Layers

Hi,

To make icons appear after a layer has been visited:

- Add a new true/false variable for each layer (e.g. "cat")
- Add a trigger to each layer that changes its variable to true "when timeline starts"
- Change the initial state of your icon to "Hidden"
- Add a trigger on the layer your icon is located that changes the icon's state to "normal" when the variable changes to true.

I attached a sample.

Alternatively, you could also dircetly change the icon's state with a trigger on the layer. That would lead to less triggers and no variables. But personally, I like working with variable, because often you'll find yourself adding elements and triggering other things as a project develops.

Any suggestions Bella?

I need more practice with variables. Any links where I can learn more about it. 

Also, in the attached file - I want icons to appear when layer of preceding icon appears. 

Reference Example: 

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/331c044a-236a-4c27-93aa-1fc1b27781c9/review

Regards

Malvika

There you go: https://community.articulate.com/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-work-with-variables

I'm not sure if I fully understand what you are trying to do, but if you only want to reproduce the reference example, the attached file should work for you.

In Storyline there are two kinds of variables:

• Built-In variables: Those are created automatically and help doing various things (tracking time, tracking completion, and so on)
• Project variables: Those are created manually. 

You can take a look at both in the variables window, by clicking on "Project" or "Built-In" at the top of the window.

I only added 4 true/false variables (birds, cats, dogs, fish).

It is worth taking a look at the documentation Articulate offers.
If you understand how states, triggers, layers and variables work, you can do almost everything with Storyline.