[F8] Loading external images with preloaders.

[fleamo]

Hi.

I'm desiging a website for a comic I've been working on, and I'm trying to make it an immersive experience. This means there are lots of big images to load. Naturally, I've taken to loading the files externally to cut down on load time. However, I'm having a hard time getting a preloader to function for each external image.

Things have to load in a specific order:

1. The main images for the website load with a preloader, along with the first page of the comic.

2. When the user presses a next button, the pre loader pops up again, and loads the second page.

3. When the second page is done loading, a transition animation plays between page 1 and page 2 (probably just alpha).

4. This process is repeated for each subsequent page whenever the user presses the enxt button.

I've managed to get the preloader working for the main images on the site, but can't make it work for the external images. I've also looked at a few online tutorials, but most seem to be unnecessarily complicated for what i want to do.

The fla file is here , and here is a link to the preloader. Note that this is just a demo to indicate how the preloader SHOULD work, and pay attention to the fact that it plays out in its entirety even if the image is loaded (i.e. refreshed).

If you can help me out with this at all, it would be greatly appreciated.