# Gap Before Preloader Begins

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gap-before-preloader-begins/304688>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 11, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gap-before-preloader-begins/304688 "2010-02-11T21:53:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![J\_Mo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@J\_Mo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/J_Mo)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gap-before-preloader-begins/304688/1 "2010-02-11T21:53:28Z")

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Hi,

Can anyone tell me any possible reasons why there is a gap of 5secs (ish) between my swf opening and my preloader starting (at like 90% complete)??

My first frame contains 228kb of info, could that be it? If it is, I cant see what it is to cause this.

Can anyone help?  
Cheers  
Phil