I'm having an issue with changing an object with an initial state of hidden to normal with a true/false variable. I've tried it with a numeric variable too and it still doesn't work. I'm guessing it's something really simple I may have overlooked.
To understand what I'm talking about, please see the attached file.
First, thanks for stripping the course down to only the problem part before posting it. Makes it so much easier to find the problem.
This trigger on slide 1 is the problem:
Placement is changed on slide 2, and announces that fact, but only slide 2 can hear it. Slides cannot hear variables change on other slides, so slide 1 doesn't know when the variable changes.
The solution is to change the "when" part of the trigger to something that happens on slide 1. I prefer "when timeline on slide 1 starts". That does have a caveat: the only way to guarantee the timeline restarting is to change the slide to reset to initial state when revisiting:
Then you need to be careful that any programming on slide 1 expects it to be reset on every revisit.
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Brian,
First, thanks for stripping the course down to only the problem part before posting it. Makes it so much easier to find the problem.
This trigger on slide 1 is the problem:
Placement is changed on slide 2, and announces that fact, but only slide 2 can hear it. Slides cannot hear variables change on other slides, so slide 1 doesn't know when the variable changes.
The solution is to change the "when" part of the trigger to something that happens on slide 1. I prefer "when timeline on slide 1 starts". That does have a caveat: the only way to guarantee the timeline restarting is to change the slide to reset to initial state when revisiting:
Then you need to be careful that any programming on slide 1 expects it to be reset on every revisit.
Oh boy. That's unfortunate, but I understand why that is.
Thank you so much for your help!
I'll try and post my workaround (which was successful) in a little bit.
Thanks again!
Brian
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