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Hi Melanie,

you have added a SWF file... can you add a .story file?

The SWF file will not show a Content when I try to open it.

Thanks.

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You may want to take a look at this thread because it looks like you are using the french translation of SL and there are infact bugs if you use a translation (german, french,...):

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/built-in-mouseover-hover-effect-does-not-work-with-sl2-in-german-language#

I'm working with the "native" english Version though I would prefer the german translation.

Sorry, here is my .story with Storyline in French.

Thanks,

Melanie

Using "When state of ... is ... " is not always reliable. It is only triggered when the state changes and is only heard by triggers that are on the same layer, and slide. It works best as a condition to a trigger that is initiated by some other action, such as the user clicking.

If you put the trigger to hide "Normal" on the layers, and attach it to the user clicking, it will work.

I STRONGLY suggest that you do not name your objects names that are used by Storyline, as this may cause unpredictable actions. I changed the name of "Normal" to "Cover" for that reason.

Try scene 2 in the attached  story.

Thanks so much Walt for your Storyline and explanations!

Indeed, your Storyline works and my Storyline should work if state was always reliable.

Can't wait for the new update!

Hi Melanie,

I'm glad that Walt and Jan were able to help you track this down - and my answer to Jan in this thread is more pertinent in regards to it has been reported to our team. I'll include this thread in the report filed with our team so that I can share any additional information here once it's available. 

Hi Ashley,

Sorry, I'm using Storyline in English (not in French!).

So it's not a language problem.

Thanks Melanie for clarifying that it's not associated with that other issue. As Walt mentioned the trigger condition could also be impacting this and the order in which triggers are executed is described a bit further here.  I tend to stay away from triggers such as "when variable changes" or "when state changes" as Walt mentioned, the trigger is looking for that to occur on that exact slide and moment, so if it's occurred earlier on a different slide than the trigger won't execute. It looks like you'll be able to use Walt's method going forward, but please let us know if you need anything else.