Branching / variables?

Nov 29, 2012

I've written a course with 4 scenes, one scene for each objective (including software simulations). Using radio buttons on the conclusion slide, I ask the user if they would like to review any objective. The user can choose any objective using a radio button to return to the corresponding scene for that objective, or they can click next and end the course.

How do I create a new path, after they've reviewed the scene, that will take them back to the conclusion slide, instead of to the next scene?

For example:

The existing course path is Scene 1, Scene 2, Scene 3, Scene 4, Conclusion.

The conclusion asks, would you like to complete the course or return to one of the previous scenes?

The user says, take me back to Scene 2.

After reviewing Scene 2, and instead of going on to Scene 3, I would like for him to be taken back to the conclusion/decision page to either choose another objective for review or choose next complete the course.

Help!

4 Replies
Eric Nalian

Hey Karen,

On the last slide for Scene 2, you can create a true/false variable and add a trigger to the button.

You can set the variable to change to 'True' when you leave scene 2 for the first time.  When revisiting the scene, the Continue button can have a trigger that says 'Jump to Conclusion if Variable = True'.

When creating the triggers, make sure the trigger that has the variable associated with it is on top.

-Eric

Dave Neal

Karen,

At least one way would be to set up a variable (we'll call it "AllDone") and set it to 0. When the conclusion slide is reached, have the variable changed to 1 as the slide's timeline starts.

Next, set conditional triggers for the "Next" button on the slides. If AllDone = 0, go to next scene, if AllDone = 1, go to Conclusion.

I'll post a quick .story file for you to play with.

~Dave!~

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