After two days of trial and error, I’ve FINALLY managed to correctly code the Ferris wheel overlay animation for the boardwalk scene. I’m posting the template here for anyone who needs it! This took me so long to figure out, so I hope I can save someone some time. (You have to use the & symbol at the beginning of the code since it’s a looping animation).
First, this is the code I used to generate the overlays onto the background.
@overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 2 - NIGHT create AND overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 2 - NIGHT opacity 1 AND overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 2 - NIGHT shifts to 140 298 in zone 3 AND overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 2 - NIGHT scales to 1.000 1.000 AND overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 1 - NIGHT create AND overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 1 - NIGHT opacity 0 AND overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 1 - NIGHT shifts to 140 298 in zone 3 AND overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 1 - NIGHT scales to 1.000 1.000
And finally, the animation coding!
&overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 2 - NIGHT opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 1 - NIGHT opacity 1 in 0 THEN overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 1 - NIGHT opacity 1 in 1 THEN overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 1 - NIGHT opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 2 - NIGHT opacity 1 in 0 THEN overlay EXT. BOARDWALK ATLANTIC FERRIS WHEEL 2 - NIGHT opacity 1 in 1 loop INFINITE times
I hope this helps! 