Dara Amarie's Official Help Thread! [closed]

[Maria505]

Thank you!you can’t imagine how much time I spent searching for answers : )

[sasarahbear]

That worked perfectly! Thanks so much

[episode.anisha]

Hi Dara, I need some more help,

I’m doing a science explosion scene in my story but it’s not really working properly.

@CHRISTOPHER starts startled_surprised and ISABELLA starts shocked
sound explosion_small
@overlay EFFECT SMOKE create
@overlay EFFECT SMOKE shifts to 0.397 -383 122
@overlay EFFECT SMOKE opacity 1
music alarm2
@cut to zone 1
@zoom on 253 210 to 273% in 0

    KORSMAN (talk_call_out)
FIRE ALARM!

So it does the animations and the explosion noise then stops and freezes. It doesn’t create the overlays but just plays the alarm.

How do I get the overlay to show and how do I stop it from basically stopping?

Thank you xox

[Dara.Amarie]

You have to also add in the scales command for the overlay.

[episode.anisha]

Thank you. xox

[Dara.Amarie]

You’re welcome

[KQUEEN]

Hey How do you use gains for choices?

[Dara.Amarie]

This guide will help you out!

HOW TO: Remember Past Choices (if/elif/else)

[KQUEEN]

Okay… I’m a little confused though… if I have

CHOICE 1
CHOICE 2
CHOICE 3
DONE

And the player chooses #1 how would I get it to be like

CHOICE 2
CHOICE 3
DONE

And so on…

[Dara.Amarie]

Are you asking how to eliminate choices once theyve been chosen?

[KQUEEN]

Oh well yeah

[Dara.Amarie]

Here ya go!

Little help here

Here is an example/template I made a while back: NARRATOR FIRST TIME. choice "Option 1" { # OPTION 1 goes here gain PICKED_OPTION_1 } "Option 2" { # OPTION 2 goes here gain PICKED_OPTION_2 } "Option 3" { # OPTION 3 goes here gain PICKED_OPTION_3 } # Anything between the first and second choices goes here (optional) if (PICKED_OPTION_1) { NARRATOR SECOND TIME. choice "Option 2" { # OPTION 2 goes here gain PICKED_OPTION_2 } "Option 3" { # OPTION 3 goes here gain PICKED_OPTION_3 } } elif …

[KQUEEN]

Thank you sorry I took so long

[CD_Erugo]

How do you start an episode off with a choice. I want my readers to make a choice and then the choice has a consequence. But there are two different consequences. How can I make the next episode start where the last episode stopped off.

[Dara.Amarie]

Are you asking how to remember a choice from a previous episode? Or how to start the episode with just a choice?

[CD_Erugo]

How to start an episode with the choice they choose from the previous episode still in action

Example:
Choice " Hit him" {

@CHARACTER is slapface_give_angry

} "Don’t hit him " {
@CHARACTER exits right
}

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EPISODE ENDS

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NEXT EPISODE

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The reader either hit him or not in the previous episode
So how do I make sure the reader will continue off from where they ended last episode

[Dara.Amarie]

This will help you

DARA’S GUIDE: Remember Choices with if/elif/else

Please visit my website for more templates and guides! https://www.dara-amarie.com/ FIRST AND FOREMOST, to remember choices, you will need to use the if/elif/else code, which looks like this: if (label1) { } elif (label2) { } else { } if is always first, elif is always in the middle, and else should always be the last one by itself if you have 2 options, you only need to use if and else if (label) { } else { } if you have 3 options, use if then elif then else if (label1) { } elif (lab…

[Sumayah]

Hi, So i have this problem that whenever i write this:
@SALLY enters from left to screen left AND DAMON enters from right to screen right
@SALLY is idle_sad AND SALLY faces left AND DAMON is talk_sad_clutch
@SALLY stands screen center AND SALLY faces left AND SALLY is idle_sad
@DAMON stands upscreen left AND DAMON faces left
@DAMON spot 1.280 218 17 in zone 1
@SALLY spot 1.280 63 -41 in zone 1
It does not automatically place characters there.
Why does this happen?

[Dara.Amarie]

@DAMON spot 1.280 218 17 in zone 1
@SALLY spot 1.280 63 -41 in zone 1

You want them placed at these spots right away?

[Sumayah]

Yes, I do