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h3llbringer — Preloader Tutorial

Published: 2005-01-08 18:45:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 15177; Favourites: 156; Downloads: 4185
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Description I love making tutorials >_> They're fun!

Covers:
Bandwidth Profiler
Dynamic Textfields
Preloaders


Please note that this tutorial was created for Flash MX 2004 (which was a LOOOONG time ago! Some things may have changed since then)
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Comments: 77

Marlowlover [2009-01-07 13:34:26 +0000 UTC]

omg! This is so weird xD I'm in my communications technology class right now and were working on an assignment that deals with this program. I have it opened up now! xD

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Sandgrinder [2008-12-10 23:07:53 +0000 UTC]

Hello! I'm an administrator at Crinale.com and we are currently creating a tutorial index.
We ask you kindly, may we include this one?
You will of course be fully credited and we'll link it back to you.

Many thanks,
Sandgrinder

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h3llbringer In reply to Sandgrinder [2009-03-05 20:25:55 +0000 UTC]

Sure, go right ahead.

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CodyHawley [2008-07-21 07:23:07 +0000 UTC]

its not working all im getting is this :C

1152: A conflict exists with inherited definition flash.displayisplayObject.x in namespace public.

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Azulhedgehog [2007-08-24 22:18:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making this. It was one topic my computers teacher knew nothing about. I ought to thank you in Magnetic banana's "special thanks".

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MarthMastaFemale [2007-04-13 11:40:12 +0000 UTC]

This tut's great! All the other tuts I've looked at so far don't explain it simpler than this one, flash tutorials confuse me too much

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ShadowMastah [2007-03-21 03:37:11 +0000 UTC]

All I get is the filled bar with "100%" over it. Does the actionscript change anything at all by itself? :/

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TheShlauf [2007-03-20 17:13:58 +0000 UTC]

Well after I load the site that is...

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TheShlauf [2007-03-20 17:10:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tut bro. It went to good see here

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Uruviele [2007-01-06 18:52:02 +0000 UTC]

I'm sure this is good one but mine doesn't work. I've tried to make preloaders with million different tutorials and none of them works. In this the numbers don't run and the fill doesn't move...

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FanartProf [2006-10-20 00:33:36 +0000 UTC]

hey, thanks for the preloader with the bar and number count up. ^_^ unfortunately, yea, the coding didn't work on mine, i used some one else's that submited a fixed code. but other than that, i definately learned something! and great tutorial!!

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FanartProf In reply to FanartProf [2006-10-26 22:16:17 +0000 UTC]

i think so too. yours may not work for flash 8.

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h3llbringer In reply to FanartProf [2006-10-26 14:03:40 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, the code seems to work for some people and not for others, it's probably due to the different versions.

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BlitzDesignz [2006-09-17 07:41:14 +0000 UTC]

awesome tutorial! got one question about the code though.. i got the complicated bit sorted with some of the earlier comments, but im having trouble with the stop(); thing.. i get this error:

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layerreloader, frame=1:Line 1: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
stop();


Where exactly should i be putting the stop?

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Lektronk [2006-09-16 16:16:18 +0000 UTC]

really nice tutorial but the code is a little wrong. I tried a couple of things and this one worked for me

//Gets the percent loaded and assigns it to the variable x
var x = _root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal()*100;
//Scales the FillBar to the percent loaded
FillBar._xscale = x;
//Rounds the percent and displays it in the text box
loaded = Math.round(x) + "%";
//If the movie is loaded, play
if (x>=100) {
_root.play();}

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kildeh In reply to Lektronk [2008-04-06 16:10:30 +0000 UTC]

yeah this worked for me, since i have flash 8 and i'm guessing the artist has flash mx. this helped me so much. thanks man.

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FanartProf In reply to Lektronk [2006-10-20 00:30:39 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the fix in the coding! ^_^

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Sheikah22 [2006-09-03 12:04:03 +0000 UTC]

sorry for my ignorance but how do I get to the editor window O_o I'm a newbbie you k'now

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Katzzee [2006-08-17 15:59:03 +0000 UTC]

The same problem...
**Error** Symbolreloader, layer=code, frame=1:Line 5: Syntax error.
_root.play();
**Error** Symbolreloader, layer=code, frame=1:Line 6: Unexpected '}' encountered
}

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xXTyrialXx [2006-08-17 02:14:24 +0000 UTC]

I'm a noob at flash, and this came up..

**Error** Symbolreloader, layer=Actions, frame=1:Line 9: Syntax error.
    _root.play();

**Error** Symbolreloader, layer=Actions, frame=1:Line 10: Unexpected '}' encountered
}

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iceiclepop [2006-07-30 11:10:09 +0000 UTC]

doesnt work

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Drazed [2006-06-30 21:51:29 +0000 UTC]

I can't seem to get this to work I do exactly as in your tutorial, but I end up with nothing. There's nothing happening at all, it's just that fillbar all filled up, and it doens't carry on to the rest of the movie.
Too bad

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h3llbringer In reply to Drazed [2006-07-07 13:43:03 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps you could email me a copy of your file and I could take a look at it?
Or try going through the tutorial again.

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Drazed In reply to h3llbringer [2006-07-07 14:16:40 +0000 UTC]

No worries, a friend helped me out with it But thanks anyways.

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green-princess In reply to Drazed [2006-10-08 16:01:31 +0000 UTC]

the same happened to me u.u

could you tell me how you solved it out pleeeeaaaaseeeee???

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Drazed In reply to green-princess [2006-10-08 18:02:13 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, I don't remember how my friend did it, and I don't have that file left

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green-princess In reply to Drazed [2006-10-08 19:25:02 +0000 UTC]

it's ok, I found another tut with the right code, thanks 4 answering though

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Tinbanu [2006-06-20 16:56:55 +0000 UTC]

This was really helpful, thank you so much! Keep up the great work!

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StaceyRobson [2006-06-07 14:33:40 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU FOR THIS TUTORIAL. I worship you, I really do. I was having the most hellish time making a preloader that actually worked and this tutorial saved me. And so I worship you forever.

+fav because of life-saving.

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h3llbringer In reply to StaceyRobson [2006-07-07 13:41:15 +0000 UTC]

Glad I could help

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willwillwritehiswill [2006-05-26 19:38:14 +0000 UTC]

i'll fav this now, so i can come back to it later, ta!

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sweetkrissy [2006-03-09 10:56:26 +0000 UTC]

i don't get it

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h3llbringer In reply to sweetkrissy [2006-03-23 06:10:39 +0000 UTC]

What don't you understand?

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Beast-Love [2006-02-20 19:43:36 +0000 UTC]

thanks for this! I've been looking for a simple preloader tutorial for a while. A bit of it didn't work, but I just chanegd that with what I'd learnt from crappy tutorials. Cheers!

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Gungsuh [2006-02-18 02:00:21 +0000 UTC]

Helpful tutorial...I will use it for future reference

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h3llbringer In reply to Gungsuh [2006-03-23 06:11:04 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it helped

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FlowisKing In reply to h3llbringer [2006-06-17 15:39:03 +0000 UTC]

with this, ppl can finnaly view my flash correctly....thx man!

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JaGeRmeisTaH-nc96 [2006-02-09 09:17:54 +0000 UTC]

hiiii!!! luv ur tut. it's easy to follow than the others...
but there's just one thing...
it's not playing.. i think there's something wrong with the code....
am i right? or is there something i missed...

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JGT In reply to JaGeRmeisTaH-nc96 [2007-06-04 22:38:15 +0000 UTC]

Established, thanks. We all want the friggen code.

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DusteDev [2005-11-13 17:00:10 +0000 UTC]

Holy damn! Way better than all the other preloader tutorials I've seen! Thanks a million! I'll +fav this for later use.

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h3llbringer In reply to DusteDev [2005-11-13 18:13:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the comment and +fav

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innovacious [2005-09-19 18:10:34 +0000 UTC]

nice tut, i used to use a different way to make pre-loaders but this way seems to have much less action script!

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reynante [2005-07-28 03:09:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for the tutorial.

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h3llbringer In reply to reynante [2005-08-26 02:54:13 +0000 UTC]

Glad I could be of help

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heart-less [2005-05-07 08:01:13 +0000 UTC]

thank u 4 the lesson

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h3llbringer In reply to heart-less [2005-05-08 01:40:10 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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rayndmacc [2005-03-25 02:52:15 +0000 UTC]

NOW i know.... I've been wondering how to do that for ages... o_______O

thanks. :3

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h3llbringer In reply to rayndmacc [2005-03-25 17:15:23 +0000 UTC]

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Crimson-Designs [2005-01-21 15:29:35 +0000 UTC]

This is simply amazing! It was so easy to learn also, thank you so much!

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h3llbringer In reply to Crimson-Designs [2005-01-22 05:36:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the +fav and comment

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