ust comment below what you need help with. NOTE: Remember to post the part of your script you are facing errors with. Also comment if you are viewing your story in the app or the web previewer.
Any suggestions for directing articles are welcomed.
It was accidentally closed by the administrators and I think this is a good fresh start for a help thread.
I am a part of it but I changed my phone a while back and I got logged out of the account. I donāt have access to it on my new phone. Jaz and Elena have been away for personal reasons. I miss the account too so going to try to get back in and become more active. Maybe I will use my old phone for it.
i need help with the timing. for example when a character is fighting I have seen authors direct it to punch rlly fast or when some characters āhyperventilateā they breathe faster than the actual breathing animation. So how do i do this.
Hi @Manna
I was just wondering how you would get a character to look like the playerās avatar, if that makes sense. Iād like to put an option for customisation, going:
NARRATOR
Would you like to change how you look?
choice
āNo, I already look good!ā {
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} "Yes, please! {
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} āIād like to look like my avatar! (you can still adjust it if you want)ā {
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}
Okay, thanks! Also, is it possible to automatically make the parents look like you, but only up to the noticeable features, like eye and hair colour? I always just find it tedious and slow when I have to customise the parents too, and it would just move things along quicker.
You can.
Within the customization code add a Male character too, maybe a brother or the father. Like to match the skintone.
Then after the customization is done you can use these codes: @MOM becomes CHAR @DAD becomes CHAR_BROTHER
Then just use the codes to change any feature you like. So the parents look like the CHARACTER but not the same.
Thank you. Iām trying writing in cinematic format (full-display) for the first time with zooms and pans and cuts and all that fancy stuff, but I seem to have run into an error.
NARRATOR
It is the hometown of a prestigious, wealthy family, the [SURNAME] family. @zoom on 437 95 to 178% in 2 @transition fade out black 1.5
INT. PENTHOUSE
&YOU is idle_sit_sad_loop
&YOU faces left
&YOU spot 0.680 143 222 @zoom reset @transition fade in black 1.5
Thatās my code. What I want is for YOU to be sitting on the sofa, facing left, in idle_sit_sad_loop, whilst a character called EVELINA will be sitting across from her on the same sofa (itās an L shaped sofa). However, when I run this on the app, YOU is stuck in zone 1 whilst the camera pans to zone 2, and YOU is just in idle, not idle_sit_sad_loop. What am I doing wrong here?
So this is how I usually code my characters, I find it more convenient.
INT. BACKGROUND
&YOU spot 0.680 143 222 in zone 2 AND YOU faces left AND YOU is idle_sit_sad_loop @cut to zone 2 @zoom reset
Again this is how I prefer. To have a character placed in a certain zone just add āin zone #ā
In terms of the animation, add the animation after you spot direct or place the Character.
Hey, sorry Iām practically bombarding you with questions, but how would I get a character to do a motion animation to go places? This is my code so far:
@YOU walks to spot 0.680 -100 233 in 2 @EVELINA faces left @speechbubble is 202 268 to 100% with tail_top_left
readerMessage That poor girl.
EVELINA (idle_sad_timid_loop)
(Cette pauvre fille.) @transition fade out black 1.5
INT. PROTAG ROYAL BEDROOM - DAY @transition fade in black 1.5
&YOU spot 0.680 -100 201 @YOU walks to spot 0.680 65 201 in 2 AND YOU faces right
So the reason why I did &YOU spot 0.680 65 201 was just because without it, my character walks on from spot 0.680 -100 233 in 2, which looks a little weird, because YOU was walking on, growing in size, from the bottom right of the screen. But is there a way to, instead of YOU walking on, to make YOU run_cry_embarrassed_loop onto the screen? So basically, how do I get a character to do an animation from one place to another?
Ah, okay. So āwalks toā doesnāt always specifically mean walks to, it just means āmove toā, but when nothingās specified it just shows as walking?