Preloading only part of a movie

Hi all,

I have a movieclip that contains an animation of about 100 frames. The total size is a bit large, so what i’d like is for the movieclip to show its first frame, and then load the other 99 frames in the background.

However when i try this, the first frame doesnt even show untill the 100 frames are fully loaded.

I know its possible to copy the first frame of the 100 and put it in the preceding frame, but thats not an option at the moment. Neither is making it an external swf and preloading it that way.

Any help from ye guru’s? :wink: