[F5] thunder, lightning, "HELP!"

[morse]

go here

http://www.geocities.com/h4xx02/movie2_2_37.swf

and tell me if you get past 25% loading.
If you do, please comment on the site. It is my first decend Flash website, but don't hold back.

im not getting past 25%.

Troubleshoot my AS?:

frame1:

stop()
ifFrameLoaded (5) {
gotoAndPlay (2);
}

frame2:

stop()
ifFrameLoaded (75) {
gotoAndPlay (3);
}

frame3:

stop()
ifFrameLoaded (134) {
gotoAndPlay (4);
}

frame4:

stop()
ifFrameLoaded (270) {
gotoAndPlay (5);
}

frame5:

stop()
ifFrameLoaded (276) {
gotoAndPlay (10);
}


any help?

-=:.:=-
thanks.

[lostinbeta]

IfFramesLoaded has been deprecated (fazed out).... Try this kind of preloader.

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/preloader.asp


PS: Please don't crosspost the same question in multiple threads.
I am going to delete the others.

[morse]

so sorry, I wont do it anymore.

[lostinbeta]

It is ok, just letting you know. Posting the same question in multiple forums causes confusion when people answer them.

[morse]

ok, wont happen again.
Anyway, I'm uploading new version of my site, check it out?

www.geocities.com/h4xx02/movie2_2_37.swf


thx

[lostinbeta]

That is very good for your first Flash site.

Did you trace all of that by hand in Flash? If so, that must have been very time consuming! :o

The text is a little hard to read though :-\

[morse]

hymm

try

www.geocities.com/h4xx02

instead.


and [deleted] my AS didnt seem to work. Here is what I have:

Frame4:

if (_framesloaded>=_totalframes) {
gotoAndPlay (5);
} else {
gotoAndPlay (4);
}

Frame5:

gotoAndPlay (10);


hlp?



btw I love the format and effects of your website. I think its really well done.

[lostinbeta]

Hey, thanks for the compliments on my site :)

As for your preloader not working... are you sure it isn't working, or is your page just loading too fast to show it?

I got a quick blip of it the beginning and there are no sounds to beef up your file size, so it should load fairly quickly.

PS: Times New Roman is considered an unprofessional font, so it is up to you, but you might want to look into changing that :)

[morse]

yea i hate times, i was just using it until i found a better one that i liked. I'm very peculiar. I love the one on www.rayoflight.net but i dont know what it is. you should check that site out, if you havent already. i believe that Yasuto Suga is the best flasher i have ever seen.

the preloader - i dont think it is working, when i viewed the site it continued right through like i was loading quickly, but it slowed and seemed to wait for frames to load later on. It should take a few seconds, the movie is 588 kb.

the lines - yes i spent a few hours drawing thoes, but that perfectly fine with me, i love flashing and anything that looks good i fly with.

btw if you do go to photoalchemy.com, the new flash version is not up yet, i just submitted it to the owner of photoalchemy today.

any suggestion of a font to use?

[lostinbeta]

Alright, here is what I always use for a preloader. I put it in the scene before my main movie.

On Frame 1

bytes_loaded = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded()/1000);
bytes_total = Math.round(_root.getBytesTotal()/1000);
_root.loadBar._width = bytes_loaded/bytes_total*125;
_root.loadText = "("+bytes_loaded+" Bytes out of "+bytes_total+" Bytes Loaded)\n"+Math.round((bytes_loaded/bytes_total)*100)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
gotoAndStop("Scene 2", 1);
delete bytes_loaded;
delete bytes_total;
}

On Frame 2

gotoAndPlay(1);
Where loadBar is the bar i want to change the width to, 125 is the final width of the bar when the movie is done loading, loadText is the textbox that displays the information.

I haven't tested it in Flash 5, but by theory it should work, I believe Flash 5 supports all those actions. This preloader has never failed me.

You don't need to put it in a different scene, I just do because it is my preference.

The font used on rayoflight looks a lot like Times. It might be Arial maybe :-\ I usually use Verdana, Verdana is a highly popular font and comes with almost all OS's.

[morse]

lol I'v never even tried to make a multi-scene movie. know any good tutorials?


yea thanks for the AS ill try it as soon as i can get thoes smilies out...done...


thx

[lostinbeta]

As I said... You don't need to use scenes.

I only use scenes for the preloader, everything else I use loadMovie or something.

Just go to Insert/Scene the go to Window/Panels/Scene (I believe that is where it is in Flash 5) and make sure the scene with your preloader is before the one with your main movie.

[morse]

ok well, I'm uploading a new one. I changed the font to Century Gothic. I dont know if it is going to work...i didnt embed the font. oh well...

i havent done the loading screen. Im not sure it works in flash 5, i think i screwed up anyway. ill work it out tomorrow. with a broadband connection you shouldnt have trouble having it load in time.

i gotta get flash 6, dont know how though.... Cant exactly afford it. I havent done very many pages for $$$. I got $50 for the original PhotoAlchemy, and dont know how much for the new one....anyway....

check out the new site. see if the font works. thx.

ill be on tomorrow...its 12:04 here.

again thx for all your help.