hitTest vary from flash player?

programming flash
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So, I am working on a game in cs5.

I figured, eh, I would try to make it look a bit better and throw in some drop shadows. Unfortunately, I was using Flash player 6. Normally, this isn’t really a problem and I would just blow it over, But due to the fact flash player 6, dosen’t support filters, I needed to use flash player 8.

so I checked it out, threw on some test shadows, and boom, looked a ton nicer. Then I tired it out.

You see, When the “Player” Walk over a specific item, the item gets a hitTest with the player and does some actions.

For whatever reason hitTest, dosen’t work in Flash Player 8.

So I ask, why is this, And how can I fix it? Here is an example code:

 onClipEvent(enterFrame){
    if(_root.player.head.**hitTest**(this)){
        _root.player.gotoAndPlay("Assault")
        unloadMovie(this);
    }
}

It’s still in as2, in both versions, but why does flash player 6 work, and not flash player 8? And how can I fix it?