How the heck do i fix this sad little prob?

[BeccaBabe]

Ok so my characters are doing their animations one at a time and they all pop on the screen randomly… how the heck do i get them to be on the screen doing the animations already when the scene opens.

[Alexx.lapakka]

Use the & sign instead of @

[BeccaBabe]

ahhh thanks babe!

[Alexx.lapakka]

No problem

[Kmayber]

I just say @CHARACTER1 is idle_happy AND CHARACTER2 is idle_sad or something like that.

[JemU776]

Read this:

@JemU776

Using simultaneous stage directions where you have a character doing an action at the same time as the other character(s):

Method 1:

&CHARACTER is animation

@CHARACTER2 is animation

Method 2:

@CHARACTER is animation AND CHARACTER2 is animation

*Remember to replace the animation with an actual animation that exists.

And:

@JemU776

according to the Episode guides, “ Using an @ means that it will wait for the previous command to completely finish before starting. Using an & means that it will NOT wait, and will immediately start its action. ”

[Kmayber]

I know about this, but if she wants to have 2 character do an animation t the same time I find it simpler to just put the sentence together.

[JemU776]

Both are simple, not one is simpler than the other ^^

The benefits of using method 1 over method 2 (both of these methods mentioned above) is that if you have way more than 2 characters, it can become kinda complicated because then the line becomes pretty long lol

Using & with so many characters would totally save one line from being super packed.

[Kmayber]

Ya that’s true. I am just more used to the one I said so it is simpler to me. I normally only do 2 on one line lol!

[JemU776]

Yeah, you’re right, whichever code someone uses will be easier for them

I too am comfortable with AND and have used it a lot : )

I didn’t even know much about & when I began directing. Oh man, how time has flew by