Hi all. I'm experiencing an issue when triggering an object on a layer to move on a motion path by pressing a key.
Let's say I have a circle on a layer. I give it a motion path (with relative start point) to move up when the user presses the up key (on object = this layer). But when I press the up key the shape 'teleports' to where the motion path would take it to, and then the motion path plays from there. Basically it moves twice.
If I do the same set up on a base layer I don't encounter the issue.
Has anyone else encountered this? Is there something I might be doing wrong or is this a bug?
Hi Daniel. No problem. Will do when I get back into work tomorrow. It's just a single slide as I was just testing out some mechanics for a dungeon crawler I want to try building in Storyline when I got this issue.
The issue seems to be that the motionpath is triggered by a keypress ON A LAYER. See attached a revised file where I added a button on the layer and use that to move the oval. It works as expected. I also added an object on the baselayer and move that with a keypress.
Thanks for looking at that Michael. When playing your file I noticed that if I use your 'move' button once, then try the key press after that the motion path behaves. Also if I click on the circle before pressing the key it also behaves.
As you say it seems to be the 'On Layer' that is an issue....
I'm hoping to have a charater whose motion is controlled with up, down, left, right keys and who travels between rooms (each slide being a different room). The layers come into play so that I can allow a learner to return to the room they were in... so I'll keep fiddling to see what I can make work as I'd prefer to use key presses rather than nav buttons on screen.
Quick follow up. I've discovered that if I put the 'move on key press' triggers on the base layer, and the moveable item on the layer then the motion path will work as I want. I can make this work for what I'm trying to acheive. Thanks to those who chimed in to help figure it out.
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Hi Shaun,
Would you mind sharing your Storyline file so everyone here can take a look?
Hi Daniel. No problem. Will do when I get back into work tomorrow. It's just a single slide as I was just testing out some mechanics for a dungeon crawler I want to try building in Storyline when I got this issue.
As promised - example attached.
The issue seems to be that the motionpath is triggered by a keypress ON A LAYER. See attached a revised file where I added a button on the layer and use that to move the oval. It works as expected. I also added an object on the baselayer and move that with a keypress.
Thanks for looking at that Michael. When playing your file I noticed that if I use your 'move' button once, then try the key press after that the motion path behaves. Also if I click on the circle before pressing the key it also behaves.
As you say it seems to be the 'On Layer' that is an issue....
I'm hoping to have a charater whose motion is controlled with up, down, left, right keys and who travels between rooms (each slide being a different room). The layers come into play so that I can allow a learner to return to the room they were in... so I'll keep fiddling to see what I can make work as I'd prefer to use key presses rather than nav buttons on screen.
Thanks again for troubleshooting for me.
Quick follow up. I've discovered that if I put the 'move on key press' triggers on the base layer, and the moveable item on the layer then the motion path will work as I want. I can make this work for what I'm trying to acheive. Thanks to those who chimed in to help figure it out.
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