preloader not working please help

[galanova]

This is my preloader AS:

bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
this.loadBar._width = getPercent*300;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
ifFramesLoaded(50);
// change number down to make movie start faster
this.gotoAndPlay(4);

When I test the site www.xpertintl.com it does not show the preloader. Can someone see anything wrong with my script?

Thanks,
gala

[mave_the_rave]

Hi..
Not sure if this quite right as I tried to adapt one of
my preloaders.

bytes_loaded = this.getBytesLoaded();
bytes_total = this.getBytesTotal();
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;

this.loadBar._width = getPercent*300;

loadText = Math.floor(getPercent*100)+"%";

ifFramesLoaded(50);
//change number down to make movie start faster
this.gotoAndPlay(4);

[galanova]

the preloader is still doing the same thing, any more ideas on how to fix this?

[mave_the_rave]

Ok, try:-

this.loadBar._xscale = getPercent*300;

instead of

this.loadBar._width = getPercent*300;

[galanova]

I think that works, but I don't see the load bar moove or the % loaded change. Do you have any ideas of what I may have done wrong?

www.xpertintl.com/inprogress

Thanks,
gala

[mave_the_rave]

Hi

The action for the bar to move needs to be in a loop like this:-

MovieSize = _root.getBytesTotal();
LoadedSize = _root.getBytesLoaded();
PercentLoaded = LoadedSize / MovieSize
percent = Math.floor(PercentLoaded*100);
showPercent = percent + " %";

_root.growbar._xscale = percent

if (PercentLoaded < 1) {
gotoAndPlay("preload");
}
else {
gotoAndPlay("moviestart");

}
Where 'preload' is a lable in the first frame of preloader
and 'moviestart' is a label in the first frame of your movie proper.

[galanova]

what do you think of this:

bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
this.loadBar._width = getPercent*100;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
ifFramesLoaded(50);{this.gotoAndPlay("Home",4);}
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total)
{this.gotoAndPlay("Home",4);}

what I am trying to do is have the 50% of the movie loaded and playing while the rest of the movie loads. The problem with this is the % loaded text box does not change.

thanks,

gala

[mave_the_rave]

Hi..
bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());

ifFramesLoaded(50);


You are checking for BytesLoaded then using

ifFramesLoaded(50);

in your case try:-

if (getPercent > .5 ){
this.gotoAndPlay("Home",4);
}

Hopes this helps. I'm off out now until tomorrow.
I'm not that good myself at all this. There are a lot of much
better people out there. Hope they pick up on this for you.

mave_the_rave.