Disappearing Movie Clips

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Hello all

I’m having a problem with my Movie Clips and I think it has to do with how I set my layers.

This is going to be hard to explain in detail so I will try hard to provide a data-like information:

Key:

> = Folders or Layers
–> = Contains in keyframe
–>> = Contains within

Flash 8

>Folder 1 (Background)
>Layer 1 (Grass) --> Movie Clip -->> Moving Tween -->> Graphic -->> Mask

>Folder 2 (Midground)
>Layer 1 (Character) --> Movie Clip -->> Graphic every 2 frames
>Layer 2 (Grass) --> Movie Clip -->> Moving Tween -->> Graphic

>Folder 3 (Foreground)
>Layer 1 (Grass) --> Movie Clip -->>Moving Tween -->> Graphic -->> Mask

Alright, here is the problem, I’m trying to make a parallax effect with those 3 Grass Movie Clips, each moving in different speeds. Now, when both Masks are activated, the Background Grass is seen working but the Foreground Grass completely disappears. If both Masks are deactivated, everything works fine, but of course I want both Masks to work. Now this is what I found out:

  1. If Background Folder is beneath the Midground and Foreground Folders, everything is working except the character disappeares.

  2. If Foreground Folder is above the Midground and Foreground Folders, everything is working except the Background Grass completely disappears.

  3. If the Mask in the Foreground Folder is deactivated, everything works except the Foreground Grass completely disappeares.

  4. If the Mask in the Background Folder is deactivated, everything works except the Mask doesn’t work (obviously since I turned it off). But the grass in the background doesn’t disappear.

The Masks are set up like this:

Layer 1: Drawings of the blades of grass
Layer 2: A colour gradient

Can anyone help me? I don’t want to move the folder because it will disrupt the rest of the animation in terms of layers.

Thanks in advance