Tracking Triggers
Mar 03, 2015
I am working on a project and I wanted to track the sections visited by the users. In several examples posted by other awesome users on the site I saw this was done using triggers and Variables. So I downloaded a piece and took it apart to see if I could build it as well. Problem is I can't. I created an incredibly simple Storyline project. 4 slides , a main and 3 "Content" slides. Each circle clicked would take you to the content slide then back again and the circle would change states to "Completed" state. Problem is that after I finished the trigger the "Completed" State triggers immediately.
My trigger was:
Action: Change State
On Object: "Oval 1"
To State: Completed
When: Timeline Starts
Object: Main
On condition: VisitedS1== Equal to True
The condition activates before the slide is visited. I can't get my tracking to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to the "On Condition" section of triggers. I have included my basic template to look at.
PS: I also noticed when I created a "Hover" state for my objects I didn't have to program in a trigger for it. Does Storyline program that automatically?
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See attached a revised file. 1. The default value of the two variables was set to True, that's the completed state was always shown. 2.) there were no triggers that actually change the value of the variables, I added those on both slides. 3.The hover state is a built-in state and is called automatically when the mouse is hovered over an object.
Ok I am starting to understand. When you type in a variable it is not a command. It is naming a variable. So "VisitedS3" is creating the variable that is then proven true by the trigger on that slide. Then the default is found in the variables menu. "x". Which I never even thought to look in. Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
Hi Nathan,
You may also want to spend some time reviewing the information here in regards to working with variables.
Please let us know if you need anything else.
That's a great link. After reading up on that and a couple other articulate tutorials (and a lot of practice) I've finally figured it out! Thanks for the links.
Awesome Nathan - thanks for the update.
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