Flash :: Preloader Inside A Film

Preloader Inside Preloader Type Thing
Hi,

I've got like a main page that has a preloader in a different scene. And in the main page I call loadMovie on first frame that load external swf that has same structure - preloader scene with a main scene (content for the main page) ... but the first preloader seems to wait to load the actual page and the external swf before if finishes. Why is the first preloader not just preloading for the home page and then once u are there the other preloader kicks in and loads the content??? Also the preloader seems to have a wait till 20 % before it actually appears on the screen how is that?

code is

frame 1
-----------------------------
total_bytes = _root.getBytesTotal();
kb = int (total_bytes/1000)
loaded_bytes = _root.getBytesLoaded();
kb_loaded = int (loaded_bytes/1000);
remaining_bytes = total_bytes-loaded_bytes;
kb_remaining = int (remaining_bytes/1000);
percent_done = int((loaded_bytes/total_bytes)*100);
bar.bar2.gotoAndStop(percent_done);
ifFrameLoaded ("main", 1) {
gotoAndPlay ("main", 1);
}
--------------------------------
frame 2

gotoAndPlay(1);

Cheers

Preloader Inside A MC?
I have a moveclip that needs to be preloaded due to its size, I have got a preloader inside the MC, however it seems to control the maintimeline rather than the MC timeline:-

bytes_loaded = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(_root.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
_root.loadBar._width = getPercent*100;
_root.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
_root.gotoAndStop(3);
}

I tried to change the _root to _mc but that didnt do anything.

Preloader Goes Inside Out, How Do I Fix This?
Any one have this problem, im sure its easy but, for the life of me i cant figure it out!! My preloader goes inside out. I want it to go left to right. I did a tutorial on preloaders, to a t. Downloaded the source, his goes left to right mine goes outward in. Then i cut an pasted the source code. Mine still goes outside in...

Anyone? Im eager to get this conquered, any flash genious want to help a newb?

Preloader Inside External Mc
I load an external mc with this as:

loadMovie ("externalmc.swf", "/Placeholder");

works perfect but: Inside this external mc there is a preloader bar which does not show up in the final movie. While the mc loads a bar should show the remainig time but it just doesnt work.

My preloader as is this one:

total_bytes = _root.getBytesTotal();
loaded_bytes = _root.getBytesLoaded();
remaining_bytes = total_bytes-loaded_bytes;
percent_done = int((loaded_bytes/total_bytes)*100);
bar.gotoAndStop(percent_done);
ifFrameLoaded ("Scene 2", 30) {
gotoAndStop ("Scene 2", "START");
}

Do I have to put the preloader bar inside the main mc ?

Any Idea please, would help me
thanks

Movie Inside Another With Preloader...
hi,
i want simply load a movie into another movie, plus i want to make it with preloader.
i tried to put preloader in the movie that i loaded, but it did not work.
i know it's supposed to be simple and i've seen it a million times.
i would appreciate if somebody could post a simple example.
i would be grateful.
thanks.

Going To A Preloader() Inside A Function
Hello,

I have a function that is meant to load a certain movie on Level10, and then go to a certain keyframe, but I need to preload that movie before I can tell it to go to frame XYZ. Does anybody know how I can go out of a function to a preloader, and then come back in? In other words

function loadMovie_fnc(){
......
......
loadMovieNum("intro.swf", 10)
preloadMovie();
gotoAndPlay("end");
}

Thanks in advance

Preloader Inside MC ? NOT WORKING
Ok,

This is killing me, why won't the preloader work inside MC ?
Anyone any ideas ? ( i made the MC and placed the preloader inside it, because i want to alig it to the middle of the stage )...

Thanks,
Biro

Audio INSIDE A Preloader
Hi all,
I'm trying to have sound INSIDE a preloader. That is, have music play while the loading bar is loading 20%... 34%....46%...etc.

Is this possible, and how do I stop the sound once it gets to frame 3 (where the movie is).

Everything works as it is. I have a 2 frame preloader which works, it gets to frame 3 and stops there where there is a button to continue the movie. How do i put sound (preferable a short one which will loop until it gets to 100%, then stop sound, goto frame 3).

Any help apreciated or if anyone has a link to something on flash kit, I tried a search but everything comes up as how to make a preloader THEN play a sound.

Thanks

Preloader Inside Button?
I have a button that loads a previous movie in a level and goes to the final frame (based on a frame label), ...its a Back button.
But it always stops on the first frame. Its a decent sized movie so maybe its not loaded all the way yet? Can a preloader be put in a button and when its fully loaded then execute the go to and stop?

Preloader Inside Movieclips?
Hi,
I've made a movieclips gallery, where each button plays another movieclip. the problem is a few of the movieclips are quite big and runs slowly. how can I create a preloader inside the movieclips?
thanks in advance,
uriash

Using Preloader When Loading Swf Inside A Swf?
Hi i am currently making a small section for my website and i need to know how to make my preloader function basically i have my main swf that then loads in my other swfs onto the stage, howere i have created a preloader that sits on the first frame of each of my swfs that i am loading in, they work fine when testing them on there own howere the preloaders dont seem to be showing when i am loading the swfs onto the main stage in the empty movie clip, should i be playing the preloader in the empty movie clip??? thanks

Preloader Inside Animation
Greeetings...
I have been around and around this for days and I can't find an answer.
I'm a newbie in Flash and don't seem to find a clear and above all, correct solution to my problem.
I've done a website 100% in Flash to which I added a preloader to the full animation.
All works fine. Once I finished inserting the photos album it became really slow to load the site. So I tried a lot of different things without success.

1- I used action script to load the movie. All is fine but it still takes time. Once the album is loaded we cannot press all the photo buttons or it will send us to first photos loaded. One minute later all xorks fine...but that time of loading is killing me.

1.2- I made a preloader inside the .fla of the album, but the movie doens't play it nor it plays the album after. So, i got worst.

1.3- After reading some tutorials and forums I added some action script like this:

var barWidth = 200;
this.createEmptyMovieClip("myMc", this.getNextHighestDepht());
myMc.loadMovie("url-to-swf/movie.swf");
myMc.onEnterFrame = function() {
var loaded = this.getBytesLoaded();
var total = this.getBytesTotal();
var percent = loaded*100/total;
percent = Math.round(getPercent)
this.loadBar._width = percent*barWidth/100;
this.loadText.text = percent+"%";
}
Which didn't work either.

2- I went other way around. I put a second preloader inside the global .fla using this:

onClipEvent (load) {
total = this.getBytesTotal();
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
loaded = this.getBytesLoaded ();
percent = int (loaded/total*100);
p= ""+percent+"%";
gotoAndStop(percent);
if (loaded == total) {
this.gotoAndPlay (2);
}
}

But although it works at the beginning using "_root" instead of "this", here it does not work at all. It stays freez with message of the preloader "loading... 100%".

I start to become desperate...can anyone help me please?
Some clear and effective answer?
Thank you all in advance.

AS3 Preloader Inside .as File
Hi there!

yet another preloader post i know!! i have tried so many tutorials and solutions but nothing seems to be working for me.

I am trying to put the preloader in my .as file because if i put a empty keyframe before everything on my timeline (and put in there) i get errors as my .as is trying to find objects that are not on the first frame stage (even when i set export classes frame2)

I have have posted an edited version of my .as file so you can get the drift of my structure.

any help would be much appreciated, even if it is re-structuring my functions!

thanks in advance

External Movie Inside Preloader
Hi,

Can I include all external movies inside 1 preloader?
I mean, when I'm loading the preloading page, it will load all the other related external SWFs as well....

Andre

PRELOADER For External Swf Inside Original Swf?
I have a problem with my flash portfolio as seen here > http://anders.isopor.net

When user who does'nt have broadband view it, the original .swf file starts playing its animation of the background before the contents of the external is loaded, and then my animation looks pointless.

So what I need is a preloader from 1.swf that loads 2.swf.

All the preloaders I've found is based on having the preloader inside the loaded .swf

Does this make sense?

Would appreciate asap response

Preloader Inside A Flash Movie
I've seen pre-loaders inside of movies for loading pictures, sounds, etc. I need one in my movie, but I can't figure out how to do it. I've got a pre-loader for the scene, but I don't think the concept is the same...I want a pre-loader to pop up when you press play and dissappear when the .swf with the sound file has loaded...please help.

Does A Preloader Have To Be Inside A Movie Clip?
I have a swf file, built from a timeline that has a bunch of movie clips embedded in it, but is not a single movie clip itself, it's just my main timeline. Is there anyway to put a preloader in the beginning of that if its not encapsulated in a movie clip?

Thanks.

Problem With Preloader (pictures Inside)
I'm using the following code for a preloader...
Everything goes fine... meaning the dynamic text boxes correctly display total bytes and the bytes loaded. However, when the loading is complete, I want the MC containing the preloader to play at a specific frame within the MC... (sort of like an animation displaying a tween saying loading complete...). But what I get instead is the animation going to the frame I want it to go (where the actual content for the preloader) AFTER the the "load complete" tween.

ActionScript Code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
// this displays the text in the dynamic text boxes
// so you can see the bytesloaded and the totalbytes
_root.totalBytesBox = Math.round(_root.getBytesTotal()/1024);
_root.loadedBytesBox = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded()/1024);
// defining the variables
totalBytes = Math.round(_root.getBytesTotal()/1024);
loadedBytes = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded()/1024);
// setting up the condition, this allows me to go to the particular point of time in my 'loader' movie
if (loadedBytes< totalBytes*.10) {
_root.loader.gotoAndStop("label1");
} else if (loadedBytes< totalBytes*.30) {
_root.loader.gotoAndStop("label2");
} else if (loadedBytes< totalBytes*.60) {
_root.loader.gotoAndStop("label3");
} else if (loadedBytes< totalBytes*.90) {
_root.loader.gotoAndStop("label4");
} else {
_root.loader.gotoAndPlay("theEnd");
}
}

here's a picture of what im trying to accomplish.
http://img133.exs.cx/img133/7377/explain0be.jpg

The problem I have with the current code is that it SKIPS the load complete part and it moves right on to the actual content (a jpg picture with a textbox describing the picture).

Skip Intro From Inside Preloader.... Going Mad
Hi there,
I've been sitting here for aaaages, seems like a lifetime ''- trying to figure this out......'' please... anyone... save my sanity!

I'm trying to set up a skip intro button inside the preloader of a splash page - I've done this a million times before but never had to launch an URL... - I have a feeling something is clashing somewhere - just don't know where...
If I bring the button only on when everything is loaded - it works fine... and I just don't know what it is......

'' quick break down:
-preloader in 1st frame (animation in frame2)
AS on mc:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
site_total = _root.getBytesTotal();
site_loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded();
site_percent = Math.round((site_loaded/site_total)*100);
display = "percent loaded: "+site_percent+"%";
_root.preload.progress._xscale = site_percent;
if (site_percent == 100) {
_root.play();
}
}

-skip intro button on root
button calls Javascript in head tag of html swf is in:
getURL("javascript:NewWindow('http://www.graphiceyedea.co.uk/venol/nicolerenee/site. html','name','760','435','no','no','no','no','no',
'no','center')");

?javascript:
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

</script>

sorry about the length of this - but all you guys out there who find it easy being a script genius... might make more sense of this than me....
Thanks for listening...''
Hoping to keep my sanity.....''
Prisca

Film Size
hi,
I'd like to ask a very basic question. I made a film which I wanted to be the size of a standard screen-say 800x600. When I viewed the film in Dreamweaver or in Flash- the page had a white border (about 1/4 inch), which I don't want. How do I avoid this border? Also if I have a photo background for a flash movie of 800x600 and I want the whole picture to be viewed on an regular size screen how do I go about this? I have made smaller Flash films so it's not been a problem until now. Now I have, for instance, a navigation page of less than 800x600 and some of the buttons are cut off and have to be scrolled to- which I really don't want! Can anyone tell me what to do?
Thanks...K

Film Scroll
how do u make a flash to scroll... for an example, i want to make a lot of pictures marquee to the left or right... do u get what i'm saying?

Old Scratchy Film Look?
I want to learn how to do the old scratchy film effect. If anyone knows of a GOOD tutorial or where I can get a free component, I would be very appreciative.

Thank you,

Josh

How To Center My Film?
Hia there...

I guess a simple question....

How can i center my flash mx film...right now its on the left side...;-)

hope u can help me

adrian

Music In The Whole Film
Dear FlashHeads,

I have created a very nice interface to be assembled and finished in Director with a few other film formats. I would like to place a music track as background music on my flash movie...

This music is to be played in low volume as long as the user has the movie running.

from what Iv'e heard in these forums is that the sprite/frames have to be as long as the music or sound file... The music is 12 minutes long and it would be rediculous to extend that many keyframe..

Is there another way of placing background music withought having to extend the sprite/frames to the length of the music ??

All the best and hope someone can help

[F8] Using Flash In Film
Hello,
I am creating an animation if flash 8 that will be used in a DVD. What would be the best way to publish or convert the flash file for this purpose?

Film Countdown - How Would You Do It?
Greetings

I'm making a website that has a "theater" theme to it. So when the page loads I want something that looks like the old film leader countdowns.

If you aren't sure what I'm talking about, look at these:
http://www.pond5.com/stock-video-foo...countdown.html

Anyway, I've got everything working, but cannot not for the life of me figure out how to make the part that goes around (usually with a slightly different color) to act as the timer, so to speak.

I don't even know how to begin doing this in ActionScript, but I have tried Frame by Frame animation. I keep running into a problem getting the circle to keep dividing, so I can get enough to where it doesn't look "choppy".

My idea is that if I have enough "wedges" for my circle it will look smooth enough. My method has been to draw a circle, then a line. Align the two, which then gives me 2 sections. I copy, paste, rotate 90, the line and now have 4. Copy, paste, rotate 45, both lines and now have 8 sections. But It refuses to go any further.

I try selecting the lines, copy, paste, rotate 22.5, which gives me the lines in the right place, but I still only get 8 sections. They don't divide anymore. I actually need to get about 32 for it to even start to look smooth.

Anyone have any suggestions?

What Equipment Was Used To Film This
In this video:
http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/customers/

The quality is amazing, can we get a case study on how this was done - including cameras, video editing software and encoding process.

How To Replay FLV Film?
How to replay FLV file in component FLVPlayback After end film?

Film Grain
yes, i am trying to create the film grain and i have gone thorugh all the steps but the only part i dont know how to do is where you put add the actual image to make it stand out more

Film Grain
In the film grain tutorial for flash mx 2004 it does'nt show you how to do it with a pic i was just wondering how you do that.

Rotating Film Like....
hell. i was seeing the www.replayful.com and i liked so much the rorate clip using in this website. im trying create one like this but only clip._rotation = 45; distorce my clip images and text. anyone know do it ?

thks!

Old Film Effect
I want to do a flash move, and I want to use the effect of looking at an old film (Where there are some line, and old little freckels on the film) and I dont know how to do this in flash mx, can anyone help? Please let me know if i need to post a better discritption of what i want.

Film Grain
yes, i am trying to create the film grain and i have gone thorugh all the steps but the only part i dont know how to do is where you put add the actual image to make it stand out more

Preloader Inside A Preloader
ok at my website www.thornburyselfstorage.co.uk i am making a tour. it is a full flash site and the swf loads into it another swf which is each page. i want the preloader that is standard for every page in the site to preload my tour.swf which the 1st scene is a preloader. ok i have attached the main design (design.fla) and the tour which only loads a page with just coming soon (tour.fla) and the beings of my new tour (tour preloader.swf).

i hope that made sense

thanks

How To Create A Preloader Inside A Movie Clip?
Hello anybody!! :P

Well, i am triying to make a preloader inside a movie clip...
In the movie clip i load a jpg file whit this script:

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay("f2");
}

on (release) {
loadMovie("fotoindoor2.jpg", "foto 2");
}

the problem is that the jpg is a bit large and it takes time to load...

What can i do to make a preloader, which would be activated when the jpg is "called"????

Thanks!!

Daerion! :P:P

Problem With Preloader Inside A Function On _level0
Hi there,
i have a little problem for which i didn't find a solution yet!

on a base fla (_level0) I have a function in which i duplicate movieclips in a movie on _level10 and load some jpgs into them by using loadmovie(). now i am trying to build in a preloader so that the rest of the function is only called when all of the jpgs are properly loaded. the problem is that this function is called by another function which calls an other function, etc., so it's quite important that while loading the jpegs the function stopps until alle the pictures are loaded...

is this somehow possible? Would be really glad if someone could help me... i've been working on this since yesterday morning...

thanks! manuel

here's my code:

PHP Code:

duplicate_thumbnails = function(chapter) {

    _level0.cur_id = 0;
    if (anz > 1) {
        for (i=0; i <= anz - 2; i++) {

            duplicateMovieClip("_level10.container_navi.navi_port.cont_port.subnavi.th_0", "th_" + (i+1), i + 500);

            _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].subnavi["th_" + (i+1)]._x = 1;
            _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].subnavi["th_" + (i+1)]._y = 16 + (16 * i);
            _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].subnavi["th_" + (i+1)].th_platz._alpha = 30;

            t =  _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].subnavi["th_" + i].th_platz.bld;
            b = "pics/thumbs/" + content_array[i][0];
            loadMovie(b,t);

        }
    }

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // so the rest of this function should only be executed if all the JPGs are loaded...
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    if (_level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].subnavi._height >= 355.0) {
        _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].scrollbalken.gotoAndStop(1);
    } else {
        _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].scrollbalken.gotoAndStop(10);
    }

    _level0.thumb_zaehler = 0;
    _level0.max_alpha = 23;

    if (_level0.anz >= _level0.max_alpha) {
        for (k=0; k<=_level0.max_alpha; k++) {
            _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].subnavi["th_" + k]._alpha = 0;
        }
    } else {
        for (k=0; k<=_level0.anz; k++) {
            _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].subnavi["th_" + k]._alpha = 0;
        }
    }

    _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].subnavi.th_0.gotoAndStop(11);
    _level10.container_navi["navi_" + chapter]["cont_" + chapter].subnavi["th_" + (i+1)].th_platz._alpha = 100;

    get_current_navigation(chapter);
}

Inside: Tutorial For Simple AS3 Preloader And A Problem With It....
Heres the link to the tutorial:

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/699675

I'm having these two problems when publishing:

"1119: Access of possibly undefined property bytesTot through a reference with static type flash.events:ProgressEvent."

for this

var pcent:Number=event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTot ;al*100;

and also

1120: Access of undefined property al.

for this:

var pcent:Number=event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTot ;al*100;

Attach Code

//Import the required assets
import flash.display.*;
//Stop the playhead while loading occurs
this.stop();

//Create a listener to call the loading function as the movie loads
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener (ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, PL_LOADING);

/*This is the main function, basically it grabs the total and loaded bytes,
calculates a percentage, and displays it by stretching the bar and adjusting
the textfield display. If your bar/textbox instancenames are NOT lbar/lpc,
you'll need to adjust this code to match your instance names*/
function PL_LOADING(event:ProgressEvent):void {
var pcent:Number=event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTot ;al*100;
//Stretch the bar
lbar.scaleX=pcent/100;
//Display the % loaded in textfield
lpc.text=int(pcent)+"%";
//If the movie is fully loaded, kick to the next frame on the main timeline
//You may wish to change the gotoAndStop(2) to a gotoAndStop(2)
if(pcent==100){
this.gotoAndStop(2);
}
}

Edited: 12/09/2007 at 07:48:00 PM by TnaE

Rollover Wont Work Inside Preloader
I usually post here and get no damb replies to here goes, this is serious, I need help anyone!

I'm trying to use an >Advanced Roller< INSIDE Preloader and Transition for Dynamic Files> I'm using Flash MX.

The advanced Rollover works by itself, but it wont work inside the preloader / Transition. Why wont it work, and how can I make it work?

I have provided the links to both tutorials I used:

Advanced Rollover Tutorial
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/advroll.htm

Preloader and Transition for Dynamic Files Tutorial
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/p...transition.htm

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Help me!

Geting A Preloader With Load Bar Inside A MovieClip
Hi, now can I say that I"m desperate?

My name is Edward and I'm a new member...
For days now I'm struggling with the "tiltes issue"

I've followed a tutorial here named:"Percentage Preloader with Load bar"
everything went o.k... but now I want to get the preloader inside a MovieClip
so I'll be able to put it on the main timeline before every movie...
I got three problems: 1. I can't seem to get it to work when it's inside a Clip
2. I want to get it to jump after loading is complete to a different scene.

Can you help me?

I'll be very very thankful for an answer...

Edward

Preload In One Frame Film
How to make a preload, if the main film has only one frame? (and, so you can´t use "framesloaded into a conditional evaluation)

anybody can help?

regards

piraya

Button In Film Sequence
Hi all,

I've been sitting on it for hours & hours ...

Putting an instance of a button in frame 1 of the timeline telling it to go to frame 2 upon click with "go to and stop" works perfectly.

Putting an instance of the same button with the same actionscript into a film sequence, then putting an instance of the film sequence in frame 1 doesn't get me to frame 2 upon click in the swf.

I need to have the button in a film sequence. Is there a way to do it?

buzzbuzz

Film Counter Thingy
I need to make one of those things that you see at the beginning of old films that counts backwards from ten. You know the one where a line goess around and the number changes....10...9...8..6...7... you get it.
I need this. Can someone help?

Thanx
DD

Old Film Reel Effect
How can I do an old fashion film effect with scratches, the number countdown, and maybe even the sound of it all too? Is there a tutorial out there that will help? I am not sure if it would have to be a separate movie loaded on top of the main movie I want to show though.

Making An Old Film Effect
Ive seen fla downloads on this site for old film effects, but none of which are usable. I am trying to create an old film effect i can apply to my whole fla file. I want it to be able to go over everyt frame, but do not know how to create such effect. If anyone could point me in the right direction or fill me in on how to create a random (squiggly line..lol) across certain x and y coordinates that would be great. Thank you, Jeff.

If you dont know exactly what i am talking about, check out this site. I think its in spanish but just enter where it says "entrar a disfrutar" version flash player 6.

http://www.karlaweb.tk/

~Jeff

Preloader Inside A Film

Can some one help me, in order to tell me how i put a preloader inside a film and the information that is inside the film only loades when the visit click in the respective button?if you prefer answer to: joaobem@zmail.pt thanks

Can some one help me, in order to tell me how i put a preloader inside a film and the information that is inside the film only loades when the visit click in the respective button?

if you prefer answer to: joaobem@zmail.pt

thanks