# Preloader starts at 46%
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-starts-at-46/29233
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 24, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-starts-at-46/29233 "2003-08-24T17:00:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@blueshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blueshift)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-starts-at-46/29233/1 "2003-08-24T17:00:35Z")
I have a preloader, the same exact one I’ve used time and time again, and at first it worked just fine, now, whenever I test it, the preload screen is blank until 46% of the movie is loaded, thats when the percent loaded text shows up. All I have for the preload screen is text that says “loading,” non-animated, and the dynamic text field for the percent. Has anyone ever run into this problem before?
Heres the code:
[AS]
bytes\_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes\_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes\_loaded/bytes\_total;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent\*100)+"%";
if (bytes\_loaded == bytes\_total) {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
}[/AS]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-starts-at-46/29233/2 "2003-08-24T17:05:24Z")
Have you exported items in the first frame ? Have you used components ?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-starts-at-46/29233/3 "2003-08-24T17:21:48Z")
did you embed fonts - use some music ?? (because they’re loaded before anything else)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-starts-at-46/29233/4 "2003-08-24T18:34:05Z")
Trying playing with a bar with it. Just add:
[AS]
this.loadBar.\_width = getPercent\*[The width of your bar];
[/AS]
I had the same problem before where my text doesn’t show up at all and then suddenly the bar shows up and becomes full.