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Forum Topic: Pre-Loader Help Please

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ToFlashOrNotToFlash

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Posted at: 12/11/05 05:26 PM

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Im pretty new,can someone please tell me how to get the newgrounds pre-loader to work?


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Posted at: 12/11/05 05:32 PM

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shit ur stupid.ok follow my instructions.

1.when u hav ur flash open,goto import to stage.
2.then look around until you see a flash file titled newgroundspreloader.
3.then it'sll be on there so insert your next scene.

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ToFlashOrNotToFlash

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Posted at: 12/11/05 05:39 PM

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lol ok i am pretty damn stupid!


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At 12/11/05 05:32 PM, pico36441 wrote: shit ur stupid.ok follow my instructions.

chill out ....he's new

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alphachupapi

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Posted at: 12/28/05 03:29 AM

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hello, where can i get that newgrounds pre loader?


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At 12/28/05 03:29 AM, alphachupapi wrote: hello, where can i get that newgrounds pre loader?

http://www.newground..groundsPreLoader.fla

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At 12/11/05 05:32 PM, Skater609 wrote: shit ur stupid.ok follow my instructions.

1.when u hav ur flash open,goto import to stage.
2.then look around until you see a flash file titled newgroundspreloader.
3.then it'sll be on there so insert your next scene.

shit ur stupid.

You don't import the Preloader directly in,you open it up and just copy the MovieClip into the first scene and frame of your movie.


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At 12/28/05 03:35 AM, -Thomas wrote:
At 12/11/05 05:32 PM, Skater609 wrote: shit ur stupid.ok follow my instructions.

1.when u hav ur flash open,goto import to stage.
2.then look around until you see a flash file titled newgroundspreloader.
3.then it'sll be on there so insert your next scene.
shit ur stupid.

You don't import the Preloader directly in,you open it up and just copy the MovieClip into the first scene and frame of your movie.

haha... thats right, just open up the fla file and copy the preloader over, theres no need to import. thats suppose to be something easy. lol

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Thomas

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If you've used Flash long enough,then opening a file and copying it into another file is about the easiest thing you could do besides drawing a line.


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Xennethy

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Posted at: 12/28/05 04:06 AM

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its best to create your own preloader.... kinda sick of it as everyone uses the same preloader... atleast take a little effort to change the NG preloader design.

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dont they have directions on some of the frames of the preloader?


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Denvish

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Posted at: 12/28/05 04:55 AM

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At 12/28/05 04:06 AM, Xennethy wrote: its best to create your own preloader.... kinda sick of it as everyone uses the same preloader... atleast take a little effort to change the NG preloader design.

...or you could use one of these........

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Meganutter

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Posted at: 12/28/05 08:48 AM

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ok, but what if you already made some animations and forgot to put the preloader in first, do you have to begin all over again or can you just insert a scene before the current scene


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Naois

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Posted at: 12/28/05 09:06 AM

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No, you can put a new frame in front of the other ones and copy and past the pre-loader, there is almost no instance where you need to compleatly start over without choosing to.


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Meganutter

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ok thx but if i use Ctrl+R, it imports it into the library, is there sumthing i screwed up?


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Posted at: 12/28/05 05:26 PM

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Ok so how about making your own pre-Loader??
Heres how :

1) Make a new blank Mc(little white paper with a plus in the bottom left of the library)
2)inside that mc make 3 layers: script , art , button and make sure the button layer has a key frame on the 2nd frame.

3)make a rectangle(this is going to be your loading bar) and make it an Mc (Make sure the registration point is at the middle left ,and dont put a border, just the fill)
> place this in the art layer

4)now select the rectangle mc and give it an instance name of "bar" ( without the " ").

5)still in the art layer.make the bounding box of the bar

6) make a simple button , whatever you want. place it in the 2nd frame of the button layer
and put:

stop(); // stop playback

on that frame

7)Place these actions for the button :

on(release){ //when the left mouse button is released..
_root.gotoAndPlay("loaded"); //goto and play a frame labeled "loaded" on the main timeline
}

8)Now comes the scripting , click the first frame of the script layer and place this :

_root.stop(); //stops the main timeline
total = _root.getBytesTotal(); //gets the total size of your movie
loaded = _root.getBytesLoaded(); //gets what is already loaded
downloaded =Math.round( loaded / total * 100); //we get the percentage
if(downloaded < 100){ //if we havent loaded the whole movie..
bar._xscale = downloaded; //scale the Mc bar according to the percentage
}else{ // else :P
gotoAndStop(2); // go to and stop on the 2nd frame of this mc
}

9)on your main timeline label the frame were your movie begins as "loaded"

10)enjoy :)

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