I followed MdSava’s game menu tutorial, however, I’m not sure why I have these errors with my overlays.
Can anyone help?
It claims these are not valid directing commands.
Overlay names need to be in all caps.
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Oh okay, I see. Now I have this new error, stating ‘create’ should be specified separately.
-Oh wait… I took out the slash in one of the overlays and it went away.
Thanks again Queen Dara!
-The buttons don’t seem to be tappable though and I’m not sure why.
Try putting the shift command on the line underneath?
Also, make sure you have a line of dialogue before the word “tappable” because that will also cause an error
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Interesting, the buttons still don’t seem to work. I don’t have any errors though.
Your buttons need to be all capital letters in order to work
I changed them all in capitals in the script. 
Can you send another screenshot?
Yeah, the overlays need to be all in capitals. Where you have the tappable choices, they are lowercase
Hm okay, I fixed that also. I’m not sure why it’s not cooperating.
Have you added a line of dialogue for the next tappable option too?
Yeah I have. I just don’t get it. 
Do you want to copy and past your script here and I can manually change the errors I spot? I have a pretty complex menu myself, so I feel like I’ve had to deal with almost every error there is at some point 
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Hm, well the customization is long. I’ll bold for where it’s placed. Maybe that will help.
INT. MAIN SCREEN - DAY
@zoom reset
@cut to zone 1
@overlay PINK BUTTON create
&ui CUSTOMIZATION create from PINK BUTTON AND overlay CUSTOMIZATION shifts to 82 316
&ui FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS create from PINK BUTTON AND overlay FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS shifts to 85 218
&ui SUBTITLES ONOFF create from PINK BUTTON AND overlay SUBTITLES ONOFF shifts to 83 120
&ui NEXT EPISODE create from PINK BUTTON AND overlay NEXT EPISODE shifts to 82 24
label main_menu
tappable
“CUSTOMIZATION”{
goto Customization
}“FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS”{
goto Frequently_Asked_Questions
}“SUBTITLES ONOFF”{
goto Subtitles
}“NEXT EPISODE”{
goto episode_2
}
INT. CUSTOM - DAY
label Customization
tappable
“YOU (MC)”{
goto customize_me
}“LOVE INTERESTS”{
goto label boy_custom_1
}“MAIN MENU”{
goto main_menu
}
INT. SPARKLES - DAY
label customize_me
Customization
INT. SPARKLES - DAY
label boy_custom_1
Customization
label Frequently_Asked_Questions
NARRATOR
Leave questions in my fanmail or leave me a dm in my messages on Instagram @kait_even.
I’ll update the frequently asked questions page once I start having common questions.
EXT. SUBTITLES - DAY
@cut to zone 1
@zoom reset
label Subtitles
@speechbubble is 160 276 to 0%
NARRATOR
Would you like subtitles for sound effects?
choice
“Turn subtitles on”{
goto subs
}
“Turn subtitles off”{
goto subs
}
###
if (SUBS =0){
@SUBS =1
NARRATOR
Subtitles are now on.
goto main_menu
}
else{
@SUBS =0
NARRATOR
Subtitles are now off.
goto main_menu
}
label episode_2
NARRATOR
Playing episode 2.
goto episode_2
You need to add a line of dialogue before the word “tappable”. Example:
Do I need a line of dialogue between each one?
Using tappables is almost the same as using a regular choice, in that you need to have a line of dialogue before each choice/tappable. There’s a better guide on it here A Basic Guide to Tappable Overlays
Hm, well when I try to place dialogue in between it has the error of it can’t be between the branch.
You’re only putting it on the line before the word “tappable”, right?