For some reason, after a few seconds my slider goes back to the beginning state. I want to be able to continue moving the slider to go back and forth between layers. I tried adding a trigger on the layer, but the slider won't show. What am I missing?
The layers are set to hide when their individual timelines end. So they display for 5 seconds, then close. Since the slide is set to initial state when revisited, you don't need to close the layers, but you probably should set the variable slider1 to 0 when the slide timeline starts, because variables are not reset when a slide resets.
I understand the first part. However, I'm confused on the "set the variable slider1 to 0 when the timeline starts." Are you talking about a trigger? If so, I'm not sure which one. Adjust variable? I would like it to reset at initial state when revisiting.
Reset to initial state only includes the things on a slide. Variables are above slides, so they do not change when the slide resets. Sliders are controlled by their variables, so when a slide is revisited, the slider will be in the position dictated by the value of its variable. That's why you can choose a starting point for a variable.
To set the slider back to the starting point, you have to create a trigger just like the one to disable the NEXT button.
Use "Adjust variable Slider1 to value 0 when timeline (on object slide) starts".
I would also add a trigger to the slider to hide the first layer when the value is 0.
Both of those triggers do exactly the same thing and are what you want. Just to make life easier for you, use the one that is consistent with the other triggers that show layers.
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The layers are set to hide when their individual timelines end. So they display for 5 seconds, then close. Since the slide is set to initial state when revisited, you don't need to close the layers, but you probably should set the variable slider1 to 0 when the slide timeline starts, because variables are not reset when a slide resets.
I understand the first part. However, I'm confused on the "set the variable slider1 to 0 when the timeline starts." Are you talking about a trigger? If so, I'm not sure which one. Adjust variable? I would like it to reset at initial state when revisiting.
Reset to initial state only includes the things on a slide. Variables are above slides, so they do not change when the slide resets. Sliders are controlled by their variables, so when a slide is revisited, the slider will be in the position dictated by the value of its variable. That's why you can choose a starting point for a variable.
To set the slider back to the starting point, you have to create a trigger just like the one to disable the NEXT button.
Use "Adjust variable Slider1 to value 0 when timeline (on object slide) starts".
I would also add a trigger to the slider to hide the first layer when the value is 0.
Sorry to be dense, but for the second trigger is this what you are talking about?
Or:
Both of those triggers do exactly the same thing and are what you want. Just to make life easier for you, use the one that is consistent with the other triggers that show layers.
Ok. Thanks for your help and your patience.
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