# Please explain to me "linkage"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 17, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-explain-to-me-linkage/260616 "2008-05-17T16:33:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluemagica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bluemagica](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bluemagica)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-explain-to-me-linkage/260616/1 "2008-05-17T16:33:35Z")
In my game i have a lot of mc and sounds(90%++) that will be dynamically attached and removed under various conditions. So as you all can understand, i have to setup their “linkage” properties, to use them in code. Now, in Linkage, i have two feilds, “export for AS” and “export in first frame”…Now when i check on both, everything works fine, but it makes the very first frame pretty heavy…and thus, the preloader shows up at about 70% instead of starting at 0…and if i check off the “export in first frame” option, then the clips or sounds don’t get attached at all. What might the problem be, and what is the solution? ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-explain-to-me-linkage/260616/2 "2008-05-17T18:43:35Z")
see: [http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/faq/#preloaderstart](http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/faq/#preloaderstart) The link at the bottom of that section (preloaders) goes into some further depth ---
**Author:** ![ArmoredSandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@ArmoredSandwich](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArmoredSandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-explain-to-me-linkage/260616/3 "2008-05-17T22:27:12Z")
[quote=senocular;2327565]see: [http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/faq/#preloaderstart](http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/faq/#preloaderstart) The link at the bottom of that section (preloaders) goes into some further depth[/quote] Awesome, I was looking into this when I still worked on the flash RTS (sig) and found out the preloader didn’t work correctly. I believe I actually tried unchecking every “export in first frame” of all my library items. It still didn’t work correctly, but I guess I’ll try it again, maybe I did something wrong xD . Though, it is a lot of work, unchecking every item in your library… Horrible to find that out way too late in a project. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![bluemagica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bluemagica](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bluemagica)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-explain-to-me-linkage/260616/4 "2008-05-18T03:46:12Z")
Thanks senocular, you have really helped a lot.Thanks again!! EDIT: when i went to try it, that is putting everything on the second frame, my sounds or mc s are not being loaded again, what could the problem be? ---
**Author:** ![JohnPopes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JohnPopes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JohnPopes)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-explain-to-me-linkage/260616/5 "2008-05-18T03:53:13Z")
dude what i do is put everything in a “linkage loader” movie clip and put it invisible on some frame, so you only have to check “export for as”, and it keeps your first frame intact. ---
**Author:** ![JohnPopes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JohnPopes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JohnPopes)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-explain-to-me-linkage/260616/6 "2008-05-20T19:57:11Z")
[QUOTE=bluemagica;2327679]Thanks senocular, you have really helped a lot.Thanks again!! EDIT: when i went to try it, that is putting everything on the second frame, my sounds or mc s are not being loaded again, what could the problem be?[/QUOTE] did u give er the “linkage id” that thing you use to call the object? shove it all on a mc and put it on some frame ---
**Author:** ![bluemagica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bluemagica](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bluemagica)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-explain-to-me-linkage/260616/7 "2008-05-21T03:36:36Z")
yep