Ok, yeah it's another preloader question, but it's not what you think

Heya guys.

OK I have a preloader problem but it’s not just another normal preloader question (I can see everyone here is tired of those :wink: ). I’ll try & explain as best I can.

I am trying to load a .swf file into a placeholder that has been built into a basic interface .swf.

The interface has it’s own preloader, which works fine.

The files I want to load into the placeholder also have their own preloader, as I’m trying to cut down on the initial load time by splitting the movies up a little. So when you click on a link it then loads the movie into the placeholder, preloads then plays.

The problem is that the preloader of the movie that gets loaded into the placeholder seems to be effecting the interface .swf, and causing it to re-start rather than just playing the loaded movie…

I’m guessing that they are interacting together somehow, but I’m only pretty new to this and have no idea how or why…

You can view what I have done :HERE:

A ZIP file of the .fla files can be downloaded HERE:

Please forgive my poor workmanship, I’m still trying to get the hang of this…

Thanx for you help!

FW

This might help you
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader_transition.htm

Thanx for your reply, but I was really hoping to find a solution to this without having to re-build my files again, or add transitions.

Thanx for you help though…

Anyone else have some easier suggestions?

(ps: claudio there appears to be some error in your tutorial, in line iv, where it states the coordinates for transition symbol should be should be x coordinate 100 and y -53, this appears to be incorrect as those coordintes are located outside of the stage area. your “tutorial_complete.fla” gives the coordinates for the transition symbol as x 240 and y 114. hope this helps)

Thx for your reply FIREWIGHT, ill have dat fixed :slight_smile:

No worries mate.

I’m seeing if i can work your tutorial into my files to duplicate the effect, but because my loaded movies have their own transition i have to edit everything…

Will see how it goes, but if there are other ideas out there the feel free to let me know!

Cheers!

FW

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any new takers?