<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <class name="ResourcePreloader" inherits="Node" version="4.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../class.xsd"> <brief_description> Resource Preloader Node. </brief_description> <description> This node is used to preload sub-resources inside a scene, so when the scene is loaded, all the resources are ready to use and can be retrieved from the preloader. GDScript has a simplified [method @GDScript.preload] built-in method which can be used in most situations, leaving the use of [ResourcePreloader] for more advanced scenarios. </description> <tutorials> </tutorials> <methods> <method name="add_resource"> <return type="void" /> <param index="0" name="name" type="StringName" /> <param index="1" name="resource" type="Resource" /> <description> Adds a resource to the preloader with the given [param name]. If a resource with the given [param name] already exists, the new resource will be renamed to "[param name] N" where N is an incrementing number starting from 2. </description> </method> <method name="get_resource" qualifiers="const"> <return type="Resource" /> <param index="0" name="name" type="StringName" /> <description> Returns the resource associated to [param name]. </description> </method> <method name="get_resource_list" qualifiers="const"> <return type="PackedStringArray" /> <description> Returns the list of resources inside the preloader. </description> </method> <method name="has_resource" qualifiers="const"> <return type="bool" /> <param index="0" name="name" type="StringName" /> <description> Returns [code]true[/code] if the preloader contains a resource associated to [param name]. </description> </method> <method name="remove_resource"> <return type="void" /> <param index="0" name="name" type="StringName" /> <description> Removes the resource associated to [param name] from the preloader. </description> </method> <method name="rename_resource"> <return type="void" /> <param index="0" name="name" type="StringName" /> <param index="1" name="newname" type="StringName" /> <description> Renames a resource inside the preloader from [param name] to [param newname]. </description> </method> </methods> </class>