I have a hotgraphic showing 17 different sections of the US and i turned off the interaction setting and the progress setting, but it still won’t show complete until all of the icons are selected.
That’s correct, the interaction label and progress only show the completion status of the component, they don’t affect the behaviour of it in any way.
If you don’t require the learner to click all the items then the hot graphic isn’t the best choice of component. Infographic might be a better one to use?