Event when first scene is displayed

stevenkucera

I want to fade in a login dialog box as soon as the game is loaded and displaying.

However, connecting the ready() or tree_entered() event, the event fires while the screen is loading, so the dialog box gets put on the screen instantly, with no fading.

I could try fading for a longer time period, but this won't work on devices that load the title screen slower or faster.

How can I begin the Fade Tween, when everything is loaded and the default scene has begun to display?

Hope there is a solution to this problem.

Steve

Megalomaniak

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.1/getting_started/step_by_step/scene_tree.html#becoming-active-by-entering-the-scene-tree

ready() is indeed what you want, but you might have been using the ready() signal of the wrong node perhaps? A node will trigger it's _ready() signal when it and all it's children have entered the scene tree. I'd make the root of the menu scene start a timer countdown upon it's ready callback and then have that timer, upon completion, initiate the fade.