Table of Contents

• Install
• Basic usage
• Options
  • progressBar
  • logs
  • texturesFlipY
• Custom progress animation
• Loading examples
  • Texture
  • HDR texture
  • Image
  • GLTF
  • Video
  • CubeTexture
  • KTX2 compressed texture
  • DRACO compressed GLTF file
  • .drc file
  • Lottie texture
  • OBJ
  • IES

Install

npm i @thibka/three-multiloader

Basic usage

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'

let loader = new MultiLoader()

loader.load([
    { alias: 'cat', type: 'texture', path: 'path/to/cute-cat.jpg' }
]).then(() => {
    console.log('Loading completed!')
    console.log(loader.textures['cat'])
})

Options

Options are passed in an object during instanciation

let loader = new MultiLoader({ 
    progressBar: false,
    logs: true,
    texturesFlipY: true
})

progressBar

Defines if the default full-screen progress bar should be automatically displayed.
Default is true.

logs

If true, outputs the loading progress in the console.
Default is false.

texturesFlipY

Defines if the textures should be flipped along the vertical axis when uploaded to the GPU.
Default is false.

Custom progress animation

To create a custom loading animation, first, disable the default progress bar.

let loader = new MultiLoader({ progressBar: false })

A custom loading function can then be defined using the onProgress callback, before calling the load() method.

loader.onProgress = progress => {
    console.log(progress); // Will display 0 to 1 loading progress
}

Additionally, you can access the loading completion this way:

loader.progress; // returns a number between 0 and 1.

Loading examples

Texture

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'

let loader = new MultiLoader()

loader.load([
    // colorSpace can be provided set immediately, default is THREE.NoColorSpace
    { type: 'texture', path: 'path/to/cute-cat.jpg', alias: 'cat', colorSpace: THREE.sRGBEncoding },

    // if no alias is provided, the asset name will be its path
    { type: 'texture', path: 'path/to/funny-dog.png' },     
]).then(() => {
    console.log(loader.textures['cat'])
    console.log(loader.textures['path/to/funny-dog.png'])
})

HDR texture

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'
import { HDRLoader } from 'three/examples/jsm/loaders/HDRLoader.js';

const loader = new MultiLoader({ 
    HDRLoader
});

loader.load([
    { alias: 'hdr', type: 'texture', path: 'path/toe/image.hdr' }
]).then(() => {
    console.log(loader.textures['hdr'])
});

Image

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'

let loader = new MultiLoader()

loader.load([
    { alias: 'dog', type: 'image', path: 'path/to/image.jpg' }    
]).then(() => {
    console.log(loader.images['dog'])
})

GLTF

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'
import { GLTFLoader } from 'three/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader';

let loader = new MultiLoader({ GLTFLoader })

loader.load([
    { alias: 'main-scene', type: 'gltf', path: 'path/to/model.glb' }
]).then(() => {
    console.log(loader.models['main-scene'])
})

Video

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'

let loader = new MultiLoader()

loader.load([
    // The 'loadEvent' property can be any video event ('loadedmetadata', 'canplaythrough', etc.), 
    // defining when the video is considered loaded.
    // Default is 'loadedmetadata'.
    { alias: 'my-video', type: 'video', path: './path/to/video.mp4', loadEvent: 'loadedmetadata' },
]).then(() => {
    console.log(loader.videos['my-video'])
})

CubeTexture

The alias attribute must be provided for each cube-texture, since they don't have a single unique path.

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'
import { CubeTextureLoader } from 'three';

const loader = new MultiLoader({ CubeTextureLoader });

loader.load([
    { alias: 'skybox', type: 'cube-texture', path: [
        'path/to/px.png', 'path/to/nx.png',
        'path/to/py.png', 'path/to/ny.png',
        'path/to/pz.png', 'path/to/nz.png'
    ]}
]).then(() => {
    console.log(loader.cubeTextures['skybox']);
});

KTX2 compressed texture

First, the transcoder files must be provided in the build.

Providing transcoder files

This can be done in various ways:

Manually

By moving the file from node_modules/three/examples/jsm/libs/basis/ to build/basis/

With Webpack

By using copy-webpack-plugin:

/* webpack.config.js */
const CopyPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
let config = {
    plugins: [
        new CopyPlugin({
            patterns: [
                { from: 'node_modules/three/examples/jsm/libs/basis', to: 'basis' },
            ]
        })
    ]
}

With Vite

Using the vite-plugin-static-copy plugin:

/* vite.config.js */
import { viteStaticCopy } from 'vite-plugin-static-copy';
export default {
    plugins: [
        viteStaticCopy({
            targets: [
                {
                    src: 'node_modules/three/examples/jsm/libs/basis',
                    dest: ''
                }
            ]
        })
    ]
}

You can then use it this way:

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'
import { KTX2Loader } from 'three/examples/jsm/loaders/KTX2Loader.js';

const loader = new MultiLoader({ 
    KTX2Loader, 
    basisTranscoderPath: 'basis/', // Transcoder files must be provided in the build. See above.
    renderer // The renderer must be provided so that the basisLoader can work.
});

loader.load([
    { alias: 'some-texture', type: 'texture', path: 'path/to/my_texture.ktx2' }
]).then(callbackFunction);

function callbackFunction() {
    console.log(loader.textures['some-texture']);
}

DRACO compressed GLTF file

draco_decoder.js (~600ko) must be provided in the build.
This can be done in various ways:

Manually

By moving the file from node_modules/three/examples/jsm/libs/draco/draco_decoder.js to build/draco/draco_decoder.js

With Webpack

Using copy-webpack-plugin:

/* webpack.config.js */
const CopyPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
let config = {
    plugins: [
        new CopyPlugin({
            patterns: [
                { from: 'node_modules/three/examples/jsm/libs/draco/draco_decoder.js', to: 'draco/draco_decoder.js' },
            ]
        })
    ]
}

With Vite

Using the vite-plugin-static-copy plugin:

/* vite.config.js */
import { viteStaticCopy } from 'vite-plugin-static-copy';
export default {
    plugins: [
        viteStaticCopy({
            targets: [
                {
                    src: 'node_modules/three/examples/jsm/libs/draco/draco_decoder.js',
                    dest: 'draco'
                }
            ]
        })
    ]
}

Then use it this way:

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'
import { DRACOLoader } from 'three/examples/jsm/loaders/DRACOLoader.js';

const loader = new MultiLoader({ 
    DRACOLoader,
    DRACODecoderPath: 'draco/' // draco_decoder.js must be provided in the build.
});

loader.load([
    { alias: 'some-model', type: 'gltf-draco', path: 'path/to/model.glb' }
]).then(callbackFunction);

function callbackFunction() {
    let gltf = loader.models['some-model'];

    scene.add(gltf.scene);
}

.drc file

This loading method should only be used for .drc files.

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'
import { DRACOLoader } from 'three/examples/jsm/loaders/DRACOLoader.js';

const loader = new MultiLoader({ 
    DRACOLoader
})

loader.load([
    { alias: 'some-model', type: 'drc', path: 'path/to/model.drc' }
]).then(callbackFunction);

function callbackFunction() {
    let geometry = loader.models['some-model'];
    let material = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial();
    let dracoMesh = new THREE.Mesh( geometry, material );
    scene.add( dracoMesh );
}

Lottie texture

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'
import { LottieLoader } from 'three/examples/jsm/loaders/LottieLoader.js';

const loader = new MultiLoader({ 
    lottieLoader: LottieLoader,
    lottieLoaderQuality: 2 // default is 1
})

loader.load([
    { alias: 'lottie', type: 'texture', path: 'textures/lottie-logo-animation.json' }
]).then(() => {
    // Once it's loaded as a texture, access the lottie animation with texture.animation
    console.log(loader.textures['lottie'].animation);
})

OBJ

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'
import { OBJLoader } from 'three/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader';

let loader = new MultiLoader({ OBJLoader })

loader.load([
    { alias: 'objModel', type: 'obj', path: 'path/to/model.obj' }
]).then(() => {
    console.log(loader.models['objModel'])
});

IES

import MultiLoader from '@thibka/three-multiloader'
import { IESLoader } from 'three/examples/jsm/loaders/IESLoader.js';

let loader = new MultiLoader({ IESLoader })

loader.load([
    { alias: 'iesProfile', type: 'ies', path: 'path/to/profile.ies' }
]).then(() => {
    console.log(loader.ies['iesProfile'])
});