How to get audio to not reset when user returns to initial slide

Mar 30, 2023

I have an object on Slide 1 that takes the user away to Slide 1.1 and then they are prompted to navigate back to Slide 1. I would like the audio to play only the first time the user visits Slide 1, not when they come back to it. I have followed the steps to create a T/F variable but it doesn't seem to work.

3 Replies

Tom Kuhlmann
Staff

over 1 year ago03/30/23 at 9:21 pm (UTC)

Create a t/f variable: audioPlays=false
Create a trigger to play media (audio file) when timeline of the slide starts if variable = false
Create a trigger to adjust variable to true (after media plays, when they get to slide, etc)
When they come back to the slide, the variable should be true and the audio won't play

over 1 year ago04/08/23 at 8:36 pm (UTC)

Hi there,

So overwhelmed by Storyline that I can’t find my way back to the forum. Can you help? I can get the audio to work as suggested but I’d also prefer it if, when the user returns to the slide, they see the text and buttons with no animations/triggers – just a clean landing spot at which to review info, or continue navigation if they’re “lost”.

Thanks in advance,

Amy

Tom Kuhlmann
Staff

over 1 year ago04/10/23 at 4:31 am (UTC)

You can use that same t/f variable to control what happens when they return. Also, if you click on the slide properties (gear icon bottom right) you can control what happens when they return, such as resume saved state.

It all depends on how you have the slide set up to work.