I did this tutorial, it worked fine…until I tried to use it with my scene. The preloader works, but the scene won’t play. My preloader–using frames method–allows my scene to play.
I’m trying to take your advice and use the percentage/bytes method but I just can’t figure out why it won’t work. I’ve read so many threads on this forum that my mind has turned to mush now. Sorry for posting again, but please help!
I’m going to attach 2 (abbreviated) examples of my scene, one using the preloader with frames (which works) and one using the percentage preloader (which doesn’t work with scene). I also have to attach an “external1.swf” file so you can see where I’m going with this…of course remember to put the 2 .fla files in the same folder with the .swf file. The 2nd and 3rd attachment will come next messages. Thank you.
Also you used the code from the final completed .zip file, the code in the tutorial is slightly different and will work for movies loaded in via loadMovie().
…I told you my brains are mushy right now–I have to go outside and play for a while (I know you’re thinking “hopefully in the freeway”). I got it fixed, it works great now. Next I guess I have to get rid of all my scenes and figure out how to make that massive change to my movie.
Thanks so much for the quick help, surely appreciate it!..the answer man.
Hey lost I used your tutorial to create a preloader as well. Well it works but I am wondering about putting some animation to it.
(Other than the percentage showing that is) You know, like the bar filling up as the movie loads…how do I do that?
Thanks and maybe I should have started a new thread…but I am hoping you will get email notification for this one.
lostinbeta or anyone,
I dumped my scenes, made 10 .swf instead and loaded them all using loadMovie Action Script. #1 .swf (main movie with your prloader)=4 KB #2 .swf=16 KB #3 .swf=16 KB #4 .swf=16 KB #5 .swf=20 KB #6 .swf=16 KB #7 .swf=24 KB #8 .swf=16 KB #9 .swf=132 KB #10 .swf=not completed
Everything seems to be working great. The preloader is on the stage for such a short time that it is barely visible. So what’s the deal? Is this set up still too big in size to be realistic for 56 K modem viewers?? When I test it with Bandwidth Profiler Show Streaming set at 14.4 K the preloader is still barely visible. Do 56 K modems sit there waiting for the #9 .swf @ 132 KB to load when they call for that .swf? I’m waiting for a video that runs 30 seconds in length that could be added to the # 10 .swf–would this option be out of the question with the file sizes I’ve shown you above?? I’m trying to get a feel for the size of this thing in this new set up so any feedback would be appreciated a lot.
jillymo: My tutorial does make the bar fill up as it is loading. You musta done something wrong if it isn’t working like that :-\
macmar: Putting a preloader on your main movie doesn’t preload all your submovies that get loaded in via loadMovie(), your best bet would be to put a preloader on each of them individually as well. The reason your preloader doesn’t show up for very long is because your main movie is 4k, which is very small, so it loads quickly.
Maybe my bg color is the same color as the bar?? My background is #999999 (gray) that could be the problem…
Well I copied that scene into a new fla file…
Maybe you can see what I did wrong?
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Lost-
Silly me I went through and figured out what it was- thanks to you explaining the code at the end of the tutorial I knew where to look. I did not have the loadBar mc instance named loadBar and that is why it was not working…
lost,
I see you had a hand in this tutorial, so I’m asking you. http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/volume_slider.htm
I did this tutorial and added the script as instructed, but I don’t see the “downloading song” text that’s suppose to play until the song is totally loaded. I tried using a larger song file and that didn’t work either. The “sound2.mp3” file that came with the tut. is not attached, but can be loaded from the tut site. The “volume_final.fla” doesn’t work either.
Can you tell me why the preloader text on this doesn’t work like the tutorial says it’s suppose to, PLEASE!
I didn’t have a hand in the tutorial, I had a hand in helping Kirupa solve an issue he was having with the sound object (which wasn’t preloading the sound), but that is it.
Before I attempt to figure out what is wrong did you test this after uploading to a server? If you use the CTRL+Enter+Enter (show streaming) method in Flash of previewing it, that will not work for content loaded in dynamically so you will have to test it out on a server.
No, I didn’t test it on a server, just trying to view with Showing Streaming and Bandwidth profiler and a slow modem setting in Debug. So if you have to upload it to a server to view it, why does the text in your preloader show up when it loads without viewing it on a server?
