Load JS files only if they exist

[Flink]

Hello there dear people of this awesome forum!

 

I am hoping you can help me with a problem I have:

Let's say my game has these files:

• main.js
• player.js
• hud.js

If hud.js is missing the game won't start. I need a way, so that this would only not show the hud but still execute the rest of the game.

Any tips are appreciated, thanks in advance!

[rich]

The only real way to do this would be to use something like requireJS, but even then this is a very strange requirement. Whatever your reason for maybe having a missing file, I would try my best to find an alternative / more sensible solution.

[pauser]

Make an ajax request to your file, looking something like this:

$.ajax(
{  url: "./js/hud.js",

   success: function(result){
      console.log("file is there");
   },
   error: function(){
      console.log("file is not there");
   },
   type:GET,

   dataType:"text"
});

 

[Flink]

Thanks for the answers. I will look into Ajax.

I am trying to build a programming learning environment. The player types some code in a web based IDE. These produced files shall then land in the game. So the player basically extends a basic game.