Flash :: Yes, Preloader Staring Late.

Why Is A Preloader Late?
Hi;

I'm confused and frustrated at this issue. I have a movie that is fairly large (1.8MB) and have a preloader in a "preload" scene, to take care of the preloading. Nothing fancy. Just some text that says they are loading 1.8MB of data, and a dynamic percent value displaying their progress.

The problem is that, the movie has to load about 300K before they see the loading message! Is there a reason for this? I thought that the whole point of having a preloader is that, it will show progress as soon as the movie loads.

Any help or info to clear this up would be grealy appreciate.

thanks;
J.

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I have a main swf movie that loads other swf movies upon clicking a link. Each smaller movie has a preloader. I launched my site and tested it on a slower modems and found that my preloader is popping up about 3-8 seconds AFTER I click a link. This will prove to be VERY frustrating for some users who may think the link is broken and continue to click... click... click.

Hoping to remedy this problem I opened my source files (one example attached) and found that my first frame is ranges between 16-22k in size, yet there is nothing that I have in that frame that is even close to that size. I deleted my preloader and the size stayed the same. What is going on here?

Please take a look at the file, and tell me what you think. Feel free to edit and repost the file.

Thanks ahead of time

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Hi, I'm creating a website using html, and all the swfs i create are embebed in the html, but whenever the viewer (could be me obviously) goes to a different section of the site the swf take a bit to load, and during that time the space occupied by the swf just shows blank!! I'm using preloaders this way: i place the preloader on scene 1 and the content of the swf is on scene 2! but the purpose of the preloader isnt being fulfiled!!!it should INSTANTLY appear when the site viewer navigates on the site,but that doesnt happen!! And the blank(which could be named as a "white flash")for BIG swf files lasts for 10 seconds or more!It's causing me big trouble!How can I bypass this?To make myself clear,what i want,is that the swf files whatever size they are INSTANTLY start to run!Appreciate any help!THANKS!

David

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Hy again. I have a question about a loader "thing".
I have a Scene with a couple of buttons and an empty MovieClip.
When the user clicks a button, an external SWF load's into that empty MC. The Preloader that appears after the click on a button, is put on the first frame of that external SWF. The "thing" is that the preloader appears late...'bout 2-3 seconds.
I see on other sites that when i click a button, a preloader appears INSTANTLY! How can i do that...how can i make my preloader appear fast? It's not so big problem but i think that when a user navigate through my site...he's gonna think that the site is bad made...

Here is the link to my site where u can see the preloaders appear slow: www.diblue.3x.ro - click the ABOUT,WORKS,REQUEST buttons!

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ok, i know it is something really stupid im not seeing...i am just starting actionscripting (flash mx 2004)

can someone look @ this and see what my code is missing? i just think i did not get much sleep last night and this all seemed so clear in class this morning and now it is eluding me - i feel like an idiot! any help would be appreciated - thanks - jb

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Alrite I have a proloader with % on my flash movie. Only problem is when I stream it in Flash MX the screen is for about 15 sec then finally the preloader appears but it is already at 59% loaded and it continues from there. I need it to appear at first so people can see that it is actually loading from 0%. Waiting 15 sec won't work for me. Any ideas?

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My preloader bar doesnt even show up until it is already 20k loaded.. why isnt it starting at 0? Heres my script:

loadedbytes=getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes=getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes=Math.ceil (loadedbytes/1000);
totalkbytes=Math.ceil(totalbytes/1000);
if (loadedbytes == totalbytes) {
nextScene ();
}
frame = int(loadedbytes/(totalbytes/100));
tellTarget (_root.loader) {
gotoAndStop (_root.frame);
}

I copied that straight from a flashkit tut, and it works fine except mines starting 20k late and leaving a big empty black screen while the first 20k loads, which looks very bad.

Anyideas???

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I have a Standard Preloader that i downloaded on this site, with bar+percents.
I put the preloader into the first frame of my scene,
my movie.swf on frame 2.
THE PROBLEM IS the preloader appears late, the bar is at 60% finished...
It works but it seems that the movie preloads 60% BEFORE go to frame 1 where my preloader is.

I hope its clear, sorry 4 my english.

Help me and THX.

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Okay, I doing this flash..about 1 MB and after I complete the scenes, I start creating the preloader.

The preloader works fine on testing but problems appear after I upload it.

The movie went blank for about a min and then it appears with the percentage being already 64% and then continues way up to 100%. I'm puzzle about what's taking the preloader so long go appear...

I thought at first that maybe My preloader BG's file size is too big so I got rid of it but it's no use. My preloader's only 4 frames with 5 layers.....all words and a small button.

Anyone tell me wat's wrong?

Thanks.........

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ok i made a site in flash, and i added the preloader to it, the same one i use for all my stuff, and i test it and it doesn't show up, so i upload it to see if it works on the internet... at first it didn't show up at all then a couple kb's before it was done loading it showed up. i have tried multiple preloaders and all of them do the same thing, what causes this and how can i fix it?

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Hi, I have a preloader that starts halfway through. I have done a few tests on different size movies. and none of them start from 0.

I know that flash has to load stuff from the first frame, and have tried maked the grapgics for the preloader external in the aim it would load it first, but didnt work. so I have done a test on a real simple 40KB movie that just has a movie clip(in the second scene) in with 3 images on seperate frames, each with a stop command in.

On the first scene is the preloader. which is structure like this

---1st frame
//initialize text fields
loadpercent = "0%";
loadBytes = "0 of " + Math.round((_root.getBytesTotal() / 1024) * 1000) / 1000 + " Kb";

graphics for preloader (2 dynamic txt boxes, static text 'loading' and a movie clip of a simple bar, that gets resized in ac.

---2nd Frame
loadPercent = (Math.floor(_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal()*50)+"%");
loadBytes = (Math.round((_root.getBytesLoaded()/1024)*1000)/1000+" Kb of "+Math.round((_root.getBytesTotal()/1024)*1000)/1000+" Kb total Loaded.");
if (_root.getBytesLoaded() == _root.getBytesTotal()) {
// Check for finished loading
// If loaded, final update to fields
loadPercent = "100%";
loadBytes = (Math.round((_root.getBytesLoaded()/1024)*1000)/1000+" Kb of "+Math.round((_root.getBytesTotal()/1024)*1000)/1000+" Kb total Loaded.");
gotoAndPlay("finished");
// Where to go once your movie is loaded
}

--3rd Frame
gotoAndPlay(2);
///Loops back to continuosly update text fields

---4th Frame 'finished'
nextScene();

can anyone tell me how to make the preloader start from 0 or close to it.

Thanks
Kaan.

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I have just done a Flash website and tested it out online. However my loading bar seens to be showing up late. The site loads with a blank screen and the preloader only appears when the whole site is about to finish downloading. I have place my preloader in the first frame and everything else starts at the 2nd frame.

How do i resolve this problem?

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I'm going crazy here. I made a preloader and to test it I put a jpeg image after it to see if it works. So far so good, works like a charm.
When I want to use it to load my site it doesnt work to well. The loader starts at +80%!

According to the bandwith profile my first frame where the preloader is, is the biggest frame. Its almost 50kb! The preloader is only 5kb and i'm not using any sounds. I am however using another font in my movie, not a default font, but i tried to change all text to _sans, but still same problem.

Would really really really appreciate some help on this.

onClipEvent (load) {
//get starting info
totalFileSize = _root.getBytesTotal();
startTime = getTimer();
startBytes = _root.getBytesLoaded();

//hide progress bar
//this._yscale = 0;
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
//see how much has been loaded so far
bytesLoaded = _root.getBytesLoaded();

//convert to a value from 0 to 1
amountLoaded = bytesLoaded/totalFileSize;

//convert to a value from 0 to 100
percentLoaded = int(100*amountLoaded);

//set the scale of the progress bar
this._yscale = percentLoaded;
//this.fill._yscale = percentLoaded;

//set the text area in the main timeline
_root.loadingMessage = percentLoaded + "%";

//get speed
timeSoFar = getTimer() - startTime;
speed = bytesLoaded/timeSoFar;

//get the time left
bytesLeft = totalFileSize - bytesLoaded;
timeLeft = (bytesLeft/1000)*(speed/1000);

//convert to a number with one decimal place
speed = int(10*speed)/10;

//set the text areas
_root.bytesMessage = int(bytesLoaded/1000) + "kb/" +
int(totalFileSize/1000) + "kb";
_root.speedMessage = speed + "k/sec";
_root.timeMessage = int(timeLeft) + " seconds remaining";

//see whether that is everything
if (amountLoaded >= 1.0) {
_root.gotoAndStop("start");
}
}

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I think I'm outclassed here and would GREATLY appreciate some help on how to make the loader work for my movie from you geniuses out there.

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Hi everyone, Im almost done with a site that Im doing for a client, but i just realized that the Preloader that I have been using all along isn't loading up right away. I know more then 1 person has had this question, i have read alot of those peoples post but just cant seem to figure out the answer. The script that im using is this.

stop();
myInterval = setInterval(preloader, 10);
function preloader() {
if (getBytesLoaded()>=getBytesTotal()) {
play();
clearInterval(myInterval);
}
bar._xscale = (getBytesLoaded()/getBytesTotal())*100;
myTextField.text = Math.round(getBytesLoaded()/getBytesTotal()*100)+"%";
loaded.text = getBytesLoaded()+" Bytes Downloaded";
total.text = getBytesTotal()+" Total Bytes ";
}

I have my preloader on the 1st frame in scene 1, scene 2 is where the rest of the site is. Is anyone able to help me out and look at that script and tell me why its not working, I would really really appreciate the help.

Thanks
Frank

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PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!

the background images have been removed to keep the file size down on the fla

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http://aslcenter.gallaudet.edu/template.html

My question for you related to the above Flash movie is - I added a preloader. It works fine if you have a
high-speed connection, but when I simulate a 56k connection, the preloader
bar and % counter does not come on until about 60k or about 20%. I looked
at the AS and I can't figure out how to make it start at 1% - in other
words, much sooner.

i found a tutoral for this preloader at gotoandlearn.com . if you watch the simple preloader movie, you'll see what i did.

if you'd like, i can post the FLA for you to download to take a look at.

Thanks...

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Hi, I've created a preloader for my 1mb+ flash movie. However, when I tried to load it, the screen was empty for a few seconds before the preloader suddenly pops up. By then, it had already loaded about 50%. I thought it was supposed to start immediately from 0% and load till 100%?

In the 1st frame I've the following AS:

totalBytes = Math.round(getBytesTotal() / 1024);
loadedBytes = Math.round(getBytesLoaded() / 1024);
percentDone = Math.round((loadedBytes / totalBytes) * 100);
if (_root._framesloaded >= _root._totalframes) {
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2nd frame:

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and the 3rd frame is labeled "start". I've also assigned a dynamic text with the var name: percentDone.

Can anyone help on this? Thanks very much!

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Anyone knows why is preloader start late? I've attached a FLA here, please let me know your ideas and suggestion.

On frame 1 I have:
loadpercent = "0%";
loadBytes = "0 of " + Math.round((_root.getBytesTotal() / 1024) * 1000) / 1000 + " Kb";

On frame 2:
loadPercent = (Math.floor (_root.getBytesLoaded() / _root.getBytesTotal() * 100) + "%");
loadBytes = (Math.round((_root.getBytesLoaded() / 1024) * 1000) / 1000 + " / " + Math.round((_root.getBytesTotal() / 1024) * 1000) / 1000 + " Kb " );

if (_root.getBytesLoaded() == _root.getBytesTotal()){//Check for finished loading
//If loaded, final update to fields
loadPercent = "100%";
loadBytes = (Math.round((_root.getBytesLoaded() / 1024) * 1000) / 1000 + " / " + Math.round((_root.getBytesTotal() / 1024) * 1000) / 1000 + " Kb " );

gotoAndPlay("smi", 1);//Where to go once your movie is loaded
}

On frame 3:
gotoAndPlay(2);

On frame 4:
gotoAndPlay("smi", 1);
// proceed to next scene

Your ideas and suggestion will be greatly appreciated to have your support.

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Dear Kirupa and friends,
I am using a simple loop type of code to have a % counter... You know.
The main interface is quite heavy and that's why I am using it. The script for loading is on the 2 first frames of the main interface.
I don't understand why this loader is taking a real long time to come up and only shows up at 85 % of the download, making it a bit useless.
check out
http://www.studio-meta.com/
with a bit of patience, you'll see what I'm talking about.
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Hey guys,
I'm kind of new to flash, and I'm having trouble with a preloader in an external .swf (shameful I know ). The preloader works, but only for a brief period right before the movie loads, eg. the space remains blank for a minute or two, the preloader shows up at 95-98% through, and the movie loads straight after. The content loading isn't very large--at the moment it's only loading text. The site is here if that helps.

The code I've used is as follows

(first keyframe)

Quote:

bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
this.loadBar._width = getPercent*100;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
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this.gotoAndPlay(3);
}

(second keyframe)

Quote:

this.gotoAndPlay(1);

(third keyframe)

Quote:

stop ()

Note: The third keyframe also has the content on it.

I'm sorry if I'm repeating anything or asking a stupid question, but I searched around and couldn't figure it out...
Any help would be aprreciated.

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bbb

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e.g:

>_root
>>_root.preLoader
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* saved the preloader as a separate .swf file and loaded it into the main movie with loadMovie

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you may preview the .swf at

http://www.simetra.com/intro_2c.swf

and the .fla at

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Attach Code

stop();

this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, indexStart);

var loaderbar:Preloader = new Preloader();

function indexStart(event:Event) {

stage.addChild(loaderbar);

loaderbar.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
loaderbar.y = stage.stageHeight/2;

loaderbar.loading_txt.text = "Loading " + Math.floor((this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded/this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesTotal)*100)+ "%";
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if (this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded==this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesTotal) {
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...
2008-07-01 10:54:25 16135 (s)2641173 Scalability Test Node Running: 10.50.1.71 -

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Dunno if it's just coz it's late and I my brains asleep....
The script below is attached to a clip.
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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
destDiff = _root.scaleDest/500;
if (this._xscale != _root.scaleDest && this._xscale < _root.scaleDest + destDiff && this._xscale > _root.scaleDest - destDiff) {
this._xscale = _root.scaleDest;
} else {
this._xscale += (_root.scaleDest-this._xscale)*.2;
}
if (this._yscale != _root.scaleDest && this._yscale < _root.scaleDest + destDiff && this._yscale > _root.scaleDest - destDiff) {
this._yscale = _root.scaleDest;
} else {
this._yscale += (_root.scaleDest-this._yscale)*.2;
}
if (this._x != _root.xDest && this._x < _root.xDest + destDiff && this._x > _root.xDest - destDiff) {
this._x = _root.xDest;
} else {
this._x += (_root.xDest - this._x)*.2;
}
if (this._y != _root.yDest && this._y < _root.yDest + destDiff && this._y > _root.yDest - destDiff) {
this._y = _root.yDest;
} else {
this._y += (_root.yDest - this._y)*.2;
}

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ZIP with FLA can be downloaded here: http://www.trwdesigns.net/lockdown.zip

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