Makeing All The Pieces Fit, Making 1 Long 1
Dear; Helper People
I'm super close to finishing, but Its not loading all that nice. Some dont load and its slow.
What I had done was make 6 different sections, meaning.
I made one part of the movie, saved it. Then opened a new file and made the other part of the movie.
I tried to link them togeather using 'loadmovie' but its not really working. Some frams load, and if they do its like 5mins later.
How can I make it into a nice long con't movie, with out waiting for super lots of loading?
-Thanks
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash ActionScript
Posted on: 05-26-2002, 09:57 PM
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