This kind of preloader possible? And some general issues with preloaders.

[N64Mario]

Is it possible that I can make this kind of preloader for my game?
http://king-soukutu.xsrv.jp/flash/rokko.html
I want to make a preloader similar to this, but not the same.

- When I last tried adding my own preloader, they don't allow for sounds? Any reason for this?

- Another issue is, when I tried adding any kind of preloader into my game, when running the SWF file alone brings up an error message. I'm adding the preloader as an MFA, maybe I should add as SWF instead?

- When a custom preloader is done, how can I decide whether I want the prelaoder to automatically go to the actual game, or include a button to start the game?

[happygreenfrog]

To answer the final question, there isn't any feature in flash to do that. Instead, you need to use a workaround. You need to have the first frame in your flash game look just like the preloader once it's fully loaded, except you add a button that takes the player to the next frame.

[N64Mario]

Well, can I at least ask this? Can I skip the built-in pre-loader, and make my own preloader as the first frame instead? Or will the built-in preloader always activate?

[Francois]

You have to have MMF2 Developer, and you can create a frame to be used as a preloader. No sonds in this frame, but you can do whatever you want with it.
More information in the Distributing your application / SWF section of the help.
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[N64Mario]

You have to have MMF2 Developer, and you can create a frame to be used as a preloader. No sounds in this frame, but you can do whatever you want with it.
More information in the Distributing your application / SWF section of the help.
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I do, and I tried adding my preloader, but as I said, I got some debug errors when I tried to run the SWF alone with my own custom preloader.

I still need to know if I need conditions to either start the application automatically, or to have a button to go to the actual game.

[happygreenfrog]

As soon as the flash game is done loading, it will automatically start the game.

[N64Mario]

If it helps, this is the kind of error that I get when I use my preloader with just a blank application.

error.jpg

[Francois]

Can you send me the mfa?

[N64Mario]

Okay, here's the blank mfa test file using the prelaoder.mfa file.

preloader-test.zip

[Francois]

It looks like the preloader is not properly initialised in your SWF.
I have tried it with my version, and it works fine, I have a preloader appearing breifly and the application does not crash.
Can you check that the path to the preloader mfa is correct when you build the application?
Have you changed anything in your flash coinfiguration? For what version of FLash player does the compiler compiles (in the application properties).
This is the kind of problem that is very difficult for me to find, as it does work on my machine.