Help me understand "ContentProvider:PreloadAsync"

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#1

Hello everyone,
I would like to understand ContentProvider:PreloadAsync(param1,param2)'s first parameter.

I’ve come across PreloadAsync topic but didn’t get the assets given to first parameter, are these from Workspace or Asset Manager, but I doubt it’s from Asset Manager but it’s format is not same a assets link from Asset Manager.

I’ve also come across solution on Creating a Loading Bar based off of number of assets loaded, but it is giving an empty array of assets.

What I want to do?
I would like to trigger some changes on loading screen when specific assets from array are loaded…

#2

ContentProvider:PreloadAsync() takes an array of Instances to be preloaded as the first parameter which is the ones you see on the explorer tab, not Asset Manager.

#3

ContentProvider takes an array of Content - a term used to describe rbxassetid:// etc. protocol links, what you’re doing, rbxgameasset:// will work aswell

ContentProvider:PreloadAsync{
  "rbxassetid://1234",
  "rbxgameasset://image",
  "https://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=123"
}

All are valid protocols, here’s a list of valid protocols

  • http/https:// - anywhere on the web, restricted to www.roblox.com and all t0-9 .rbxcdn.com endpoints iirc
  • rbxassetid:// - proxy for above
  • rbxasset:// - local files
  • rbxgameasset:// - asset manager files
  • active:// - temporary loaded animations in Studio
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#4

Thanks for the reply.
PreloadAsync is the method, so I think you have missed parenthesis, am I right?. I’ll check the code and update this reply…

#5

In Lua, you can use {} instead of () when calling methods.

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