glb import from network share failed

[fagerburg]

I tried to import a .glb from a network share and got the following error.

HTTP/1.1 502 Bad Gateway \\server\share\file.glb
UnityEngine.Debug:LogErrorFormat(String, Object[])
GLTFast.<LoadRoutine>d__6:MoveNext() (at Assets/GLTFast/GltfAsset.cs:41)
UnityEngine.SetupCoroutine:InvokeMoveNext(IEnumerator, IntPtr)

[atteneder]

Hi,
I think the error message says it all: that is not a valid HTTP URL.
What you can try is to mount the network share and load the file like a regular local file. To do this set the GltfAsset.url to the local path, prefixed with file://, which indicates that it is a local path. On macOS this might look something like file:///Volumes/Sharename/path/to/file.glb.
The download is done via UnityWebRequests. If a manual download via this class works for you, reopen the issue.

[fagerburg]

@atteneder in the use case I'm pursuing, asking all of my users to mount the file share locally isn't a very viable approach, would something like this fall under enhancement instead of issue?

[atteneder]

To me loading the file from something else than local file system or HTTP is not a goal. I'd also rather create an interface, so 3rd party developers can hook up their file-system-abstraction than integrate more functionality here.

But...UnityWebRequest (and glTFast alike) do support local files as well as HTTP, so you could host your content on a HTTP web server, be it internal or public.

[fagerburg]

totally understand, thanks for the info!