Action Script For A Preloader Following Mouse
//you can change the actions that are done when loading is complete at line 43 _root.stop(); import flash.filters.GlowFilter; Mouse.hide();//remove this line if you don't want the mouse to hide at the time of the loading var color:Number = 0xCCFF00;//here you can change the color of the preloader(text+circle). just change "0x99FF00" to other hex value. if you want to change the colors separately..the color for the circle is at line 7 and the color of the text is at line 8. the color of the glow is at line 20 where the glow object is created. Note: if you want different glow colors for the text and the circle you will have to create a new glow filter object. var changeColor:Color = new Color(mcCircle);//create a new color object for the circle changeColor.setRGB(color);//change the color of the circle txtLoad.textColor = color;//change the color of the text var glowI:Number = 5;//initial glow size var glowDir:Boolean = true;//glow direction varialbe(increase/decrease glow size) var thisMC:MovieClip = this;//this movieclip //position the preloader before the loading starts thisMC._x = _root._xmouse; thisMC._y = _root._ymouse; var moveCirclesI:Number = setInterval(moveCircles, 20);//interval that repeats next function every 20ms. function moveCircles() { //position the preloader after the position of the mouse thisMC._x = _root._xmouse; thisMC._y = _root._ymouse; var glow:GlowFilter = new GlowFilter(color, 100, glowI, glowI, 2, 3);//create the glow filter for the circle and the text. the color of the filter is the default color defined at the beginning and the size of the glow is variable mcCircle.filters = [glow];//apply the glow filter to the circle txtLoad.filters = [glow];//apply the glow filter to the text txtLoad.text = Math.floor(_root.getBytesLoaded()/_root.getBytesTotal()*100)+"%";//update the text mcCircle._rotation += 7;//rotate the circle glowDir == true ? glowI += 0.5 : glowI -= 0.5;//if glow direction is true increase glow size. else decrease it if (glowI == 15) {//if the size of the glow reaches a maximum value of 15(you can change this if you want your glow bigger) change the dirrection(decrease size) glowDir = false; } else if (glowI == 5) {//if the size of the glow reaches a minimum value of 5(you can change this if you want your glow bigger) change the dirrection(increase size)
glowDir = true; } if (_root.getBytesLoaded() == _root.getBytesTotal()) {//when loading is complete thisMC._alpha -= 3;//fade away the preloader if (thisMC._alpha<0) {//when loading is complete Mouse.show();//shows the mouse. this is relevant only if the mouse was hided during the loading clearInterval(moveCirclesI);//clear the interval that repeated this //delete all used variables to free up some memory delete glowI; delete glowDir; delete moveCirclesI; delete thisMC; delete color; delete changeColor; _root.gotoAndPlay(2);//go to next frame of the _root. if you want the preloader to do something else when loading is complete replace this line or add other actions. } } }