Create my own menu

Sherlina, have a look at the attached file (here is the published version: http://dev.keypointlearn.com/xcl71_SL/SevenTopics/V4/story.html) and see if that's what you wanted. I adapted this file from a previous sample to include four sections and a menu slide. The initial state of menu buttons 2-3 is disabled. The state of these buttons is changed to Normal, once a CompletionVariable (set at the end of section1) is set to True.

Hi Sherlina,

I attached an example here. It is probably what you want to create.

Cheng

Hi Sherlina,

I just wanted to welcome you to the Heroes community and it looks like you're getting some great help here. If you need anything else, just give us a shout! 

Hello!

I tried to do the same menu. But it's not working.

I think there is a problem with my variables.

I will try again!

Thank you everybody for your answer!

Sherlina

Hi Sherlina,

If you're still having trouble with your custom menu, you're welcome to post the .STORY file here for us to review.

Maybe we can take a peek and see what's going on :)

Thanks and welcome to the community!

Normal 0 7.8 磅 0 2 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:普通表格; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;}

Hard question.It looks that I need read more about the menu control tutorial.

• Set all menu button initial states except the first one to 'disabled'.
• Make 3 true/false variables, one for each chapter (chapter1, chapter2, chapter3). You don't need a variable for the 4th chapter because that is the end of the course. Initial state for each variable should be false. 
• On menu button 2 set a trigger to change variable 'chapter1' to true when 'timeline starts' for the last slide of chapter1. Better to have it set to 'when timeline starts' instead of 'when timeline ends' just in case the user tries to skip the end of the slide (which I allow them to do).
• On the same menu button 2 set another trigger to change the button state from disabled to normal when the chapter1 variable = true. These two triggers must be in the above order in the trigger panel in Storyline, otherwise this won't work.

I have done this from memory, but it should work like a dream. You can add to it by customising the states of your menu buttons to look more like they are disabled (change the colour so they are 'faded' looking). 

Hope this helps.

Hi everybody!

Thanks a lot for your help!

I succeed in what I wanted to do with my menu with all your advices!

Sherlina