Question About Lost In Beta's Preloader Tutorial
I followed it, but I don't understand where the numbers come into play? Or how to work it after I get all the stuff done. I have everything done, up until the part where I have to make my movie in the 3rd frame in the 'actions' layer.
I inserted a movie clip in that 3rd frame and nothing happened. It didn't preload anything. Whats wrong? Do I just start making the movie in Frame 3 of the 'actions' layer or do I make them a movie clip?
Thanks.
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Question About Lost In Beta's Preloader Tutorial
I followed it, but I don't understand where the numbers come into play? Or how to work it after I get all the stuff done. I have everything done, up until the part where I have to make my movie in the 3rd frame in the 'actions' layer.
I inserted a movie clip in that 3rd frame and nothing happened. It didn't preload anything. Whats wrong? Do I just start making the movie in Frame 3 of the 'actions' layer or do I make them a movie clip?
Thanks.
Lost In Beta
Can you please write a tutorial for the signature banner you have? the one on kirupas is a little different. i like the front layer and the background squishing the txt. How would i do that?
Help With Lost In Beta's Particle Volcano
Lost did this great particle volcano in the sources/experiments section:
http://kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80014
I am trying to modify it so it only "erupts" when a particular movieclip is clicked. I tried to put the code on said movieclips timeline and changed all path references (there are very few; i'm thinking only the code on the main timeline needs to be changed) but it is still firing off when I click anywhere on the stage.
Any ideas?
Code on main timeline of lost's fla:
ActionScript Code:
//define particle generation variablesvar i, rain, pCount = 30, rate = 30;//function to add a particle on the stagefunction addParticle() { i++; attachMovie('particle', 'particle'+i, i, {_x:275, _y:385}).addGrav(); if (i>pCount) { clearInterval(rain); }}//function to clear all existing particles from the stagefunction clearParticles() { clearInterval(rain); for (var clip in _root) { _root[clip].removeMovieClip(); }}//function to reset and generate new particles when mouse is clickedthis.onMouseDown = function() { clearParticles(); i = 0; rain = setInterval(addParticle, rate);};
Code on particle that is attached from library:
ActionScript Code:
#initclip//define particle restrictionsvar restrictions = {left:0, right:550, top:0, bottom:400};//define physics variablesvar grav = 2, drag = .98, bounce = .9, rot = 5;function Particle() { this._xscale = this._yscale=Math.random()*(100-5)+5; this.aFade = Math.random()*(3-1)+1; this.xspeed = Math.random()*30-15; this.yspeed = Math.random()*-60;}Particle.prototype = new MovieClip();Object.registerClass("particle", Particle);Particle.prototype.onEnterFrame = addGrav;function addGrav() { this._x = this._x+this.xspeed; if (this._x+this._width/2>restrictions.right) { this._x = restrictions.right-this._width/2; this.xspeed = -this.xspeed*bounce; } if (this._x-this._width/2<restrictions.left) { this._x = restrictions.left+this._width/2; this.xspeed = -this.xspeed*bounce; } this._y = this._y+this.yspeed; if (this._y+this._height/2>restrictions.bottom) { this._y = restrictions.bottom-this._height/2; this.yspeed = -this.yspeed*bounce; } if (this._y-this._height/2<restrictions.top) { this._y = restrictions.top+this._height/2; this.yspeed = -this.yspeed*bounce; } this.yspeed = this.yspeed*drag+grav; this.xspeed = this.xspeed*drag; if (Math.floor(this.yspeed) == 1) { this._alpha -= this.aFade; if (this._alpha<1) { this.removeMovieClip(); } } this._rotation += this.xspeed*rot;}#endinitclip
Lost Tutorial
Hi All,
I saw a tutorial on this site for making handwriting appear as if someone is writing it on the screne. I've been looking for hours. Can anyone tell me where to find it?
I hope I have followed all the appropiate rules for posting and/or asking a question. If not I appologize - I'm blurred from looking.
thanks, cat >^..^<
Lost Tutorial
Hi Guys
Few days ago I saw a really cool Flash tutorial on a special effect which was like a few vertical white semi- tranparent rectangles overlapping and moving from side to side.
I can't seem to find it anywhere, can someone please let me know, if they know where I can find it.
Thanks heaps.
Lost Tutorial
Hi Guys
Few days ago I saw a really cool Flash tutorial on a special effect which was like a few vertical white semi- tranparent rectangles overlapping and moving from side to side.
I can't seem to find it anywhere, can someone please let me know, if they know where I can find it.
Thanks heaps.
Lost Ur Preloader
Hey i just did that preloader, Lost's tut, its all good till i test the preloader!!
the movie aint that big, when i test the preloader, it wont show till at least 22 kb have loaded!!
how come??
TabIndex Lost After Preloader
I have a preloader SWF and a mainmovie SWF. If I just render the mainmovie in the browser window with HTML I can access the tabIndex I issued to movieclips in the mainmovie.
My problem is that if I use a preloader with a moviecliploader after preload I lose all tabIndex ability. I think it has something to do with the depth of the target movieclips. using tabChildren doesn't help.
Variables Lost In Preloader Addition...?
Hi.
I have built a application that relies heavily on external data via XML and vars loaded into the <object> tags in the .asp pages. The application became larger than originally intended, and therefore needs a preloader.
Now I understand the whole preloader thing, but I am a bit confused as to what is going to happen to all the vars that I was loading into the <object> tags of the original .swf. Should I now just add them to the new preloader shells <object> tags?
Whereas before I referenced them like "_root.ID" what is the proper way once I have loaded my application into the preloader 'shell'?
code to loadmovie....
Code:
holder.loadMovie("assets/SiteContent/TireSelector/assets/results_ecommerce.swf");
So do append holder to vars in the results_ecommerce.swf?
Make any sense?
Im Lost A Little... No, I Lied. Im Totally Lost
Ok... I have been making flash movies for quite some time and never tried to learn actionscript or any of that mumbo jumbo.
Heres the deal; I need to learn how to make a site in flash. Basically what I need to learn to do is how to make pages link together, Do you just make different scenes, or what is the best way of taking that on? Then do you just link it with get_url ... I understand how to integrate actionscript but "NO" clue on what ones to use or anything. PLEASE HELP... Thanks a ton
Joel McLaughlin
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
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....
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
Preloader Tutorial
i am very brain dead when it comes to scripting.....can some please tell me what might be the best tutorial for adding a preloder to a flash MX movie
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.
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 ??
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.
Preloader Tutorial
anyone have a link to the best tutorial for a preloader bar that shows percentage loaded for mx 2004?
Tutorial For Preloader
the only tutorial i can find for a preloader is for flashmx. is this okay for flash eight or not? if anyone knows of any good tutorial i would appreciate it. thanks.
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
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.
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
Preloader Tutorial..
Um i was wondering...where did that tutorial go showing the 3d orange bar filling up a box as a preloader?
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!
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
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
Tutorial For Preloader
Im looking for a tutorial for Preloader, I want my flash movie to loads the entire movie before it plays. If you have a code please share it to me.
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.
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
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!
Preloader Tutorial..
Um i was wondering...where did that tutorial go showing the 3d orange bar filling up a box as a preloader?
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!
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
Preloader Tutorial
I'm trying to create a preloader. Does anyone know of any sure-handed tutorials online?
thanks
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
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
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!
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.
No External Preloader Tutorial
i looked all over this site and i can't find a tutorial for a external preloader...can someone tell me a link or tell me how to make one lol...you know the whole different swf file loading it...thanks
IS THERE AN IDIOTPROOF PREloader Tutorial?
As I am a real dunce and I REALLY have tried different tutorials ans I always muck it up. Do I have 2 layers, one preloader and one my flash movie? Or one layer with the preloader and my flash movie following it? Argh, please a simple tutorial?
thanks
Preloader Tutorial Needed
can anyone here give me a good place for a bar preloader. i would like to add a bar preloader to my origonal comunicative preloader but i cant find the tut.
Preloader Tutorial Needed
can anyone here give me a good place for a bar preloader. i would like to add a bar preloader to my origonal comunicative preloader but i cant find the tut.
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
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