Storyline 2 taking more than an hour to publish

That seems like a VERY long time. How slides are there in your project?

That doesn't sound normal.  I had a similar issue happen today and had to stop Storyline 2 and then restart it.  It then published in less than a minute.  I suspect a memory issue.

Hi Dayle,

I'd agree - that sounds like a very long time, and I'd look into Brent's suggestion and ensure you've saved your file before closing down Storyline. You'll want to try as well without any other programs or files open to help with any memory issues from your system.

If the behavior continues, and it's not .story file specific but occurring with all your files I'd look into conducting the repair as well. 

Hi - It is always the simple solutions.  A simple reboot solved my problem.  I was working in movie maker and storyline at the same time so that may have been the issue.  Thanks for you help everyone.

Dayle

Thanks Dayle for the update. 

Seems like I have a similar problem as well. It appears that the progress bar does not show SOMETIMES and appears to be frozen. When this incident occurs, I forcefully end-task. This has happened in numerous occasions within the 3 days of testing the new Storyline 2.

Hi Ed,

You'll also want to make sure you've checked the system requirements here, and you may also want to ensure that you've shut down other programs while publishing. 

Hi Ashley,

Thanks for you quick reply! Honestly, I doubt my computer specs have any correlation to the issue. I'm running on an Intel Core i5 @ 3.10GHz with 16GB of Ram with only Microsoft's Outlook and Excel. I believe I exceed the system requirements and doubt I need to shut down programs as well.

I have a hunch it may have something to do with upgrading an existing file from Storyline version 1. Need to run further tests.

Hi Ed,

It sounds like you're in line with the requirements - have you tried a new file that you created in SL2 to narrow down if that's the issue? If you'd like us to take a look at the file we're also happy to do so - you can share it here by attaching it with the paperclip icon. 

I'm having the same issue

Hi Nick,

This thread is a bit older, so could you describe more of your set up and what troubleshooting steps you've already gone through?  You'll want to confirm that you're working on local files, publishing locally and using the latest update (Update 5 of Storyline 2). Lastly if the behavior persists, you'll want to look at conducting t he repair of Storyline.