Can someone tell me how to make a preloader that is a movie clip so i dont have To take up a bunch of frames.
Or just a scene jump. Somthing that takes up little space for a signature.
if its just a sig then you shouldn’t need a preloader.
Trust me. It will help for the 56kers
Hey,
This code should help, attach it to a movieclip.
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
loaded=_root.getBytesLoaded
total=_root.getBytesTotal
if(loaded > 0 && loaded == _root._totalframes)
gotoAndPlay(send to your main site or part of your movie)
else (loaded < 0 && loaded < _root._totalframes)
gotoAndPlay(the first frame of your movie or loading scene)
this should help!!! Post again if you need to!
Kyle
The point though… if you have something in a sig, at least on this board, is that it must be below 35 k or something like that. If you’re planning on making a sig that requires a preloader, then it’s too big… at least for this board. 
Um. dont jump to conclusions.
I’m not, just warning you in case you have not read the rules here… other than this place, I could care less what you do to 56k users. Sorry, really, I was just in a mood yesterday.
To answer your question, which sort of was above, but not really,
This example has a few extra features which you can use or take out, like the percentage conversion.
create a new movie clip
frame one
//here we are getting the total bytes and the number of
//bytes that have been loaded so far, of the movie, and
//dividing it by 1000 in order to come up with killobytes.
//we set two variables to be equal to these two statements
//like so
totalK=Math.ceil(getBytesTotal()/1000);
loadedK=Math.ceil(getBytesLoaded()/1000);
//remaining K is just the first variable, minus the second.
remainingK=totalK-loadedK;
//percentage of K loaded is just the second variable divided
//by the first, and then mutliplied by 100.
percentageK=(loadedK/totalK)*100;
//here is our break out… if the amount of K loaded is greater
//than the total K of the movie, AND (that’s what && means…
//both conditions have to be true) the total K is NOT equal to
//0, then goto the third frame.
if(loadedK>=totalK&&totalK!=0){
_root.play();
}
frame two
gotoAndPlay(1);
So, place this on your main timeline, and in the same frame, (different layer is fine) place a
stop(); action.
oh yeah… I forgot to include this link
pub40.ezboard.com/fkirupa…ID=9.topic
this is where I discuss my preloader in depth, and give you some FLA downloads to use. I hope they’re helpful.
Sorry for being such a ***** above… you’re right I was assuming stuff that wasn’t evident.
Thanks man. Dont worry about before. no hard feelins.
its just good to have a preloader. Even for a big movie. and for some reason its hard to find a good tutorial.
I new with the scripting.