Web plugin publish: Offline deployment, not so offline, bug?!

Currently publishing a game for web. However checking offline deployment on publish settings, still give me problems displaying the web content on a computer without internet.

Here is exactly written down what I encounter:


The problem!

- publish game for web
- check offline deployment
- when publishing done, turn off my network connection
- check content by clicking the html file published with the game
- webbrowser started, loading image visible but no loading bar, and stays like this.
- nothing happens

The problem causing this, tested and working

- afther this problem and without network connection
- right click game content inside the browser
- plugin release channel = Stable ( can't choose any other option )
- turn on network connection
- more release channel options suddenly available
- choose release channel -> Release
- turn off network connection
- test web content with same browser same html file without republishing
- web content working

Is it intended?

I have customers calling me that there web published game content doesn't display. I have them sending screenshots after I talked to them and see that there plugin by default is set to release channel Stable. This is in my view causing the problem.
So if I tell them to go once again on the internet and change release channel to "Release" it seams to be fixed for some.

Why is the plugin set by default at "Stable" and why is then publish setting "Offline Deployment" not working?
It's annoying and I had to find it out by trial and error. Took me a lot of time which was precious to continue working on other things. I couldn't find anything about release channels and offline deployment connection in the documentation.
Is this missing, a bug or something else?

I would like to know if anyone else has have this same issue or someone with Unity development knowledge telling if this is intended.

Thanks =)

 

JDMulti - I'm running into something very similar, even with an offline deployment, the html file (from the webplayer output) is sync'd to another person's computer - it will NOT load if they don't have an active internet connection, even if I have "Offline Deployment" checked in the build settings.

Very frustrating.

 

JDMulti -

You might be interested in the thread over here - Schubkraft has done a great job of explaining the circumstances around this.

http://answers.unity3d.com/question...-web-player-work-offline.html#comment-1040049