load a preloader

[muffinman9]

does anyone know how to load a preloader. My preloader's very big with lots of stuff in it, does anyone know how to preload a preloader? It would be a big help!

[WolfAkela]

That sort of defeats the point of a preloader.

[AutoTank]

Dude, a preloader shouldn't need to be loaded like that. I'd just leave it as it is, the screen will be black while it loads the preloader, but at least it doesn't looks stupid ^_^.

[sickstick]

You can compress files, that's all I can recommend.

[muffinman9]

Come on guys, you've saw preloader games and stuff, they require a separate loader for the preloader

[AutoTank]

At 10/30/08 11:28 AM, muffinman9 wrote: Come on guys, you've saw preloader games and stuff, they require a separate loader for the preloader

Wut? I've never seen that...

[muffinman9]

Wut? I've never seen that...

• 
  The Pirate Collab by Bertn

  Click to view.

  Type

  Movie

  Rated

  Ages 13+

that's the pirate collab, it has loads the preloader

[AutoTank]

At 10/30/08 11:32 AM, muffinman9 wrote:

Wut? I've never seen that...

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/44 6489
that's the pirate collab, it has loads the preloader

Ok, I've only seen one then :D. That preloader of the preloader(wut?) took about 2 seconds to load, so there was no point to it anyway.

[muffinman9]

At 10/30/08 11:37 AM, AutoTank wrote:

At 10/30/08 11:32 AM, muffinman9 wrote:

Wut? I've never seen that...

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/44 6489
that's the pirate collab, it has loads the preloader

Ok, I've only seen one then :D. That preloader of the preloader(wut?) took about 2 seconds to load, so there was no point to it anyway.

I know. Only people with crap computers will see it longer than 5 seconds but a lot still have crappy comps

[WolfAkela]

You can probably just have two separate SWFs then load them using loadMovie(), since you can't decide which part of a single SWF is loaded first.

[KaynSlamdyke]

At 10/30/08 11:38 AM, WolfAkela wrote: You can probably just have two separate SWFs then load them using loadMovie(), since you can't decide which part of a single SWF is loaded first.

Flash streams. So it loads the first frame before the second before the third... before the xth...
So you can always use ifFrameLoaded() to check if a frameLabel has loaded and put it in the scene / frame after your preloader.

[zenyara]

This is why I was gone from Newgrounds for so long. OMG. The same newb questions over and over and over and over.

Fucking use the forum search tool. You'll find every answer there.

[muffinman9]

At 10/30/08 12:58 PM, zenyara wrote: This is why I was gone from Newgrounds for so long. OMG. The same newb questions over and over and over and over.

Fucking use the forum search tool. You'll find every answer there.

I used the forum search tool, no answers to my problem there! And if I'm such a noob, you're posted only 60 times more than me eh?

[zenyara]

If you are going to code in flash you have to learn to take initiative and learn advanced steps.

If you have to ask for each and every step you'll never get anywhere. You mentioned my post count compared to yours.

Well, my posts are always answering questions while yours only ask and ask and ask. That's why you're always a noob.

[KaynSlamdyke]

At 10/30/08 01:24 PM, zenyara wrote: Well, my posts are always answering questions while yours only ask and ask and ask. That's why you're always a noob.

Zen, welcome back and all, but don't make me ban you for flamethrowing.

[muffinman9]

At 10/30/08 01:24 PM, zenyara wrote: If you are going to code in flash you have to learn to take initiative and learn advanced steps.

If you have to ask for each and every step you'll never get anywhere. You mentioned my post count compared to yours.

Well, my posts are always answering questions while yours only ask and ask and ask. That's why you're always a noob.

I can code perfectly well myself thank you, you say I just ask ask ask? Well this is the only thing I've asked for for months. You seem to think you're being not a noob by trying to make me sound stupid, KaynSlamdyke has posted 3448 times more than you, he's not a noob and he was helping me out. You don't have to be such an asshole you know, you say you're posts are answering questions? uh...no...you never answered my question at all, you just randomly insulted me, called me a noob and that's why you went away from NG? No help at all! You know, people could go off NG from you, thinking it's full of assholes (it's not) with you just posting stuff like that.

[muffinman9]

Plus, I've I'm such a noob, how come I am a higher level than you? or have more b/p points and have done more reviews than you? eh?

[uyersuyer]

At 10/30/08 01:50 PM, muffinman9 wrote: Plus, I've I'm such a noob, how come I am a higher level than you? or have more b/p points and have done more reviews than you? eh?

Being a statwhore doesn't make you suck any less.

Not saying you suck or anythin', but honestly I don't take stats into consideration when I'm judging a member's merit. I guess it's probably because I've never really bothered with stats.

[LostVoices]

uhhh.. ok i thought the flash forum was here to get help with Flash... so he has a flash question he's asking for help.. if its annoying you that much just don't reply quite simple.. as for muffindude...

you could just get it to load the preloader with if frameloaded then it goes to the preloader and loads the rest of the movie :)

[sickstick]

You could load a .swf externaly:

loadMovieNum("http://linktotheswffileupl oadedonyoursite", 0);

[muffinman9]

At 10/30/08 11:22 PM, uyersuyer wrote:

At 10/30/08 01:50 PM, muffinman9 wrote: Plus, I've I'm such a noob, how come I am a higher level than you? or have more b/p points and have done more reviews than you? eh?

Being a statwhore doesn't make you suck any less.

Not saying you suck or anythin', but honestly I don't take stats into consideration when I'm judging a member's merit. I guess it's probably because I've never really bothered with stats.

it show's that I'm not a noob to newgrounds.

Also, thanks guys for the preloader help