I really really need your help

[cph2686]

Hi everyone! I'm taking a preloader to load 3 scenes, but I can't figure out how the action would work. On the first scene, my preloader scene, should I set it up like this?

Frame 1
If Frame Is Loaded (Scene2, Last Frame)
Go to and Play (Preloader Scene, 2)
End Frame Loaded

Frame 2
If Frame Is Loaded (Scene3, Last Frame)
Go to and Play (Preloader Scene, 3)
End Frame Loaded

Frame 3
If Frame Is Loaded (Scene4, Last Frame)
Go to and Play (Preloader Scene, 4)
End Frame Loaded

Last frame in preloader scene
Go to and Play (Preload Scene, 1)

...or would I set it up like this?

Frame 1
If Frame Is Loaded (Scene2, Last Frame)
Go to and play (????)
End Frame Loaded
If Frame Is Loaded (Scene3, Last Frame)
Go to and play (????)
End Frame Loaded
If Frame Is Loaded (Scene4, Last Frame)
Go to and Play (Scene 2, 1)
End Frame Loaded

Last frame in preloader scene
Go to and Play (Preload Scene, 1)

Help I don't understand how to set this up! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

~Chuck

[DOAcharlie]

There is an exact tutorial for this within Flashkit. I used it myself. All the code is there.

Good Luck

[Pope de Flash]

If you want a clean reusable pre loader do this:
label the last frame in the movie "end" it doesnt matter if its in the first scene or another scene.
Now place a blank key frame in frame 6 and another in frame 10.

In frame 6 put this code:

If Frame Is Loaded (Scene 2, "end")
Go to and Play (8)
End Frame Loaded

(if the last frame is in scene 2)

then put this action in frame 7:

Go to and Play (5)

Now you can put a layer below this layer and put a load movie clip
in it. Be sure to add a blank keyframe in frame 11 of this layer so the load movie clip will not be
visible once the
preload is done.

Now the best part is any time you need a pre loader you can just copy these frames and drop them
into your
movie. All you have to do is put the "end" lable in the last frame of the movie. The other advantage
to this method
is if the movie gets bigger your not attached to frames but to a label which should remain at the
end.



regards, Bill