Re: FLASH: Flash Slowing Down

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 10:10 AM 2/17/00 , you wrote:


>In my main scene I have a movie that controls the loading and unloading

>of 38 different .swf files in 38 levels by pushing a button.  It is like

>a slide show.  The problem is that as I load more files it takes longer

>to load and unload movies.  Is there a reason for this?


It takes time to download content. If the problem also occurs after you've 

gone through all the buttons and downloads, then the cause is more likely 

that you're attempting too much graphic rendering all at once (do the 

movies all play at once?).



>   and is there a

>way to get around this?


Simplify your movie and spread the downloads out along a timeline. Use 

Export Movie>Generate Size Report to get an idea how big things are, and 

plan it so you don't require more than 2k of content per second (download 

capacity of a 28k modem).


Avoid too much graphic transition, especially alpha tweens, at one time.




>Dustin Rippy



Marc Hoffman


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