Instruction for page numbers on a non linear chapter based project in Storyline3

Oct 13, 2017

Hello, I've build a setup that I believe works pretty solid and want to share it with you.

It gives you a semi automatic page/slide counter that doesn't break if you jump between chapters/scenes.

Follow step by step:

0. create text box with ''%pn% / %chX%''

1. Set ''pn'' = 0

2. Set an empty number variable ''chX'' for each chapter (ch1, ch2, ch3...)

3.Trigger your ''next page '' button: pn+1 if state is not deactivated on click. Trigger to deactivated on click. (This prevents double clicks which would break the counter)

4.Trigger your ''previous page'' button: pn-1 if state is not deactivated on click. Trigger to deactivated on click. (This prevents double clicks which would break the counter)

5. Trigger first page of chapter: pn=1 on timeline start.

6. Trigger last page of chapter: pn=chX on timeline start.

7. Set ''chX'' = number of chapter pages. 

Done.
This way each aditional page you add gets the correct number and you only have to set ''chX'' once per chapter.

If your project is linear, you can skip steps 5 and 6.

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