Motion path initiates when timeline starts, although it's triggered to initiate when the user clicks an object.

Hi Jaclyn,

Thanks for reaching out and letting us know what you are running into.

With your permission, I'd like to take a look at your project file to investigate what's happening. You can share it publicly here, or send it to me privately by uploading it here. I'll delete it when I'm done troubleshooting.

Here you are. Thank you. 

Hi there, Jaclyn! Thanks for sharing your file. I looked at slides 1.3 through 1.6, and I saw that the first two had motion paths that triggered at specific points in the timeline. They seemed synced to the narration. The latter two had motion paths on layers, and they triggered when the timeline of the layer began, happening when the learner clicks on one of the base layer images.

Can you help me zoom in on which slides with motion paths were giving you trouble? Or let me know the expected experience on those slides above? They seemed to work on my end as intended. Thanks, and we're happy to help!

Yes, as I mentioned in the post, I have utilized several workarounds in order to make the course function as I intended. What I'd like is for the motion paths to initiate when the user clicks a photo on the stage and to remain off-screen until then. If you're able to somehow make that happen, I'd be pleased to see it. 

Hi Jaclyn,

I'm not sure of the final result you are looking for, but you can trigger your motion paths when clicking on slide content.

I duplicated Slide 1.4 in your file and adjusted the triggers to be when the user clicked on the image of the couple. Take a look at Slide 1.5.

Edited to delete file per customer request.

I see that. I have been struggling with slide 1.6.; 1.7; 4.2; & 4.3. 

I'd like for a single-click of the picture (see attachment) to trigger the motion path of the shape and text below the pic. The previous state of this group should be 'hidden'. Also, the slide intro audio should pause or otherwise discontinue, as the click should also trigger another a different audio track. Each picture on the slide should behave the same and upon revisit, should return to initial state. 

When I set the assets and triggers up for this, (using the very-same trigger of 'click-to-reveal' triggers and pause audio when clicked, etc. the text box and shape did not show up. Also, the hover-state did not return to 'normal' or to its initial state when the mouse moved off of the picture. I'd like for the hover state to only be enabled until the picture is clicked.. so, after the initial click, the state would remain 'visited' and therefore will not hover. 

Does this make sense? If so, can you show me how it can be successful? I'd prefer not to use slide layers as it requires additional buttons to replay/return a particular layer to its initial state rather than replaying or restarting the slide. 

Hi Jaclyn,

I think I understood more of what you needed, so I played around a bit with your file and recorded a quick Peek to walk you through a few changes I made solely on slide 1.5. Take a look here. The built-in states and how they'll behave are outlined here. 

I hope that gets you back up and running, and feel free to let us know if you need more help! 

Thanks, Ashley!

Do you know why the 'click to move obj on motion path' did not work correctly when triggered to? Could it be that my duplicative states messed it up? Also, can you please remove my file from the forum? I'd really appreciate it! 

Hi Jaclyn,

It could have been the triggers on those states, it's hard to say. My version did appear to work correctly upon clicking the object and things moved along the motion path, yes?  

As for the file, I'll ask Leslie to remove her duplicate copy from the discussion and we'll delete it from our machines. You can remove it from your own post if you would like by clicking Edit beneath your response. Here’s a quick Peek video if you need help.

Alright, so I know what the issue was! I think what happened is that the software was becoming confused as I was adding triggers to objects to make them behave a certain way... but the issue is that I was not changing the individual slide layer settings. I guess I didn't realize that the base layer as well as each slide layer, have their own settings. What was happening is that the triggers depended on a new logic attempt, but the new attempt was not happening upon replay of the slide because the individual layers weren't marked to 'hide other slide slide layers' or 'reset to initial state' etc. 

Thank you for your help and for helping me figure this out.. I've been so annoyed with my module. THANK YOU!!

Hi Jaclyn,

Yes, all layers have their own properties too so that you can finely control what happens when they're accessed. I'm glad you found that and that it was the key to fixing all the other pieces! Thanks for letting us know and we'll be here if you need help again.