# 'Can load external SWF but cannot play it!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-load-external-swf-but-cannot-play-it/202646>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 3, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-load-external-swf-but-cannot-play-it/202646 "2006-10-03T13:14:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![fulci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f9b8f/32.png) [@fulci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fulci)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-load-external-swf-but-cannot-play-it/202646/1 "2006-10-03T13:14:49Z")

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Hi, I posted a similar question a few days back. Some kirupa people were kind enough to help but now i have a new problem which is dirving me nuts!:crying:

Simply; i can now load an external SWf, which is a game. When the correct button is clicked, the game appears onscreen, but when i click to actually start playing, nothing happens. The SWf game plays by itself, so i can only guess its not working when imported due to an error in the actionscript.

if i use either of these scripts, i have the same prob:

on (release) {  
\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“blank\_mc”,100 );  
with (\_root.blank\_mc){  
\_x=52;  
\_y=50;  
}  
loadMovie(“tetris.swf”, \_root.blank\_mc);  
}

OR

on (release) {  
loadMovie(“tetris.swf”, “placeholder\_mc”);  
}

Can anyone help??? I’ve attached the file if anyone has the time.