Problem with tracking visited states on buttons that change the state of a different button

Hi everyone,

This might be a bit confusing. I'll try to make it clear. I have submitted a case to articulate support but I thought I'd post here in case anyone else has encountered this.

My problem happens in Storyline 3. I have created screens like this many times in Storyline 2 without issue.

Imagine a slide with 2 layers. On each of the two layers, there are 2 buttons (A1 and A2) and another 'button' (X) that has a white square as its normal state, and text in two more custom states. When you click button A1, X changes to state X1, and when you click A2, X changes to state X2. It's basically a custom hotspot screen.

I have 3 variables: 3_6a, 3_6b, visited_3_6.

When the learner has clicked A1 and A2 on Layer 1 (thereby switching their states to 'visited'), 3_6a changes to "True". When the learner has clicked A1 and A2 on Layer 2, 3_6bchanges to "True". When both 3_6a and 3_6b are "True", visited_3_6 changes to "True".

In Storyline 3, the variables update only if I remove the code to change the state of X.

I should also say that this works even without a defined 'visited' state as long as I don't adjust X.

If you want my code, this is it:

Base layer:
Show layer A when user clicks button M.
Show laer B when user clicks button P.

Layer A:
Set 3_6a equal to True when the state of A1 and A2 are Visited.
Set visited_3_6 equal to True when 3_6a changes if 3_6a is equal to True and 3_6b is equal to True.

Layer B:
Set 3_6b equal to True when the state of A1 and A2 are Visited.
Set visited_3_6 equal to True when 3_6b changes if 3_6a is equal to True and 3_6b is equal to True.

Anyone encounter this?

Thanks,
Cyndy