Can you have multiple overlays in one scene?

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Ok so i am writing this story where i gotta have more overlays then one in is that possible?

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Yes.

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Yes, you can. Just write;

BACKGROUND with OVERLAYNAME (to x.xxx xxx xxx in zone x at layer x) with OVERLAYNAME (to x.xxx xxx xxx in zone x at layer x) etc.

Or if you need the overlays to appear mid scene:

&overlay OVERNAME create
&overlay OVERNAME scales to x.xxx x.xxx
&overlay OVERNAME shifts to x.xxx x.xxx
@overlay OVERNAME opacity x in x

&overlay OVERNAME create
&overlay OVERNAME scales to x.xxx x.xxx
&overlay OVERNAME shifts to x.xxx x.xxx
@overlay OVERNAME opacity x in x

change the first @ overlay OVERLAYNAME opacity into an & if you want the overlays to appear at the same time.

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Thank you so much!

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what do you mean with the last one??

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If you need multiple overlays to appear at the same time mid scene (so when a scene is already playing and you don’t want the overlays already there at the start of the scene), you need to change this code:

&overlay OVERNAME create
&overlay OVERNAME scales to x.xxx x.xxx
&overlay OVERNAME shifts to x.xxx x.xxx
@overlay OVERNAME opacity x in x

&overlay OVERNAME create
&overlay OVERNAME scales to x.xxx x.xxx
&overlay OVERNAME shifts to x.xxx x.xxx
@overlay OVERNAME opacity x in x

into:

&overlay OVERNAME create
&overlay OVERNAME scales to x.xxx x.xxx
&overlay OVERNAME shifts to x.xxx x.xxx
&overlay OVERNAME opacity x in x

&overlay OVERNAME create
&overlay OVERNAME scales to x.xxx x.xxx
&overlay OVERNAME shifts to x.xxx x.xxx
@overlay OVERNAME opacity x in x
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