# Preloader etiquite

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-etiquite/274250>\
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**Created:** [October 27, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-etiquite/274250 "2008-10-27T16:39:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![HMPoweredMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/57b2e6/32.png) [@HMPoweredMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HMPoweredMan)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-etiquite/274250/1 "2008-10-27T16:39:34Z")

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Is it better to have a preloader load an external .swf? or have it coded into the original .swf?

I ask this because I have a game that I may want to share with other sites down the road. But the preloader .swf will always load the game from my site, but if I put the preloader into the original .swf, the file size will be much larger and will make updates more complicated.