Graphical hotpsots
Apr 11, 2016
By
Steven Croft
Hello, has anyone experienced buttons starting to go wrong even when built correctly?
I have different graphics for different states, they work before any triggers are applied but as soon as I do that they fail to respond - usually to the hover state. Also selected until something else is clicked.
I'm having to put triggers to make them resppond as per state.
Can storyline run out of memory or something - it isnt a huge file 40 slides?
Thanks
9 Replies
Hi Steven
if you are using SL inbuilt states like hover, visited, you don't need to add triggers as well as SL knows what to do automatically. In fact, using triggers as well to initiate these unbuilt stares can cause issues.
Hi Steven,
I'd also look at not adding triggers to control showing the state as that could cause other unexpected behavior. You can read more about the definitions and descriptions here.
Also, if you're still having difficulty we're happy to take a look if you can upload the file here using the "add attachment" button.
Thanks Ashley and Wendy, I'll try and get a file together, the buttons seem to stop responding when triggers are added to them i.e. showin layers... etc
Hi Steven, even if it's just one slide with layers that isn't working that will give us an idea of what's happening...could also be trigger order which is important - SL executes triggers in a specific order...see here
Hi Steven,
If you can't share here in the forums, please feel free to send along to me privately here and I can take a look.
so with this one the selected and visited states don't seem to follow any pattern/predictability to me!
thanks in advance
What about this? I replaced your Selected state with the Down state, and it seems to work as expected (since you are already using the Visited state, I was not clear on the use of Selected).
The Hover state was strange, as it totally covered other states. Did you create a new graphic for that? I tried replacing it with a copy of the normal state, and added a glow effect.
Also, deleted that 2nd arrow and copied the third back to it, as the 2nd one was acting inexplicably. Maybe an RFT (random funny thing) error ;-).
Hope this helps.
Thanks David, I'll have a look.
RFT - like it!
I definitely want to start using RFT as an official term...
Let us know Steven if you need additional assistance!
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