Hey all,
I am trying to get my preloader setup so that all of the MC’s that make it up (loadBar, loadBarHousing) fit nice in one MC.
My problem is that I dont understand why I can not get my loadBar MC & loadBarHousing MCs to work when they are put into this parenting MC.
This is my original AS that works when all of the MC are together in the main _root. timeline of my fla.
// Specify how many frames to load before playing.
var loadAmount = _totalframes;
// If the required number of frames have finished loading…
if (_framesloaded == loadAmount) {
// …start the movie
gotoAndPlay(“beginMovie”);
} else {
// …otherwise, display the load status
// then go back and check load progress again.
// First, determine the loaded and total kilobytes.
loaded = Math.round(getBytesLoaded() / 1024);
total = Math.round(getBytesTotal() / 1024);
percent = Math.round((loaded/total) * 100);
// Display the loaded kb, total kb, and percentage of
// kb loaded in text fields.
bytesLoadedOutput = loaded;
bytesTotalOutput = total;
percentOutput = percent + “%”;
// Set the width of the loadBar to a percentage of
// the loadBarHousing.
loadBar._width = loadBarHousing._width * (percent / 100);
// Now go back and check load progress.
gotoAndPlay(“loading”);
}
Now I thought all I would have to do is alter the code to the setup below once I had put those MCs into the parenting the_loader MC and gave it the instance name the_loader.
_root.the_loader.loadBar._width = _root.the_loader.loadBarHousing._width * (percent / 100);
But when I do this those MC do not operate anymore on stage.
If someone could show me why, would be much appreciated.
