How to make overlays move at the same time

[JemU776]

1.

@Dara.Amarie

ampersand &
& is used in place of @ when you want a command to happen simultaneously while other commands are happening
This means that the & command will happen at the same time as other commands.

&GIRL enters from left to screen center
@BOY enters from left to screen right

In the above sequence, BOY and GIRL with enter the scene at the same time.

2.

@Dara.Amarie

and/AND
AND is used when you want to combine 2 or more commands on the same line, so those both commands will happen at the same time.
“and” can be all lower cased or all caps, it doesn’t matter.
Here are some examples:

@BOY is laugh_giggle and GIRL is faint
@cut to zone 2 AND zoom on 234 187 to 245% in 0 AND speechbubble reset
@GIRL walks to screen right and BOY walks to screen center

& and and/AND are good to know so you can make animations happen at the same time ^^

Can read more here: DARA’S GUIDE: Script Symbols/Commands and What They're Used For

Another thing!

Here’s how you’d move an overlay:

@Dara.Amarie

SHIFTING Overlays (Moving them around the scene):

@overlay OVERLAYNAME shifts to x y in zone # in T

NOTE: Always make sure to add the zone #, otherwise the system will default it to zone 1

HOW TO: Use Easing Functions

Example:

@overlay CAR ANGLE SILVER shifts to 220 85 in zone 2 in 1.9

*the overlay CAR ANGLE SILVER will shift (move) to those coordinates (in zone 2) in 1.9 seconds

An example of what the numbers in shift mean:

@Dara.Amarie

@overlay OVERLAYNAME shifts to 196 223

@Dara.Amarie

OVERLAYNAME is the overlay name
196 is the x coordinate (the first number)
223 is the y coordinate (the second number)

the x-coordinate is left to right or right to left (higher numbers on right side, think of it like a graph)
the y-coordinate is up, down (higher numbers up, also think of this like a graph)

OK, hope this all helps ^^