Changing characters looks and things are not flowing right

So I’m not sure how to explain this so I’ll also show my coding at the bottom. For some reason when I have my characters to be changed when I change one that isn’t the first person the first or 2nd character walks behind the person I was working on and it goes back to them… I definitely must be coding something wrong. Can someone please take a look at it and tell me what I can do to fix it? Thank!

Example of my code:

INT. WALKINCLOSET - DAY

@pan to zone 2

@PRINCESS KYRA enters from right to screen center

@PRINCESS KYRA stands screen center AND PRINCESS KYRA faces left

@PRINCESS KYRA is idle_shiftweight_neutral_loop

label changing_appearance

    NARRATOR (ATHENA)
This is Princess Kyra. You will be playing as her.
Her hair color is important to this story. So is her eye color.
If you choose to change the colors just know that I will write her default colors.

choice
“Customize character”{

@PRINCESS KYRA goes to character avatar
goto changing_appearance

}
“Use profile avatar”{

@PRINCESS KYRA becomes female profile
goto changing_appearance

}
“I look perfect!”{

}

@PRINCESS KYRA is flirt_wink_atcamera AND PRINCESS KYRA is kiss_blow_happy_atcamera

@PRINCESS KYRA exits left AND PRINCESS KYRA is walk_neutral_loop

@LANCE enters from right to screen center AND LANCE is walk_neutral_loop

@LANCE stands screen center AND LANCE faces left

@LANCE is idle_shiftweight_neutral_loop

    NARRATOR (ATHENA)
This is Lance. He's your best guy friend!
He's also a love interest!
He's a servant in your castle. You can usually find him in the stables.
He's very caring and trys to always be there when you need him.
Make him hot!!

choice
“Customize character”{

@LANCE goes to character avatar
goto changing_appearance

}
“He lookS perfect!”{

}

@LANCE is idle_awkward_scratch_loop

@LANCE exits left AND LANCE is walk_neutral_loop

@CORA enters from right to screen center AND CORA is walk_neutral_loop

@CORA stands screen center AND CORA faces left

@CORA is idle_shiftweight_neutral_loop

    NARRATOR (ATHENA)
This is Cora. She's your best friend and one of your ladies in waiting.
She's always got your back no matter what.

choice
“Customize character”{

@CORA goes to character avatar
goto changing_appearance

}
“She looks perfect!”{

}

@CORA is idle_armscrossed_shifteyes_loop

@CORA exits left AND CORA is walk_neutral_loop

@LAYLA enters from right to screen center AND LAYLA is walk_runway_loop

@LAYLA stands screen center AND LAYLA faces left

@LAYLA is idle_shiftweight_neutral_loop

    NARRATOR (ATHENA)
This is Layla. She's also one of your ladies in waiting.
She thinks she's pretty hot stuff. She tells your father about everything you do.
You don't really like her.

choice
“Customize character”{

@LAYLA goes to character avatar
goto changing_appearance

}
“She looks perfect!”{

}

@LAYLA is primp_neutral

@LAYLA exits left AND LAYLA is walk_runway_loop

@KING KYRO enters from right to screen center AND KING KYRO is walk_neutral_loop

@KING KYRO stands screen center AND KING KYRO faces left

@KING KYRO is idle_shiftweight_neutral_loop

    NARRATOR (ATHENA)
This is your father. You guys don't really understadn each other.
Though you do love him! You lost your mother three years ago and he's tried his best.
'Tried' is the key word.

choice
“Customize character”{

@KING KYRO goes to character avatar
goto changing_appearance

}
“He looks perfect!”{

}

@KING KYRO is think_rubchin

@KING KYRO exits left AND KING KYRO is walk_neutral_loop

@CADE enters from right to screen center AND CADE is walk_neutral_loop

@CADE stands screen center AND CADE faces left

@CADE is idle_shiftweight_neutral_loop

    NARRATOR (ATHENA)
Meet Prince Cade.
He loves art and reading. He also has a thing for women with red hair.
He's also hard to read.
Make him hot! He's another love interest.

choice
“Customize character”{

@CADE goes to character avatar
goto changing_appearance

}
“He looks perfect!”{

}

@CADE is eyeroll_sarcastic AND CADE is idle_armscrossed_neutral_loop

@CADE exits left AND CADE is walk_neutral_loop

@PRINCE BASH enters from right to screen center AND PRINCE BASH is walk_talk_neutral_loop

@PRINCE BASH stands screen center AND PRINCE BASH faces left

@PRINCE BASH is idle_shiftweight_neutral_loop

    NARRATOR (ATHENA)
Prince Bash is the last of the love interest.
He's blunt and he gets along well with his brother.
Family is actually really important to him.
Though he doesn't feel the need to always act like a prince.
I guess you would call him a 'bad' boy.

choice
“Customize character”{

@PRINCE BASH goes to character avatar
goto changing_appearance

}
“He look perfect!”{

}

@PRINCE BASH is idle_armscrossed_shifteyes_loop AND PRINCE BASH is flirt_wink_atcamera

@PRINCE BASH exits left AND PRINCE BASH is walk_neutral_loop

@QUEEN DASHA enters from right to screen center AND QUEEN DASHA is walk_runway_loop

@QUEEN DASHA stands screen center AND QUEEN DASHA faces left

@QUEEN DASHA is idle_shiftweight_neutral_loop

    NARRATOR (ATHENA)
This is Prince Cade and Prince Bash's mother. Make her look like them.
You don't know how you feel about her yet.

choice
“Customize character”{

@QUEEN DASHA goes to character avatar
goto changing_appearance

}
“She looks perfect!”{

}

@QUEEN DASHA is admire_happy

@QUEEN DASHA exits left AND QUEEN DASHA is walk_neutral_loop

@transition fade out black 1

When I finish changing my 3rd character on the phone app it takes me back to them but the 2nd character is there behind them and is actually the one getting changed. I’m confused on how this is happening. It also happens with my 4th and so on characters.

Is this happening during the customisation? Or during the script you’ve put on here?
You need to use different labels for each character that’s being customised if you’re not already.
At the start of each customisation put —
@remove (characters name)
That might help.

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Yes it’s happening during my play through. When I’m changing the next character. So how it’s written on my first post is how I have it on mine. Okay so I have to remove the other character before I bring the other person in?

Okay so that worked with them popping up behind them but once I change their looks it goes back to the first persons loop. So I have to go through all of them before I can get to the next character. They are all changed but it’s annoying to have to go through them all again. Definitely something with my coding again.

do you have warning about duplicate labels?

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Yes if I put: label changing_appearance
Before the other NARRATOR (AHTENA) dialog it says warning :frowning:

Even if I out it after all of that it says Warning about duplicate label.

You need to change your label names. You can’t use the same label name more than once in episode.

You’re using Dara’s templates? She has 6 templates for each gender. You need to make sure for each character you have a separate one.

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I’m just using a template I found a link to on youtube. haha

An I just kept copying it over and over again.
So if I use a label I just say lable_changing_lance and that would make it a new one?

You keep saving me! Thank you!

It won’t, unless you change this label everywhere in customisation for character :grin:
I would just deleted these and use Dara’s :blush:

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Thank you! That is tons of stuff!!!

I’ll just let them customize in chapter 4 so I don’t run out of room.

wait :thinking: are you using character avatar for every customisation?

That’s how I saw it done on youtube. I don’t need to. It was just how it was shown on the video. An the template link also had it on there.

You can of curse use this method :slight_smile: but I don’t think it’s been updated with new hairstyles and rest new stuff.

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No it hasn’t it just looked really easy. I’m not sure why they have that there but I went with it. haha

Delete

label changing_appearance

and every goto changing_appearance

Let me know if this work :smiley:

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I would but I already deleted it :joy:
If I ever do that again though I’ll let you know.

After I finish this choice dialogue I’ll try out that template you sent me. :blob_hearts:

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Thank you so much for the template! Worked amazing.:relieved:

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