Player Settings and Customization

Player settings control what learners see and can do while they play a simulation — for example choice numbers, the progress bar or the emotion meter. Open them with the Settings icon (gears) in the editor's left bar. Changes save automatically; there is no Save button.

Settings panel opened with the gears icon in the left bar

The Settings panel ("Configure your simulation features"), opened with the highlighted gears icon in the left bar. It lists Enable Ratings & Feedback, Enable multiple scoring, Randomize choice order, Emotion meter, Choice numbers, Show progress bar, Show replay button and Animations in the player, each with a description and a tick. On the right is the player preview.

Player settings

All settings are on by default, except Randomize choice order.

  • Randomize choice order — shows the choices in a random order each time a scene loads. It doesn't change the order you see in the editor.

  • Emotion meter — shows the emotion you set for each scene, as text and icons. It appears only in scenes with a character, and it doesn't react to the learner's choices.

  • Choice numbers — shows numbers next to the choices. Learners can pick a choice with the number keys even when the numbers are hidden. You can change the color of the numbers in Brand your simulation.

  • Show progress bar — shows how close the learner is to the end of the simulation.

  • Show replay button — shows a button at the end that restarts the whole simulation.

  • Animations in the player — smooth transitions between scenes. If your learners use Citrix or other remote-desktop software, animations can look choppy; turn this off to make transitions instant.

Other settings in the same panel

  • Enable Ratings & Feedback (on by default) — learners can rate the simulation at the end. See Ratings & Feedback.

  • Enable multiple scoring — score learners on several skills at once. See Multiple Scoring.

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