (alpha>0){
+        u32 color = alpha << 24;
+        clearScreen(CLEAR_COLOR);
+        blitAlphaImageToScreen(0, 0, 480, 272, common::getBG(), 0, 0);
+        fillScreenRect(color, 0, 0, 480, 272);
+        common::flip();
+        alpha -= 15;
+    }
+}
+
+void Menu::fadeIn(){
+    int alpha = 0;
+    while (alpha<255){
+        u32 color = alpha << 24;
+        clearScreen(CLEAR_COLOR);
+        blitAlphaImageToScreen(0, 0, 480, 272, common::getBG(), 0, 0);
+        fillScreenRect(color, 0, 0, 480, 272);
+        common::flip();
+        alpha += 15;
+    }
+}
+
 Menu::~Menu(){
     delete this->txt;
     this->eboots.clear();