Learn to author visual and audio cues that guide the trainee.
Training Notes
In this article, we will start to use Conditions and therefore the concept of Frame Processing. We will also discuss the Notification Resource and Object Event Condition. Please review these articles before starting:
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Create a new frame by clicking on the "+" on the Main Frame and name the new frame "Launch Equip Hard Hat".
Click on the Script icon.
Click on the Script catalog.
Drag the "Equip Hard Hat" script to the center of your screen.
Collapse the catalog menu.
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STOP: Save and Test.
Training Notes
When you test - you'll notice that your notification comes up at the same time as your screen message. It would be better if the notification appears after you have read the screen message. We can control this using conditions.
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Use the search bar to find an "Object Event" condition
Drag and drop the condition into the top condition frame. This allows you to say "when the resource I choose fires a specific event, open this frame".
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In this case, we want the notification to show after the video message.
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A menu will appear. Scroll down and choose "close":
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Note:
If you click the blue "+" button and you don't see the menu, your computer window is likely too small.
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To resolve this, widen the window on your computer screen. This is typically the result of viewing two windows side by side on your monitor, or if you've significantly increased the size of the window contents.
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This will open a subframe under the video frame on the far left side.
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Within the "On Screen Media close" subframe, drag an "End Script" resource in:
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STOP: Save, Reset in the headset, and Test. This time you should see that the notification appears after the video plays.
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Click on the "Workshop Voice Over" media catalog you just created.
Click "New Item".
"Choose Media". This will take you to the Media Library, where you can create a text to speech audio file.
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Note: If you wanted to use a file stored on your computer instead, you would click "Upload Item" instead of "New Item".
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Click on the catalog icon.
Click on "Workshop Voice Overs".
Drag your audio file to the frame.
Collapse the catalog menu:
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STOP: Save, Reset in the headset, and Test. An audio cue should now show up at the same time as the notification.
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This is what your scenario will look like so far:
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Training Notes
Key Takeaways from Tutorial 4
Conditions help you control the order of items in the scene.
It is a best practice to always complete a script with an End Script resource. This way you can quickly add object event conditions at a later time.
The Text to Speech tool in the Media Library is a great tool to create on-the-fly audio, even if it's simply a placeholder for future recordings that you will upload.
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