Animations do not play if called after a pre-load

I have a similar problem where I preload a couple of characters as soon as the game starts and when those characters appear , the game "lags" until it loads them ... so basically it acts like the pre-loading doesn't work.

Any way to make sure a character preloads?

Maybe load them at game launch?

But that's what I am doing... "I preload a couple of characters as soon as the game starts" and when those characters appear a few scenes afterwards (like 10 minutes into the game) the game lags until they are loaded

hmmm ... In the games property tab, have you selected the "keep character images in memory while displaying a  menu" ?

hmmm ... In the games property tab, have you selected the "keep character images in memory while displaying a  menu" ?

Yes , that one is still ticked on. Should I remove it?

Nop.

As for me, the problem resolved itself for the time being ...