Preloader appears only after 3/4 loaded

[sc123]

I've tried a number of preloaders and they all appear only after about 3/4 of the SWF has loaded. For example 150/180k. They are in the first frame in their own layer and the rest of the layers don't begin until frame 2. Any ideas?
Thanks,
SC

 

[oldnewbie]

You must be using components, export on the first frame stuff (linkage - attached movie clips and/or sounds), and/or embedding fonts.
All stuff that usually needs to preload on the first frame, and which will prevent your preloader to display anything until all of that has actually preloaded.
One workaround is to use a preloader only movie, to preload your present movie (without it's own preloader)...

I have posted such a preloader in this thread on FK...

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=375161

Regards,

 

[sc123]

old: Your seperate preloader did the trick. I still wanna know what was in those seemingly blank frames that made the built in preloader foul up
SC

 

[oldnewbie]

"...You must be using components, export on the first frame stuff (linkage - attached movie clips and/or sounds), and/or embedding fonts.
All stuff that usually needs to preload on the first frame..."

Are you?

Regards,

 

[sc123]

old:
I was, even though I had all my frames as blank keyframes
SC

 

[oldnewbie]

Components elements are set to download on the first frame, attached movie clips and/or sounds with linkage may be set to export on the first frame, and embedded fonts also.
All of those elements have to download before your preloader even shows up. That's the point.

Regards,