Marking a section complete using variable/condition

Hello Richard,

Can you let us know where you put the trigger? and maybe put a screenshot of your triggers so we can check?

Thanks,

Donna

Hi Donna,

I placed the trigger on the last screen of the section and set the Next button (goes back to the menu) to change the value of the variable from the default of False to True. (See cap-trigger.jpg)

On the menu I tell the layer to show when the variable changes: Show completion layer when the variable changes.

Am I going about this the wrong way? I guess I'm still thinking in Flash code.

Thanks.

Are you sure you have it on the right "Next" button?  When you have that dropdown menu, it will show items on the base layer before the the layer you are on, does that make sense?

Yes I think so Ashley, there is only one Next button on the dropdown, and it refers to the button on the player.

Ah, Ok, just wanted to be sure, I can't tell you how many times I've mess that one up. 

What about the order of your triggers.  Is the variable change below the trigger to change slides?  It should be first in order.

Yes, one the last slide of the section I have the variable change to true as the first trigger, followed by the trigger to go back to the menu on click of the Next button.

make that "on the last slide...."

Richard,

I think the issue is the trigger you're using on the menu slide.  The trigger "when variable changes" is referencing a variable changing when you're on that particular slide.  However, the variable is actually changing at the end of your section.  

So, if you change your trigger on the menu slide to show the layer if the variable = true, it should fire when you get back to the menu slide.

Mike

Ah, or that.  That would do it lol

Thanks Mike. Still nada. Attached are the variable and trigger dialogs and where they are located. I must be doing something really obviously wrong

Richard,

On the Menu trigger...

Switch it from "When variable changes" to "When timeline starts" on the slide.

This should clear it up.

Hello Richard,

Try.. this

ackkk.....still not working.

see attached.. it works for me

Richard,

Could you post a sample file so we can take a look?

Mike

Here's the file. Thanks again for the assistance.

I just figured it out - I had the trigger on the wrong layer - should have been on the main menu layer - major DUH!

Thanks to you all for spending time on this. Such a newbie error! My apologies!

Okies.. Glad you figured it out Richard! We have all made that mistake!