Should I preload assets on the client or server?

[0onima]

I’m not to familiar with contentProviderService, however I was wondering if I should preload the assets on the client or the server? i’m actually not sure how it would work. Here are some ideas tho, if I load all the assets on the client, then all assets I clone or replicate on the client only will be smooth perhaps? but if it’s made on the server it won’t be smooth? But if I preload on the server it will be smooth for eveything btu might take more resources as the server will have to preload hundreds of assets?

[TaxFraudBruh]

Usually you load assets on the client as the server instantly loads everything in the game.

Also with ContentProvider:PreloadAsync(), you only want to load important assets like a capture point and/or animations so there aren’t any problems with the client loading those or to just be able to seem them quicker.

[AustnBlox (Austin)]

Just thought I’d add on some more information regarding preloading:

Loading assets problem

When it comes to preloading, you should only preload assets that need to be preloaded. The more assets you want to load in before the game starts can sometimes result in a longer loading time. Whenever I use ContentProvider to preload my assets, I only preload the assets I need to such as a few sounds and animations since they can delay sometimes so I preload them so they work instantly. I add a folder into ReplicatedFirst containing all the assets I want to preload and I also insert a LocalScr…