ContentService not working for trying to find number of loaded assets

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#1

I have a problem that I can’t seem to fix right now. And yes, I’ve been to about 5 different DevForum discussions about it. I have a script that checks certain assets and waits for them to be loaded, but it doesn’t seem to be working. I’m putting the script and a link that I found below:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer

local ReplicatedFirst = game:GetService("ReplicatedFirst")
local ContentProvider = game:GetService("ContentProvider")
ReplicatedFirst:RemoveDefaultLoadingScreen()

local assetsLoaded = 0
local assetsToLoad = {
	game.Workspace:GetDescendants(),
	player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("MainGui"):GetDescendants(),
	game.ReplicatedFirst:GetDescendants(),
	game.ReplicatedStorage:GetDescendants()
}
print(assetsToLoad)

for _, asset in pairs (assetsToLoad:GetChildren()) do
	ContentProvider:PreloadAsync({asset})
		assetsLoaded+=1
		script.Parent.LoadingFrame.Background.Progress.Size= UDim2.new(#assetsToLoad/assetsLoaded,0,0,0)
end
#2

Assets are not parts. They are things uploaded to roblox such as meshes, images, videos, and audio.

#3

Oh I didn’t even put the error. The error was “Unable to cast Array to Content”
@myaltaccountsthis is that going to be a problem with the performance, or is it just saying I’m using the wrong word?

#4

It’s not necessary to call :GetChildren() on assetsToLoad as it is already a table which you can loop through using pairs(). You do not need to pass in {asset} inside the ContentProvider:PreloadAsync() function, instead just pass the asset variable without the {} around it.

#5

With doing that, there’s no errors, but it doesn’t work either.

#6

ContentProvider won’t load things that aren’t Content (assets).

Also, you have to combine these tables, but you might as well list all your assets.

Change it to this:

local assetsToLoad = {
    -- list actual Content or assets here
}
#7

So if I have nothing that’s been uploaded to Roblox, does that mean that using this method for a loading screen just won’t work?

#8

I don’t think it will try to load them which would cause it to never finish loading everything

#9

How do people normally show loading, like, a good example, Infinite Autocorrect, where it shows every “asset”? Is that not every part in the game then?

#10

You can also put Decals, Animations, and Sounds in the table