How do I pan while walking? (+zoom)

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#1

I want to pan my character to * spot * and only show her legs while she’s walking. How do I do this?

Ps. I’m sorry:

  • for bad English
  • if you didn’t understand cuz I’m incredible bad at explaining
  • if this is in wrong place
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#2

You do @follow CHARACTER to zone#

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#3

It says its not a valid directing command

#4

Can I see your code

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#5

@cut to zone 1

&zoom on 0 0 to 610% in 0

@BGWOMAN3 walks to spot 1.086 30 59 in zone 1 in 3

@pause for 1

&pan to zone 2 in 5

@BGWOMAN3 walks to spot 1.086 37 59 in zone 2 in 15 AND BGWOMAN3 does it while walk_neutral

&zoom on 10 0 to 610% in 20

&BGWOMAN3 walks to spot 1.086 37 59 in zone 2 in 15 AND BGWOMAN3 faces right

@pause for 15

&BGWOMAN3 starts idle_awkward

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#6

Instead of “Does it while” try and

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#7

‘‘use @CHARACTER walks to x y z in s’’

#8

You should try @Dara.Amarie thread

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#9

Use
@follow CHARACTER to POSITION in zone X AND CHARACTER is ACTION and CHARACTER faces DIRECTION

Position might be screen left, screen right,…
X is the number of the zone
Action is one of the actions in the portal, for example walk_offset (in ink)
Direction is either left or right

And if you wanna show legs only you need to zoom on legs

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#10

Yeah, you need to put the same amount of seconds that you have in your pan, you have your character walking at 15 secs not 5

You can’t use the @ follow command when you walk to a spot.

So use &pan to zone 2 in 5
@BGWOMAN3 walks to spot X Y Z in zone 2 in 5 AND BGWOMAN3 does it while walk_neutral

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#11

I just did it like this:

@zoom reset

@cut to zone 1

&zoom on 0 0 to 610% in 0

@BGWOMAN3 walks to spot 1.086 30 59 in zone 1 in 3

@pause for 1

&pan to zone 2

&BGMAN1 starts talk_excited

&BGWOMAN1 starts talk_think

&zoom on 340 0 to 580% in 15

@BGWOMAN3 walks to spot 1.086 37 59 in zone 2 in 15 AND BGWOMAN3 does it while walk_neutral

In the first one I put 5 and 15 cuz it was just moving way too slowly - and to the spot I didn’t want it to zoom on.

And yeah, there’s the same time

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#12

If you want the camera to follow the person as they walk, you need to change the pan seconds, not the zoom seconds. You changed the zoom seconds.

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#13