How to make a loading screen

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#1

In summary: How do I get some kind of value or result on how much a game has loaded in any terms so I can determine when the client is ready to play the game by use of a script?

I am probably being stupid right now because I have searched a lot on the DevForum (probably not well enough) but I cannot find a single Service, Script, API or whatever which allows me to check the status of assets loaded into a game. Surely there is some way of doing this? I don’t want to have to go scrambling through random scripts or something stupid to find it in the first place like I had to with MovementVectors…

I am completely competent enough to work out how to make a loading screen and use such a solution in a script, I just literally do not know how on earth you are supposed to obtain this information. Is it in like the DataModel as a function or Service or should I be looking in ReplicatedFirst for some hidden functions.

I also think this should be made generally MORE AVAILABLE to newbies, kind of like how using the DataStoreService is pretty obvious and self-explanatory.
In essence: “Thanks but I can’t find a game:GetService(“please load my flipping assets thank you”)”**

THANK YOU FOR READING

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#2

ContentProvider:PreloadAsync.

I’ve reread the document, and apparently it should actually track loading progress, if that’s all you need.

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#3

Yeah that seems workable! This also allows me to dynamically wait for assets to load in ReplicatedStorage too and Terrain in Workspace, I can use threads to prevent it yielding a larger script.

Thanks a lot, its people like you who help with my development process and the community!