Preloaders

[The Foetus]

I was wondering if someone could tell me how to make preloaders like the ones on www.wrecked.nu where the wings fill up. Thanks

[The Foetus]

There must be someone out there who knows how its done

[oldnewbie]

It's so fast on a fast connection, you can barely see it... But it simply looks like an expanding filling shape behind a masked layer being what you call the "wings"!

[Sybersnake]

yea, i think its just a mask.. your mask is in the shape of the object, and just scale your preloader.. verticaly

[pellepiano]

Its a normal preloader but the percentage variable is used to tell a movieclip (the wings) to go to the same frame as the percentage is.
So the wings movieclip is a 100 frame animation ( filling up).

wingsMC.gotoAndStop(percentage)

Like if you have your preloader code ON the wings mc

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
// PRELOADER PART
tb = math.round(_parent.getBytesTotal()/1024);
lb = math.round(_parent.getBytesLoaded()/1024);
percentage= math.round((lb/tb)*100);
this.gotoAndStop(percentage)
if (lb>5) {
if (procent == 100) {
_parent.play();
}
}
}

[Sybersnake]

Originally posted by pellepiano
Its a normal preloader but the percentage variable is used to tell a movieclip (the wings) to go to the same frame as the percentage is.
So the wings movieclip is a 100 frame animation ( filling up).

wingsMC.gotoAndStop(percentage)

Like if you have your preloader code ON the wings mc

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
// PRELOADER PART
tb = math.round(_parent.getBytesTotal()/1024);
lb = math.round(_parent.getBytesLoaded()/1024);
percentage= math.round((lb/tb)*100);
this.gotoAndStop(percentage)
if (lb>5) {
if (procent == 100) {
_parent.play();
}
}
}

the only prob w/ doin it that way, is that the file gets larger.. and the preloader take too much kb.

[The Foetus]

Thanks guys, I've done it now

Here it is: http://www.freewebs.com/foetal-design/index2.htm

[Sybersnake]

omg; get a new name for your co.

[oldnewbie]

But that's a foetus fill and not a wings one!

[The Foetus]

What's wrong with the name Sybersnake?

[oldnewbie]

Nothing! It just does business on the moon!

[Sybersnake]

lol