External Movie problems

[Furious5]

Ok further to my post yesterday, I've got all my preloaders and everything sorted out.

However I have a problem with an external movie that is loading in to the main movie.

When I click on a button to load it, the movie only partially loads the content of the first frame i.e bits of it are missing.

Having tried to reload it a few times it isn't always the same part that is missing.

Does anyone have any ideas?

If you want to have a look at the problem:
http://www.furious5.co.uk/kwikgrip/kwikgrip.html

Click Contact > Directions

[lostinbeta]

I experienced no problem?

I kept clicking on the link over and over, refreshing to start from the beginning and starting over... and it seems fine to me.

[Furious5]

Try looking at:

www.furious5.co.uk/kwikgrip/ext/map.swf

And then compare it to the previous link, and see if there is anything missing.

What browser are you using?

[lostinbeta]

Nope, nothing missing... I am using IE 6

[andr.in]

I'm using IE6 too but I can see some stuff missing...
The text and the icon (button) for the magnifying glass and the icon for the printer are the only things I can see for now...

[lostinbeta]

Bah... I just tried it again now, and all I get is the paragraph thing on the side.

I think once out of the 6 times I tried I actually got the map.

I have no clue what is going on there. I don't think it is the preloader though... the preloader just preloads, it doesn't determine what shows.

[Furious5]

I am totally stumped by this as well, the only thing that is different from this movie to the other movies is that it has some vector images from Freehand, but that shouldn't be a problem.

It's definately not the preloader I have used the same code in the about, and contact page, and then the contact directions (if you see what I mean)

All that happens at the end of the preloader is some action script, saying gotoAndPlay ("scene2", "Map1");

There are only 2 frames in scene2, and the only action script is stop(); on both frames.

[lostinbeta]

Well you have a stop action in both frames.

Which frame do you target?

Considering you have a stop() on both frames I suggest using gotoAndStop instead of gotoAndPlay, you might be confusing Flash with your gotoAndPlay to a frame that has the stop action.

Just theory of course.

[Furious5]

I've had a bit of a play about with the actionscript, and used gotoAndStop as you suggested, I've also used this on the zoom button to toggle between maps.

I've tried it and it seems to be a bit better, although getting all the text on the left hand side is still hit and miss.

Also the map was grouped, I've ungrouped this now and I seem to get the full map everytime.

[lostinbeta]

Well it is good that you are slowly getting it :)

This is a really weird problem though :-\

[Furious5]

Yeah

The thing is I should have had this site finished about 2 weeks ago (oops)

Then when you try and rush things you run in to the most bizarre problems :pirate:

[lostinbeta]

That is too true.

I hate time limits, because when you rush.... you really do end up with some funky problems.

I especially hate it when you rush, and you come across a big problem, that requires you to actually go back to that point and start over from there... I HATE THAT!