How can I fix this? Coding help?

Creator's Corner Directing Help & Tips
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I’m trying to make a menu game thing, where you can select what you want to do by tapping on it. It looks like this.

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Buuuttt… I’m having issues going back to the main game menu page. The buttons work just fine… but going back to it? Ha, not a chance. When I click on one of the buttons, it’ll go where I want it to go, but then it freezes. Should I write anything differently?

And I have no errors, either. (Well, the buttons aren’t approved yet and neither is the background… but the buttons work fine? And I even tried to use this code with one of Episode’s default backgrounds and it still didn’t work.) I have no idea if this is because the buttons aren’t approved yet or not, and if it’s not, I want to solve this problem before I even think of publishing the story!

@transition fade out
INT. N. BACKGROUND
@overlay WARNINGS BUTTON create
@overlay WARNINGS BUTTON opacity 1
@overlay 5679269216911360_WARNINGS BUTTON shifts to 61 381
@overlay 5679269216911360_WARNINGS BUTTON scales to 1.000 1.000
@overlay CUSTOMIZE BUTTON create
@overlay CUSTOMIZE BUTTON opacity 1
@overlay 5679269216911360_CUSTOMIZE BUTTON shifts to 61 313
@overlay 5679269216911360_CUSTOMIZE BUTTON scales to 1.000 1.000
@overlay START STORY BUTTON create
@overlay START STORY BUTTON opacity 1
@overlay 5679269216911360_START STORY BUTTON shifts to 59 244
@overlay 5679269216911360_START STORY BUTTON scales to 1.000 1.000

@transition fade in

label game_menu

tappable
“WARNINGS BUTTON”{

goto warnings

} “CUSTOMIZE BUTTON” {

goto customize

} “START STORY BUTTON” {

goto start_story

}

label customize

@zoom on 163 41 to 203% in 0

INT. GYM BASKETBALL SEA SPARKLE - NIGHT

@overlay CUST. STAGE create
@overlay CUST. STAGE opacity 1

@MC moves to layer 2

@overlay CUST. STAGE to layer 1

@MC spot 0.506 166 227

@zoom on 177 48 to 210% in 2

#CUSTOMIZATION

goto game_menu

label warnings

INT. WARNING - BOTH

@pause for 5

goto game_menu

label start_story

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Since you change background when choosing a “path”, your overlays kind of reset, so the label game_menu has to be moved before the background - at least I think haha

@transition fade out

label game_menu

INT. N. BACKGROUND
@overlay WARNINGS BUTTON create
@overlay WARNINGS BUTTON opacity 1
@overlay 5679269216911360_WARNINGS BUTTON shifts to 61 381
@overlay 5679269216911360_WARNINGS BUTTON scales to 1.000 1.000
@overlay CUSTOMIZE BUTTON create
@overlay CUSTOMIZE BUTTON opacity 1
@overlay 5679269216911360_CUSTOMIZE BUTTON shifts to 61 313
@overlay 5679269216911360_CUSTOMIZE BUTTON scales to 1.000 1.000
@overlay START STORY BUTTON create
@overlay START STORY BUTTON opacity 1
@overlay 5679269216911360_START STORY BUTTON shifts to 59 244
@overlay 5679269216911360_START STORY BUTTON scales to 1.000 1.000
@transition fade in

tappable
“WARNINGS BUTTON”{
goto warnings
} “CUSTOMIZE BUTTON” {
goto customize
} “START STORY BUTTON” {
goto start_story
}

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Omg, thank you! It worked! :two_hearts:

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If I may suggest this version of the script. It’s smoother I think

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Closed: Marked as solved by thread op :v: