# Why does this happen?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-happen/16221>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 22, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-happen/16221 "2003-03-22T09:32:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![aerohaith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@aerohaith](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aerohaith)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-happen/16221/1 "2003-03-22T09:32:12Z")

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everytime i load an external .swf into main, it just acts different then it supposed to.

the loadMovie line i’m using is

loadMovie(“some.swf”,“balnkMC”);  
this. worked this same way  
\_root,\_parent didn’t work .

please help?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-happen/16221/2 "2003-03-22T09:42:55Z")

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> _Originally posted by aerohaith_  
> **everytime i load an external .swf into main, it just acts different then it supposed to.**

can you explain _different_ ?? :crazy: 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-happen/16221/3 "2003-03-22T12:57:08Z")

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one external .swf (Random Moving circles…tutorails on this site),the circles pop up here & there ,rather than smoothly move to new position.

2nd external swf is the random background

, instead of changing background as curser moves over it, it doesn’t do jack.

so…there must be something i am missing…here…wt is it?

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/random\_motionMX.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/random_motionMX.htm)

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/alpha\_fade.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/alpha_fade.htm)

Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-happen/16221/4 "2003-03-22T14:05:26Z")

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there is no \_root.\_parent

if you load a movie into a movieclip, the \_root in that movie is no longer the \_root if it was playing alone because now the entire movie is within a movieclip within the _real_ current \_root. Saying \_root in that loaded movie will access the \_root of the main movie since the term \_root always accesses the \_root of that level. If you loaded it into a level, using \_root would be the same if it was playing alone

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-this-happen/16221/5 "2003-03-22T16:13:56Z")

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r u saying that i should load any other swf into levels rather than straight to main movie…if So How?