13 year old flasher

[Martin]

hello

I'm making a site in Flash, it's in norwegian, but when it's finished, some of you may want to take a look...

Whatever, I posted this thread to ask for some design/flash-tips......
I also have a preloader, but it seems to load the hole movie, and then preload, wich only takes 0.01 seconds, when the site already is loaded.
Can someone please help me?!?

Sorry 'bout my english, I'm only 13....and please: don't freeze me out and ignore my threads just because I'm only 13..
I'm only 13, but I'm still a Flasher like you guys  

Regards

MBX

[Jonathan Richter]

Hi Martin!

Welcome to the clan! Your English is clear to me - I am Dutch. Ok, what function do you use for the preloader? Do you use ifFrameLoaded or GetBytesLoaded and Get BytesTotal?
Remember that Flash starts loading with the 1st layer, then the 2nd, etc. Then frame 2.
So make sure that the preloader is 'light': no heavy pictures, no heavy sounds, etc.
I also have your problem with small sites. Before it can start the preloader, flash has to download the complete preloader. If that is a big part of the whole movie it's logical that it takes a while.

If this isn't help enough, sent me the .fla and I will look and try to find out what the mistake is.
I also recommend a very good 'Bible', the Flash5 Bible. That's the original title. It is a good learning book but also very good to search for special problems. It ships with a CD with all the examples in the book. I have it in Dutch, so maybe there's a Norwegian translation too. It's written by Robert Reinhardt and Warren Lentz. It's 1100 pages and about Euro 70,00.

Grtz,
Sckz

[Martin]

Hi!

Thanks for answering  !

My preloader is placed in the first scene of my movie/site.
And its three frames in the preloader scene:

1. frame: the preloader and this code:

Code:

txtPercentage = Math.round((_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal())*100) add "% loaded";
tellTarget ("loader") {
   gotoAndPlay(Math.round((_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal())*100));
}

2.frame: code:

Code:

if (_root.getBytesLoaded() == _root.getBytesTotal()) {
   gotoAndPlay(3);
} else {
   gotoAndPlay(1);
}

3. frame: a button, when clicked the movie enter the main scene.

What's wrong?

Se ya all soon !

[Jonathan Richter]

Hi Martin!


I don't understand the function of:

tellTarget ("loader") {
   gotoAndPlay(Math.round((_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal())*100));
}

What does the MC "loader" do?

I would say:

Frame 1 (in frame actions):
txtPercentage = (_root.getBytesLoaded() / _root.getBytesTotal())*100 + "% loaded";
play;

Frame 2 (in frame actions):
if (_root.getBytesLoaded() < _root.getBytesTotal()) {
   gotoAndPlay(1);
} else {
   gotoAndPlay(3);
}

Frame 3 (in button actions):

on (release) {
  ShowTheSite;
}

If this doesn't work maybe the trouble is that you can't use an object directly in an if-statement. Try:

Frame 1 (in frame actions):
loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded();
total = _root.getBytesTotal();
txtPercentage = (loaded / total)*100 + "% loaded";
if (loaded / total < 1) {
   gotoAndPlay(2);
} else {
   gotoAndPlay(3);
}
play;

Frame 2 (in frame actions):
gotoAndPlay(1);


Frame 3 (in button actions):

on (release) {
  ShowTheSite;
}

That should work.

Grtz,
Sckz

[Pete]

hey i can remember being 13 and how put out i was because of my age so heres a preloader thats quick and easy you can just dump the frames into a scene making sure its before any others and it should work fine, feel free to edit it how you like, the original code is from a tutorial. if you have any questions or probs just ask.


the .fla is attached to this message so anyone else can have a look too.
Iam Australian by the way and your english is great.

tell me how you go with it :)

[Martin]

Hi Pete

Thanks for helping, but I can't see any preloader...?

If you have time....can you please send it to me: martin@dx.no

I'm just starting out on a pure flash-page, and it's in english so you guys can have a look at it when it's finished.

Regards

-Martin

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