Flash :: Quick Question On Preloaders

Quick Q About Preloaders
Ok Ive read a ton of tutorials on preloaders and they all seem to missing one thing. How to add them to your project you want to use the preloader with.

Now am I to preseume that after finishing your project you make 3 blank key at the beginning and use those for your preloader?Or is there a way just to drop my project into the preloader timeline?

I hope thses dont sound to dumb but this is the only thing stoping me right now is how to actually use it after making it!

Thx everyone for any help you give!

Peace

Quick $: Buttons And Preloaders Tonight.
i know y'all are all about self sufficiency, but if someone doesn't help me then:

at the current rate, I will have torn all my hair out by midnight.
Lucy the WonderDoberman will die of neglect
the board of health will close down my house
i will starve to death.

SO- although these are ridiculously easy things to which i've read EVERY tutorial out there. MULTIPLE times, I can't do it. I'm a grown woman, I can admit this. Hell, I can build a functioning couch out of cardboard and glue, but I cannot do this.

SO, it MUST get done!

- 3 movies need preloaders. EXACT same preloader. Preloader already exists, just doesn't work. And we're talking, flashing text that says "loading", not the building of the taj mahal.
- movie needs four buttons to "geturl". Buttons are made, Movie is made, simply needs to be made to WORK.

Thats it. I know, like 10 minutes of work, but I can't get it to do it! So please, I beg of you, Take pity on me. There's MONEY involved!
Please email me asap at amanda@howlingzoe.com if you can help me out. Happy to pay for this pathetically simple job.

Preloaders, Preloaders Everywhere But Not A One That Fits
I have an introduction for a site that consists of 3 files index.htm intro.swf intro2.swf Index.htm forwards on to intro.swf which contains a preloader (not a percentage on just one I cobbled together) Once intro.swf has loaded it begins to play and on the first content frame of intro.swf is an action to load movie intro2.swf.
Unfortunately intro2.swf loads before intro.swf has finished and starts to play prematurely So what I need if it is possible is a command to load intro2.swf and then get it to sit there and wait for the call from the last frame of intro.swf to play.

The reason I have two swf files is that I needed to change the background color of the movie and the easiest way I could find to do that was make two different movies

Just farting around with this, to see if i can figure it out so any resolution doesnt have to be pretty.
I have no php, asp, cgi support for the hosting space so i need to do it with action script

any help will be greatly appreciated.

Quick Question - Need Quick Answer - Load Movie
If I load an swf movie into one mc named "mc1". and then I want to load the same swf movie into another mc "mc2", will the swf need to load again into mc2 or will it already be catched.

I am assuming yes ...

Thanks,
DRB
[Edited by funner on 06-14-2001 at 09:53 PM]

Best Way To Script A Quick-slow-quick Movement ?
Hi

I'd like to make a clip move across the stage like this :

- first it moves fast and then decelerates to a slow crawl for a short while then re-accelerates and moves fast to the end of its movement

what's the best way to do this ?

is it better to use mx transitions or intervals or another system ?

thanks

Quick Quick....masking Problelm
Hi everyone
Um facing a problem regarding masking
well, i know how to mask texts with objects that I CREATE like a circle, for example the masked layer has text & the mask layer has a circle that I DRAW USING FLASH...this if fine...it works well
My problem is my masking does not work when i the mask layer has an object that is imported, for example an imported heart instead of a drawn circle....it does not work at all....!!!!
What's the problem?? & How could i solve it??
Any help is highly appreciated
thanks in advance

Quick Question = Quick Answer
I have a movie with an animation on one layer. Just a motion tween over 5 frames. In this movie I also want to target a blank clip and have another .swf load into that clip.

I'm putting the loadmovie script on a blank frame in my actions layer (frame 1) telling the .swf to load into the blank clip.

nothings happening? any fixes?

Project Opp - Quick $ Quick Job
I have a project that requires a rotating menu. It needs to be done today. If anyone is interested they should reply with their email address or send an email to eerkel @ hotmail .com.

I will then send a Fireworks file that shows clearly how the menu should operate.

Thanks

I Need Your Quick Assistance, Just A Quick "check, See, Tell"
Hello! Could you please go to this address

http://www.geocities.com/friendlyflashfun/clock.html

And tell me if my clock shows up?? I have FlashMX 7 Pro and it doesn't show up on my computer.

If it does or doesn't show up on yours could you please tell me how to correct this problem?

Thanks in advance,

Kelly

PRELOADERS
can you make preloaders for movies which you ara going to load?? i belive u can can anybody tell me how or just say if this subject has been threaded so i can try to find it.
SO it is, i want to load some swf in some other swf but want to make a preloader
how to do that??

PreloaderS:(
Help! i need to know how to get one! My thing takes so long to load that il;l eed a preloader! Make it simple please!

Preloaders
where's the "end frame loaded" action in 5?

Preloaders
i was wondering if anyone would be as so kind as to give me a fla file with a preloader in it?

Preloaders In Mac?
Im having problems with my preloader when i view it on a mac, im using netscape an internet explorer on the mac and the loading doesnt work. What should i do to meke it work on the mac, in PC works great using netscape and Explorer. If you know what can i do or if you know where can i get one that work on both platforms you will make me very happy!!!

Preloaders
OK. I finally got a preloader working. I tried putting the preloader in the same scene as my movie, so this is how it goes

first ten frames = preloader
11th frame "if frame loaded (current scene), goto and play 13"
12th frame "goto and play 1"

works just fine.

what I'm wondering is, how can I do that with multiple scenes?

I've tried "if frame loaded (main movie), goto and play (putting this action in the preloader scene)

it doesn't work? y?!

Preloaders
Are there any tutorials on pre-loaders? Because I need to find out how to use the one I've made effectively...

Thnx

Preloaders
Hi, just a quick question ..

i have a preloader that works fine with frame labels, i'm trying to do a similar thing with the buttons

putting a go to command to an action saying

ifFrameLoaded ("web") {
gotoAndPlay (75);
}

i've just been reading the posts one saying that flash wont recognise the flag until it comes across it

is there a better way of doing this ??

thx in advance

BP

ps the first loader works but the button (with go to and stop) goes to the waiting frame but ignores the

ifFrameLoaded
gotoAndPlay (75);
}

Mmmmmmmmm

Preloaders......................................
i've got a movie with 10 scenes and i want to load them all before the movie starts. can any body help with a preloader for this? please?

Something Regarding Preloaders...
Just wondering if my preloading animation be placed in a different scene from my main animations, which is in scene 1. Or must my preloader be placed in the same timeline?

Thanx...

About Those Preloaders
Where do u put em?
In front of the film and how do I make em not a part of the film....I meen how do I make em work corecly?
Je I hope u understand
Shorten: Where do I put the preloader?

Preloaders And A Whole Lot More
my web page is set up in two different flash movies. first is the main page, which i have pretty much done. then there are links to another flash page which actually displays the projects and items i want. the second (project page) is set up so that i have a one-frame movie clip on the main timeline for each project i have done. i have the first page set up so that when i click a link it will open a new window. in this new window i want to only call on the frame that has the respective project from the first window. i also believe i will need a preloader for some of these movie clips. first question: how do i call on one specific frame in my second page? second question: how do i preload for just that frame? any help would be friggin awesome right now as i am about to pull out my hair. i hope i explained this well enough, it seems pretty tough for me still to comprehend, ahhh whatever, smoke em if you got em
thanks
SchmidyUC

Preloaders
HI everyone. I've started to make long flash animations to post on my website, the only problem is they take forever to load then there really blocky. I know that preloaders wont solve this problem but at least they'll stop it from being blocky and keep stopping once loaded. I went to the tutorials and i have got all the information on them, great, but im a bit confussed on where the preloader should go. In a new scene, just before my animation, under my animation or anywhere else so its fist to be displayed when i load the animation up.
I hope you can understand what im on about.
Thanks in advance
Tom

Preloaders
How do u do preloaders? Please Explain and dont lead me to a link!

Um..Preloaders?
I'm having trouble making a preloader for my website. The condition goes like this:

(In scene 2)
ifFrameloaded(Scene1,200<number of my frames>) {
gotoandplay(Scene1,2)
}

I have graphics in scene 1. Even though the graphics aren't loaded yet, it still proceeds to scene 2 (the beginning of the presentation).

What should I do?

Kin Preloaders
help

i have done umpteen preloader tutes and added mine to my site but it just wont work properly. My main movie is 96 frames long (scene2) and my preloader 3 frames (scene1).

i have the actions if frame loaded scene2 96
goto and play scene2 1 on frame 2 of my preloader

on frame 3 of my preloader i have the action goto and playscene 1 frame1.

when i use show streaming on test movie it stutters like a pig and even though it shows the preloader for about 3 secs it is as though it is not loading the whole movie before it starts playing . i have tried using frame labels but it seems to make no difference

Preloaders
hello there,

i am currently making a pretty big flash in filesize. around 1 MB. only one preloader at the beginning would take too much time for some ppl and so i would like to insert more preloaders for e.g. my picture gallery inside the main movie.
when i tried that with loadmovie actionscript, the hole movie loaded completely new, but i want only the content of the pic gallery loaded. background and menu.. should keep on screen while the preloader for the gallery is loading and the gallery comes up finally.
how do i have to manage that? maybe any opensources known?

thank you for reading. hopefully someone can help..´

Bori

Preloaders
ok i have a preloader and i know u r supposed to copy your movie and paste it onto the preloader?right?ok. i just wondered wat layer co u paster it onto???or am i wrong about copying and then pasting the movie???

Preloaders Please?
Really need a good preloader tutorial that will help me to make my graphics for a preloader play while I wait and do the countdown thing also. I am using flash 5. Thank you everyone who helps me out in here

Preloaders
Ok, I'm looking for a few opinions on preloaders, personally I love the idea of knowing if I'm going to have to wait a week or a few minutes to see a site. I've been working on a site for some old UO buddies, (MMORPG type game), I'm reasonably new to flash, but I love it so far.
As I expand the site, I've broken parts into dif .swf files, with the belief that it will make it more 'bandwidth friendly'. So far the main/first .swf is up to 160k in size, and the sub .swf files range from 5k to 30k in size. Ok, here's my question:
At what point (file size) do you feel a preloader should be implemented?
Knowing that 99% of my target audience is sporting broadband, im not entirely sure what to do.

I feel I've 'graduated' from pure newbie, to well, pure novice. The site is LAME compared to most of the sites I've looked at in the Flash Site forum, but If you feel you need/want to see it to answer better..... *grimaces*
http://members.cox.net/piaso2/cdtest/

please, tell me should I put up a splash with a preloader in it?

PreLoaders
Hey all,
I'm new to all the flash stuff... Is there anywhere that i can download PreLoaders?

Preloaders
I have looked at the tutorials on this website and on the offisial macromedia flash 5 site, but i cant understand how to make a preloader. Is there a simlple way of making one?

Preloaders
Hi

I'm doing a website for a band, but I'm having trouble with preloaders. Or, well my preloader works, but when
I try accessing the site all I get is a blank flash movie, and after a long time my preloader appears. I want my preloader to appear right away.
My preloader and my mainmovie is on the same scene. I use some actionscript for the prealoder, and labels so the actionsscript now what to loop and so on.
The link to the site is http://www.epicenterband.com/flash/preview.html

Please help me.

Thanx

Jackie

Preloaders
i need help my movie plays befor it is fully loaded and the stops and goes all jumpy half way throught how do i stop this

PRELOADERS
preloaders!!!! If anyone who is reading this knows how to preload their movies..... PLEASE help me... I have tried EVERY tutorial on this site and they all dont work..... I have followed EVERY direction there and nothing ever works. I tried a bar preloader and that one seemed to work but after it preloads and **** it sends you to the last frame of the movie. I have put it to go to the 1st frame on scene 1. I will ONLY go to last frame of the entire movie... PLEASE help me or send me your preloader code.
Thank you

By the way, this is the script:
key frame #2

loadedbytes = getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes = getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes = Math.ceil(loadedbytes/1);
totalkbytes = Math.ceil(totalbytes/1);
if (loadedbytes == totalbytes) {
nextScene ();
}
frame = int(loadedbytes/(totalbytes/100));
tellTarget (_root.loader) {
gotoAndStop (_root.frame);
}

keyframe #3

gotoAndPlay ("preload", 1);
// loop until last frame if loaded

Where Do Preloaders Fit In....?
Hi all,

i have a movie that contains buttons, when you press a button, it loads an external swf into a blank MC...how do i introduce a (much needed) preloader before the swf loads....

this will be the case for each button, hence, each swf..

cheers!!!!

Help With PRELOADERS ?
1)How to build a preloader with a simple animation, and a moving bar?

2)Can this preloader be reusable, say a movie clip or smart clip?

3)Where do I place the preloader? On the main timeline or at the beginning of an external swf.

I guess I'm just trying to understand how to build and use a preloader correctly. I've looked over tutorials, but have really not found explanations on there use in a fully interactive site.

Preloaders...
Hi all

My preloader never gets past 1% before the movie loads... this is the script:

perc = Math.round((_parent.getBytesLoaded()/_parent.getBytesTotal())*100);
xperc = perc/100;
barlength = 200;
if ((perc == 100) and (bar._width == barlength)) {
_parent.gotoAndPlay(2);
} else {
nperc = perc+"%";
bar._width = barlength*xperc;
bar._x = -100+(bar._width/2);
}

is anything wrong wit it?

Cheers

MX

Preloaders Again
I have a 2 scene movie, 'intro' and 'scene 1'. 'intro' is my preloader for 'scene1' which is a 20mb video clip (this will be on a CD-ROM one day!)

I have built my preloader (Eddie Carrol one and it seems OK) but when I test the movie the movie begins at the start of 'scene1' and not with 'intro'.

'intro' is the first scene in my scene folder and 'scene1' is the 2nd.

Can anyone tell me what I may be doing wrong?

Preloaders
Hey all I am kinda new with flash. If you want to see my site it's http://jcs1287.tripod.com/evidestudios.com . All the turtorials i have been reading on preloaders are to advanced for me. I mean i have been spending the last 2 days on trying to put in action script, exe. Can anyone give me a easy explaining link on how to use preloaders?

Thanks for help

Preloaders 101
From the experienced users of Flash, what are the key concepts involving a preloader and if you wish to use a preloader more than once on a page (I guess that means you would want to use it more than once in the main movie clip?) what are the different techniques / philosophies floating around? I'm assuming that I would create a separate movie clip for the preloader. Thanks!

Rajesh Nakrani
Phil. 4:4

Preloaders
How can i play my preloader, and load my main movie in the background. And when my main movie is loaded, stop play on the preloader. That is the problem i'm having. I have 2 scenes, and once the main movie is loaded it plays the main movie, but as soon as i click on a button in the main movie, it goes back to the preloader!

Thanks!

Preloaders
I want to create a preloader that plays a movie clip, depending on the percentage loaded.
eg.
A simple 10, 9, 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 countdown sequence, that plays according to how much is downloaded.
So say the entire file is 100kb, when its on the number 10 on the countdown 10kb would have been downloaded. The number 9 20kbs and so on. So when it gets to number 1 its all downloaded!
Can anyone point me to any movies or tutorials?

Preloaders
Do preloaders have to go inside the swf that is being loaded?

Can I not create a movie that loads another movie into a nested movie clip, and be able to check the load progress of that clip?

Preloaders
how preloaders work?

AS Preloaders?
Looking for an EASY ,preferably all AS, preloader.

Just a simple one where a line gets bigger the closer to being loaded. I dont wanna do a tween where it goes 100 pixels (1 pixel at a time) every kilobyte. Just never made one in all AS.. any adivce?

-whispers-

Preloaders
I saw a lot of sites that loads their link away from the homepage. For example :: 2A

When you enter the site, it loads the home link. When you click on another link, it loads that separately.

How do you code that?

Preloaders
Hi
Very new person here.
How would I go about importing my preloader into an existing movie.Can I import whole scenes?
Or do I need to build my preloader into my existing movie?
I've done a few of those tutorials but none go over this,I think.
Thanks

Help With Preloaders
i know i know - "just read a tutorial" or whatever - but i agree - im lazy - id rathar have someone tell me how to do something!! (hey - at least im honest) anyway - i need to know how to make a preloader with the status bar that shows actually the status of the load... also it would be nice to have the "downloaded file size / total file size" on there too - THANKS
(hope im not asking too much)
THANKS ALOT!!!
SlickShoes

Preloaders
How do I use a preloader on a large swf file? What I mean is I have a preloader that I want to use (swf) do I call the next swf file from the preloader and will the preloader stop when the new swf starts? Hope my question makes sense.