preloader lag, has to load 70k in frame 1 before it displays...help!

I looked at my bandwitch profiler and realized why my preloader wouldn't pop up until 80% or so, the movie had to load around 70k in the first frame before it would display it. So I read somewhere to uncheck any symbols in the library that have the "export in first frame" option checked...i did, it only saved my 3k or so. So how can I fix my problem? How can I make frame 1 not load a ton on stuff (since the only thing on the stage is the preloader)?

-Tim

Hi, do you have any imported images / sounds? Those get exported in the first keyframe as well. I really liked the following group of guides. Check it out and see if anything hashes with what you've got:

Making Flash Intros - Streaming

Almost forgot..another trick is to have a new movie with your preloader in it. In this new movie you use loadMovie to load your main content into a new clip. Then use the preloader to check the progress of the main content. I used this a while ago and it worked fine.

I was messing with some things and realized that most all (but 1K) of the stuff being loaded in the first frame was two flash components, the "progress bar" and the "loader". Although I checked the linkage properties and "export in first frame" isn't checked. I would just delete them, but I have built a good chuck of my app around those two components, any answers??? Thanks

-Tim

Hi, maybe you could put them in their own movie and then load that into your main one, using that as a check for the preloader.