[v2004] [solved] MediaLab skipping items when using secret keys

[jarvis24]

Thanks Brook--can you reinstall v2006.2.40 on one of the machines giving you the trouble?

It might also be helpful to see if you can replicate the problem while one-by-one eliminating the other ques from the exp file on the trouble machine. i.e., to see what else is necessary in there aside from the target que in order to make the error occur.

[sbvick]

Some tentative good news...

I reinstalled the software on one of the two machines causing problems. I ran through several conditions without the skipping error, but eventually came across it again. However, when I ran through the questionnaire as an actual participant would, instead of using Ctrl + right arrow to proceed through the items without responding to every item, the skipping error did not occur. Specifically, the screen/item immediately previous to the items that were being skipped is a timed free-response (essay). When I allowed the screen to time out on its own rather than bypassing the timed function, the remaining items on the questionnaire were not skipped. Hopefully, I've discovered the source of the problem (although I did try this prior to the reinstall without success)!

I have yet to do the reinstall on the other machine, but will let you know if that fixes the other bugs we've discussed. Thank you!

[jarvis24]

Thanks for the update Brook, glad to hear all is ok again. Let me know if anything unusual happens again that can't be explained by skipping over stuff with the secret keys. I'm going to close this thread now since it goes back to v2006. Thanks again!