# Preloader Help Needed Please and Thanks

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help-needed-please-and-thanks/167754>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 31, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help-needed-please-and-thanks/167754 "2005-10-31T18:06:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![BoonDock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/boondock/32/1188_2.png) [@BoonDock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BoonDock)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help-needed-please-and-thanks/167754/1 "2005-10-31T18:06:30Z")

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Ok, well i have been using the old way to do preloaders for quite some time, and I thought I would try and keep up to date, and figure out how to use my old preloader but so that it doesn’t stutter before the movie is played, what I mean here is that the loader when it finally comes into view is already at say 44% when you actually get to see it etc. What am I doing wrong? I’ve seen people with animated loaders and others that have a ton of stuff displayed while their loader is loading the rest of the content…could someone clue me in or show me a better tutorial on how to improve my loaders? Thanks in advance.

**Oh, here is the code I’m using on the first frame of my movie for the loader:**

```auto
bytes_loaded = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(_root.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
_root.loadBar._width = getPercent*140;
_root.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
 _root.gotoAndPlay(5);
}

```