Flash Preloader!

[TomFulp]

Well, I have finally done it! You can down download a universal Newgrounds PreLoader .FLA file! It SHOULD BE easy to install and should work well with any Flash game or movie, so let me know if it doesn't! You are welcome to keep the tank logo or remove it.

The preloader is a movie clip that you just plop into the first frame of your movie... It should do the rest. Some further instructions are in the .FLA file. Let me know if you found it confusing, so I can try to make it even easier.

In other news, there is something big on the way! That's right, a new FDA video! The music is by Shok as usual, but this time the video is by Thistler, with contributions by other artists such as Zeebarf and Jose. Expect a crazy Pico cameo, and much more! This should no doubt be the craziest FDA video ever. Check out FDAALLDAY.COM in the meantime!

[Pooplit]

THANK YOU!
For some reason i can never get preloaders to work... this is a big help... thank you sooooo much

[zoro]

Heh, I dloaded it yesterday and made this!

"N00bs ride the tank like this!"

[Steve84]

I suck at flash anyway and I'm looking forward to the new FDA

[IckleClara]

It's a good idea, this preloader for them peeps who can't get them to work for themselves. It can be quite annoying when someone has a large file but no preloader

[QuarterMelonClock]

Interesting.

I doubt this is the correct place to get a response, and i'm too lazy to check for myself. so does _root.framesloaded and _root.totalframes calculate the total frames in a movie, including those within MC's or just the frames on the main timeline.

[uhoh-spagettio]

Tom you are a real artistic piece of pie!

[Katanaman]

At 1/27/03 10:13 AM, TomFulp wrote: In other news, there is something big on the way! That's right, a new FDA video!

Is the song for the video available in Shok's MP3 page?

[ChocolateChipMuffin]

I really need a preloader and this still aint working it says there were problems reading it huh HELP

[cashuu]

tom the troma add's don't work they say file not fouls ther url is not found or some think like that, i hate pop add's because they slow down my computer but, troma wont wast there add's not to work so look in to it (i can't see why they don't just get a banna).

-lloyd

[IstvanOrosi]

At 1/27/03 10:13 AM, TomFulp wrote: Let me know if you found it confusing, so I can try to make it even easier.

(I'm using Flash version 5.)
Overall the preloader looks good. I tried it and it seems to work - almost. There are a couple of things that I would change:

1) LoadingBar.gotoAndStop(PercentLoaded) - this didn't work for me. I.e. during loading, the loading bar size didn't change. I made the Loading bar into a movieclip and used setProperty (LoadingBar.bar, _xscale, PercentLoaded)

2) I'd use PercentLoaded = _root.getBytesLoaded() / _root.getBytesTotal() * 100 instead of PercentLoaded = _root._framesloaded / _root._totalframes * 100 since some frames usually contain more bytes than others. e.g. if there are 2 frames in a movie where frame 1 has 1 byte and frame 2 has 9 bytes then after loading frame 1, the bar would show that the movie is 50% loaded. But if the bar is based on bytes then it would show 10% only.

3) Maybe have the description message as a separate text file and have the .fla file contain one frame only. After reading your comments on NG, when I opened the .fla file, I expected to copy all the frames into my movie's first frame - which is not the case.

Hope that helps,
If you have any questions, let me know.
-Istvan

[TomokoSasaki]

3) Maybe have the description message as a separate text file and have the .fla file contain one frame only. After reading your comments on NG, when I opened the .fla file, I expected to copy all the frames into my movie's first frame - which is not the case.

im not sure about question and 2, but for 3....
all you do is paste the movie clip into your first frame, everything else works from there, you dont copy frames, but movie clips.

[YoinK]

awesome! thanks for the preloader. I may use it... i may not.

[IstvanOrosi]

all you do is paste the movie clip into your first frame, everything else works from there, you dont copy frames, but movie clips.

You're right. I didn't read Tom's post carefully. I'm also used to having help files (or readme files)separately from the software/program but in this case everything is contained in one nice package :)

[Esmender]

This is a welcome addition. Good job.

[MMK]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

[<deleted>]

Thanks, man. This site never stops getting better. I for one don't understand how to make pre-loaders so to me this is a godsend.

I've seen more than enough Pico cameos. I'm ready for Pico 2!

[BurstStudio]

Why not use getBytesLoaded() and getBytesTotal()? It would be better for stuff that has a smaller amount of frames.

[Valhalla]

Thing with the Prelooader is great im gonna pit it in all my Flashes
I think you should make pico 2 first
,but dont get me wrong FDA is great.

[Capone]

Man, enough with all these side projects, WHERE'S PICO 2?!

[WB3000]

Thank you so much!

[Bachine]

Um Tom, the preloader does not work! All I did was change the button text, main logo and resized the loading bar. Then I tried your original preloader, I think the code has a flaw. Eh, im not sure what to do, all I know is that when I test it, the loading bar does not actually load, it just sits there. I would appreciate some help. I have the swf file, if you would need it.

[wismty]

Um Tom?? Where is level 30? cuz humantarget is lvl 29...

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WTF?

[Fatty-D]

Thank you Mr. Fulp. I needed a preloader so badly. Thank you! Look for Super Mario: Back to Brooklyn (Short 2 of 2) this week and the full series in March!

[evilshark27]

At 1/27/03 10:13 AM, TomFulp wrote: Well, I have finally done it! You can down download a universal Newgrounds PreLoader .FLA file! It SHOULD BE easy to install and should work well with any Flash game or movie, so let me know if it doesn't! You are welcome to keep the tank logo or remove it.

Awesome new Tutorials, if you need any help on some Tom just ask I can do some for ya if you need it. Oh and the new video will be cool can't wait to see it.

[SicSlipknotMaggot666]

Thanks

[Senor-Rude-Boy]

WOW Tom thanks a lot

That was a really good idea

[ryu12]

Thank you for completeing it and letting other users use it for free.

[catproX]

Good, deal, but it takes away from the art of producing a good preloader that is entertaining. But it'll help me out, since i usually get lazy towards the end of a project, and the preloader is the last thing i do.

[BurstStudio]

.: BURST FILMS PRELOADER :.

Ok, I felt that there was a small problem with Tom's preloader. I made a similar preloader (no link to us required) that you can use. It uses getBytesLoaded()/getBytesTotal() instead of _framesloaded/_framestotal. The link is here. Right click and choose "save target as"

Download it!

I was toying around with the idea making a preloader like this a little while ago and finally did it. Check it out!