pre loader size / animation

[styleBunny]

hi folks
i have this pre loading animation, created with a mask.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/apcw/bomb/bomb_loader03.html

Sadly the shape tween wouldnt work its majic so is all key frames , using this movie as my preloader blows frame 1 out to 75kb. Does anyone have an idea how i might bring it down a notch or two?

Also i wanted the animation to tween in sync with the bytes loaded, so at 100& its as burnt all the way through, any ideas? i know you can change the _x, _y _width etc based on the getBytesLoaded , is there away to corelate it to the fram number of a movie?

p.

 

[wangbar]

If you make the animation 100 frames long you can use the percentage value generated by the bytesLoaded code to send the animation to the appropriate frame:

var percent=Math.ceil((getBytesLoaded()/getBytesTotal())*100);
animation.gotoAndStop(percent);

If you don't have a 100 frame long animation you'll have to add an extra calculation to work out the frame to goto (a 200 frame animation would require a goto to percent*2 etc) but the principle is the same.

 

[styleBunny]

rad thats the ticket!

p.