State and Speed

Dec 15, 2020

Hi all!

I was wondering if anyone could help with the attached?

There are two issues that don't have an obvious error in terms of set-up:

  • The text box on layers Third Line Forcing - CS1/CS2 come in much quicker than Third Line Forcing - Suppliers/Seeking Advice, despite them all being set to Animation Float In 0.75 - I have increased the duration to try and cheat the same effect but this does not work
  • Next Stage 1-6 rectangles do not always change from Normal to Visited when clicked but this is quite sporadic and not very apparent as to why

Any help would be greatly appreciated - thanks in advance!

2 Replies
Walt Hamilton

CS1/Cs2 - The timelines have become set to 2.25 sec, so when the text starts to enter at 2.0 sec, it only has .25 sec to complete its action before the layer timeline ends. Pull the timelines out to 5 sec, and they will work like the others. 

This auto-shortening of layer timelines often happens if you click on an object, but I don't know why.

As to the visited states, all the built-in states have innate superpowers, among which is the power to automatically change when appropriate. So if you write a trigger to change to a Visited state, it is likely that your trigger will sporadically cause conflicts with the built-in triggers, with unpredictable results. If you want them to change state when another object is clicked, or to delay changing to Visited state when they are clicked, you need to create a custom state with a name that is not "Visited".