[RESOLVED] Preloader percentage increments [AS3]

[scadbrad]

Hi all,

I am playing around with preloaders and I am wondering if the ActionScript can do one of the following.

1. My Preloader has a text field that displays the percentage status. Is there a way to code the ActionScript where it will update the percentage number in increments of time by showing the percentage status every 2 seconds?

2. Can the code be written to force the pre-loader to only show 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and so on and not the inbetweens?

If anyone knows how either of these could work, please share. thanks

Here is my code:

preloader_mc.stop();
preloader_mc.visible=false;

var swf:String='test.swf';
var Request:URLRequest=new URLRequest(swf);
var loader:Loader=new Loader();

loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.OPEN,Preloader);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,Progress);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,Complete);
loader.load(Request);

function Preloader(e:Event):void
{
    preloader_mc.visible=true;
    preloader_mc.play();
}

function Progress(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
    var percentage:uint=(e.bytesLoaded/e.bytesTotal)*100;
    preloader_mc.percentage1.loader_txt.text=percentage.toString()+' ';
}

function Complete(e:Event):void
{
    preloader_mc.stop();
    preloader_mc.visible=false;
    addChild(loader);
} 

[bompi88]

just replace the code with this:

preloader_mc.stop(); 
preloader_mc.visible=false; 

var swf:String='test.swf'; 
var Request:URLRequest=new URLRequest(swf); 
var loader:Loader=new Loader(); 

loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.OPEN,Preloader); 
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,Progress); 
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,Complete); 
loader.load(Request); 

function Preloader(e:Event):void 
{ 
    preloader_mc.visible=true; 
    preloader_mc.play(); 
} 

function Progress(e:ProgressEvent):void 
{ 
    var percentage:uint=(e.bytesLoaded/e.bytesTotal)*100;
	if ((percentage % 10) == 0){
	          preloader_mc.percentage1.loader_txt.text=percentage.toString()+' '; 
	}
    preloader_mc.percentage1.loader_txt.text=percentage.toString()+' '; 
} 

function Complete(e:Event):void 
{ 
    preloader_mc.stop(); 
    preloader_mc.visible=false; 
    addChild(loader); 
}

[scadbrad]

Thanks for the reply. Which is this code supposed to do, 1 or 2? I see the change that you made but it still operates the same as it did before. Am I supposed to alter a numerical value in your code?

thanks

[Mavrisa]

set up the updating event in a timer:

preloader_mc.stop(); 
preloader_mc.visible=false; 

var swf:String='test.swf'; 
var Request:URLRequest=new URLRequest(swf); 
var loader:Loader=new Loader();
var timer:Timer = new Timer(2000) // 2000 milliseconds is 2 seconds

loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.OPEN,Preloader); 
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, tick)
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,Complete); 
loader.load(Request); 

function Preloader(e:Event):void 
{ 
    preloader_mc.visible=true; 
    preloader_mc.play(); 
} 

function tick(e:TimerEvent):void 
{ 
    var percentage:uint=(loader.contentLoaderInfo.bytesLoaded/loader.contentLoaderInfo.bytesTotal)*100;
    percentage = Math.floor(percentage/10)*10 // divides the value by ten and floors it, then multiply by 10 to get a value rounded down to the nearest 10
    preloader_mc.percentage1.loader_txt.text=percentage.toString()+' '; 
} 

function Complete(e:Event):void 
{ 
    preloader_mc.stop(); 
    preloader_mc.visible=false; 
    addChild(loader); 
}

Hope that helps,

Mavrisa

[bompi88]

sorry, my bad.. it's number 2. and I forgot to remove one line of the code:P it should be:

preloader_mc.stop(); 
preloader_mc.visible=false; 

var swf:String='test.swf'; 
var Request:URLRequest=new URLRequest(swf); 
var loader:Loader=new Loader(); 

loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.OPEN,Preloader); 
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,Progress); 
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,Complete); 
loader.load(Request); 

function Preloader(e:Event):void 
{ 
    preloader_mc.visible=true; 
    preloader_mc.play(); 
} 

function Progress(e:ProgressEvent):void 
{ 
    var percentage:uint=(e.bytesLoaded/e.bytesTotal)*100;
	if ((percentage % 10) == 0){
	          preloader_mc.percentage1.loader_txt.text=percentage.toString()+' '; 
	}
} 

function Complete(e:Event):void 
{ 
    preloader_mc.stop(); 
    preloader_mc.visible=false; 
    addChild(loader); 
}

[scadbrad]

thx all.