Temporary assets while loading

[prvi_treti]

Hello there,

  As title rather implies, I just wondered if we can have a temporary asset during loading time. As assets can sometimes be tens of MB, it might be better to load a generic one only to replaced when actual asset is loaded. It is ( and I am ) more sprite oriented but Simcity 4 had a feature of showing a generic box when mod files are missing as seen here

What I consider is using SVG outline of real sprite while loading but this can also be applied to 3D ones until certain extent I believe.

As far as I know, there is no such feature but wondered if it would worth trouble to implement.

Best regards,

 

[GameMonetize]

Hello there is no direct support but you can think about loading first a really small texture and onLoad=function(){ load the big one}

 

[eboo]

here is what i use:

 

first of all i ve a simple box named "no3D" with a simple box texture. (this mesh is stored in a array)

then, i use 2 functions to place meshes

 

place(what,x,y)

i five my elements a name : what_x_y

 

unplace(what,x,y) (unload ^^)

function unplace(koi,x,y) {scene.getMeshByName(koi+'_'+x+'_'+y).dispose();}

 

so when i use assetsManager i have somethink like:

if( unknow element)

{

assetsManager.reset();

place("no3D",x,y);

var aTask = assetsManager.addMeshTask(koi, "", "bb/"+koi+"/", koi+".babylon");
aTask.onSuccess = function(task) { unplace("no3D",x,y);  ... };

assets.Manager.load();

}

[GameMonetize]

I guess a PG would be easier

[prvi_treti]

14 hours ago, Deltakosh said:

I guess a PG would be easier

Glad we all know what a PG is

[jerome]

http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/

PG = playground

[eboo]

well... is there any .babylon that we can load from PG ? ^^

[prvi_treti]

2 hours ago, jerome said:

http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/

PG = playground

Oh, was expecting it to be a coding feature even though I ofc know playground.

[eboo]

example : http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#26SGVY#0