If I wanted to speed up the user’s load times on their next time loading my three.js game, could I possibly save some gltf models to their browser cache?

This is what browsers can do by default, though the server tells if, what and how to cache. Using a different approach like local storage might be another option, but this rather might not what people really like, since default caching works with timestamps so it can be release after a while like vi…

[image] Fyrestar: This is what browsers can do by default, though the server tells if, what and how to cache It’s actually pretty hard in a lot of systems to add cache headers to unusual file types. For example, I’m using cloudflare as a CDN and it’s just not possible to cache .glb or .fbx fi…

Yeah you should at least have the ability to configure caching, you can define it for any kind of file extension then. But „abusing“ other storage types is very likely not what users whant. For example using localStorage, in anycase there will be a prompt about it and it can scare away users, especi…

[image] Fyrestar: I think it’s worth using something else than CF being similar fast but being able to control the header, caching all files is faster and saves traffic, being than faster again in comparsion What do you suggest? Bearing in mind that CF is already faster (including on repeat v…

[image] looeee: extremely free :grinning: If your resources are cached i don’t think CF could be faster, since they are already locally available on the device. A game for example with thousands and more persistent players it’ll definetly pay off and prevent it to get slower, idk about CF bu…

[image] Fyrestar: doesn’t cloud flare has a cheap option where you get to configure more? $20 a month. [image] Fyrestar: Edit : Actually, have you tried to disguise your files as images by using a jpg extension? :grinning: Ha, that’s an interesting idea. I might try it. Edit …hmm, lo…

[image] looeee: $20 a month. You get a vm for that price already :scream_cat: [image] looeee: Ha, that’s an interesting idea. I might try it. In case you try that, i think the gltf loader looks for the extension being glb or gltf, so it either is enough to name it model.glb.jpg or you…

Like @Fyrestar said, you can set http headers for browsers to cache any file (see Cache-Control headers). If you want Cloudflare to do the caching between your server and them, you can use Page Rules to cache any file extension. Just set a URL with a page rule of “Cache Everything” and Cloudflare w…

[image] Droopie: If you want Cloudflare to do the caching between your server and them, you can use Page Rules to cache any file extension. In the end, I told it to just skip adding cache headers completely and configured everything in Nginx. Works very well - looks like it’s shaved about 0.…

[image] looeee: I’m a bit surprised by that since I though .glb was already reasonably compressed I don’t think gltf has any compression without adding a corresponding extension. My own binary format results in similar size without compression being a mix of array buffers and json in the buff…

Is there anyway I can cache models in the user's browser cache?

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mjurczyk January 4, 2024, 5:37am 18

You can save the models in IndexDB, which does not require PWA.

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Is there anyway I can cache models in the user's browser cache?

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