Background Loading Packed Scenes without Lag

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Godot Version

4.2.1

Question

I’m looking for a way to load new scenes in the background while leaving the main thread undisturbed. I’ve been trying to use the load_threaded_request() function of the built-in ResourceLoader class, as well as calling load() in a separate thread, but neither option seems to actually do what background loading is supposed to accomplish. I consistently get at least half a second of lag when loading any scenes with content in them.

I have tested this with very basic scenes (basically just a low-res tilemap, some UI and an audio player), and unsuccessfully tried to remove individual nodes from said scenes to identify potential bottlenecks, so this doesn’t seem to be a project-specific issue.

Is there any way to reduce the lack caused by loading PackedScene resources in another thread? Any tips and tricks that aren’t mentioned in the documentation?

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Without any code or project files it’s impossible to tell what is wrong.

This is why you didn’t get any response on Reddit.

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I have specified the functions I used and that this happens for various simple scenes regardless of the specific content. I don’t see what more relevant details I could provide tbh. I’m trying to find a solution for what seems like a general problem, not for one unique case.

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Having the same issue, can’t seem to find any work around or fix for this yet…