This might have been answered elsewhere but I can't find it...
I'm working on a Storyline tutorial (my first!) where I have students click on an object on the base layer to go to one activity, then back to the original, several times. I have a voiceover on the base slide that replays every time the user revisits it, when I only want to play it the first time. I'm sure there must be a way of stopping this happening but I can't work it out! Can anyone help?
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I've tried setting a trigger for the sound to start when the timeline starts and to not play when the other objects are selected, but that's not worked. Thought it would :-(
I spoke too soon. It still replays the sound when revisited, the sound doe stop once the buttons are clicked to go to the next stage, but I need to stop this automatic replaying every time the user goes back to the base layer. I don't get the option to change states. There must be some way of instructing it so that the sound only plays once?
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Here's one way to do this sort of thing - using a variable which switches off the audio once it has played.
See attached .story file.
Bruce
Hi Averil,
You should be able to accomplish this by setting the slide state (found by clicking the gear icon) to "resume saved state" or "automatically decide".
Mike
Hi
thanks, but the first solution isn't there any more, and the second didn't work!
Averil
Strange.
Try again...
Bruce
this is what I'm getting from that link:
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AccessDeniedRequest has expiredCDF5791E3B7CA5662012-09-03T19:45:16ZZz+9VTK0XY6+NKPhbKKVrdRvZ4pfq49olsXGrCY3hhyuUeS1NoMZKB8CHBp9mH0P2012-09-04T09:41:36ZI've tried setting a trigger for the sound to start when the timeline starts and to not play when the other objects are selected, but that's not worked. Thought it would :-(
Averil
Maybe they are doing something with the server?
PM me an email address and I will ping it over.
Bruce
I did it! Apparently it matters what order the triggers are listed in!
Averil
Ah...yes...very important.
"Do something with a trigger before you use it to go somewhere else..."
Glad to hear it is sorted.
Bruce
I spoke too soon. It still replays the sound when revisited, the sound doe stop once the buttons are clicked to go to the next stage, but I need to stop this automatic replaying every time the user goes back to the base layer. I don't get the option to change states. There must be some way of instructing it so that the sound only plays once?
Averil
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