Forced Preloader

programming flash
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Btw, you shouldnt happen to know how I can get this preloader to work for the transitions aswell? Having some problem getting it working, because it the transition preloader works abit different.

Thanks,
fatnslow

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lot of ppl asking questions about the transitions tut… ill hav to have a look at it… but if you can grasp the basic concept of what ive done (sorry if that sounds patronising or owt… its not intended if it does! :S) chances are you could adapt it to the transitional preloader thingy… ill hav a look for the tut wen i get time k?

Prophet.

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Thanks, that would be great. I have used the transition tutorial on the index2.fla I posted over. I have tried some, but it is alittle bit to much for my lvl in as atm.

Thanks in advance,
fatnslow

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Thanks, that would be great. I have used the transition tutorial on the index2.fla I posted over. I have tried some, but it is alittle bit to much for my lvl in as atm.

Thanks in advance,
fatnslow

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Hey, Prophet.

Are you able to have a look at the transition thingy?

Thanks

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Hey, Prophet.

Are you able to have a look at the transition thingy?

Thanks

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SORRY!!! i went all quiet on u ther dint i… :S

promise ill make time 2 have a look within 24 hours!

Prophet.

28

Hehe, no problem. Thanks for all the help :slight_smile:

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bytesLoaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytesTotal = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
//getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total; // Just to remember what the old one was
realPercent = (bytesLoaded/bytesTotal)*100
_root.loadBar._width = fakePercent*2; //max width is 2*100 = 200
_root.loadText = fakePercent+"% Loaded"; //no need to round or times as fakePercent is incremented by 1 each time rather than being loaded/total
if(!firstTime){
	firstTime=1
	fakePercent=0
}
if(intervalStarted!=1){
    intervalStarted=1
	clearInterval(fakePercentInt)
	fakePercentInt = setInterval(function(){
        	fakePercent++
		trace(realPercent)
    },20) //again, change the 100 to a speed of your choice ;)
}
if(fakePercent>realPercent){
	clearInterval(fakePercentInt)
}
else if(fakePercent<(realPercent-5)||realPercent>=100){
	intervalStarted=0
}
if(fakePercent>=100){
	gotoAndStop(3)
	clearInterval(fakePercentInt)
}

should work ok judging by the code in this tut:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions2.htm

sorry i didnt reply as soon as promised but i had my first car crash yesterday at about 2.50 pm (ie. before i got home) and my car was a write off… so for once i had a pretty good excuse! :stuck_out_tongue:

Prophet.

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Hehe, no problem.

But I can’t see where I should have this code? That is the code I have in the first frame of my main movie. But how can I get it to replace the transition preloader, the one that comes up after the “in” transition has played.

Understandable? :slight_smile:

Thanks for the help

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replace the preloading code on the frames of the swfs with the above and things should run forcibly i hope :wink:

Prophet.

32

Ok, now I have a main.swf that on button press loads profile.swf using this code.

on (release)
_root.content.loadMovie (“profile.swf”)

and in the profile.swf I have the preloader in the first 2 frames and the text in the third. But when I click on the profile button in the main.swf, the content box gets white and it doesn’t display the preloader, but after the preloader are done, it shows the text…

Understandable :slight_smile:

So, why doesn’t the preloader show up?

Thanks,
fatnslow