tell me what you think

[ADC2001]

R&R
which post are you refering too. I looked and saw nothing wrong.

[roguenroll]

This one, your 'tell me what you think' posting.

I was making a joke, it has kinda been more or less in the top 10 on the post, for the last couple of weeks

I looked for it the other day, and it had slipped to the second page. ha ha

Greg

[ADC2001]

I think as long as we keep holding a conversation on this page it will go in the hall of fame (hahahah)

[ADC2001]

just thought id bring this up also

[ADC2001]

I think this is the finished product. Let me know how the load time is and if I can reduce it in any way.
thanks..

[roguenroll]

Is their a link somewhere, I'm I missing something?

Greg



[Edited by roguenroll on 09-18-2000 at 05:42 PM]

[ADC2001]

guess Im just stupid. forgot to give a link.
http://www.adc2001.com/ad1.htm

[roguenroll]

Ref. 56K

A liitle longer than I estimated, I deleted my browser memory and timed, exactly, 1 minute-25 secs.

I'll try again, yes, 1 minute, 25sec

Greg
[Edited by roguenroll on 09-18-2000 at 05:45 PM]

[ADC2001]

I dont think I can make it any smaller.
Any suggestions.

[grapesites]

I like the start... reminds me of a fifties sci-fi movie maybe throw an image like that in there old ray harryhousen (hope I spelled his name correctly) and use the same kind of text and descriptions like in the old posters and 1 sheets.

Best Regards
The Grape Guy

[ADC2001]

thanks grapesite,
I was trying for an old time effect to get the point accross. I was originally going to do it with silent pictures but I just love the marx bros, and abbott and costello, and the rest.

[dbd]

Your movie did take awhile here on a 56k. Once it starts, it goes right along though. Really like the old photos, radio sounds, and film strip.
Not certain about this but... I don't think the preloader needs to download the whole .swf. Haven't got it worked out yet but you can tell the preloader to go to frame 0 of Scene 1 after the last frame of Scene 1 is loaded( somewhere around 1/3 of the .swf); then make sure that you preload sounds and images before they are needed. Then the remainder of the .swf can download while the rest is playing.
note:One thing that I noticed is that if you preload something during a complex effect, it will slow that effect down.

What we need here is a preloader expert. This is probably one of the most important tutorials we could use. Anyone out there?
Dawn

[ADC2001]

thanks for the suggestion dawn. I will try this tommorrow.
thanks again

[ADC2001]

I did what dbd suggested and shortened my preload so once again I need some of you fine people to time it and tell me if its gotten any shorter. thank you all.

http://www.adc2001.com/ad1.htm

[webmaster@percussions.org]

are you planning to share the swi ?

[dbd]

Hi A1,
This post must have more views than any other.
Did the preloader suggestion help. It seemed to load quickly given all the sounds and graphics.
Dawn

[ADC2001]

Dawn,
I used your suggestion, ( I should have thought of it myself but no ones perfect) and instead of loading the whole movie I just preloaded the main content and started it a little quicker. Did the sound and effects all fall into place?
Thanks for the suggestion.

[dbd]

Everything ran smoothly.

[ADC2001]

Great,
Thanks for the help Dawn. I just spent an hour on my Instant messanger giving a tutorial on how to make a preloader.

[ADC2001]

Is this what you were looking for stardwarf