Flash levels don't load in web browser, but do locally?

[Andy K]

I have a Flash movie with a _root .swf, which then loads a .swf movie into level 1.

Works fine on my computer, I have embeded into a webpage and in the web browser it sticks on the _root (level 0) movie and fails to load the next one into level1.

Anyone else experienced this problem, I have had it working many times before. Is it a new browser error issue or something?

I am using Flash8 and IE.6 / Firefox.2

[MrMadison]

Check your script for any errors....and if an error comes up when you try and test it, show the error ...lol
Anyway, it might be a browser issue, try and find an earlier browser and test it.

[JustinStudios]

Flash 8 layer support will not show if your browser doesn't have the correct version of flash... make sure you have flash 9 installed in the browser you are viewing it in. This was a problem I had earlier and when I installed Flash 9 it fixed it (flash 9 is a player). Even though it worked on my system to begin with(because Flash 8 Pro was running it on the system).

[Steve Mellor]

I had the same problem before as well. If you want to make sure as many users can use it as possible then don't load it in to a level but instead use an empty movie clip set at the right point on the page.

[Andy K]

Thanks for the help. Tested the movie and there were no errors.

What I did differently to normal is I placed all my flash .swf files in a folder (labeled 'flash') and not in the root directory of the website.

I was not aware that flash inherits its root directory from the webpage it is embeded, so when I was trying to load "movietwo.swf" it was not there, so I had to add the folder to the path: "flash/movietwo.swf"

I presumed the flash would retain its root directory relevent to itself, not the webpage it is embeded.

so there we go!

[JustinStudios]

lol! We have all had the same problem but for 3 different reasons! That's what I love about web work, while it might all be broken the same way, you never know what it takes to fix it :P.