Button state with video has stopped playing video

May 17, 2023

Hello,

In the eLearning I am working on, I have a slide with sections laid out that the user needs to complete/view.  The buttons have several states, including a "Viewed" state (which includes an animation/video to show the section was completed) and then a "Viewed2" state (for when they return to the slide again after then button has already been in the "Viewed" state. Essentially when a person views a slide and returns to the landing slide, the "Viewed" state will show the button turn from gray to its fill color and plays a sound effect.  Of course as they continue and complete other sections, they should just see an already filled in button ("Viewed2" with no animation).  

The landing slide includes a blank return layer to prevent the introductory audio on the base layer from playing. I also have the return layer set to reset when returning. There are triggers linked to each button to set the state based on 2 different variables related to the button.  

Issue 1: When the button is in the "Viewed" state, the video for that state is not playing.  (This was working perfectly 5 days ago, and I made no changes to the triggers. I am also 100% sure that the "Viewed" state trigger is working because the viewed state trigger begins with grayed out medicine bottles whereas "Viewed2" begins with completely colored in bottles. 

Issue 2: Occasionally, the "Viewed2" state is not being immediately triggered. When returning to the landing slide/layer after the user has viewed the button's "Viewed" state, the user should now see the button in the "Viewed 2." The distinction is that the first has an animation/video showing completion, and the second state has no animation.  

Any ideas why all of a sudden the video in a button's state is not working? And any insight on why triggers related to "Viewed2" state do not always work? Any solutions for getting around these issues?

Here are screenshots and the file for viewing.

2 Replies
John Morgan

Hi Karina,

Great question! I understand the videos in your button's viewed state aren't playing and your viewed2 states aren't triggering as well. I'd be happy to work with you to figure out what's causing this!

Good news! I think I figured out what was going on. I switch the When revisiting property to Automatically decide and it solved both issues. Here are the steps to find the setting.

  1. Open the first slide.
  2. In the Slide Layers palette, click on the gear button at the bottom right corner.
  3. Switch the When revisiting property to Automatically decide.

I attached a version of your file with the setting changed.

I hope this helps!