Freeform smartshape rollover issue

Thanks for the replies, looks like I am going to have to look into another way to do this or just not use rollovers since I am using irregular shapes.

Using smartshape rectangles (rotated as previously mentioned), the desired effect works both with a gap between and overlapping a small amount. The problem arrises when you draw your own shape using the polygon tool.

Screencast video example:

Recording #10

Sorry, didn't explain it as thoroughly as I should have. I am on Captivate 9.0.2.437. I am using free form smart shapes with the inbuilt rollover state. I have made an example and will post a series of pictures to show my problem. I did them quickly in Paint and since printscreen doesn't show where the cursor is, the black outline arrow is where the cursor would be.

This is made of 4 separate diamonds using the polygon smart shape. Each diamond has an inbuilt rollover state which changes its color to red. The diamonds on the left and right are at a higher level than the diamonds at the top and bottom. As you can see, the dotted bounding box covers a section of the other objects:

On publish and preview in HTML5, rolling over the side diamonds turns them red as expected for the entirety of the shape:

However once you rollover to the top and bottom diamonds which are on the lower layers it does not trigger the rollover state:

That is until you get past where the dotted bounding box was when you made the shape:

This occurs on both ends and if you change the layers around so the top and bottom shapes are at the top and the right and left shapes are at the bottom only that now the right and left shapes do not get interacted with until they get past the bounding box.

This is quite a pain as I am building a tutorial with multiple parts of a machine that gets highlighted and has a information box appear when the student rolls over the parts. These parts are all irregular sizes and are next to each other.

Depending on the order you have placed those objects in your Captivate Slide timeline, there may be some layering issues. You won't be able to access with your cursor smartshapes beneath other smartshapes. If they are activated as buttons, you could tab to them in preview but you still wouldn't be able to see it because, again, it would be obscured by the object before it in the timeline. If your smartshapes must be in close proximity and overlap each other, I suggest making each object have a specified time (begin and end) that does not overlap with each other in your timeline.

Can you specify the exact version number, please? Look under Help, About Captivate.

I don't understand your question fully: are you talking about shapes that are buttons and have Rollover InBuilt state, or about a shape used as Rollover for a rollover area?  The 'dotted' box you are talking about is perhaps the bounding box of the freeform shape? What do you mean by 'interacting'? Maybe post some screenshots.