Preloader starts at 60%...pls help!!!

[martiansam]

I have an swf movie which is just around 120kb. Its made in flash5 as the client had requested it in flash5 so I could not use MX. I am using attachMovieclip and cant avoid that. Now after a lot of research and going thru a lot of messages in this message board, I got to know that, if u use attachmovieclip, those symbols are loaded in the very first frame which makes the preloading bar appear after a lot of delay. In my case the preloader starts at 60% almost after most of the movie is loaded.

I need some solution for this problem. Pls give me some suggestion which I can work on and get rid of this problem.

Thanks for any help.

[gSOLO_01]

create a new/seperate swf to preload the content...

[martiansam]

no other way??!!

[marmotte]

i had the same "problem"... my home page is 244ko total, but the first frame is 210ko! with a 56k, you'll have to wait one or two minutes before seeing anything. very annoying (you can check the link in my signature, it is frustrating)!
but now i know what to do:

how to fix it

there are two ways;

1) place your mc's in another .fla and then use loadMovie() to load the swf containing the linked mc's.

2) you could place the mc on the stage and use duplicateMovieClip() as well.

i hope it helps ^^

[cng1]

That was by far the easiest fix for me....

Good luck!

[Joel Tell]

Just add a scene at the begining and put the preloader there. That way it just runs there and then goes to the next scene when it's all loaded.

[gSOLO_01]

Originally posted by Joel Tell
Just add a scene at the begining and put the preloader there. That way it just runs there and then goes to the next scene when it's all loaded.

that wont work...

[Joel Tell]

Originally posted by gSOLO_01

Originally posted by Joel Tell
Just add a scene at the begining and put the preloader there. That way it just runs there and then goes to the next scene when it's all loaded.

that wont work...

sorry, missed the attach movie clip part.
Can't you work around the "attach" factor?

[martiansam]

Unfortunately, I couldnt find any other solution than calling the external movie clips. Thanks for all ur replies.

[Musicman]

Hi,

there is yet another way to do it: http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...hreadid=289032

Musicman

[gSOLO_01]

Originally posted by Musicman
Hi,

there is yet another way to do it: http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...hreadid=289032

Musicman

thats the way we've been recommending...

[Musicman]

Hi,

@gSOLO_01:
it is the same - in theory, but much different in practice:
with different scenes, flash still exports the attachable assets before it even outputs the preloader.
Creating two separate swf's and then merging them will put the attachable clips where they belong - at the beginning of the main scene
As far as I know, there is still no precise control in flash for the placement of exported symbols

Musicman