Help! &. @, and THEN ..?

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Hi, I’ve never fully understood what’s the difference between these commands ( @ & THEN )

I thought I can make a scene where an alarm would go off and the character should gasp as soon as it does not AFTER it’s done but I used these commands and nothing seems to works :frowning:

Here is the script:

@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 1
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 1
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 1
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 1
        SCIENTIST1 (react_startled_subtle)
    Huh?
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Hello!
Try this instead:
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 1
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 1
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 1
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 1
&SCIETEST1 is react_startled_subtle
SCIENTIST1
Huh?

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I got an error that there’s an expected scene change

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No, wait, it worked (sorry, I didn’t see there was a new line added :sweat_smile:)… But the character reacts after the alarm

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oh…Hmm .Not sure if this will work but maybe try this. again not totally reliable so unsure if this will do something but after the last alarm ling could you put: AND SCIENTIST is react_startled_subtle

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@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 1
&SCIENTIST1 is react_startled_subtle
SCIENTIST1
Huh?
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 1
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 1
@overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 1

This worked perfectly fine except that the last three overlays don’t work until she’s done talking

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Found it! :smile: I should’ve put the & command before speech like this

&overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 1 THEN overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 1 THEN overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 1 THEN overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 1
SCIENTIST1 (react_startled_subtle)
Huh?

Thanks to everyone who has replied I appreciate it xxx :heartpulse: @Sydney_H you can close this

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Incase you need more help

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