Asset Pre-loader + Main Menu not loading on mobile

[jax_1234 (jax)]

I’d like to solve a bug in my code that is causing mobile users to not be met with the loading screen and main menu 100% of the time.

When joining on mobile, users are not guaranteed to be shown the loading screen. Because of this, the menu is not shown to them (which is done once loading is finished). This bug only happens some of the time, and only on mobile, not through emulation. The loader script is kept in ReplicatedFirst.

Video of what is happening:

Video of what it SHOULD look like:

I’ve tried adjusting when certain things load within the asset pre-loader script.

Any help is appreciated, just getting back into this and didn’t have much luck finding much on this topic.

[2112Jay]

Add a task.wait() or task.wait(1) at the beginning of the loader script.
You probably could get away with a 3, depending on what you’re doing and it will not seem to be holding anything up. It takes time to start load the game anyways, kind of blends in.

[jax_1234 (jax)]

Hi! Thank you for your reply.

I currently have the following as a means to ensure the game is loaded enough to run the loader:

repeat wait() until game:IsLoaded()

Is this sufficient enough, or should I add the task.Wait()?

I’d like to avoid giving a set amount of time because each device may require more or less time.

[2112Jay]

That is so if’y … and it’s not a task.wait()
I’ve never got that to work as it should.
Try playing around with a stall as a task.wait() I’d try a 3.
As long as you can do that in that script that is …

[jax_1234 (jax)]

Would a task.Wait() before the loop work? This would ensure the minimum 3 second…but if they need more time, the loop would take effect?

task.wait(3)
repeat wait() until game:IsLoaded()

the task.Wait() wouldn’t break the script, because it just ensures enough time for basic stuff to load before the script runs.

[2112Jay]

Just guessing here, that looks like a good test.
I don’t trust that loop, it will say go ahead before everything is actually ready. Always end up adding a task.wait anyways after that … to get it to be right-ish

I’m looking for ways to buy time or preload … maybe ContentProvider:PreloadAsync() and if the menu isn’t working possibly GuiService:ClearError()

[jax_1234 (jax)]

The issue is now players don’t see the loading screen gui immediately, which isn’t the end of the world, but it breaks immersion.

(The script does use the contentprovider.PreloadAsync, the wait is simply to ensure the module scripts and such are loaded that are used to disable things like the top bar and other utilities)

Edit: I rearranged some code so that the GUI is parented to the player’s GUI before the loop and it seems to be working. Now the task.Wait() ensures that the game is loaded enough before running the content provider, and immersion isn’t broken. Thank you!

[2112Jay]

try task.wait(2) or task.wait(1) … you have found the hole anyways.