[Resolved] [Resolved] slight flicker inbetween loading .swf's

**SURDY** · 08-27-2002, 01:01 PM

i ve got a movie that loads multiple external .swf's at separtate times. when 1 finishes and the next plays there is a slight flicker that is too noticeable!

this is really annoying as i ve built this entire thing thinking it would seamlessly connectwith each other.

can u help?
thx

**devgrrl** · 08-27-2002, 01:53 PM

check the movie's background in each of youre movies, not only just the ones you are loading, but the main one that is calling it.. if the background color is dark and matches your design then you shouldnt notice much at all. I had a gray flicker one time it was cause my master movie had a gray background to the movie.

**zaxis** · 08-27-2002, 02:00 PM

naw it flickers, here try this... it's not great mind you, but it might fix your problem, let me know it it works or not, I just wrote it 5 min ago so I didn't get to test it out much. anyway, just place this code before anything else on the first frame of the movie.

Code:


// removes the flicker when loading 
// just place this on the first frame on the movie
// or include it on the first frame
_global.__ld = 777;
MovieClip.prototype.myloadMovie = MovieClip.prototype.loadMovie;
MovieClip.prototype.loadMovie = function(_murl, _method){
	var my_mc = this._parent.createEmptyMovieClip(this._name+"_temp_mc", _global.__ld++);
	my_mc._x+= -1000000;
	my_mc.myloadMovie(_murl, _method);
	this.onEnterFrame = function(){
		if(my_mc.getBytesLoaded() == my_mc.getBytesTotal() && my_mc.getBytesTotal() > 0){
			var xpos = this._x;
			var ypos = this._y;
			var mname = this._name;
			this.swapDepths(my_mc.getDepth());
			my_mc._x = xpos;
			my_mc._y = ypos;
			delete this.onEnterFrame;
			this.removeMovieClip();
			my_mc._name = mname;
		}
	}
}

**crsreid** · 08-27-2002, 02:38 PM

What it sound like is that when you load the .swf it is taking an extra second to load and this results in a flicker.

to fix this try to preload the .swf (even if it is only a couple of frames before) and have it load with a stop command in an empty keyframe. then when you want to run it give it a play or a gotoAndPlay() command. This should fix the problem.

**zaxis** · 08-27-2002, 02:46 PM

nope, the flicker is caused by flash unloading the previous movie first (it does this automatically) then loading in the new movie inside the blank one, the flicker even happens when running a projector locally from a fast computer,

just use the code I posted earlier and it will fix the flicker

**SURDY** · 08-28-2002, 08:57 AM

Big thanks for ur help all

hey zaxis i guess i need to replace the instance names in your script to the ones in my movie.

er.. having a little trouble a undertanding which bits do what. anychance u could tell me whats what. and do u mean putting it on the first frame of the _root?

one last thing

where do all u actionscripters learn actionscript?
i know a fair amount from learning myself and doing a year of delphi (thats crap) at college (england)

thanks again

**zaxis** · 08-28-2002, 11:19 AM

no modifications needed, just copy the code above and paste on firt frame of the _root level, before any other action script, you do NOT need to change instance names or anything, you simpley just need the code there, \

what it does is override the loadMovie method, when ever you use loadMovie, it creates a blank movie of the screen, loads the swf or jpeg into it, instead of your movieclip, then once it is fully loaded, it swaps them real fast eliminating the flicker.

**SURDY** · 08-28-2002, 01:38 PM

i tried the code in my movie.. it didn't seem to make any difference

does the code work for u or does it need changing? - thanks

**zaxis** · 08-28-2002, 01:46 PM

works fine for me, I did a test by covering some text with a movieclip so you could not see it, with out the above code when ever you use load movie the the movie clip you see the text for a split second, (flicker) with code added you never see the text, so it definetely works,

paste some of your code in here so I can take a look'see

**soumyaj krishnan** · 08-28-2002, 01:56 PM

hi.

i also have the same flicker problem. I pasted the code in the first frame of my movie. most of the code fell on one line but i dont think that matters?

It did not do anything for me either.

the flicker only happens at first. after that the movies are in the cache and there is no flicker...but it is the initial flicker that we want to eliminate.

i'll be following this thread. thanks.

**SURDY** · 08-28-2002, 02:21 PM

hi again

i have made a little movie - 3 parts. 1 base, the _root.
and 2 other movies which load into the base. have put the inside a zip on some freespace for u to have a look.

the _root has zaxis code in

but still flickers.

let me know what u think

o - and hello soumyaj krishnan

if u find a way to do this not on this site could u let us know. cheers

**SURDY** · 08-28-2002, 02:30 PM

hi again

i have made a little movie - 3 parts. 1 base, the _root.
and 2 other movies which load into the base. have put the inside a zip on some freespace for u to have a look.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/jsurdy/flicker.zip
the link wont work just now - i have tried uploading but its being an arse. i'll email to u 2 for now

the _root has zaxis code in

but still flickers.

let me know what u think

o - and hello soumyaj krishnan

if u find a way to do this not on this site could u let us know. cheers

**SURDY** · 08-28-2002, 02:32 PM

u'll have to give me ur proper email's cos it wont let me send attachments on this.

**soumyaj krishnan** · 08-28-2002, 02:36 PM

i'll definitely let you know. but i think this code will work...with some tweeking. it makes sense and it works fine for zaxis.

btw. please e-mail me at soumyajk@aol.com. my registered e-mail is not correct. bye.

**zaxis** · 08-28-2002, 03:45 PM

here is a test fla showing that it works

http://www.redwaveinteractive.com/temp/flicker.fla

if you run the file it will load a picture from accuweather.com, and you will for a second see a random number, this is so you can easily see the flicker happen, goto frame one and uncomment out my code, (remove the "*/" and the "/*")

when you run with the code uncommented, you will never see the random number appear, because their is no flicker!!

I should not that you muct call the loadMovie from a movie clip in order for this to work, I do not think it will work with loadMovieNum

*BAD* loadMovieNum("movie.swf", 4);
*GOOD* MovieClip.loadMovie("movie.swf");

hope this helps

**soumyaj krishnan** · 08-28-2002, 04:14 PM

i have flash 5.0. zaxis, i think you have saved using 6.0.
i have to figure out how to open this.

i am going to change to MovieClip.loadMovie("movie.swf"); and see if this makes the difference.

**zaxis** · 08-28-2002, 04:17 PM

what are you doing asking this question in the FLASH MX forum??? my code will only work in flash mx! not flash 5, geez,
[Edited by zaxis on 08-28-2002 at 04:23 PM]

**SURDY** · 08-28-2002, 04:22 PM

I FOUND THE PROBLEM

I have tried chaning and messing around

I REALISED WHATS DIFFERENT

the reason, zaxis, your code wasn't working for me and soumyaj krishnan was because we were using:

loadMovie ("home.swf", bob_mc)

instead of

bob_mc.loadMovie("home.swf");

try it - remember to tuen on zaxis code first though

thanks everyone for your help - i'd never of got this alone

big thanks zaxis

**soumyaj krishnan** · 08-28-2002, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by zaxis
what are you doing asking this question in the FLASH MX forum??? my code will only work in flash mx! not flash 5, geez,
[Edited by zaxis on 08-28-2002 at 04:23 PM]

i was sent here from another flash forum where i had posted this same question.

**soumyaj krishnan** · 08-28-2002, 05:28 PM

how does this work?

bob_mc.loadMovie("home.swf");

is bob_mc the name of your root movie?

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