Triggering Motion Paths Using a Slider V2
Jun 28, 2015
This is a follow up to my How to pan the screen left and right using a slider and motion paths post. The problem is, that if you are using motion paths with relative start points, they can be thrown off kilter if someone moves the slider back and forth really fast for a while. As a result I redeveloped this concept using not just a left and a right motion path with relative starting positions, but a motion path for each movement.
As you can see for a slider with five stops, you will need eight motion paths. The number with out the parentheses are if you want to move an object on the screen (ie move the box) and the number in the parentheses are for changing the view (ie panning the image). Just like in my first attempt, you will still need a chaser variable.
The reason this works is that each motion path is absolute and doesn't rely on the objects last position. It is a little more work which is why I didn't completely replicate the original example.
Also I found it much easier to create a small box, do all of my motion path work, then fill the box with the image I wanted to use.
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Thanks Charles for sharing here - I know folks are always looking for ideas and examples when it comes to these two new features in Storyline.
Thank you very much for this information. That was exactly what I was looking for!
Glad this helped you out SR!
Sweet.
Hi Charles! Thanks again for sharing this neat interaction. I just added it to our examples hub to make sure others would will see it!
https://community.articulate.com/e-learning-examples/storyline-2-combining-sliders-motion-paths-and-triggers
I used variables to control the movement, and bit of measuring so it doesn't go overboard, still with a relative starting point
http://examples.roelworks.com/elearning/panoramic_slider/story.html
Thanks Muhammad!
This is pretty good!
I've had trouble making something similar! the download link isn't working but I'll keep checking back.
Hi Tim,
Which download link are you having difficulty with? The original one that Charles posted? It downloads for me, so I've reattached the .story file here for you.
That's the one!
Thanks Ashley
Awesome - glad I was able to help. :)
Hi Muhammad any chance of sharing your file this is exactly what I need
thanks
Linda,
Just in case Muhammad isn't subscribed you could also message him using the "contact me" feature on his profile to reach out directly. Hope that helps!
Thanks Ashley will do
No problem Linda.
Hi, Sorry for the late reply, was off the whole week, here is the panoramic slider
Hi Muhammad you are a star thank you so much
Linda
Thanks Muhammad for coming back around to share this!
no problem, glad a newbie can help
I have an animated diagram of refrigerant traveling through the various Air Conditioning components. This was created about 10 years ago and I need to recreate it. As the refrigerant molecule travels through the components, the temperature gauge/thermometer goes up and down depending where the molecule is. I created a freeform motion path that travels in and out of the different components. That is working. I click a button and the molecule travels through all the components. But I am trying to incorporate a slider into this that would be the temperature/thermometer, so as the molecule travels through the components, I could set it to move the thermometer up and down, or vice versa. Is there a way to do this? Hopefully you can visualize what I am talking about. Anyone have any suggestions?
If the refrigerant only travels through once (I have trouble imagining how the thermometer would work if it traveled the loop continuously), set a timer, and let the timer change the thermometer.
does the thermometer move automatically or based on certain molecule movements?
The first test you will need to do is to determine if you can adjust the slider by changing a variable via a trigger (set to move at the start of the corresponding molecule animation). Second you will need to determine what happens with the learner moves the slider (thermometer). Does it cause the molecule to run along a particular motion path? If so then it should be a pretty straight forward trigger set to a certain value.
Looks like you're getting some great help here Mary Ann - and if you're able to share the .story file hopefully other folks could take a look at that and offer more thoughts.
Here is an idea of how it might work.
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