Preloader Tutorial For You All.
I have written a preloader tutorial for you all.
http://www.geocities.com/lostboyviru...tutorial_1.htm
Comments and such welcome. Thanks,
Viru.
KirupaForum > Flash > Flash 8 (and earlier) > Flash MX
Posted on: 06-27-2003, 08:44 AM
View Complete Forum Thread with Replies
Sponsored Links:
Preloader Tutorial Gone Bad?
hi, after following tutorial at http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...12/index.shtml
I had problems -- basically, I became caught in a loop with the preload. To make matters worse, I was unable to capture the size in the variables therefore only able to view progress bar and nothing for the byte amounts.
After repeated checks of the code, i downloaded the example files. Come to find out, the example did the same thing when I previewed the .fla
Then I ran the .swf in the download zip -- it too is a loop
Is there a problem with this tutorial or what am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your time
Joe
View Replies !
View Related
Help With Preloader Tutorial
Hi, I am using flash 5 and working on creating a preloader. The tutorial i have been basing it off of is the Advanced Preloader tutorial on Flashkit -->
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...24/index.shtml
I pretty much understand everything, except i can't find some of the action scripts, in particular "End If
", "Go to and Play", "Begin Tell Target " and "Loop While". I am really new to flash, so these things re lost on me. Thanks....
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial Help
I have used the preloader tutorial titled "Creating an Advanced Preloader in Flash" (http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Actionscripting/Creating-Programm-689/index.shtml). I've gotten to work - for the most part. I put a movie clip in the laoding page, and that shows up and plays. The movie sits on the loading page until the rest of the movie is loaded and then proceeds to the next scene, as I've told it to do. What doesn't happen, however, is the bar and the text. None of these elements show up. Any ideas?
-The Dark One
View Replies !
View Related
Need A Preloader Tutorial
looking for a decent tutorial for progress bar and how to change the font of the percent textfield.
pulling my hair out on this one, Ive got a manual that im sure Iv'e followed to the letter, (Russel Chun, Flash advanced), but I cant get it to work.
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...-612/index.php
i do have a problem with the tutorial which i paste above .. i couldn't contact the author cuz his email no longer exist ...
i have a problem with the codes ... the line where nextscene(); doesn't seem to work .. i try to put goto the frame label and it also doean't work ... is there any other way ??
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial
Hello Flash'sters. I am trying to set up a preloader and do not know how to do-so. If anyone can direct me to a site or post with instructions on how to create one it would be much appreciated.
Thanks, folks.
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader AS3 Or Tutorial
Hi!
Could anyone please please please help me find a tutorial or the AS for a AS3 preloader?
Sorry I'm new to AS3...and I really need a preloader, but just can't find how to program the preloader.
Thanks!
Rebe
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial
Hello again,
I'm rather new to ActionScript, but I found it much, MUCH easier to do everything in an AS file, working with Flash and the timeline as little as possible, however, this has led me to a new predicament as all I have for code in my .FLA file is "#include menu.as".
I was wondering how I would go about building a preloader for such a program... I couldn't find any tutorials that do it almost exclusively in ActionScript.
It would be a great help.
Thank you.
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial Help
Hello, im very new to flash and followed this tutorial for a basic preloader http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader.htm
i have about 8 pictures with forward and backward buttons and put that preloader into it just like instrusted, and it works like a champ. my problem is that when tying to load this same swf into a movie clip holder from another swf it just does not want to work. im assuming something with the actionscript is checking the total file size of the swf im loading it into, but thats just my guess. actionscript seems so confusing
any help is appreciated
View Replies !
View Related
Please Help RE: Preloader Tutorial
Hi,
I'm a newbie with Flash MX, but I've been following the tutorials and learning all the basic stuff. The problem I'm having is, I've done the tutorial titled "Percentage Preloader w/Load Bar" and was able to get everything working properly while following along. However, that was when the preloader executes before the main content, but ONLY when the content is a single image on one frame.
My original content is a whole site that is composed of 5 layers and 42 frames. Where exactly would I have to insert the preloader to make it work? I've tried adding the 4 layers from the tutorial to my timeline, and even moved my content over so that it starts on frame 3, but I still can't get it to show the preloader progress. Is there anything about creating another scene in order to make it work, or is that unecessary?
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!
View Replies !
View Related
Tutorial + Preloader
But only one thing irritates me, like many other people. When its busy to load an extern swf in a movie. You should see the loading... thing. I would like to have loadbar. I know how to make one, but I dont know how to implement it in the .swf. Can someone gimme a good example or script how to do it?
here's the link of the tutorial where i'm talking about:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader_transition.htm
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial
Hello,
I'm trying to follow this totorial for a preloader http://www.kirupa.com/developer/acti..._preloader.htm
But I can't open the fla, I guess it's flash mx 2004, but I only have flash mx. Do you know how/from who I could get fla in flash mx? Or alternatively a similar tutorial for animated preloaders for flash mx?
Cheers
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial Help
Hello, im very new to flash and followed this tutorial for a basic preloader http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader.htm
i have about 8 pictures with forward and backward buttons and put that preloader into it just like instrusted, and it works like a champ. my problem is that when tying to load this same swf into a movie clip holder from another swf it just does not want to work. im assuming something with the actionscript is checking the total file size of the swf im loading it into, but thats just my guess. actionscript seems so confusing
any help is appreciated
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial
Hi,
I´m having a problem with the preloader tutorial. I was wondering if someone could take a look at the attached .fla to see why the dynamic text doesn´t show up.
I downloaded the final_preloader .fla and that works fine, but the only difference I find is that the final_preloader DOESN´T HAVE AN INSTANCE NAME FOR THE DYNAMIC TEXT FIELD. But it works. How is that possible?
Meanwhile, mine does have the correct "kirupatxt" instance name and it doesn't work.
I also copied the final_preloader "preloader" frame into another .fla and in the code used this.loading instead of this.kirupatxt and it STILL WORKED! Huh? It seems that the final_preloader dynamic text field has some kind of magic that makes it work even if references to it vary and it doesn´t even have an instance name to refer to.
I´m sure I´m missing something. Any help?
thanks!
View Replies !
View Related
Please Help RE: Preloader Tutorial
Hi,
I'm a newbie with Flash MX, but I've been following the tutorials and learning all the basic stuff. The problem I'm having is, I've done the tutorial titled "Percentage Preloader w/Load Bar" and was able to get everything working properly while following along. However, that was when the preloader executes before the main content, but ONLY when the content is a single image on one frame.
My original content is a whole site that is composed of 5 layers and 42 frames. Where exactly would I have to insert the preloader to make it work? I've tried adding the 4 layers from the tutorial to my timeline, and even moved my content over so that it starts on frame 3, but I still can't get it to show the preloader progress. Is there anything about creating another scene in order to make it work, or is that unecessary?
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!
View Replies !
View Related
Tutorial + Preloader
But only one thing irritates me, like many other people. When its busy to load an extern swf in a movie. You should see the loading... thing. I would like to have loadbar. I know how to make one, but I dont know how to implement it in the .swf. Can someone gimme a good example or script how to do it?
here's the link of the tutorial where i'm talking about:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader_transition.htm
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial
Last edited by thom2002 : 2004-01-06 at 01:02.
Hey guys,
I've been asked a bunch about preloaders, and also how to make it so they dont, u know skip around, well here it is
www.xstepdesigns.com/ultra/loader.fla
its an easing preloader, and I haven't tested it other than at my local machine...gonna do that in a bit, but the file has full comments and should answer any questions you have
hope this helps you guys out in some way or another
[edit]
here is the test file...i just loaded on some images to make the file size about 800k..my server dls at like 200KBs on cable so it had to be kinda big. reload it once its been loaded....yay it doesn't jump woopeee
http://www.xstepdesigns.com/ultra
i think i need more sleep
[/edit]
cheers,
brandon
View Replies !
View Related
Swf Preloader Tutorial
hello again,
I am hooked on the swf preloader tutorial. I seek to add a timer display to show a countdown as the preloader effects its job. The code is as follows:
Code:
var mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var mclL:Object = new Object();
mclL.onLoadProgress = function(target,loaded,total) {
var per:Number = Math.round((loaded/total) * 100);
loader.percent.text = per + "%";
bar._width = per;
trace("Total Filesize: "+total);
}
mclL.onLoadInit = function() {
loader._visible = false;
loader.percent.text = "";
}
mcl.addListener(mclL);
mcl.loadClip("myImage.swf",holder);
b1.onRelease = function() {
loader._visible = true;
mcl.loadClip("myImage.swf",holder);
}
b2.onRelease = function() {
loader._visible = true;
mcl.loadClip("myImage",holder);
}
I tried to do it on my own by reviewing and attempting to extract parts of the following code from Macromedia's documentation, which seems to deal with something of a countdown process, and failed, anyway here is that code:
Code:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("image_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
var mclListener:Object = new Object();
mclListener.onLoadStart = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
target_mc.startTimer = getTimer();
};
mclListener.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
target_mc.completeTimer = getTimer();
};
mclListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
var timerMS:Number = target_mc.completeTimer-target_mc.startTimer;
target_mc.createTextField("timer_txt", target_mc.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, target_mc._height,
target_mc._width, 22);
target_mc.timer_txt.text = "loaded in "+timerMS+" ms.";
};
var image_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
image_mcl.addListener(mclListener);
image_mcl.loadClip("http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/images/image1.jpg", image_mc);
Any help to get the top code to display a countdown timer as the preloading is happening is greatly appreciated. I find the gotoandlearn code at the top easier to follow, so I need help in modifying the first code.
Thank for the help
MM
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader...the Tutorial Isn't Working For Me...
can somebody please help me. i went to the tutorial at:
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...12/more5.shtml
obviously, i changed the interface to my liking, but it isn't really working for me. could one of you AS gurus out there help me and do it in like 7 seconds and put me to shame please. im not going to describe everything that i have, so please, just email me or IM me at jj1186@aol.com. I am online right now. when you do, tell me your email, and i can email you the fla, and you can try and help me please. thanks so much!
View Replies !
View Related
Decent Preloader Tutorial
Is there a decent tutorial ANYWHERE for preloaders. The kind of language I keep finding in these tutorials is obviously for people who already know how to use preloaders. When are people gonna realize that tutorials are also for people that don't know what they are dealing with. I'm relatively smart, but the everyday language to these people is still something I am learning.
View Replies !
View Related
Need A Good Bar Preloader Tutorial
hi,
i need to get my hands on a good tutorial for a bar preloader, i've searched flashkit and the tutorials are either not what i'm looking for, or they skip steps and automatically assume you know what they did, so if someone could give me a good descriptive tutorial that goes through all the steps of creating a bar preloader it would be great. i'm not exactly stupid when it comes to action scripting but i'm not a genius either...
thanx
View Replies !
View Related
Jpeg Preloader Tutorial
Hi all,
I hope this is an interesting question and not just a stupid (or lazy) one. I've written a bit of actionsript to do a jpeg loader (just a loadbar and no percent value displayed but that is easy to add)
My loader is crap though, for these reasons:
1. Before an image is loaded the thing shows a value of 100% and there is a delay before it jumps to something like 22% and starts loading.
2. After the image is loaded the progress bar stays on (this wasn't a problem at first because I sized all jpegs to be large enough to totally cover the bar).
There are enough of these small problems and things I've overlooked.
My problem is I'm looking for a decent tutorial or walkthrough for a jpeg loader (preloader) tutorial so that I can start with a good design rather than creating somethign that works then patching up all the problems.
Thanks in Advance
- Eric
View Replies !
View Related
[F8] Preloader Help: Will This Tutorial Work?
My site is composed of 7 flash pages which each link to multiple HTML pages. I would like each of the 7 main flash pages to have a pre-loader attached to decrease user wait time.
I found the following tutorial by searching on Google and it looks pretty cool. Will this work for what I'm trying to do?
Any help / suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys (and girls).
http://www.lukamaras.com/tutorials/p...preloader.html
View Replies !
View Related
Need To Find A Preloader Tutorial
I have created a project consisting of frames and layers. Now I want a preloader that I can connect with this project. I have tried to do a preloader earlier but it only worked by importing pictures. My project has motion and I don't want to convert it. Is there a tutorial for making a preloader for my needs.
View Replies !
View Related
Decent Preloader Tutorial?
Hello,
I have an MC that is 100 frames long and I want to make it my preloader and have it synced to the %. Problem is - I have no idea how
Can anyone recommend a good preloader tutorial that shows how to do this and not just create some basic load bar?
I thought I found one at Newgrounds but the AS is a little suspect.
Thanks for any help!...Will
View Replies !
View Related
Help With Modification To Preloader Tutorial
I spotted the wonderful preloader tutorial by Jesse and went to work to see if I could build one. No problem. I even added an animated movie clip! (That's saying a lot of me)
Here's the thing I need to change. I have a movie that is 7-8 scenes long. It will all stream except for the first scene...thus I need to preload that much only (I think). The preloader in the tutorial captures the total number of bytes in the entire file. Thus, the user sees it preload to about 30% and then jumps into the movie. Makes them think they are going to have to wait much longer than they actually do. And I have about 10 other movies that will need the same tweak...and all have different preload points.
How can I make it capture only the bytes in the first scene that needs to preload? Somehow I need to change total_bytes = _root.getBytesTotal();
to only reflect the first scene. I bet I need to assign a name to scene1 and substitute it in this line. But I don't have a clue how to do it!!! HELP! Thanks.
Linda
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial For MX 2004
Since the "smooth preloader tutorial" doesn't work in MX 2004, I am writting this tutorial for a preloader that works in MX 2004. It be my first so bear with me.
First make a new flash document. On the first frame on the time line put
ActionScript Code:
stop();
because we don't want the movie to play any further until all of it has loaded-->preloader, right?
Next, make a movie clip and put it on the stage. In that movie clip's timeline put this
ActionScript Code:
//stops the MC from playing right away.
stop();
//excutes the below code at the frame per second of the movie
onEnterFrame = function() {
// get the total bytes of the movie
totalBytes = _parent.getBytesTotal();
//gets the bytes that have been loaded so far.
//This number changes because of our onEnterFrame.
loadedBytes = _parent.getBytesLoaded();
//make a percent out of two numbers and rounds it up.
percent = Math.ceil((loadedBytes/totalBytes)*100);
//this tweens our display box. I'll talk more about this in a minute.
gotoAndStop(percent);
//displays the dynamic text box you are going to make the percent loaded
info_txt.text = percent+" %";
// if fully loaded, play the movie
if (percent>=100) {
//goes to the frame label "Main" on the main/_root timeline
_parent.gotoAndPlay("Main");
}
}
Okay there is our code.
Now create a small rectangle box. 100 frames latter create a similar box but much longer. Now tween thoses boxes using the "shape tween" in the properties. Our code above "gotoAndStop(percent);" animate this when the movie is preloading. See how that works? Great!
Now make that dynamic text box and name it "info_txt" The percent loaded will show in that box.
Great ALMOST done. If you use it as is, the preloader wont show up until about 40% so lets fix this.
What happens is all your components have to load before the preloader loads this cause it not to show until about 40%. To fix this:
go to File-->Publish Settings-->Click the tab called Flash. Next to "actionscript version click settings. Now where it says export frame for class choose (for our example) 5. It doesn't matter what number you pick but it must be before you call need the components. So i choose 5 and then have all my info on frame 6 and on (BTW I dont use scenes). Now for the component right click on them in the library and choose linkage. In the 4th box down "uncheck export in first frame" Right, we just change the export classes.
You also need to do this if you use attachMovie. However, you also need to put an instance of it on/off the stage at some point of the movie. Read more about it here senocular's tutorials
Great this is about it. Now you got a great preloader enjoy.
Attached is an example. The file is very small to get it to fix on here. To see the preloader work, add a little "weight" to the file.
________________
Additionally,
Here is a link to an issue CyanBlue brought up about preloader displaying for a fraction of a second. Oldnewbie shows a solution to make it load directly if cached.
http://actionscripts.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=74255
________________
View Replies !
View Related
Trouble With Preloader Tutorial.....
hello i am trying to apply the lessons taught in this tutorial about loading dynamic files and using preloaders to a project i am working on.
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/p...transition.htm
the problem i am having is that i cannot figure out how to control where the external .swf that i am loading loads onto my stage.
can anyone help me out? thanks
View Replies !
View Related
A Question About The Preloader Tutorial
I have a simple question about the preloader tutorial located at:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/p...epreloader.htm
In order to impliment this preloader, do I need to move all other layers on the timeline of my animation to frame 3. If so, what's the easiest way to do this. Thanks so much.
Equis
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader And Transition Tutorial
I'm having difficulty with one of these tutorials: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/p...transition.htm
iii. Click the transition layer. Double Click on the transition movie clip. Then select the frame 1 of the actions layer. Press F9 or go to Window | Actions. Copy and paste the following code into the Actions dialogue box: _root.section = "profile.swf";
iv. Click on the frame 9 of the actions layer. Press F9 or go to Window | Actions. Copy and paste the following code into the Actions dialogue box:
loadMovie(_root.section, _root.content);
stop();
v. Click on the frame 24 of the actions layer. Press F9 or go to Window | Actions. Copy and paste the following code into the Actions dialogue box:
stop();
I don't understand how this is supposed to work. If I click on the transition layer & double click on the transition move clip, nothing happens, then selecting frame 1 of the actions layer and pressing F9 brings up the actions for the actions layer. Which in the completed tutorial, it shows that the code does not go there.
I hope someone can understand what I mean. I've been examining both the partial source and completed source trying to get it to work, but to no avail.
View Replies !
View Related
Help With Tween/AS Preloader Tutorial.
Ok I have a problem with my main preloader and can't figure it out, I have used the AS/TWEEN Preloader from the Kirupa tutorial located here. I have tweaked this preloader and embedded it in my main.swf, it seems to give accurate readouts for loading the external file movingbg.swf, but it does not go back to the root so it can complete the outro animation... therefore leaving the preloader hanging in the background of my main movie.
Attached is the .fla so you can see what I am talking about.
Thanks in advance for the help!
View Replies !
View Related
Help With Tween/AS Preloader Tutorial.
Ok I have a problem with my main preloader and can't figure it out, I have used the AS/TWEEN Preloader from the Kirupa tutorial located here. I have tweaked this preloader and embedded it in my main.swf, it seems to give accurate readouts for loading the external file movingbg.swf, but it does not go back to the root so it can complete the outro animation... therefore leaving the preloader hanging in the background of my main movie.
Attached is the .fla so you can see what I am talking about.
Thanks in advance for the help!
View Replies !
View Related
Preloader Tutorial Problem
I've just tried this Preloader but couldn't get it working as it shows in the example:
Reusabel Preloader Using MovieClipLoader
The error occurs when I view the swf file online. All images preload when I click on the buttons, except the default image won't appear. There should upload a default image when visiting the page, just like on the tutorial example.
I've also tried it with the tutorial example file but it gave the same negative result.
Anyone knows what I'm forgetting?
View Replies !
View Related
Problems With The Preloader Tutorial
I added a preloader to an existing animated navbar, following the steps in the tutorial exactly (apart from changing the width of the load bar). The preloader works fine, but since adding it in, the animation I had on the navbar no longer plays... The navbar includes a fairly big background image, so I need the preloader, but my breif told me I had to have the animation in as well.
A zip with the two .fla'scan be found here:
http://chrismcleod.net/dropzone/flas.zip
Has anyone got any idea what's causing this? If so, what do I need to change to get it to work right? I've been looking over it for over an hour now, and am competely befuddled!
Thanks in advance
View Replies !
View Related
|
TRACKER
