Cool preloader tutorials?

[mikes02]

I am getting tired of using the same simple bar preloaders on stuff. I have been trying to find cool preloader tutorials but haven't had much luck, I was wondering if anyone knew of any?

I really like the spinning circle type preloaders but didn't have much success finding tutorials for one....I found a lot of sites selling them, but I don't want to buy one, I want to learn how to make one :D

[zuperxtreme]

The basics of a preloader is getting the percentage of how much is loaded.
Deriving from that you can make lots of things. Just let your imagination run wild :P

I'd also like to know about the circle loaders, my guess would be to make animation(of the circle loading) 100 frames long and then according to the percentage loaded, go to the frame.

Maybe something like

circle_loader.gotoAndStop(percentageLoaded);

Right? shouldn't be too hard.

[Utech22]

Any link as yet for the preloading....

[mikes02]

Ya, I have never really built a preloader from the ground up, I have always just worked my way through tutorials and used the AS code the tutorial provides, I can think of plenty of cool designs for a preloader, I just don't know how to actually produce them :D

[Krilnon]

What sort of 'spinning circle type preloader' are you looking for? Something like what's in either of the attached files?

drawWedge.as (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=24246&d=1117437329)

[mikes02]

The circleAlphaTwirl.fla is a good example of something I would like to know how to do.

[glosrfc]

Do a search in the Source/Experiments secion of the forum and you'll find loads of examples like these:
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=208900
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83404
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41412

[mikes02]

how the heck do people develop pure actionscript preloaders? it seems so complex to me....but i know i need to learn it in order to further my skills with flash.

[glosrfc]

Another resource that's worth a look:
http://www.lukamaras.com/tutorials/preloaders/preloaders-tutorials.html

[Krilnon]

how the heck do people develop pure actionscript preloaders? it seems so complex to me....but i know i need to learn it in order to further my skills with flash.
You will mainly use the drawing API and some structure that allows you to run the same code over and over several times per second (usually a function assigned to the onEnterFrame property or called with setInterval in Flash 8).

There are several nice drawing API tutorials here and elsewhere, and most of the tutorials that involve motion that is not controlled by the mouse will use setInterval or onEnterFrame.

[mikes02]

Krilnon, you totally lost me lol, I kind of know what you are saying, but I have not done much AS at all....:D