Text Object in Variable
Aug 31, 2022
By
Eric Jameson
Hello all. I have a project I am working on right now that I am using variables to force learners to click specific objects on the slide. I also have set variables for other objects to change the state to normal after all of the other objects are sitting in the visited state. I have all of this figured out and is fully working but on the "normal objects" the text boxes are not showing up... everything else is (shapes) perfectly. Are there limitations or hierarchy components for text boxes? I am losing my mind here lol. BTW the variable name is supposed to be popupassess not asses lol.
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I would start by using a reference to see if popupassess ever actually changes to 3. Otherwise there are so many reasons why it might not work. Attach your .story file here, and see if someone can pinpoint the problem.
Here is the .story file . The problem lies in slide 1.6 Assess pt 2 within the popupasses targets group. If my variable looks weird or if it is just not liking the text box.. But if you run that slide through fully you will see a group of 2 rectangles and 2 circles (A and B text inside) appear after clicking all of the icons. I just need to know what the heck is going on so i can fix it and add these target variables to some other slides. Thanks for anyones help.
anyone have any ideas?
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Here's the problem:
Groups don't play nicely (or predictably) with states and triggers.
I took Oval 1 and text Box 1, copied them, edited the states of Incorrect, and pasted the two of them on the normal state. I ungrouped them, and deleted them. I did the same for Correct. Then I moved them to the front of the timeline, and set their initial state to Hidden. I changed the triggers that show the correct and Incorrect layers.
At least it's predictable, and I think it does what you want.