re: FLASH: Urgent help needed...

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hi


i have the same problem with my company site. so i also separated all the movies into small movies less than 50kb. that way it will load a lot faster. but i also did some transition like text n line moving away before the next movie is loaded so that it doesn't seem to stop. n i also make sure that the transition is smooth. also try to separate the movies as much as possible if u don't want to preload the whole thing b4 it starts to play. go to my company site at http://www.watercolours.com n take a look.


valiant

designer

uwc network



> ** Original Subject: FLASH: Urgent help needed...

>

** Original Sender: "A.R." <rodmanndigitalwelten [dot] com>

> ** Original Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 16:41:32 +0200


> ** Original Message follows... 


>

> Hi Specialists,

> i�m pretty newbie for flash, just started my first bigger project with

> f3 (after crashin with the f4trial  :-(

> Now i urgently need to finish this layout for a customer, who�s already

> waiting....took me so loong to get it there.

> 

> Ok., here�s what it is:

> i�ve created a complete site-navigation (several moving text/buttons).

> I first started with ONE movie, ending up (like in director) with about

> 12 scenes, realizing that the filesize is way too big (420k).

> So for that reason and to have something like an Intro first, i�ve

> seperated the big main movie into 8 different pieces 

> (start.swf, menu.swf, theme1.swf, aso...). 

> The start.swf is a preLoader which just loads the complete library and

> menu.swf into level 1.

> 

> Now im calling the other movies from each button with:

> on release

> LoadMovie "Name of movie"

> level 1

> end release

> 

> This works, but (apearently this is my mistake?) when another movie gets

> loaded there�s a short flickering "struggle" before the new movie appeares.

> (So i guess when i do that its just "kickin" out the first movie for the second?)

> I�ve tried to load into different levels though (e.g. menu.swf into 1, 

> theme1.swf into 2,  a.s.o.) but then when im trying to load from an

> upper level 

> to down (lets say from level 5 back into level 2) just the old level stays

> where it is (i can hear the sound of the new level in the backround but, 

> nothing changes in front).

> 

> I understood so far that the "levels" are similar to what there is in

> dhtml "layers" or "div-containers".

> But how can i bring levels upfront to be seen??? 

> (in dhtml with z-index but theres nothing like that in flash, eh?)

> Or is my way of thinking completely wrong and i should have done 

> the solution for this differently?

> 

> Please help, if possible, i need to get ready asap...

> and i�m really bangin� my head with this.

> 

> Alex

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