I'm getting close to publishing my first Storyline module but I need to fix one little problem. In one of my drag & drop exercises I have four items (each in its own layer) set to play a short audio explanation when dropped on their respective targets. I'd like to prevent the user from dragging the next item until the previous audio is finished. Somehow I need to prevent the layer 2 audio from playing until after the layer 1 audio is complete. There's a simple fix here someplace but I'm not seeing it. Any help out there?
It's hard to say whether this would work or not without seeing the story file, but you could set your layer with the audio to hide when the audio timeline completes. To prevent users from clicking anything while on this layer, you can click on the little cog settings icon for that layer and click the option that says something like "Prevent users from clicking objects on the base layer."
Thanks for the help. I defintley need to learn about variables as there must be a lot capability there that would help. It was blocking the base layer while audio was playing from another layer that did the trick. I'm on my way!
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It's hard to say whether this would work or not without seeing the story file, but you could set your layer with the audio to hide when the audio timeline completes. To prevent users from clicking anything while on this layer, you can click on the little cog settings icon for that layer and click the option that says something like "Prevent users from clicking objects on the base layer."
Hi Eric,
Could you use a variable that changes when the first media completes? Maybe a True/False variable?
Here's an example of how you could trigger this:
Would something like that work for you?
Christine
Thanks for the help. I defintley need to learn about variables as there must be a lot capability there that would help. It was blocking the base layer while audio was playing from another layer that did the trick. I'm on my way!
Awesome, glad to hear it, Eric! :)
Good luck with the project,
Christine
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