conditional preload

[derezzz]

Hey guys...i am trying to put together an interesting preloader.

I have a movieclip that is 8 frames long. All I want to do is make it play for as long as it takes for the rest of my entire movie takes to load.

what I really want is for it to reach its last frame at about 97% of the way for the entire movie load time. The movie clip doesnt even HAVE to stay at 8 frames, it can be more or less.

I dont know much about actionscripting and I've tried a few tutorials but not many of them that i found address this specifically enough for me to learn it on my own any help would be appreciated.

I know how to make it play if all bytes are not loaded but i dont know how to stop it from playing all the way through and make it play in sync with the loader. Any suggestions?
thanks
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[DaVulf]

Do you mean that you have an animation that has 8 frames that you'd like to play while you load? If so, I've found that the best way to do this is to have two seperate movies.

You have the first swf (the loader) with the animation in it. On the first frame, you load the second MC into a container with _visible = false. Then you run your normal checks for loading but the animation should play.

If you want actual code, just lemme know.

[derezzz]

Hey....

Yes, I have an animation with 8 frames that I'd like to play while my entire movie loads. I don't want it to reach the end of the 8 frames until the movie has loaded to about 97% though.

It would just be an animation instead of a normal preloader bar, I guess.

I think I understand what you're saying but I am not sure if thats the solution, so any code help would definitely be appreciated.
Thank you!
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[DaVulf]

You have 2 swfs: main.swf, loader.swf.

Loader.swf, frame 1:

loadMovieNum("main.swf",1);
_root.onEnterFrame = function(){
loaded = _level1.getBytesLoaded();
total = _level1.getBytesTotal();
percent = int((loaded/total)*100));
if(percent > 99){
_level1.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
} 

Main.swf, frame 1:

stop(); 

Also, have the first frame blank. That should do it.

[derezzz]

thanks...

do you mean to have
main.swf in frame 2?

also, the way I read this, it looks like loader.swf will just loop until all bytes are loaded - is that correct?

I'll try giving it a shot

[DaVulf]

Sorry, loader.swf should have a stop action in frame 1.

Since your animation is an MC in the loader.swf, it should look until the condition is met. For the main.swf, you want the first frame blank with a stop action, so that when you load it, you don't see it until it's finished loading.