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States for a group?
Hi everyone.
I'm trying to make the initial state of a group "hidden". However, when I click on states with the group selected, it's greyed out. I only seem to be able to do this by applying the setting to all of the objects in the group. Is there a better way and I'm just not finding it? It sure would save some time...
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You cannot, but you can build a group within a state and set the that to hidden.
ungroup, cut everything except one object, edit state on that object and then paste the objects into it
Mr. Mayor, you sir, are a genius. And saved me several hours of mind-numbing trigger work. Many thanks!
Sneaky (and great!) idea. Thanks so much, Phil!
I have spent all day trying to solve this problem. I cannot even believe how simple and effective your solution is Phil.
Hey guys, I've been trying to wrap my head around this, I do not see a way to paste anything into the state section at all. And I cannot click my group as it is always grayed out (probably because it is multiple objects.)
Can anyone lend a hand?
Hi Jason,
First, make sure you're clicking on "Edit States" to unlock them. Then you should be able to edit them. If you're still not able to do this, let us know. Also, if you'd like to share your .story file, we can try take a look at what's happening.
Thanks!
Loved your idea Phil! I will use it again and again!
@Jason - sometimes it's just easier to see how to do it: https://player.vimeo.com/video/149069993
Sorry for the typo in the name of the file.
Jill, thanks so much for the demo, 7 years on and we are still needing to workaround this :-/
Thanks Jill , great screenr
Cool technique, I'm about to try this for my implementation, does this also work with text?
Great idea. The work around that I have been using is saving the grouped objects as a picture. Then I insert the picture into my project and can set the initial state to 'hidden'.
I don't know if this post is still alive or not, but I've been struggling with this too! I tried Jill and Phil's approach, but it didn't seem to help. I'm trying to change the state of a caption with text to a bubble with thoughts. I have a "change the state of" trigger for when you hover over something - that changes the caption to the bubble - and I clicked "restore on mouse leave" so it goes back to the caption afterwards. It's an interaction where I want the learner to be able to see both what a character is saying and what he/she is thinking.
But, when it's restored, the caption shows up but the text box doesn't. It's just a blank caption. Ideas?
