🗺️ LoadingManager

LoadingManager – Component Overview

The LoadingManager handles smooth scene transitions with a loading screen, progress bar, and animated "Loading..." text. It ensures the game does not instantly cut between scenes and provides feedback to the player.

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🎮 What It Does

• Displays a loading screen UI while switching scenes

• Shows loading percentage and animated dots

• Waits for a minimum display duration to improve UX

• Supports audio playback during loading

• Uses Unity's SceneManager.LoadSceneAsync() with safe scene activation

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🔧 Editable Public Fields

UI Elements

• loadingText – Displays the "Loading..." text and percentage (supports translation).

• UILoading – The container GameObject for the entire loading screen.

• loadingProgressBar – UI slider showing loading progress visually.

Settings

• minimumLoadingTime – Minimum time (in seconds) the loading screen must stay visible, regardless of how fast the scene loads.

Audio

• loadingAudioClip – Optional sound effect to play while loading.

• Loadingtag – Tag used by AudioManager to control the playback group.

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🔁 How to Use It

Load a Scene

To start loading a scene with UI:

LoadingManager.Singleton.StartLoadSceneWithLoadingScreen("SceneName");

This method will:

• Activate the loading screen

• Play the loading audio (if defined)

• Simulate a minimum loading duration

• Update a progress bar and text

• Asynchronously load the target scene

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ℹ️ Notes

• The component uses DontDestroyOnLoad to persist between scenes.

• The LanguageManager is used to support translated loading text ("loading_loading" ID).

• The dots (...) are animated by time and reset every 0.5 seconds.

• You can safely modify the loading visuals (slider style, font, layout) as long as references remain assigned.

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This manager is ideal for providing a professional feel during gameplay-to-minigame transitions or any scene switch within the project.