Re: FLASH: Streaming Load Movie actions

[Paul Kilgour]

Marc,


Could you explain why the use of scenes should be avoided. I thought that

using scenes was just like having a single timeline, only tidier?


Regards,


Paul.


--

"Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it."




> First, try to avoid using scenes. They make advanced navigation and use of

> sound and movie clips unnecessarily difficult. Virtually all advanced Flash

> developers will give you that advice.

>

> If your menu system is always going to get loaded (as I assume is the case)

> then it should be part of the initial movie. The only reason to break it

> apart as a separate movie would be if it might not be needed at all, or if

> the user might choose to see something else (of substantial size) first. By

> making it part of the same movie, it will load as fast as the bandwidth

> allows, with no intervention on your part. Even if a frame Stop action

> keeps it from playing, it will still be loading as fast as possible.

>

> You can use If Frame Is Loaded in your preloader to make sure return trips

> to frame 1 do not require the viewer to sit through the preloader again.

>

> I don't know how large is large for you, but usually it's a good idea to

> keep menu systems quite small. Depending how dedicated your audience is,

> they may not stick around for a big preloader just to get to the guts of

> the navigation. So try to keep it trim.

>

> best wishes,

>

>

>

> Marc Hoffman

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