ActionScript 3.0 :: Loading 8MB Worth Of Images Into A Game?
Aug 13, 2010
In the game I am creating, I don't want to import the images directly to flash, otherwise the game will be well over 10MB and that is not a good thingamajiggy So, I am loading them in from a folder residing in the same directory as the SWF.Question - Even if a 56k user plays the game, they shouldn't have a problem receiving the files pretty quickly, considering the image folder with the 8MB+ images is in the same directory, right?
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[Code]....
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