# Another preloader problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-preloader-problem/5560>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 15, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-preloader-problem/5560 "2002-09-15T22:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![videominds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b3f665/32.png) [@videominds](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/videominds)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-preloader-problem/5560/1 "2002-09-15T22:28:37Z")

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I am using this tutorial.

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentage\_loader.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentage_loader.asp)

And I am getting the same problems that other people on this forum were talking about. The preloader doesn’t load until the SWF file is 90% loaded.

I tested the movie with the bandwith profiler and I noticed that the animation stays at frame 0, until 90% loaded, then it loads.

I tried a few different tutorials and they all did the same thing.

All the other postings about this subject end, it seems, without a conclusion…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-preloader-problem/5560/2 "2002-09-16T00:14:35Z")

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Is your preloader on a separate scene?

If it is, try moving it onto the same scene. I think that’s what was wrong with mine.

-brad-

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-preloader-problem/5560/3 "2002-09-16T01:14:05Z")

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i tried that, but I’ll for sure try it again. I noticed that you posted with the same problem on some forums previously, but I didn’t see any final post saying you figured it out.

I’ll try tputing it into the same scene and get back to you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-preloader-problem/5560/4 "2002-09-16T02:29:28Z")

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didn’t work ☹

I also tried all the flash MX preloader Components I downloaded, none of them worked either…

I’m so confused…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-preloader-problem/5560/5 "2002-09-16T05:38:30Z")

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I figured it out. When I was assigning instances and making movie clips out of images, I was automatically assigning Export to Actionscript and the Export to first frame was automatically checked.

I stopped doing that well into my project (this is my first flash project). So I had all these movie clips hidden in folders that had export to first frame checked, my first frame was the same size as the whole comp!!..

PHEW!!!