# \[fmx\] preloader: what am I doing wrong?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-what-am-i-doing-wrong/22810
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 9, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-what-am-i-doing-wrong/22810 "2003-06-09T05:40:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@bleutuna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bleutuna)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-what-am-i-doing-wrong/22810/1 "2003-06-09T05:40:05Z")
**the file:** [http://www.mariomilitia.com/sg\_main\_movie\_preloader.fla](http://www.mariomilitia.com/sg_main_movie_preloader.fla)
Though it _should_ go to the second frame, it doesn’t, and I can’t figure out why. It just sits on the preloader, refusing to go forward.
The script for the preloader is on the MASK, but it’s also written below:
\*\*onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
bytesLoaded = \_root.getBytesLoaded();
totalSize = \_root.getBytesTotal();
\_root.percentLoaded = (bytesLoaded/totalSize)\*100
\_yscale = \_root.percentLoaded
```
if (bytesLoaded == totalSize) {
this.gotoAndStop(2);
}
```
}
\*\*
Anyone have any ideas?
:pope:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-what-am-i-doing-wrong/22810/2 "2003-06-09T05:51:59Z")
try this…
```php
_root.percentLoaded = Math.Floor((bytesLoaded/totalSize)*100);
```
the Math.Floor rounds down to the nearest whole number, it was probaly returning something like 3.454 when you wanted 3;
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-what-am-i-doing-wrong/22810/3 "2003-06-09T14:17:04Z")
Cool, figured it out:
Needed to change the \_this.gotoAndStop(2); to a \_root.gotoAndStop(2); - and it worked great 🙂
[http://www.mariomilitia.com//servicegroup/index.html](http://www.mariomilitia.com//servicegroup/index.html)
:pope:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-what-am-i-doing-wrong/22810/4 "2003-06-09T14:23:50Z")
Take a look at the actions layer. You have an stop in frame 1.
If you control your movie with the preloader …
Remove the stop from frame one.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-preloader-what-am-i-doing-wrong/22810/5 "2003-06-09T16:33:35Z")
I think that it is better to have a preload function and use [AS]setInterval[/AS] to update it continuesly. The script I use in my .swf files is below.
[AS]
stop();
preload = setInterval(loader,10);
function loader(){
if(getBytesLoaded() \>= getBytesTotal()){
stopAllSounds();
nextScene();
}
txtPercent = Math.round(getBytesLoaded() / getBytesTotal() \* 100) + “%”;
}
[/AS]