How to make a trigger not work until audio is done playing

Hi Shel

can you duplicate the hover glowing state and make it the disabled state so it stills glows and set the initial state of the icons to disabled. The change the state to normal when audio completes so they can click and show layer?

Hi Wendy.

The problem is that the audio is on the top-level slide and the glow is on the layer, which has its own timeline. I can't connect the state of the glow on the layer to the audio on the top-level slide.

Sorry I've misunderstood - from your description it sounded like audio and icons are on the same page.

On the top-level slide of the scene, there is audio. I have set the state of the Next button to "disabled" until the audio has finished. On the page, there are three icons. When you click the glowing icon (in the hover state, so you're actually seeing the layer), it takes you to a new slide.

Shel, Can you upload the story file - might be easier for someone to help if they can see the setup

No worries. I think it's pretty complicated.

The three icons and the audio are on the same page. However, I have a layer for each icon that is a glowing version of the icon. When the user hovers over the icon, the "glow" layer appears. it is this glowing icon on the layer that when clicked takes the user to the related slide. I need the that click to be disabled until the media stops playing. The media is on the top-tier slide, not the layer. The complete project is fairly large. How would I go about uploading it? (Sorry, this is the first time an upload of the story file has come up!) I can't begin to express my gratitude for your help!

Shel

if you create a new project file and just import the slides you are talking about that might be easier than uploading the huge file.  Use the grey 'ADD ATTACHMENT' button in the bottom of the post to upload the .story file.

Gotcha, Wendy. Attached. On the first slide you see, you'll see the three icons. You can hover over them to see the glow (a client requirement that came late in the game, not part of the original spec), and when you click on the glowing icon (which is actually a layer), it takes you to the related page. Thanks!

Hi Shel

I have it partially working - buttons 2 and 3 are working as expected but not button 1.

What I did:

1. Copied the glow state of the icon from the layer onto the picture on the base slide - so I created the hover state with that glow icon.

2. Remove all the triggers to show layer xx when mouse hovered over as that glow now happens on the base slide.

3. Created a variable called audioComp and set it to false. 

4. Created a trigger : Adjust variable 'audioComp' to true when media completes (Audio 1 file).

5. Added triggers to the three icons : Jump to slide xx when user clicks icon 1 IF audioComp = true. I repeated this trigger for the three icons.

I have a client call now but will take another look at it soon...hope this is what you were after

Here is the updated file with all buttons working

That's fantastic, Wendy! Of course, I'm still having a problem!

I was able to get it work with the middle icon, but repeating the process EXACTLY on the other two icons (left and right), it doesn't work. Clicking them takes me straight to the linked slide without waiting for the audio to complete. I've attached the scene as a new .story file.

Ok, the slide layers had triggers on the glow icons to jump to slides so I deleted those triggers on layers then re-copied the glow icons to the hover state on the base slide. 

To tidy things up I would delete those slide layers with the glow icons they are no longer needed.

It's working for me now - have attached updated story file and video of it working.  Let me know how you go.

That's PERFECT, Wendy; it worked!!

The reason I'm going nuts with this is that the client has changed the requirements, adding components that are outside my experience with Storyline. If they had been in the original spec, I would have either learned them upfront or passed on the project. 

Do you mind if I ask you one more question? (I have several, but I'll post them to the community.) Why doesn't the REPLAY button on the seekbar work?

By the way, if you have a website, I'd like to be able to refer some of my clients to you. I usually do strategic planning and communication audits. I undertook this because the client gives me a lot of work and wanted me to handle it. For most of this kind of work, I'd rather sub it out!

/shel

Hi Shel

so glad it's working for you - always hard when the client requirements change mid stream.

From personal experience I can't say I have had a client report any issues with the replay button on the seekbar so I can't comment on that one - sorry.

I'm based in Australia Shel, normally US based clients like to work locally but here is my website link www.fuziondezign.com.au (work in progress when I get time to update it).

Thanks and good luck with your project!

Is there a way to make sure the user clicks each of these icons and visits each of the slides before going to the next scene? I plan to make the NEXT button go either to the next scene or the quiz (depending on client preference), but the user will be required to visit each slide before moving on.

You could add a completed state to each of the icons so that when they return to the main slide the icon changes state to 'completed', then have the next button trigger set to jump to the next scene or quiz ON condition that state of icon A = completed AND state of icon B = completed and state of icon C = completed.

Awesome.

Well, if there's one thing I can say about my client changing up the requirements on me, it's that I'm learning a heck of a lot more of Storyline. Thanks mainly to you!

Hi Shel,

So glad that Wendy was able to assist you here and take a look at your project. In regards to the replay button you may also want to take a look at this article on how the rewind button will behave based on your slide set up.