# Preloader

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/161947>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 8, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/161947 "2005-09-08T13:55:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![crunchysocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@crunchysocks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/crunchysocks)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader/161947/1 "2005-09-08T13:55:30Z")

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Hey,

Before you ask, yes i have searched the forums and tutorial section to no avail.

Basically, i have a main movie, which is loaded with a pre-loader… then when its intro has finished playing external swf’s are loaded into the screens… they work fine (apart from one, where the preloader doesn’t appear till about 70% for some reason… i can’t figure it out, its the same as the others, only different content).

Anyway, the main movies preloader doesn’t appear until about 98%. This happens not only when uploaded to my server, but also when i do the test movie to simulate download speed…

When i searched the forums, i saw people mention something like having a seperate swf that contains JUST the preloader, and that should pre-load my main movie… Although i don’t understand how the heck that would work…

please help!