Huge amount of updates

godot/scenes/game_root/game_root.gd

@@ -72,7 +72,35 @@ func _on_load_map(map_name: String) -> void:
 	if scene.can_instantiate():
 		var node: Node3D = scene.instantiate()
 		logger.info("loading map: " + map_name)
-		level_root.add_child(node)
+		$LevelLoader/MultiplayerSpawner.spawn_function = _map_spawn_function
+		$LevelLoader/MultiplayerSpawner.spawn(map_name)
+		#level_root.add_child(node)
 	else:
 		logger.error("Can't initialize")
+
+var thread: Thread
+var map_node: Node
+var mutex: Mutex
+
+func _load_the_map_in_thread(map_name):
+	var path_tmpl := "res://scenes/maps/maps/%s"
+	var path := path_tmpl % map_name
+	
+	if not ResourceLoader.exists(path):
+		logger.error("map " + map_name + " doesn't exist")
+	mutex.lock()
+	var scene: PackedScene = ResourceLoader.load(path)
+	if scene.can_instantiate():
+		map_node = scene.instantiate()
+	mutex.unlock()
+
+func _map_spawn_function(map_name: Variant) -> Node:
+	thread = Thread.new()
+	mutex = Mutex.new()
+	thread.start(Callable(self, "_load_the_map_in_thread").bind(map_name))
+	await thread.wait_to_finish()
+	mutex.lock()
+	var result = map_node
+	mutex.unlock()
+	return result
 	

godot/scenes/game_root/game_root.tscn

@@ -6,13 +6,4 @@
 editor_description = "This node serves a starting point for the game. When the game is running as a dedicated server it's supposed to read the config file and start the server, when the game is running in a default mode, it should render the main menu"
 script = ExtResource("1_eb14f")
 
-[node name="LevelLoader" type="Node" parent="."]
-editor_description = "This node is supposed to make it possible to sync the server data across all the possible players"
-
-[node name="Level" type="Node3D" parent="LevelLoader"]
-
-[node name="MultiplayerSpawner" type="MultiplayerSpawner" parent="LevelLoader"]
-_spawnable_scenes = PackedStringArray("res://scenes/maps/maps/lowpoly_tdm_1.tscn")
-spawn_path = NodePath("../Level")
-
 [connection signal="load_map" from="." to="." method="_on_load_map"]