var menu_imgs = new Array();
menu_imgs[0] = "images/icons/1.jpg";
menu_imgs[1] = "images/icons/1_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[2] = "images/icons/2.jpg";
menu_imgs[3] = "images/icons/2_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[4] = "images/icons/3.jpg";
menu_imgs[5] = "images/icons/3_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[6] = "images/icons/4.jpg";
menu_imgs[7] = "images/icons/4_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[8] = "images/icons/5.jpg";
menu_imgs[9] = "images/icons/5_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[10] = "images/icons/6.jpg";
menu_imgs[11] = "images/icons/6_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[12] = "images/icons/7.jpg";
menu_imgs[13] = "images/icons/7_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[14] = "images/icons/8.jpg";
menu_imgs[15] = "images/icons/8_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[16] = "images/icons/9.jpg";
menu_imgs[17] = "images/icons/9_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[18] = "images/icons/10.jpg";
menu_imgs[19] = "images/icons/10_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[20] = "images/icons/11.jpg";
menu_imgs[21] = "images/icons/11_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[22] = "images/icons/12.jpg";
menu_imgs[23] = "images/icons/12_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[24] = "images/icons/13.jpg";
menu_imgs[25] = "images/icons/13_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[26] = "images/icons/14.jpg";
menu_imgs[27] = "images/icons/14_roll.jpg";
menu_imgs[28] = "images/icons/15.jpg";
menu_imgs[29] = "images/icons/15_roll.jpg";

function preload_menu()            //preloads the images in the menu_imgs array
{
                for(i=0;i<menu_imgs.length;i++)
                {
                                temp_img = new Image;
                                temp_img.src=menu_imgs[i];
                }
}