Help with using PreloadAsync

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#1

Hello,

I am trying to use PreloadAsync to preload a texture, but it doesnt seem to work correctly. When I use this example from ContentProvider | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub, it works correctly and the function Load is called:

local ContentProvider = game:GetService("ContentProvider")
 
local function Load(contentID, status)
	print("loaded")
end

local logoId = "rbxassetid://658743164"
local pageTurnId = "rbxassetid://12222076"
 
local decal = Instance.new("Decal")
decal.Texture = logoId
 
local sound = Instance.new("Sound")
sound.SoundId = pageTurnId
 
local assets = { decal, sound }
 
ContentProvider:PreloadAsync(assets,Load)

However, if I change it to be local assets = { decal } , the function is not called. Conversely, if I change it to be local assets = { sound } it is called.

I do not fully understand how to use PreloadAsync, and the documentation has not been much help. Could anyone explain why this is happening?

#2

I don’t believe it’s a problem, it is probably yielding. Did you wait for 10-15 seconds when you did local assets = {decal}?

#3

I’ve waited quite a while and nothing happens. But I have come across some strange behaviour. If I put a print statement in the same script, once I click on it in the output window, the asset loads:

#4

It seems like it is still yielding. You used spawn to run the next line of code which is the print.

#5

Yeah it does yield. But why would clicking on the print output cause the callback function to be called suddenly? And should it take so long to load?

#6

Are you sure it is not a coincidence? Maybe you clicked it at a perfect time.

#7

Definitely not, every single time I click it, the load function is called - whether I wait a minute or 2 seconds