# Preloading External MCs ?!?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-mcs/197948>\
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**Created:** [August 21, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-mcs/197948 "2006-08-21T06:10:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![glared1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e8cbc/32.png) [@glared1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glared1)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-external-mcs/197948/1 "2006-08-21T06:10:25Z")

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i have a fairly elaborate site setup that uses many many nested MC’s as placeholders for other movies…when those MC’s load they begin with a preloader…my question is…how do you preload a movie that is going to be placed in a nested MC later in the timeline??

for instance…

i have 3 movies.

Main.swf  
1.swf.  
2.swf

i want to make a preloader that will of course preload the Main.swf timeline, but how do i preload the other movies (1swf, 2swf) at the same time…??

any help would be appreciated.

thanks in advance.