Issue with SubScenes

[Virtual Voyeur]

So I started building a scene that uses various subscenes throughout. I have the subscenes switched off until I need to trigger them on. I’m running into an issue where the subscenes don’t seem to load properly until I switch them on and they keep the scene and other subscenes from loading all the way. Is it possible to get around this issue somehow? A way to have all of the subscenes load all of the way “behind the scenes” before they are switched on?

thanks!

 

[atani]

It's difficult to figure out what could be at fault here because your subscenes can have all kinds of stuff in them.
If I'm not mistaken, if a subscene is off from the start it doesn't load, for example a person or CUA, until it's turned on. Not sure it's like this, but if so probably to save resources.

Without knowing what works on your scene and what it has, perhaps you could find a sneaky way to turn on subscenes to garantee its parts loading without noticing. You could start one on from the start, a longer loading of the scene initially, and then turn it off, or alpha adjust to 0 something in a subscene set as On and trigger back the alpha when you need it, and some other ways.

 

[Virtual Voyeur]

Yes, that’s the issue I’m running into. The subscenes don’t load until switched on. Do you know the best method for turning them on and then off again without having to use a UI button or having the user actually have to trigger them? I think that’s my biggest issue right now with learning VaM…figuring out how to make things trigger without pressing a button… thanks for the response!

 

[atani]

Well, it depends on how the scene is like and when you want a trigger... hmmm... triggering.
At the beginning I find the Scene Animation (menu) convenient. On my scenes I tend to have a short intro using hazmhox VAMOverlays and it's a good time to get things loading before the scene is presented. Timeline also works well,, either a initial animation with triggers or a different layer. Animation patterns can also do that, but probably more difficult to time right.

 

[Virtual Voyeur]

Thanks! I’ll see what I can conjure up!

 

[DJ]

Maybe position the subscene several meters below the floor, load it there, then move it up into position?

However you work it, you will probably find the "loading delay" script from LogicBricks handy. It will let you trigger an event after all loading operations are finished.

 

[atani]

What's this necroposting business, mr. @DJ ?

How come you don't have a moderator label? Is it just on Discord?

 

[DJ]

D'oh! I could have sworn I found the thread browsing "new posts" or "Trending posts"! But obviously not. I guess it must have shown up in the "similar threads" list at the bottom of some other post and I clicked it. I Never even looked the date.

I stepped back from moderation a while ago for life reasons. And only recently became a discord mod again.