ActionScript 2.0 :: Affect The Preloader When The Game Is Being Loaded In A Browser?
Sep 18, 2008
On the very first frame in my .swf I have over 3.000 lines of code, mostly just a bunch of functions and variables.
I'm closing in to the completion of my game and I'm about to setup a preloader. However, I was wondering, how will all that code affect the preloader when the game is being loaded in a browser?
Will it cause a slight performance issue at the beginning or should I setup all that code on an empty frame right after the preloader?
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Jun 6, 2011
my preloader music now fades out as the progress bar completes (the preloader code is below with the new code in bold). However, the new code added to the preloader seems to be affecting the sound in the main swf (the bigger swf that the preloader loads - 'lesson.swf' - which is a series of exercises).
The exercises in the main swf have sound cues for right and wrong answers. The first time the main swf loads, there is no sound at all in the exercises. If I navigate to another page of the website and come back to the exercises, the sound is normal. But if I navigate to another page and come back a third time, the sound is audible, but reduced in volume. If I keep switching off the page and back to the page, the sound varies from no sound to full sound to about half the full volume.
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