# \[flash8\]Preloading problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-preloading-problem/217297>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 25, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-preloading-problem/217297 "2007-02-25T16:24:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xannax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/xannax/32/3350_2.png) [@Xannax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xannax)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-preloading-problem/217297/1 "2007-02-25T16:24:20Z")

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Hello, I have a loading problem.  
Ok, my site is huge, but the main interface is light. I want to check when the main interface is loaded so I can display it, and then display the different components one by one when each one is loaded.

Here’s my code:

```auto

//This is just for displaying the percentage
LoadedBytes=getBytesLoaded();
TotalBytes=getBytesTotal();
Percentage = int(LoadedBytes/(TotalBytes/100));

//This checks if everything has loaded
if(this._framesloaded >= this._totalframes) {this.gotoAndStop("MainFrm");}

//this is what command should be executed when the playhead reaches frame 5,
//where my main interface is located.
if(this._framesloaded == 5 ){SpinCube(1,Page.Full,"PLoading")}

```

Now, it works. The code is not the problem; the problem is that the \_framesloaded property stays stuck at 4 for 90% of the loading, and then frames 5 to 8 are loaded within the remaining 10%.  
It is weird, since frames 1 to 4 are almost completely empty, and frames 5 to 8 contain all symbols used later on in the movie.  
And it is mostly unwanted, since the result is almost similar to loading the entire site. What I want is the user to be able to begin interacting as soon as the playhead reaches frame 6.

I don’t understand how it is possible. Why is flash taking so long loading almost nothing, and then speeds up for loading the big heavy stuff?

edit: I just checked, it is not 90%, but 99%. It loads the whole site. What is \_loadedframes for? I might as well use ifFrameLoaded then.

edit(2): With ifFrameLoaded, it works. So my problem is solved (although, since ifFrameLoaded is deprecated, I’d like to use \_loadedframes instead, just to get used to it). I’d still want, for learning purposes, to understand why the other way doesn’t do what it is supposed to?