Two Dials - Challenge

Every dial changes a variable.

The dial on the left changes a variable to a specific value.
And there is a trigger that shows a layer if that variable has that specific value.

The dial on the right changes another variable to a specific value.
And there is a trigger that changes the state of a element (the colored rectangle in the background) to a specific state if the value has that specific value.

You should take a look at this links:
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/dials-color-change

https://community.articulate.com/series/storyline-3-adding-interactive-objects/articles/storyline-3-working-with-triggers

https://community.articulate.com/series/storyline-3-adding-interactive-objects/articles/storyline-3-working-with-variables

So, did we use True/False variables to make both dials work in tandem?

What do you mean by "work in tandem"?
As far as I see it, they are working independendly.
They are doing different things.

I want them to function like - https://360.articulate.com/review/content/571fdd35-931a-4e1e-9451-9e4880645b6a/review

Did we use True/False variables to achieve this?

Hi,

I want them to function like - https://360.articulate.com/review/content/571fdd35-931a-4e1e-9451-9e4880645b6a/review

Did we use True/False variables to achieve this?

The two dials have nothing to do with each other.

Every dial changes the value of a specific numeric variable.
You can create triggers that do something (show a layer, change the state of a element, ...) if the numeric variable has a certain value.

You don't need a boolean here.

I attached a sample.

Stefan,

Thanks a bunch..this is a great help. 

I followed your steps, and attached is my sample file. 

Where am I going wrong? 

Regards

Malvika

Slide 2.1 Circles:
I am not sure if that is intended, but I would take a look at settings of your dial here (select the dial and open the design-tab in the menu). Your dial is set to start at 0 and end at 5 - that means there are 6 steps, but as far as I can tell you only have 4 layers to show. So you could change the dial to start at a value of 1 and end at 4. You could also change it to 360 degrees if you want.

Slide 1.1 and Slide 3.1
Similar thing here. Your dial is set to start at 0 and end a 3 (that makes 4 steps), but you have only 3 layers to show. So dialing it back to the start position (0) does not do anything that might confuse users. You could either add a trigger that hides all layers when the value of your dial is 0. Or you could change your dial to start at 1 and show the first layer right of the start by edding a trigger (that shows the layer when the timeline of the slide starts).

Slide 4.1
As for your windmill slide.
I find that sort of animation hard to do within Storyline.
I would try another approach here: If you have some expierence with any animation software: Build an animation of one rotation for each speed and export looping GIFs of those.

So you will end up with something like this:

- value = 0 => still-frame of the wings
- value = 1 => animated gif slowest speed
...
- value = 4 => animated gif highest speed

Import the still frame to Storyline add 3 more states to that still and put the GIF animations into that state. Than change the state with the dial.

You would have a still (no movement), when the dial is at 0, slow looping movement when it is at 1, and so on. 

Thank you..thank you Stefan.

Last feedback request of the day, why is my right dial not working?

Regards

Malvika

Because your right dial is changing to value of the variable "dial9", but your triggers are listening to changes of the variable "RightDiall7".

Storyline creates a new variable for each dial (or slider or text-input).
But you can change, which variable is changed by the dial in the Design-tab (all the way on the left side). Choose the variable "RightDial7" there and it will work.