Hangman Notes

Ok.. update

I wasn't updating the states - so that problem now solved... however I now have another problem...

If I duplicate the hangman slide the incorrect states seem to carry on where they left off... so if the head was revealed on the first slide, then on the second slide it would miss the head and any other incorrect ones that were revealed...

Is there a way to reset the incorrect states on each slide?

Thanks in advance :)

Sorry to whomever ends up reading this post... I added a trigger to adjust the variable on each new slide and that worked a treat...

All is working ok now - thanks and sorry again

No worries, Julie. Glad to see you worked through it and made new discoveries.

Hi all, hope someone can help me! I have a hangman game that is working well, got all states displaying and giving right options (phew). However, I added a try again button which links back to sameslide but then everything stops working properly - it looks like a clean slide but it won't draw the hangman and doesn't add all the letters. I assume this is as it is not starting as a fresh attempt and remembering the previous attempt/states. Is there a way of resetting a slide revisit as if a first visit? Thanks for any advice...

Teresa - Could you post the file you're working from and perhaps we can find the problem?

Of course, this is adapted from someone elses file. I've just added the nav buttons. It works fine unless you try again (option with wrong answer). The teacher really wanted the 'try again' option to aid the students in their vocab learning.

Since original post I've tried changing the slide properties, revisit section to "reset to intial state" which it does appear to do. Won't display for wrong answers though, ie draw the man. Agh!!

Hi Teresa,

Slide properties set to "Reset to Initial State" will only reset the slide, not variables. 

It's a lot of extra triggers, but you will need to add a Slide Trigger for each variable setting it back to it's default value when the Timeline starts. That way, when the user clicks the "Try Again" button and the slide 'Jumps To' itself, all the variables will be at their original value as if you visited the slide for the first time.

Again, it's a lot of extra busy work adding triggers to reset every variable used, but this should solve your problem.

Oh dear, that is annoying. Well, I think I may be just losing the "try again" option, at least for now. They can just start the whole thing again if they want to. Thanks so much for your help, Teresa

Fixed it. Was very exciting! Oonly one trigger needed on each slide which seems to have fixed it as only one variable needed resetting: "incorrect to zero". Phew!

Teresa, you are my eLearning Hero of the day! I have been stuck on the same issue for days until I found your post! Thank you so much for sharing! Within minutes everything worked wonderfully!

Glad that this thread was able to assist you Elne :) Thanks for popping in to share.