preloading images 2004-03-17 - By Adrian McTaggart
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I have a card game that is 175k in size. There are 20 images used for the cards
, each between 2.5 and 4k. These are being loaded in from the server when
required into an mc that is in the card. The code used is:
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playerImageHolder.loadMovie("images/image"+[_root.pcc]+".jpg");
playerImageHolder._y = 0;
playerImageHolder.onEnterFrame = function() {
var howLoaded = getBytesLoaded();
var totalLoaded = getBytesTotal();
if (isNaN(totalLoaded) || totalLoaded<4) {
return;
}
if (howLoaded == totalLoaded) {
playerImageHolder._width = 176;
playerImageHolder._height = 120;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
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In the first line '_root.pcc' will be a number from 1-20. The images are named
image1.jpg, image2.jpg etc.
The whole game is preloaded using a separate preloader swf. It works fine over
broadband and the images are there when each card turns over. However on dial
up there is a 1 or 2 second delay before the card image appears, even if the
image has already been downloaded once.
The images are on a frame that is not active until the card is turned and .
What is the best approach to ensure that there is no delay in the images
appearing? Do
TIA,
A
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