How do you load scenes?

[jaunty badge]

... so framerate doesn't drop when it changes to that scene / when it's instantiated. For a loading screen. Now, it's not like my scenes are all too complex I mean i don't really need to do this but it's got to learn eh? I do know about 'load()' and 'preload()' and if that's all I really need to do then that's nice. But, I'd assume it's a bit more complex than that

[grim bridge]

Just do it in a different thread than physics process / don't run the scene until loaded

Or, preload it

[jaunty badge]

Could you give an example please?

[grim bridge]

Of the threading, preloading, or hiding the progress bar?

Might need a conversation lol

[jaunty badge]

of the threading

[grim bridge]

Ah...

[jaunty badge]

is it complicated?

[grim bridge]

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/performance/using_multiple_threads.html

Or uhh

I dunno might be a single threaded way to do partial loading?

Then go back to next physics process?

Like maybe if u put the load in a function?

Interesting question

[jaunty badge]

ill js preload it

[grim bridge]

Probably a better idea lol

[tardy ember]

explains everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox5jp_ySFlg

[verbal merlin]

Fair warning that preloading it means it will always be in memory

so don't do that with large scenes

[arctic talon]

Godot allready has a builtin threaded loader. See https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_resourceloader.html#class-resourceloader-method-load-threaded-request
and
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_resourceloader.html#class-resourceloader-method-load-threaded-get-status
and
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_resourceloader.html#class-resourceloader-method-load-threaded-get

[grim bridge]

Great stuff. Does setting use_sub_threads to false means one other thread will be created? And why would setting it to true cause the main thread to lag?