load movie

[edd1eg]

Hi there, I am working on my site at the moment

http://www.edwardgillan.com,

not all the links are working yet as work is still in progress, anyway if you click on portfolio, there is a flash movie that loads up, but i want there to be a loader as it loads up, nothing too fancy just plain text saying LOADING, how would i go about doing this.

thanks

edd

 

[oldnewbie]

You might want a generic preloader within your main movie to eventually load other sections as well...

You'll find one example here...

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=456020

Regards,

 

[edd1eg]

I completed the tutorial for the pre-loader, but the actionscript, i'm having a bit of a problem with,on the first frame for the layer actions at has the code:

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)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
}

I want it when the loader gets to 100% it goes to the next scene, how will i go about doing this.

or do i change something in the second frame of the layer actions

this.gotoAndPlay(1);

thanks

edd

 

[oldnewbie]

A preloader is basically an at least 2 frames loop, that loops until all the bytes of your movie have loaded. Do not change the code on frame 2.

If you've inserted a new scene for your preloader, and that it only holds 2 frames, then going to frame 3 would actually be going to the next scene... Just leave it as it is.

But as I posted above, that preloader may work fine for your main movie, but probably won't (as scripted) if you integrate it to your portfolio movie.


Regards,

 

[edd1eg]

yeah that worked fine oldnewbie.

check it out:

http://www.edwardgillan.com

thanks

edd