Preloading a series of images

Hello...
I am attempting to preload a series of images to a mc [mostly
just to get them into web-viewers' cache].
This is the code I am using for the preload bit:
function cigPreLoader() {
var cigImage:Number = 1;
var totalCigImages:Number = numOfCigPics;
var cigImgToLoad:String = "
http://www.fourinchesofego.com/cigs/cig"+cigImage+".jpg";
var cig_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
// Create listener object:
var cigListener:Object = new Object();
cigListener.onLoadComplete = function() {
cigImage++;
imagesLoaded++;
if (cigImage<=totalCigImages) {
cig_mcl.loadClip(cigImgToLoad, cig_mc);
} else {
alarmPreLoader();
cig_mcl.addListener(cigListener);
cig_mcl.loadClip(cigImgToLoad, cig_mc);
function alarmPreLoader() {
var alarmImage:Number = 1;
var totalAlarmImages:Number = numOfAlarmPics;
var alarmImgToLoad:String = "
http://www.fourinchesofego.com/alarms/alarm"+alarmImage+".jpg";
var alarm_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
// Create listener object:
var alarmListener:Object = new Object();
alarmListener.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc:MovieClip,
status:Number):Void {
imagesLoaded++;
alarmImage++;
if (alarmImage<totalAlarmImages) {
alarm_mcl.loadClip(alarmImgToLoad, alarm_mc);
} else {
_root.gotoAndStop(2);
alarm_mcl.addListener(alarmListener);
alarm_mcl.loadClip(alarmImgToLoad, alarm_mc);
cigPreLoader();
[the imagesLoaded++ is talking to a var that moves the
preload graphic along]
The problem is that this works just fine when I run the SWF
locally; it nicely loads each image one after the other and then
moves along to the actual piece. The problem is that when I jump
over the run it online it just burns through without preloading
each image.
Any suggestions??
You can see what is happening online at
http://www.fourinchesofego.com/obviam.html
Or you can grab the FLA at
http://www.fourinchesofego.com/obviam.fla
Thanks.
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