Preloader problem

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I set up a preloader like the one in the tutorial “Percentage Preloader with Load Bar”. It works fine until I try to use it on my big movie.
After fooling around with it for a while it seems to be messing up progressively worse as the size of the movie grows. For example, with a very small movie, no worries. As the movie size grows the preloader will stall before appearing, that is if I test it with the ctrl+enter ctrl+enter method it won’t show up right away, and when it does it will already be at 5% or so. Finally if I make the movie size even bigger (still only 700kb) the preloader won’t show up at all.
Any ideas? The only thing I could think of maybe was that the bytes_loaded variable is overflowing?.. Probably not though, just a thought. Any help would be terrif.

Thanks,
Potamus

2

Do you export anything for linkage in the first frame or use any components?

3

hmm, i don’t “export” anything for linkage but I do attach a bunch of movies in the first “real frame” (frame 3). Here is what frame three looks like.

var navX = 251;
var navY = 434;

//depth variables
var bgDepth = 1;
var titleDepth = 2;
var abstractContentDepth = 3;
var middleContentDepth = 6;
var frameDepth = 8;
var navDepth = 9;

//attach movies
attachMovie(“whiteBg”, “whiteBg”, bgDepth,{_x:middleX,_y:middleY});
attachMovie(“title”, “title”, titleDepth,{_x:242,_y:390});
title.title=“MISSION”;
attachMovie(“abstractMission”, “abstractContent”, abstractContentDepth,{_x:middleX,_y:middleY});
attachMovie(“frame”, “frame”, frameDepth,{_x:middleX,_y:middleY});
attachMovie(“lowerNav”, “lowerNav”, navDepth,{_x:navX,_y:navY});
attachMovie(“footerLogo”, “footerLogo”, 7, {_x:639,_y:429});
attachMovie(“missionMiddle”, “middleContent”, middleContentDepth,{_x:middleX,_y:middleY});

is this a problem?? Thanks.

Potamus

4

I think you might export for linkage in the first frame without knowing it. Go to your library and pick on of the movie clips you use attachMovie on. Right click and select linkage. Look to see if the export in first frame box is checked. If it is, that is your problem and I can explain how to fix it.

5

ahhh, this box you speak of is indeed checked. Please enlighten me:)

Potamus

6

Ok :slight_smile: When it exports for linkage in the first frame, it messes up the preloader. It has to do with the way flash gets the bytes loaded and stuff i believe (not sure on all the reasons why). What you need to do is uncheck all those boxes. However, this means that they wont be able to be called by attach movie until they are all placed on the stage once. I would reccomend placing a blank third frame on the stage, moving all your content to the 4th frame. Place all your movies you attach on this frame with the alphas at zero, after unchecking all their “export in first frame” boxes. then you should be good to go. Just keep in mind, the movie clips have to hit the stage once before you can attach them. Good luck.

7

phew, that was a lot of clicking… but it worked though! Thanks a lot! I get a little delay now but nothing compared to what it was, I probably just skipped a movie or two. thanks again!

Potamus

8

no problem :slight_smile:

9

nice, just modified the component scroll bar movie linkages and now it’s perfecto! thanks again!

Potamus

10

yup :slight_smile: