I’ve am currently working on my new design for my site. Now all of the new “hot” sites have a bit of animation before the main preloader starts. I want to do the same thing. Have a few elements animate in, and then the main preloader begins…
The preloader script I’m using is very simple:
LOADED = Math.round(getBytesLoaded());
TOTAL = Math.round(getBytesTotal());
PERCENT = LOADED/TOTAL;
bar._width = PERCENT*100;
if (LOADED == TOTAL) {
gotoAndPlay(3);
}
Because it doesn’t lie on the first frame… the preloader doesnt work… The only way I could fathom a way to make this work is to have a swf with the initial animations, and then at the end of the animation… replace that swf with another that begins the preload… I don’t know how to do this, and I really don’t think this is the way things are done.
Questions:
Is is possible to have a main swf replaced by another?
-if not-
Can anyone lead me into a direction where I might find some instruction on preloading in the middle of the main timeline???
PS Im using mx2004
Thanks guys.
wheatleyweb
