Short version, I have a slide with three images acting as buttons. Clicking on each image shows a different layer. To show to user which ones had been visited I have a trigger to change the state of each button to be a mostly transparent image after clicking.
It works fine for 1 button, but not the other two. I've tried closing and re-opening articulate, deleting and recreating triggers, changing the order, changing the names of the states, etc. But I can't get it to work for 2 of the 3 buttons.
I've attached story file with placeholder text/graphics. Thoughts?
These triggers are (or will become) part of your problem:
The built-in states automatically make this change. Creating a trigger to do it frequently results in conflicts, with nasty and unpredictable results.
Edit the Visited states of the buttons. Select Visited, right click the button, and choose Format Picture. You will find that button 1 has a Preset, and the others don't.
I'm sorry you're running into this snag! I have opened a support case on your behalf. You may have seen the support email that was sent. Our support engineers will be in contact soon to help you through this issue. If you solve your issue, just reply to the support email stating such.
What's easiest solution then? I tried disabling the triggers and making sure I'm using the built in states. But it still only works for the one button/image; I've tried clicking on format picture for each button in the edit states pane and they each show as having separate image characteristics.
Even though the visual state isn't changing the story is still tracking it as changed because I have a variable tied to the changing states that's operating fine. It's just not changing the visual
What's weird though is if I change the color blend options for the visited state it works fine; it just won't display the transparency changes
Edit the Visited states of the buttons. Select Visited, right click the button, and choose Format Picture. You will find that button 1 has a Preset, and the others don't.
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These triggers are (or will become) part of your problem:
The built-in states automatically make this change. Creating a trigger to do it frequently results in conflicts, with nasty and unpredictable results.
Edit the Visited states of the buttons. Select Visited, right click the button, and choose Format Picture. You will find that button 1 has a Preset, and the others don't.
How so? Is it the state name?
Hi Jeremy,
I'm sorry you're running into this snag! I have opened a support case on your behalf. You may have seen the support email that was sent. Our support engineers will be in contact soon to help you through this issue. If you solve your issue, just reply to the support email stating such.
Thanks for reaching out!
What's easiest solution then? I tried disabling the triggers and making sure I'm using the built in states. But it still only works for the one button/image; I've tried clicking on format picture for each button in the edit states pane and they each show as having separate image characteristics.
Even though the visual state isn't changing the story is still tracking it as changed because I have a variable tied to the changing states that's operating fine. It's just not changing the visual
What's weird though is if I change the color blend options for the visited state it works fine; it just won't display the transparency changes
Edit the Visited states of the buttons. Select Visited, right click the button, and choose Format Picture. You will find that button 1 has a Preset, and the others don't.