Would someone be willing to help me with a preloader? 2

[Flapman]

I've seen many examples in the forums of preloaders. I was wondering if someone could walk me through a "Preloaders for Flash fo Dummies" version. I never used one and could use some help in placing one into my existing Flash Movie.

Thanks in advance.

Flapman

 

[wangbar]

Dead easy.

It's probably best to put this in its own scene in your movie (add a scene in the Scenes panel, call it "loader" or whatever.)

Add three frames to your new scene.

1
//how much of the movie is loaded
loaded=_root.getBytesLoaded();
//how big is the movie
total=_root.getBytesTotal()
//is the movie already loaded?
if(loaded>=total){
//if so skip the loading process
gotoAndPlay(4);
}

2
No script but put a dynamic textbox with the variable set to "percent" on the stage, this is what displays how much of your movie has been loaded so far.

3
//check again how much has loaded
loaded=_root.getBytesLoaded();
if(loaded<total){
//if movie has not fully loaded
//work out how much has been loaded and display it in the textbox
percent=&quot;Loaded: &quot;+Math.floor((loaded/total)*100)+&quot;%&quot;;
//loop around
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

That's all you need for a functional loader - of course you can get way more complex. Slainte

http://www.wangbar.co.uk

 

[theocraticmind]

here is a link to a tut i made a wile back. this one will have a loading bar, percent, whatever you've ever seen on another preloader.

http://www.webauthors.org/preloader/