Some weird output

programming flash
1

Hey. just wondering if someone can explain to me why I get this output:

“Target not found: Target=“undefined” Base=”_level0"

It shows up after my preloader finishes and goes to the nextscene. Heres my actionscript setup on frame 2.

[AS]loadedbytes = getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes = getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes = Math.ceil(loadedbytes/1000);
totalkbytes = Math.ceil(totalbytes/1000);
if (loadedbytes == totalbytes) {
nextScene();
}
percent = Math.ceil(loadedbytes/(totalbytes/100));
tellTarget(_root.loading) {
gotoAndStop(_root.percent);
}[/AS]

my preloader instance name is “loading” . And it works fine, I just dont understand why im getting that output?

2

[AS]
loadedbytes = getBytesLoaded();
totalbytes = getBytesTotal();
loadedkbytes = Math.ceil(loadedbytes/1000);
totalkbytes = Math.ceil(totalbytes/1000);
if (loadedbytes == totalbytes) {
nextScene();
}
percent = Math.ceil((loadedbytes/totalbytes)*100);//that will give you a percentage
tellTarget("_root.loading") {//needs to be in quotes or it thiks it is a variable
gotoAndStop(percent);//if that relates to the percent you just defined you can write it like that
}
[/AS]

Hope that helps,
Shawn

3

Why are you using [font=courier new]tellTarget[/font] anyway? It has been deprecated since Flash 5!! :-\

_root.loading.gotoAndStop(percent);
4

I was wondering the same thing myself, however, I figured I would leave it since it seems they know how to use it, and I didn’t want to explain the other format, lazy me always tring to get out of working. :slight_smile:

5

Thanx for the help guyz. I figured it out :thumb: . The script was taken from Flash Super Samurai so that might explain why its out of date…

btw, what does deprecated mean?

6

deprecated means, disapprove of strongly literally speaking, for flash it means it has a newer better way of doing it, and that method will probably be removed in a future release.