Is there any way to add your own character to a Rise scenario? I don't think adding them to a background image will work well since the image it blurred a bit on purpose? I'd appreciate any ideas?
Hi everyone, thanks for adding your voice to this request! We don't have plans for a custom character feature in Scenario Blocks right now, but be sure to check out this video tutorial from a fellow community member, Matt!
We don't have plans for a custom character feature in Scenario Blocks right now, but be sure to check out this video tutorial from a fellow community member, Matt!
Is there any update on this? We are doing some work and really need our own characters to go over the background in the scenario. It's really frustrating that we cant just upload an image. Is there even a way of layering over the top?
I guess the only other option is to design a blurred background with our character already on it and then hide the content character and hope the speech bubbles land in the right place?
Really frustrating - these licences cost alot of money!
Would it be possible to add just a transparent "character"? It would allow developers to upload custom backgrounds with all details and characters already included and avoid using any of the inbuilt Rise characters.
Hi Zsofia! There isn't a way to remove the character completely from the scenario block, but you may be interested in this workaround video tutorial from a fellow community member, Matt!
Hi! Any news on this? We really need to either create our own characters or a better selection of the pre-programmed ones. My company is a 20-something fashion brand so there's only one or two of the characters we can actually use. Can we have some more young, fashionable people please?
Thanks for checking in, Mike! It sounds like you need more character selection in the Content Library -- I'll pass that along to our product team! In case you haven't seen this yet, check out this workaround video tutorial from a fellow community member, Matt!:
Thanks Alyssa! Yes we're going to have a go creating some of our own with our models but having better ones in the library would be much easier as having to go into the back end files adds extra time and complexity into the design process. For reference I've added some images of the type of characters we need - young, fresh and fashionable. As you can see nearly all of the current stock characters aren't suitable for us.
Me too, my company requires people that work at the company represented in eLearnings. It is a deal-killing shortcoming of scenarios that we cannot add our own avatars.
I've taken a look at Matt's tutorial which is a great Rise hack. I've tested it and it worked fine, this is a bit of a game-changer too as this goes from being a feature I don't want to use to a valuable tool.
My question is can we hack this further?
In Matt's hack, you create your custom character, take the file names of the prebuilt characters in the scorm, apply them to your lovely custom character, and then put those files in the folder replacing the old images. So, say for example, instead of Rise looking for a .png file, could I create characters as animated .gif and replace them in published scorm? Is there somewhere I can update the scorm code to find the .gif version/files instead of the .png version?
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I'd love to see this feature.
Still no update on this one?
Up!
Yes, this is a must have to offer an immersive activity for our client
Hi everyone, thanks for adding your voice to this request! We don't have plans for a custom character feature in Scenario Blocks right now, but be sure to check out this video tutorial from a fellow community member, Matt!
Up!
Mine as well!
Any update on this topic? I could surely use this feature myself. :)
Please add my vote to being able to add custom characters to the scenario block!
Hi - I was wondering if there is any update on this?
Hi folks, thanks for chiming in!
We don't have plans for a custom character feature in Scenario Blocks right now, but be sure to check out this video tutorial from a fellow community member, Matt!
Hi - I could surely use this feature as well!
Would add great value to the scenario block :-)
Is there any update on this? We are doing some work and really need our own characters to go over the background in the scenario. It's really frustrating that we cant just upload an image. Is there even a way of layering over the top?
I guess the only other option is to design a blurred background with our character already on it and then hide the content character and hope the speech bubbles land in the right place?
Really frustrating - these licences cost alot of money!
Hi Chris, there are no plans for custom characters for Scenario blocks at this time.
Alyssa shared a video tutorial above for a workaround for published courses from a fellow community member, Matt.
You can try the workaround from the video for published courses by replacing the characters in the assets folder after they're published.
Would it be possible to add just a transparent "character"? It would allow developers to upload custom backgrounds with all details and characters already included and avoid using any of the inbuilt Rise characters.
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Hi Zsofia! There isn't a way to remove the character completely from the scenario block, but you may be interested in this workaround video tutorial from a fellow community member, Matt!
Hi! Any news on this? We really need to either create our own characters or a better selection of the pre-programmed ones. My company is a 20-something fashion brand so there's only one or two of the characters we can actually use. Can we have some more young, fashionable people please?
Thanks for checking in, Mike! It sounds like you need more character selection in the Content Library -- I'll pass that along to our product team! In case you haven't seen this yet, check out this workaround video tutorial from a fellow community member, Matt!:
Thanks Alyssa! Yes we're going to have a go creating some of our own with our models but having better ones in the library would be much easier as having to go into the back end files adds extra time and complexity into the design process. For reference I've added some images of the type of characters we need - young, fresh and fashionable. As you can see nearly all of the current stock characters aren't suitable for us.
Me too, my company requires people that work at the company represented in eLearnings. It is a deal-killing shortcoming of scenarios that we cannot add our own avatars.
Ditto - I would use this feature All of the time if it were available. Thanks!
Please add my vote for custom characters (or downloaded from eLearningBrothers.com) with audio support.
Thanks for your votes, folx! We'll share an update here if we allow custom characters in scenario blocks.
Hi there, add 1 to custom characters.
I've taken a look at Matt's tutorial which is a great Rise hack. I've tested it and it worked fine, this is a bit of a game-changer too as this goes from being a feature I don't want to use to a valuable tool.
My question is can we hack this further?
In Matt's hack, you create your custom character, take the file names of the prebuilt characters in the scorm, apply them to your lovely custom character, and then put those files in the folder replacing the old images. So, say for example, instead of Rise looking for a .png file, could I create characters as animated .gif and replace them in published scorm? Is there somewhere I can update the scorm code to find the .gif version/files instead of the .png version?