Looping Background need help

[GoldenWaves]

My background loops, but it leaves a space open revealing the original background for three seconds then goes back to zone 1 to loop again. Why?

(Dara Amarie)

&overlay OUTDOORLOOP shifts to -640 0 in 5 THEN overlay OUTDOORLOOP shifts to -960 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay OUTDOORLOOP shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 THEN overlay OUTDOORLOOP shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 5 THEN overlay OUTDOORLOOP shifts to 0 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay OUTDOORLOOP shifts to 0 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times

[JemU776]

@Dara.Amarie

The coding I use to loop backgrounds uses 3-zone backgrounds only , and the overlay image size must be 1183 (width) x 700 (length) in order for the templates down below to work correctly.

Make sure you use this size.

@Dara.Amarie

EXT. BLUE - DAY with LOOP_OVERLAY to 1.625 0 0 in zone 1 at layer -5

&overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 create from LOOP_OVERLAY and overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 opacity 1 in 0

&overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 scales to 1.625 1.625 in 0 and overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 and overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 to layer -6

@Dara.Amarie

&overlay LOOP_OVERLAY shifts to -640 0 in 5 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY shifts to -960 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 5 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times

&overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 5 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in 0 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to -640 0 in 5 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to -960 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 loop INFINITE times

You’d need to duplicate the overlay OUTDOORLOOP.

Another thing!

@Dara.Amarie

Using your own 3-zone background

If you want to use your own 3-zone background to loop, make sure that the side ends of the image match each other so that the image can loop smoothly.

You can test this on the app. If it continues to give you trouble, it’s most likely a glitch. Many people have been having problems when it came to their overlays in the past few days. Very frustrating, the best thing to do is send in a ticket.

[GoldenWaves]

Duplicating it make it fling in the opposite direction

[GoldenWaves]

Can you do it for me? It contains the outdoor episode background. Can you code it for me? It seems everyone else can do it but me.

[JemU776]

Sure I can code it. Is it the night one or day one?

[GoldenWaves]

Day

[JemU776]

EXT. BLUE - DAY with DAYSTREET to 1.625 0 0 in zone 1 at layer -5

&overlay DAYSTREET_2 create from DAYSTREET and overlay DAYSTREET_2 opacity 1 in 0

&overlay DAYSTREET_2 scales to 1.625 1.625 in 0 and overlay DAYSTREET_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 and overlay DAYSTREET_2 to layer -6

&overlay DAYSTREET shifts to -640 0 in 5 THEN overlay DAYSTREET shifts to -960 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay DAYSTREET shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 THEN overlay DAYSTREET shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 5 THEN overlay DAYSTREET shifts to 0 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay DAYSTREET shifts to 0 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times

&overlay DAYSTREET_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 5 THEN overlay DAYSTREET_2 shifts to 0 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay DAYSTREET_2 shifts to 0 0 in 0 THEN overlay DAYSTREET_2 shifts to -640 0 in 5 THEN overlay DAYSTREET_2 shifts to -960 0 in 2.5 THEN overlay DAYSTREET_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 loop INFINITE times

#scene

#BTW here is the background:

Name it: DAYSTREET

[GoldenWaves]

How do you place background characters?

[JemU776]

You can use spot direction to place characters:

Spot Direction | Dara Amarie

[GoldenWaves]

It’s different with looping background, is there a way to have them appear in a zone and disappear? If you don’t know it’s fine, just asking while there’s time.

[JemU776]

@GoldenWaves

appear in a zone and disappear?

Having a character appear in a zone:

&CHAR spot % X Y in zone # at layer # AND CHAR faces DIRECTION

EX.

&JASMINE spot 1.280 50 0 in zone 2 at layer 9 AND JASMINE faces right

Removing a character:

@remove CHAR

ex.

@remove JASMINE

[JemU776]

BTW this thread may be of interest to you:

How to keep my character moving?

This is the code I used: INT. HOSPITAL LIGHTS LOOP - NIGHT @TEENAGE MARIE spot 0.921 -50 242 in zone 1 &TEENAGE MARIE walks to spot 0.921 164 242 in zone 1 in 2 AND TEENAGE MARIE does it while walk_exhausted_loop THEN TEENAGE MARIE starts walk_exhausted_loop NARR (TEENAGE MARIE) As always up to now, I started to feel a pang of dark guilt dragging me within its core.