# Preloader troubles
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [January 18, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523 "2003-01-18T14:44:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@hsadan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hsadan)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/1 "2003-01-18T14:44:53Z")
I have a preloader that kinda breaks up so that the scene progresses as the loading progresses
apparently this causes my swf to restart when i load a movie with that preloader into it :-\
the code goes like this
```auto
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var bytes = _root.getBytesTotal();
var bytes_loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded();
if (bytes_loaded >= bytes*20/100) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(2);
} else {
_root.gotoAndStop(1);
}
}
```
er, i’m not too good at explaining, hope you get the idea.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/2 "2003-01-19T06:33:28Z")
Your math is off is all.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/3 "2003-01-19T07:16:30Z")
er could u be more specific as to which part is wrong…=)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/4 "2003-01-19T07:20:40Z")
the getBytesLoaded and getBytesTotal functions return a number between 0 and 1.
Now do the math.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/5 "2003-01-19T07:37:01Z")
er
yea, that’s **very** helpful
thx alot
still can’t get it to work, tho
thx for the reply
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/6 "2003-01-19T07:40:08Z")
ok then,
attach the file in a post and let me see it, I’ll fix it and explain…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/7 "2003-01-19T07:43:34Z")
…thanks alot:)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/8 "2003-01-19T08:17:00Z")
ok my friend,
sorry but there are so many fundamental errors in this fla that it is going to take some time to go over this.
I will get back to you if I can…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/9 "2003-01-19T09:42:48Z")
Thanks so much for your help…
this was but my first actionscript experimenting :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/10 "2003-01-19T12:46:42Z")
hey!
did u check out the tutorials on this site??
it will show u how to do them =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/11 "2003-01-19T12:49:34Z")
yep i sure did…but there isn’t one on breaking up the preloader so that the loading sequence progresses as the loading does … is there? :sigh:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/12 "2003-01-19T18:46:03Z")
I see what you are trying to do here and After I looked at it really you just have a couple of things wrong, I think you are making it more difficult then it really is, I can’t right now but I will post a fla if noone else gives you an answer today
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/13 "2003-01-20T03:39:28Z")
not exactly sure by what u mean sorry 😏
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-troubles/11523/14 "2003-01-25T03:42:15Z")
thanks for your time, but i managed to get it fixed (all i had to do was change \_root to \_parent, figured that \_root would mean taking the main .swf instead of the individual)