# \[F5\] thunder, lightning, "HELP!" **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [November 11, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952 "2002-11-11T04:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![morse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@morse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/morse)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/1 "2002-11-11T04:38:55Z")
go here [http://www.geocities.com/h4xx02/movie2\_2\_37.swf](http://www.geocities.com/h4xx02/movie2_2_37.swf) and tell me if you get past 25% loading. If you do, please comment on the site. It is my first decend Flash website, but don’t hold back. im not getting past 25%. Troubleshoot my AS?: frame1: stop() ifFrameLoaded (5) { gotoAndPlay (2); } frame2: stop() ifFrameLoaded (75) { gotoAndPlay (3); } frame3: stop() ifFrameLoaded (134) { gotoAndPlay (4); } frame4: stop() ifFrameLoaded (270) { gotoAndPlay (5); } frame5: stop() ifFrameLoaded (276) { gotoAndPlay (10); } any help? -=:.:=- thanks. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/2 "2002-11-11T04:50:57Z")
IfFramesLoaded has been deprecated (fazed out)… Try this kind of preloader. [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/preloader.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/preloader.asp) PS: Please don’t crosspost the same question in multiple threads. I am going to delete the others. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/3 "2002-11-11T04:55:12Z")
so sorry, I wont do it anymore. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/4 "2002-11-11T04:55:54Z")
It is ok, just letting you know. Posting the same question in multiple forums causes confusion when people answer them. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/5 "2002-11-11T05:19:19Z")
ok, wont happen again. Anyway, I’m uploading new version of my site, check it out? [www.geocities.com/h4xx02/movie2\_2\_37.swf](http://www.geocities.com/h4xx02/movie2_2_37.swf) thx ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/6 "2002-11-11T05:21:23Z")
That is very good for your first Flash site. Did you trace all of that by hand in Flash? If so, that must have been very time consuming! :o The text is a little hard to read though :-\ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/7 "2002-11-11T05:22:57Z")
hymm try [www.geocities.com/h4xx02](http://www.geocities.com/h4xx02) instead. and [deleted] my AS didnt seem to work. Here is what I have: Frame4: if (\_framesloaded\>=\_totalframes) { gotoAndPlay (5); } else { gotoAndPlay (4); } Frame5: gotoAndPlay (10); hlp? btw I love the format and effects of your website. I think its really well done. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/8 "2002-11-11T05:28:48Z")
Hey, thanks for the compliments on my site 🙂 As for your preloader not working… are you sure it isn’t working, or is your page just loading too fast to show it? I got a quick blip of it the beginning and there are no sounds to beef up your file size, so it should load fairly quickly. PS: Times New Roman is considered an unprofessional font, so it is up to you, but you might want to look into changing that 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/9 "2002-11-11T05:44:59Z")
yea i hate times, i was just using it until i found a better one that i liked. I’m very peculiar. I love the one on [www.rayoflight.net](http://www.rayoflight.net) but i dont know what it is. you should check that site out, if you havent already. i believe that Yasuto Suga is the best flasher i have ever seen. the preloader - i dont think it is working, when i viewed the site it continued right through like i was loading quickly, but it slowed and seemed to wait for frames to load later on. It should take a few seconds, the movie is 588 kb. the lines - yes i spent a few hours drawing thoes, but that perfectly fine with me, i love flashing and anything that looks good i fly with. btw if you do go to [photoalchemy.com](http://photoalchemy.com), the new flash version is not up yet, i just submitted it to the owner of photoalchemy today. any suggestion of a font to use? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/10 "2002-11-11T05:54:59Z")
Alright, here is what I always use for a preloader. I put it in the scene before my main movie. On Frame 1 ```auto bytes_loaded = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded()/1000); bytes_total = Math.round(_root.getBytesTotal()/1000); _root.loadBar._width = bytes_loaded/bytes_total*125; _root.loadText = "("+bytes_loaded+" Bytes out of "+bytes_total+" Bytes Loaded) "+Math.round((bytes_loaded/bytes_total)*100)+"%"; if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) { gotoAndStop("Scene 2", 1); delete bytes_loaded; delete bytes_total; } ``` On Frame 2 ```auto gotoAndPlay(1); ``` Where loadBar is the bar i want to change the width to, 125 is the final width of the bar when the movie is done loading, loadText is the textbox that displays the information. I haven’t tested it in Flash 5, but by theory it should work, I believe Flash 5 supports all those actions. This preloader has never failed me. You don’t need to put it in a different scene, I just do because it is my preference. The font used on rayoflight looks a lot like Times. It might be Arial maybe :-\ I usually use Verdana, Verdana is a highly popular font and comes with almost all OS’s. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/11 "2002-11-11T05:59:37Z")
lol I’v never even tried to make a multi-scene movie. know any good tutorials? yea thanks for the AS ill try it as soon as i can get thoes smilies out…done… thx ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/12 "2002-11-11T06:02:49Z")
As I said… You don’t need to use scenes. I only use scenes for the preloader, everything else I use loadMovie or something. Just go to Insert/Scene the go to Window/Panels/Scene (I believe that is where it is in Flash 5) and make sure the scene with your preloader is before the one with your main movie. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-thunder-lightning-help/7952/13 "2002-11-11T07:04:39Z")
ok well, I’m uploading a new one. I changed the font to Century Gothic. I dont know if it is going to work…i didnt embed the font. oh well… i havent done the loading screen. Im not sure it works in flash 5, i think i screwed up anyway. ill work it out tomorrow. with a broadband connection you shouldnt have trouble having it load in time. i gotta get flash 6, dont know how though… Cant exactly afford it. I havent done very many pages for $$$. I got $50 for the original PhotoAlchemy, and dont know how much for the new one…anyway… check out the new site. see if the font works. thx. ill be on tomorrow…its 12:04 here. again thx for all your help.