How does the "follow char to x" command work?

[LisaMarie97]

I used this command on my script:

@follow CHAR to spot 0.209 82 370 in zone 2 at layer 2 AND CHAR IS walk_worried_loop, but Episode signals it as wrong.

What is the correct version of this command??? Help me out pls.

Thx!

[Angel.L]

The follow command does not work with spots. So you have to pan at the same time the character walks.

&pan to zone # in T
&CHAR moves to layer 2
@CHAR walks to spot S X Y in zone # in T AND CHAR is walk_worried_loop

[Adrija]

@Adrija

Following characters using Spot Directing
You can make the camera follow a character to a particular position like screen left / screen right / upscreen left / upscreen right / screen center by using:
@follow CHARACTER to position in zone #
However, you can not use spot directing in the position for following a character.

So you will need to pan and make the character walk to the spot at the same time. For this write:
&pan to zone # in t
@CHARACTER walks to spot % X Y in zone # in t
Here, % is the scale of the character, X is the X coordinate, Y is the Y coordinate, # is the zone number and t is the time (in seconds) in which you want the character to walk to the spot.

The “&” symbol is used in the panning command because we want the character to walk to the spot and the camera to pan to the zone simultaneously. This tells the script to continue on to the next line before the action in the line where the “&” is used is completed. Hence the actions panning and making character walk to a spot can take place simultaneously.

NOTE: Sometimes you need to adjust the timing in which you pan or make a character walk. In some cases the panning might be faster than the character and vice-versa. In such cases you have to adjust the timing by trial and error method.

Check out this guide for more details (: