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Thank you so much for all of your help, Dave. This was immensely helpful. Ok I'll make sure to add the actual script file next time I run into an issue. 

Re. #1: As already indicated you need to log an applicable *property* to the data file. Specifically, you'll want to do

<data>
/file = "UltimatumGame_rawdata.iqdat"
/separatefiles = false
/columns = [..., picture.playerpic.currentitem, ...]
</data>

Re. #2: You are referring to the final instruction <page> element, specifically

<page thankyou>
Thank you!

^^^Your total is:<%values.participanttotal%>
</page>

as run via

<expt >
/preinstructions = (intro)
/blocks = [1 = GameType]
/postinstructions = (thankyou)
</expt>

You cannot remove the navigation button(s) from instruction pages. You would have to remove the /postinstructions attribute and end the script differently, e.g. by running an additional <block> with an additional <trial> which accepts a response unknown to participants.


<expt >
/preinstructions = (intro)
/blocks = [1 = GameType; 2=EndBlock]
</expt>

<block EndBlock>
/ trials = [1=EndTrial]
</block>

<trial EndTrial>
/ stimulusframes = [1=EndText]
/ validresponse = ("E")
</trial>

<text EndText>
/ items = ("The end. Please wait for the experimenter.")
</text>

P.S.: Thanks for attaching the file. In the future, please provide the actual script file (*.iqx), not code pasted into a different document format (e.g. *.docx). The latter can cause problems.

Hi Dave:

Thanks for the reply!  I'm running this "Ultimatum Game" Script:   (See full game script attached if that is helpful)

Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software LLC
Date: 10-30-2012                 last updated: 11-02-2012

The Ultimatum Game presents a monetary split of money to participants, who can serve as "proposers" or "receivers" of these offers (in my case they serve as the receivers of these offers, and I have a set of 16 individuals who act as "proposers," each with their own picture loaded into the game script).  Their pictures and proposer order, however, are random, such that I want to be able to record the order they are proposing their offers.  I can record the value for the proposal presentation time, but not the actual proposer IDs or names, which is what I will need in my file.  It looks like I'll have to create a new value for this then? 

2: When participants finish the script currently, the instructions appear telling them they are done, but there is also a "button" (it is a gray rectangle in the lower right hand corner) on the page that instructs them to press [Enter] to exit the page.  I can't locate the script/code for this so am uncertain how to edit it.

> I've entered "picture.playerpic" and "item.partnerpictures" into the data file area, but neither column populates with data after the game.

Neither picture.playerpic nor item.partnerpictures are properties -- they will not and are not supposed to return anything. I'm not sure which property or properties you would like to log, so I would advise consulting the language reference section in the documentation for the <picture> and <item> elements' available properties.

> Right now the game has a button that allows the person to exit

I'm not sure I understand what you are referring to here. I cannot find any button in the script that would allow anyone to exit. Could you please clarify?