Refactored LevelLoader to load sessions after levels, so that we can do the right thing with hero levels' sessions. Made levels default to type: 'hero'.

app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
 
     @worldNecessities = []
     @listenTo @supermodel, 'resource-loaded', @onWorldNecessityLoaded
-    @loadSession()
     @loadLevel()
     @loadAudio()
     @playJingle()
@@ -44,14 +43,19 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
     else
       @listenToOnce @supermodel, 'loaded-all', @onSupermodelLoaded
 
-  playJingle: ->
-    return if @headless
-    # Apparently the jingle, when it tries to play immediately during all this loading, you can't hear it.
-    # Add the timeout to fix this weird behavior.
-    f = ->
-      jingles = ['ident_1', 'ident_2']
-      AudioPlayer.playInterfaceSound jingles[Math.floor Math.random() * jingles.length]
-    setTimeout f, 500
+  # Supermodel (Level) Loading
+
+  loadLevel: ->
+    @level = @supermodel.getModel(Level, @levelID) or new Level _id: @levelID
+    if @level.loaded
+      @onLevelLoaded()
+    else
+      @level = @supermodel.loadModel(@level, 'level').model
+      @listenToOnce @level, 'sync', @onLevelLoaded
+
+  onLevelLoaded: ->
+    @loadSession()
+    @populateLevel()
 
   # Session Loading
 
@@ -83,29 +87,19 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
         @listenToOnce @opponentSession, 'sync', @loadDependenciesForSession
 
   loadDependenciesForSession: (session) ->
-    return if @levelID is 'sky-span'  # TODO
-    # TODO: I think this runs afoul of https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat/issues/1108
-    # TODO: this shouldn't happen when it's not a hero level, but we don't have level loaded yet,
-    # and the sessions are being created with default hero config regardless of whether it's a hero level.
-    if heroConfig = session.get('heroConfig')
+    return unless @level.get('type', true) is 'hero'
+    heroConfig = session.get('heroConfig')
+    unless heroConfig
+      heroConfig = {inventory: {}, thangType: '529ffbf1cf1818f2be000001'}  # Temp: assign Tharin as the hero
+      session.set 'heroConfig', heroConfig
     url = "/db/thang.type/#{heroConfig.thangType}/version?project=name,components,original"
     @worldNecessities.push @maybeLoadURL(url, ThangType, 'thang')
 
     for itemThangType in _.values(heroConfig.inventory)
       url = "/db/thang.type/#{itemThangType}/version?project=name,components,original"
       @worldNecessities.push @maybeLoadURL(url, ThangType, 'thang')
-  # Supermodel (Level) Loading
 
-  loadLevel: ->
-    @level = @supermodel.getModel(Level, @levelID) or new Level _id: @levelID
-    if @level.loaded
-      @populateLevel()
-    else
-      @level = @supermodel.loadModel(@level, 'level').model
-      @listenToOnce @level, 'sync', @onLevelLoaded
-
-  onLevelLoaded: ->
-    @populateLevel()
+  # Grabbing the rest of the required data for the level
 
   populateLevel: ->
     thangIDs = []
@@ -332,6 +326,15 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
 
   # Initial Sound Loading
 
+  playJingle: ->
+    return if @headless
+    # Apparently the jingle, when it tries to play immediately during all this loading, you can't hear it.
+    # Add the timeout to fix this weird behavior.
+    f = ->
+      jingles = ['ident_1', 'ident_2']
+      AudioPlayer.playInterfaceSound jingles[Math.floor Math.random() * jingles.length]
+    setTimeout f, 500
+
   loadAudio: ->
     return if @headless
     AudioPlayer.preloadInterfaceSounds ['victory']

app/models/Level.coffee

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = class Level extends CocoModel
 
   denormalize: (supermodel, session) ->
     o = $.extend true, {}, @attributes
-    if @get('type') is 'hero'
+    if @get('type', true) is 'hero'
       # TOOD: figure out if/when/how we are doing this for non-Hero levels that aren't expecting denormalization.
       for levelThang in o.thangs
         @denormalizeThang(levelThang, supermodel, session)

app/schemas/models/level.coffee

@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ LevelSchema = c.object {
     thangs: []
     systems: []
     victory: {}
+    type: 'hero'
 }
 c.extendNamedProperties LevelSchema  # let's have the name be the first property
 _.extend LevelSchema.properties,

test/app/lib/LevelLoader.spec.coffee

@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ describe 'LevelLoader', ->
       levelLoader = new LevelLoader({supermodel:new SuperModel(), sessionID: 'id', levelID: 'id'})
 
       # first load Tharin by the 'normal' session load
-      responses = { '/db/level_session/id': sessionWithTharinWithHelmet }
+      responses = '/db/level/id': levelWithOgreWithMace
+      jasmine.Ajax.requests.sendResponses(responses)
+      responses = '/db/level_session/id': sessionWithTharinWithHelmet
       jasmine.Ajax.requests.sendResponses(responses)
       numRequestsBefore = jasmine.Ajax.requests.count()
 
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ describe 'LevelLoader', ->
       levelLoader.loadDependenciesForSession(session)
       levelLoader.loadDependenciesForSession(session)
       numRequestsAfter = jasmine.Ajax.requests.count()
-      expect(numRequestsBefore).toBe(numRequestsAfter)
+      expect(numRequestsAfter).toBe(numRequestsBefore)
 
   it 'loads thangs for items that the level thangs have in their Equips component configs', ->
     new LevelLoader({supermodel:supermodel = new SuperModel(), sessionID: 'id', levelID: 'id'})