Problems with items from the base layer showing on other layers

Sep 15, 2015

Hi Everyone,

Can anyone help with this problem? I have a base slide with 5 layers. On each layer, including the base, and I have a question for the user to answer by clicking the correct hotspot. I've clicked the vision icon to indicated the objects from the base slide to hide on each layer. Once the user answers the question the hotspot trigger displays the correct/incorrect feedback according to the choice the user clicks.

For some reason, the 'incorrect' feedback from my base layer is showing when the 'incorrect' feedback from my second layer displays. Any ideas what may be causing this? The weird thing is it is only happening with the 2nd layer. I thought it was something on the layer at first, so I elimanated that layer, and directed the continue trigger to go to the 3rd layer (which is now 2nd), and the same problem occurs.

I've attached a screen shot of my settings.

Layer_problems.pdf

10 Replies

Terry Coe

over 8 years ago09/15/15 at 9:44 pm (UTC)

can you share the .story file?

that way i can see what is happening and possibly fix the issue for you.

it looks like you might need to create a trigger to change the previous layer to hidden though.

Christie Pollick

over 8 years ago09/16/15 at 12:53 pm (UTC)

Hi, Karel -- I agree with Terry; it's always helpful if you can provide your file here if the thread so that fellow community members and staff can take a closer look for you and make suggestions! :)

Karel Wagner
Author

over 8 years ago09/16/15 at 1:15 pm (UTC)

Absolutely, Here you go.

To reduce the size I've attached only the scene that is causing the problem. You'll see a 'continue' trigger on the 5th layer that is unassigned. That one will go to a new scene.

Thanks so much for your help.

Patient_History_activity.story

Bob Kaart

over 8 years ago09/16/15 at 1:33 pm (UTC)

Hi Karel,

It's looking good so far. I've had a look at your story file, and it seems like once you're on layer 2, you could still click on elements on your baselayer(hotspots and what not).

Imagine if you're on layer 2, and you click on the "incorrect feedback hotspot" of your base layer, it would trigger that action rather than the wanted action on your layer 2. The fact that you make a layer on top of your base layer doesnt mean it completely blocks off the base layer, only the elements(textboxes, images, shapes etc) that you put on your layer would block off your base layer.

You could prevent the user from clicking on the base layer in several ways,

1) put a hotspot over the entire slide on your layer, blocking off the content whats underneath

2) tick the option "prevent user from clicking on the base layer" at the layer properties

I've attached an edited version of your story file, I hope this solves your problem.

Patient_History_activity_edit.story

Karel Wagner
Author

over 8 years ago09/16/15 at 1:52 pm (UTC)

Thanks Bob,

This seems to work, the only thing is I don't see your 'option #1' hotspot you placed over the entire slide listed in the timeline. I can see that it covers up the base information but I'm not sure how you did it. Did you do both suggestions, or only option 2?

over 8 years ago09/16/15 at 1:58 pm (UTC)

Hi, sorry for the confusion, i did option 2) for you. The little cog wheel next to your layer shows you your layer properties. You would have to do that for each layer that you want to apply that to.

If you want to do the hotspot solution, just make a hotspot on each layer just as big as your slide, and make sure its on the very bottom of your timeline, so that you can build elements on top of that hotspot.

#a nice little trick is to right click on that big hotspot(option 1) that you made, and to tick off " Show hand Cursor on hover". That way the user doesn't get a visual effect of the mouse changing when hovering over the hotspot. It's a nice way to block content off, that you dont want to user to be able to click on.