# Preloader help
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 25, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735 "2003-07-25T19:35:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@somdow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somdow)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735/1 "2003-07-25T19:35:29Z")
ok this is my problem, most of the loaders ive learned have taught to load things as a whole, now altho i know theres a million ways to build a preloader. i want one that doesnt load the whole movie, i want one that loads maybe say half and then the movie starts to play. now i know this is easy (i already know how to build one) but okay this is what i want
i want it to load a certain % then start to play but with that said i need it to be also represented with a bar or numbers
eg
-----bytes\_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes\_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes\_loaded/bytes\_total;
this.loadBar.\_width = getPercent_100;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent_100)+"%";
if (bytes\_loaded == bytes\_total) {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
}---------
this loads the whole thing, i want it to load maybe 50% or 75% because i have video and all in my flash site and i want that to load separatly. if the movie loads all of it together, itll take forever.
should i load the movies and the gallery separatly to save load times or???
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735/2 "2003-07-25T20:04:03Z")
Is the video an essential part of your site? I mean, the user needs to watch it?
If its not, load it separatly, so the user dont have to download something he doesnt need.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735/3 "2003-07-25T20:05:50Z")
I never ever used a Porloader in my Flash movies.
Only because most of my movies are below 50 kb.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735/4 "2003-07-25T20:11:19Z")
i feel ya claud,
far as the vid goes yea it is important cause, its an entertainment site for a dj here in nyc so they want to have lil vid skits in there along with a big img library you know. but ill def do that, ill load it sep
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735/5 "2003-07-25T21:01:03Z")
aku type with full words its really irratating when you do that.
But anyways who off topic
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735/6 "2003-07-26T06:04:47Z")
lol , sometimes im in sucha hurry that if it sounds like a word then by god let it be one lol.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735/7 "2003-07-26T06:11:41Z")
did you ever try that when you do the assigbning of variables for the getBytesLoaded/getBytesTotal\*100 /.075 //75%, that way it reads the whole Total load into 75% complete so that way when it getBytesLoaded finishes, it’ll only be 75%…I’ve never tried it, just a thought
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-help/26735/8 "2003-07-26T13:37:15Z")
no i actually havent i i dont have a clus as to what you mean lol