Speeding up visible location call

game/scenes/Levels/location_level.gd

@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ const INVENTORY_API_URL := "https://pinv.ranaze.com/api/inventory"
 @export var tile_label_height := 0.01
 @export var tile_label_color: Color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
 
-@onready var _block: MeshInstance3D = $TerrainBlock
-@onready var _player: RigidBody3D = $Player
-@onready var _camera: Camera3D = $Player/Camera3D
+@onready var _block: MeshInstance3D = $TerrainBlock
+@onready var _player: RigidBody3D = $Player
+@onready var _camera: Camera3D = $Player/Camera3D
+@onready var _player_visual: Node3D = $Player/TestCharAnimated
 
 var _center_coord := Vector2i.ZERO
 var _tiles_root: Node3D
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@ var _queued_locations_refresh := false
 var _interact_in_flight := false
 
 
-func _ready() -> void:
-	_tiles_root = Node3D.new()
-	_tiles_root.name = "GeneratedTiles"
-	add_child(_tiles_root)
+func _ready() -> void:
+	_tiles_root = Node3D.new()
+	_tiles_root.name = "GeneratedTiles"
+	add_child(_tiles_root)
 
 	if _camera:
 		_camera_start_offset = _camera.position
@@ -50,15 +51,17 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 		_tracked_node = _player
 
 	var start_coord := SelectedCharacter.get_coord()
-	_center_coord = Vector2i(roundi(start_coord.x), roundi(start_coord.y))
-	_persisted_coord = _center_coord
-	_character_id = String(SelectedCharacter.character.get("id", SelectedCharacter.character.get("Id", ""))).strip_edges()
-
-	_block.visible = false
-	await _load_existing_locations()
-	_ensure_selected_location_exists(_center_coord)
-	_rebuild_tiles(_center_coord)
-	_move_player_to_coord(_center_coord)
+	_center_coord = Vector2i(roundi(start_coord.x), roundi(start_coord.y))
+	_persisted_coord = _center_coord
+	_character_id = String(SelectedCharacter.character.get("id", SelectedCharacter.character.get("Id", ""))).strip_edges()
+
+	_block.visible = false
+	_deactivate_player_for_load()
+	await _load_existing_locations()
+	_ensure_selected_location_exists(_center_coord)
+	_rebuild_tiles(_center_coord)
+	_move_player_to_coord(_center_coord)
+	_activate_player_after_load()
 
 
 func _process(_delta: float) -> void:
@@ -95,12 +98,34 @@ func _coord_to_world(coord: Vector2i) -> Vector3:
 	return Vector3(coord.x * tile_size, block_height * 0.5, coord.y * tile_size)
 
 
-func _move_player_to_coord(coord: Vector2i) -> void:
-	if _player == null:
-		return
-	_player.global_position = Vector3(coord.x * tile_size, player_spawn_height, coord.y * tile_size)
-	_player.linear_velocity = Vector3.ZERO
-	_player.angular_velocity = Vector3.ZERO
+func _move_player_to_coord(coord: Vector2i) -> void:
+	if _player == null:
+		return
+	_player.global_position = Vector3(coord.x * tile_size, player_spawn_height, coord.y * tile_size)
+	_player.linear_velocity = Vector3.ZERO
+	_player.angular_velocity = Vector3.ZERO
+
+
+func _deactivate_player_for_load() -> void:
+	if _player == null:
+		return
+	_player.freeze = true
+	_player.sleeping = true
+	_player.linear_velocity = Vector3.ZERO
+	_player.angular_velocity = Vector3.ZERO
+	if _player_visual:
+		_player_visual.visible = false
+
+
+func _activate_player_after_load() -> void:
+	if _player == null:
+		return
+	_player.linear_velocity = Vector3.ZERO
+	_player.angular_velocity = Vector3.ZERO
+	_player.sleeping = false
+	_player.freeze = false
+	if _player_visual:
+		_player_visual.visible = true
 
 
 func _rebuild_tiles(center: Vector2i) -> void:
@@ -423,7 +448,7 @@ func _load_existing_locations() -> void:
 			"name": location_name,
 			"biomeKey": String(location.get("biomeKey", "plains")).strip_edges(),
 			"locationObject": _parse_location_object(location.get("locationObject", {})),
-			"floorItems": []
+			"floorItems": _parse_floor_inventory_items(location.get("floorItems", []))
 		}
 		loaded_count += 1
 
@@ -431,11 +456,9 @@ func _load_existing_locations() -> void:
 	if loaded_count == 0:
 		push_warning("Visible locations request succeeded but returned 0 locations for character %s." % _character_id)
 
-	await _load_visible_location_inventories()
-
-	_locations_loaded = true
-	_locations_refresh_in_flight = false
-	_rebuild_tiles(_center_coord)
+	_locations_loaded = true
+	_locations_refresh_in_flight = false
+	_rebuild_tiles(_center_coord)
 	if _queued_locations_refresh:
 		_queued_locations_refresh = false
 		_queue_locations_refresh()
@@ -633,6 +656,7 @@ func _parse_floor_inventory_items(value: Variant) -> Array:
 			continue
 		var item := entry as Dictionary
 		items.append({
+			"itemId": String(item.get("itemId", item.get("id", ""))).strip_edges(),
 			"itemKey": String(item.get("itemKey", "")).strip_edges(),
 			"quantity": int(item.get("quantity", 0)),
 			"slot": item.get("slot", null)
@@ -640,19 +664,6 @@ func _parse_floor_inventory_items(value: Variant) -> Array:
 
 	return items
 
-
-func _load_visible_location_inventories() -> void:
-	for coord_variant in _known_locations.keys():
-		var coord: Vector2i = coord_variant
-		var location_data: Dictionary = _known_locations[coord]
-		var location_id := String(location_data.get("id", "")).strip_edges()
-		if location_id.is_empty():
-			continue
-		var floor_items := await _fetch_location_inventory(location_id)
-		location_data["floorItems"] = floor_items
-		_known_locations[coord] = location_data
-
-
 func _refresh_location_inventory(location_id: String) -> void:
 	if location_id.is_empty():
 		return