Reveal Layer Upon Return from Branching Slide in Storyline 2
Oct 28, 2015
I have a scene that has 10 branches off a single slide (I'll call it a Home Slide). I would like for a checkmark to be added to the Home Slide after the learner has returned to the Home Slide from the last slide in a branch. So, for example, the learner clicks Hotspot 1 which takes them to the first slide in Branch 1. After the learner has viewed all slides in Branch 1 the next button returns them to the Home Slide. When they return to the Home Slide from Branch 1 I would like Checkmark 1 to appear over Hotspot 1. And then this should repeat for the remaining 9 branches so that when the last checkmark is in place an audio clip will play and the next button will link to the next series of slides.
Can you point me to some helpful resources or share what you have done to achieve this effect?
Many thanks!
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Hi Susan
I would create 10 T/F variables one for each branch eg. B1comp, B2comp
On the last slide of each branch, create a trigger 'Adjust variable B1comp, to value of True when timeline starts on that last slide.
On the Home slide, create a trigger, Change state of Hotspot 1 to visited (create a visited state with a checkmark) when timeline starts on Home slide on condition that B1comp = true.
Hope that helps - happy to do a short sample if you need it.
Thanks, Wendy! Perhaps you can look at the attached screenshots and tell me where I misinterpreted your instructions. I currently have the checkmark hidden on the first visit to the slide (see BComp1_Start_State), and have created a condition on the last Branch 1 slide (See BComp1_Change_State), and finally adjusted the variable back on the Home Slide to reveal the checkmark (See BComp1_Adjust_Variable). When I preview the checkmark is not visible on the Home Slide when first visited (as it should be)...however, when I return to the Home Slide after viewing the last slide in Branch 1, the checkmark does not show up. What am I missing??
OK.
Screenshot Adjust_Variable change to:
Adjust variable, BComp1 = assignment, Value = True when timeline starts on 6.17 - remove the condition
Screenshot BComp1_Start_State change condition to: BComp1 is not equal to true
If they don't work - happy to look at your file if you want to upload it...hard to do without seeing the full setup
I am most grateful to you, Wendy!!
Sorry to be dense...but how do I share the file with you? (I have only shared .ppta packages before.)
Hi Susan
click the Add attachment button here in the post and then upload your source storyline file which is the .story file.
Here you go!
Having a hard time getting it loaded...let me slim it down a bit.
Hi Susan
I'll do a sample for you don't worry about trimming.
Let's try this. I removed some of the extra slides so what used to be Sec 6 is now Sec 1 and I removed 8 of the branches.
Hi Susan
see if this helps you any
Hi Susan
it's still 143 MB. If you just removed and did a save as it doesn't properly reduce the file size.
Best thing is to create a new project and then import the trimmed down version in and save that...should reduce by lots more than that ;-)
Thanks for the example, Wendy. I see the BComp1 on slide 1.3 and I see when I preview that the checkmarks get added...but where the heck of the checkmarks on the home slide?
Tried that and still got 143 MB. Hm...
Hi Susan'
I have used buttons for the three module links on home slide. Select the button, go to the states tab and click edit states. Highlight the Visited state and go to the format tab and select an icon from the dropdown
Hi Susan,
It looks like Wendy has you covered in terms of the set up. As for the file size not changing, did you do a "save as" and then close the file and reopen it? As Wendy mentioned it doesn't update immediately as the file keeps the elements in the event that you need to do an "undo".
Ashley, thanks for checking in. With regard to
*SET UP:* Yes! Wendy was super helpful! I ended up making invisible
buttons to replace my hot spots and then followed Wendy's suggestions...and
it worked! I'd still like to know if it is possible to do the same type of
thing with a hotspot and an image (like a custom made checkmark) rather
than a button.
*FILE SIZE: *I did two things. I removed a bunch of the slides and did a
save as and the file size remained at 144. I also started a new file and
imported only a few select files and then saved it with a different name.
Again, the file size did not reduce.
I finally got it! Instead of using hotspots on the main image on the Home Slide, I created buttons that were invisible and voila! Thank you so much for your help! I would never have figured this out without you!
Is bComp a standard variable? It seems like magic that bComp works since I never really defined what bComp is.
Hi Susan,
Thanks for the additional info - if it's a file you can share I'm happy to take a look at it and see if there is anything else that could be contributing to it.
bComp isn't a built in variable - but it may have just been the way Wendy set it up for you.
Hi Susan
no as Ashley said bComp1, bComp2 and bComp3 I created just as an example of closing off each scene as complete - glad it helped
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