How to loop overlay animations?

[njade]

I want to make my overlay flashing, can’t I loop it instead of just changing the opacity over and over? How would I do that?

[AMagic]

loop INFINITE times

[njade]

so would i put this -

@overlay opacity 0

@overlay opacity 0.5

@overlay opacity 1 loop INFINITE times

or

@loop INFINITE times?

[AMagic]

@overlay opacity 1 loop INFINITE times

I’m gonna try this in my script. Hold on.

[AMagic]

@overlay OVERLAY opacity 1 in 1 THEN overlay OVERLAY opacity 0.5 in 1loop INFINITE times

[JemU776]

How to loop:

Placing & Animating Overlays

LOOPING Overlays:

Add “loop # times” or “loop INFINITE times” at the end of the line

You have to use THEN to combine all your animations together on just 1 line, then place the loop at the end. You cannot use “AND” for a looping command.

Here is an example of that:

&overlay OVERLAYNAME shifts to [a spot to the left] in zone 2 in 1 THEN overlay OVERLAYNAME shifts to [a spot to the right] in zone 2 in 1 loop 5 times

With the above example, the overlay will move to the left, then to the right, and it will continue to do that 5 times.

NOTE: Remember to use & not @ when using “infinite”, otherwise your scene will be stuck on the loop and you won’t be able to continue.

To have an overlay rotate infinitely, you have to reset the overlay back to 0

Use opacity command:

Placing & Animating Overlays

OPACITY - Making the overlay see through/invisible:

@overlay OVERLAYNAME opacity # in T

# is from 0 to 1
0 is completely invisible (hidden, gone, cannot see)
1 is very visible (the whole overlay is there and you can see it completely)
0.5 is see through, and anything between 0 and 1 (ie: 0.33, 0.72, 0.845…) makes the overlay see through.

Can read more here: Placing & Animating Overlays

example:
&overlay LIGHTS opacity 0 in 0.5 THEN overlay LIGHTS opacity 1 in 0.5 loop INFINITE times

[Belpix]

@overlay OVERLAY opacity 1 in 1 THEN overlay OVERLAY opacity .5 in 1 loop INFINITE times
(i think i kind of suck with overlays)

[njade]

@AMagic @JemU776 @Belpix
Thank you all so much!

[JemU776]

@overlay OVERLAY opacity 1 in 1 THEN overlay OVERLAY opacity 0.5 in 1loop INFINITE

@overlay OVERLAY opacity 1 in 1 THEN overlay OVERLAY opacity .5 in 1 loop INFINITE times

Guys be careful!
NOTE: Remember to use & not @ when using “infinite”, otherwise your scene will be stuck on the loop and you won’t be able to continue.

Don’t use @ for loop command or else it’ll get stuck.

[Belpix]

Oops, forgot. Thanks! I checked the guides super quick and the @ and & look similar because of the font.

[AMagic]

Yeah I forgot that I was typing to fast.