# Preloader help AS2

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help-as2/267744>\
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**Created:** [August 5, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help-as2/267744 "2008-08-05T10:53:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help-as2/267744/1 "2008-08-05T10:53:24Z")

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Howdy everyone!

I have another preloader question to go on pile with all the others.

I have various preloader scripts that I have used in the past, but for some reason with the flash file I’m working on, they don’t work. sort of.

Basically I have a flash file that dynamically creates a majority of the movieClips through AS (not sure if this makes a difference). Then images are pulled out of the library and into the movieClips. This makes my swf size approximately 4.9mb. So I need a preloader.

When I go to simulate the download, I don’t see the preloader. The preloader shows up for a second after the loading is done and the movie starts.

I’m currently giving this tutorial ago:

[http://www.premiumbeat.com/flash\_resources/flash\_tutorials/how\_to\_make\_a\_flash\_preloader.php](http://www.premiumbeat.com/flash_resources/flash_tutorials/how_to_make_a_flash_preloader.php)

I’ve tried the kirupa tutorials, various google searches etc…still no dice.

Any ideas?

Thanks!