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RoeBush
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8 years ago

Character state change flashes Storyline 360

Sorry if this is a duplicate posts. Cannot find the original. Timeline cues for character change state. Looks good in preview, but in published there is a white moment, a between state changes of th...
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GlendaDeHoff-0c
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Greetings!

I am experiencing a similar issue, except I am using a custom character. The bodies are pngs, but the head is an animated gif so the eyes can blink. It is fine when I Preview, but not when I Publish. :(

In the full version of the course, it is much worse and the head disappears altogether at times. 

I am using Storyline 360/Windows 10/Chrome/saving locally

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GlendaDeHoff-0c
Community Member
4 years ago

UPDATE

I am continuing to work on this issue as My course is due soon. I removed the animated head from the states and it helped a little. I am still getting a flash on the head when the slides change and it still disappears sometimes. I even set the properties to"always show" as I have had issues with that before. I wanted the character to persist from slide to slide, but I may have to give up on that idea if this cannot be resolved.

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    EmilyBrien-54d7
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Hi Glenda! I took a look at your file and noticed something interesting. When I copied and pasted elements from within each state to the timeline of a new slide (as their own separate objects), I noticed that the body objects have a fade exit animation applied. 

    I created a new demo character using 2 body poses without exit animations, added triggers to change between the states, and no flashing occurred. See attached.

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    EmilyBrien-54d7
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ah! One more thing. My first edit removed the body flicker that was occurring between state changes, but it didn't resolve the head flicker between slides. 

    For that, I figured the issue was with the gif "reloading," which I've noticed in some of my projects, too. To fix, I added a static PNG version of the head behind the gif in each state. Technically, if you were planning to start each slide with the normal state enabled, then you'd only need the static PNG in the normal state.

    I duplicated the edited slide to test, and the head flicker is gone. See attached.

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