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Thank you, the experiment is running however, it is appending only the first item and not a random trial. And on the payout page, it is saying that trial number picked at random is trial 1 and it does not show the payout. I'm not sure if its a problem with the script in the trials above or an error with the trials for the payout page that i've posted here.

<trial chosenslide>
/stimulusframes = [1=endslide]
/inputdevice = keyboard
/validresponse = ("q")
</trial>

<picture endslide>
/ items = endslide
/ select = current(payout)
/ size = (50%,50%)
/ position = (50%,55%)
</picture>

<trial payouttrial>
/ stimulusframes = [1=payoutmsg, payout, trialmsg]
/inputdevice = keyboard
/ validresponse = ("q")
</trial>

<text payoutmsg>
/ items = ("Your payout is")
/ position = (50%, 40%)
</text>

<text payout>
/ items = storedwinnings
</text>

<text trialmsg>
/ items = ("which is the amount you won in trial #<%text.payout.currentitemnumber%>.")
/ position = (50%, 60%)
</text>

<item storedwinnings>
</item>

<item endslide>
</item>

The code is too incomplete to say anything specific. Note that the selection in your <picture> element is set to depend on the selection in some other element:

<picture endslide>
/ items = endslide
/ select = current(payout)
/ size = (50%,50%)
/ position = (50%,55%)
</picture>

For this to make sense, the selection in the "payout" element has to happen *before* you ever try to display the <picture>. That would be a good place to start looking for your error.

Ok, I changed the select so that it is it is the text payout that is selecting the endslide instead of the opposite way. The trial number is coming up using this <%text.payout.currentitemnumber%>. 

The only thing still not showing up is storedwinnings. After each trial is changes the win value to either 0, 5, or a win amount depending on the outcome of the lottery. 

I don't have anything for storedwinnings in the trial script. 

<trial fixedtrial>
/ ontrialbegin = [values.probamount=counter.slidevalues.selectedvalue; values.prob=counter.slideprob.selectedvalue; values.win=0; ]
/ ontrialbegin = [values.randomnumber = rand(0,100); ]
/ ontrialbegin = [picture.risk_slides]
/ ontrialend = [if (trial.fixedtrial.response=="3") {values.win=values.fixedamount; }; ]
/ ontrialend = [if (trial.fixedtrial.response=="1" && values.prob >= values.randomnumber) {values.win=values.probamount; }; ]
/ ontrialend = [if (trial.fixedtrial.response=="1" && values.prob < values.randomnumber) {values.win=0; }; ]
/ ontrialend = [item.endslide.item = picture.risk_slides.currentitem]
/ stimulusframes = [1=3, 1, risk_slides]
/ inputdevice = mouse
/ response = timeout(10000)
/ validresponse = (3, 1)
/ posttrialpause = 500
</trial>

and was wondering if it had to be in there or if the value gets stored with the item.endslide

<text payout>
/ items = storedwinnings
/ select = current(endslide)
</text>

<text trialmsg>
/ items = ("which is the amount you won in trial #<%text.payout.currentitemnumber%>.")
/ position = (50%, 60%)
</text>

<item storedwinnings>
</item>

Does something involving the win.value need to go into the storedwinnings item? 

> Does something involving the win.value need to go into the storedwinnings item?

I cannot answer this question but you should be able to. You wrote the original Inquisit 4 code that used those <item> elements and that should tell you where they were used and what for.

All I can say is that you have a <text> element

<text payout>
/ items = storedwinnings
/ select = current(endslide)
</text>

<item storedwinnings>
</item>

that references <item storedwinnings> and that the selection in the <text> element depends on the selection in "endslide". If you don't ever add any items to <item storedwinnings>, it obviously cannot display anything.