Re: FLASH: To preload, or not to preload, that is the question

[Carlos Cardoso]

> I have found that the movie with no preloader works better, because at least

> it begins playing. The movie with no pre-loader has to load the entire

> contents, which are doubled by the fact that I created a preload keyframe. The

> movie went from a little more than 200k to over 400k with the preloader.

> 

> Any advice on what to do with this dillemma?


Make a preloader, not Titanic. ;)


200KB for a preloader is just TOO big. If the movie is 200KB long, make

a preloader with a percentage (sp?) counter, and that's all. Your movie

will grow from 200KB to 202KB, top.



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