Chilton
06-19-2002, 06:12 PM
I have preloaders throughout my site, and they all work fine. But now I need a different type of preloader.
Specifically, in the past I've used preloaders that are part of the same movie that is loading. For example, I'll stop my frame 1 animation, run the preloader that checks to see if the total amount of the thingie (or some usable percentage) is loaded, then play.
Now, I need to load multiple, fairly large movies in the background while the user is looking at one particular preloader. The trick is, when they're all done loading, I only need to play the first movie. The second movie needs to be loaded, but I'm not going to play it until much later. My client does not want preloader animations after the initial one, or I'd just space them out.
Any thoughts on how I'd pull this off?
Thanks,
-Chilton
Specifically, in the past I've used preloaders that are part of the same movie that is loading. For example, I'll stop my frame 1 animation, run the preloader that checks to see if the total amount of the thingie (or some usable percentage) is loaded, then play.
Now, I need to load multiple, fairly large movies in the background while the user is looking at one particular preloader. The trick is, when they're all done loading, I only need to play the first movie. The second movie needs to be loaded, but I'm not going to play it until much later. My client does not want preloader animations after the initial one, or I'd just space them out.
Any thoughts on how I'd pull this off?
Thanks,
-Chilton