I’ve got yet another preloader question for ya:
I don’t know if this is possible, but here goes. I’ve got my main movie with two scenes, scene 1 is going to be the preloader wich contains two frames. Frame 1 contains a stop action and a “launch” button with the following action:
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
Frame 2 is where the preloader code is located, but it won’t work the way I want it to - the idea is to start preloading when the launch button is released, actually it does that, but my browser keeps loading the swf until done, though I have not pressed the button, if I press the button the preload begins where the browser is (start at i.e 62%)…
A preloader doesn’t actually load your movie, it basically just gives the viewer visual reference that it is loading and percentage preloaders allow them to see what percent is already loaded by the browser.
So the browser starts loading your movie anyway, a preloader just shows the viewer that it is loading instead of showing a blank screen.
You should have your launch button go to a different page, or use loadMovie() to call in your new movie.
Lost is right about all that… If you wanna have a button clicking interface with a preloader you will have to have your preloader movie be blank and then the whole thing on the click of a button will load the movie… Which is residing in an outside .swf
