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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Interative Menu
"Have you tried covering it with a shape filled with the background color? Set the shape to hidden initially, then change it to Normal whe..."
  • over 4 years ago01/26/20 at 4:55 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Pasting Conditions groups conditions?
"I have experienced something similar pre-360. Sometimes it was fixed by closing and opening again. Other times, I think it indicated a co..."
  • over 4 years ago01/26/20 at 4:50 am (UTC)
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"Just an FYI: If objects have Hover, Visited, or any other built-in state, they will change automatically, without the need for you to cre..."
  • over 4 years ago01/24/20 at 5:06 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion new trigger workflow opening animation
"Start SL by double-clicking a .story file, and it will bypass it."
  • over 4 years ago01/23/20 at 11:36 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Change State of Text Trigger Not Working
"It looks good like this, but might be different looking at the slide. Can you attach it?"
  • over 4 years ago01/23/20 at 7:27 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Calculating items checked on a checklist
"Check out the attached version. On slide 1, I used built-in checkboxes (no need for variables, and fewer triggers), and a technique that ..."
  • over 4 years ago01/23/20 at 2:54 pm (UTC)
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"I can tell you what causes it, but I don't have a good solution. If you click on a thumbnail of a slide in the Story pane, you will see i..."
  • over 4 years ago01/22/20 at 11:31 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Anybody else having trigger problems
"What happens is that the results variables are changed on the quiz slide. So the Results slide never hears them change, so there is nothi..."
  • over 4 years ago01/22/20 at 11:06 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Slide - triggers to another scene
"When I create a new "Jump to slide" trigger, I get these options: "
  • over 4 years ago01/22/20 at 11:00 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Anybody else having trigger problems
"Can you attach your slide?"
  • over 4 years ago01/22/20 at 7:48 pm (UTC)
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"You are using the "Down" state to check if the objects have been dropped. The problem is that when you click on the object, it changes to..."
  • over 4 years ago01/22/20 at 5:09 pm (UTC)
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"If you could attach your .story file here, I'll bet someone can help you."
  • over 4 years ago01/22/20 at 3:26 am (UTC)
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"If you could attach your .story file, it would let someone take a peek at it, and maybe help you."
  • over 4 years ago01/22/20 at 3:11 am (UTC)
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"Yes, If you want it to hide all layers, then jump to next slide: Create a slide layer with nothing on it. Set its property to hide other ..."
  • over 4 years ago01/21/20 at 5:28 pm (UTC)
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"Change state of Next button to Hidden when timeline starts Change state of Next button to Normal when audio ends You may be able to put a..."
  • over 4 years ago01/21/20 at 5:19 pm (UTC)
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"Deselect the Delay item drop states Give each object a motion path whose start and end points are the same. Use these triggers: "
  • over 4 years ago01/20/20 at 8:44 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Unable to rotate objects in a state
"When you click on Bloc, the state is normal, and it changes to 90, THEN GOES ON TO THE NEXT ACTION associated with this trigger. It execu..."
  • over 4 years ago01/20/20 at 5:39 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Triggers not working
""When state of ..." is reliable only if the trigger is being processed at the moment the state changes, or if the moon's phase is just ri..."
  • over 4 years ago01/20/20 at 5:18 pm (UTC)
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"Go to Design -> Drag & Drop options:' "
  • over 4 years ago01/20/20 at 6:52 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Few triggers not working in IE 9 and below
"In the story you posted, there is no trigger on the first layer to " hide this layer ". Instead, there is this trigger: Th..."
  • over 4 years ago01/20/20 at 6:47 am (UTC)
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"To answer your question, on the second slide, the "when totalscore changes" part of the trigger doesn't work, because when a variable cha..."
  • over 4 years ago01/18/20 at 12:44 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion When variable changes
"Don't add to the count. Every time a desirable activity occurs, check all the boxes to see if they are in the target state, and use that ..."
  • over 4 years ago01/17/20 at 6:26 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Troubles with Trigger
"Puede explicarlo en Espanol?"
  • over 4 years ago01/17/20 at 4:57 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Disabling past triggers
"I would create a T/F variable like TriggerUsed and set it to false. Create two triggers in this order: Assign True to variable TriggerUse..."
  • over 4 years ago01/16/20 at 7:53 pm (UTC)
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"Looking at your table, only Slider 2 has an effect on Slider 3. If that is really the actual interaction, it is simple. Attach Slider3 to..."
  • over 4 years ago01/16/20 at 7:08 pm (UTC)