My overlay disappears

Okay hey y’all I need some help like asap.

Basically i have like a car accident scene and my car (CAR SIDE BROWN) is supposed to come on the scene while my character is running across the street.

It ain’t working.

I attached a pic of what I’m trying to do. Someone, ANYONE, please help me! I think it has to do with layers? But i honestly do not know. Thank you.

my script:
EXT. CITY HIGHWAY - NIGHT with CAR SIDE BROWN to 0.874 -792 -16
@AMBER spot 0.650 77 314 AND AMBER faces right AND AMBER starts search
@pause for a beat
@speechbubble is 191 281 to 100% with tail_top_left
AMBER
There it is!
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN create
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN moves to layer 0
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN shifts to -372 1
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN scales to 0.874 0.874

@AMBER walks to spot 0.650 165 237 in 2 AND AMBER does it while run_athletic
@AMBER is run_fall
@AMBER is idle_fallen
@pause for a beat
@speechbubble reset
NARRATOR (AMBER)
Probably should have called an Uber.

Try to add to the script:
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN opacity 1

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yes, i always add it after
@overlay … create

EXT. CITY HIGHWAY - NIGHT with CAR SIDE BROWN to 0.874 -792 -16
@AMBER spot 0.650 77 314 AND AMBER faces right AND AMBER starts search
@pause for a beat
@speechbubble is 191 281 to 100% with tail_top_left
AMBER
There it is!
You don’t need to use the create/scales command if you have already have it with your background
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN shifts to -372 1 in (seconds)
-372 1 also looks off screen. Try 372 1 instead

@AMBER walks to spot 0.650 165 237 in 2 AND AMBER does it while run_athletic
@AMBER is run_fall
@AMBER is idle_fallen
@pause for a beat
@speechbubble reset
NARRATOR (AMBER)
Probably should have called an Uber

Hope this solves your problem!

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Yeah what I was trying to do was have the car like be off screen and then move to the second set of numbers to make it look like it ran over Amber, so the off-screen part I wanted but idk what to do after

Ohhh gotcha!
&overlay CAR SIDE BROWN shifts to 100 -16 in zone 3 in 2
Try that :thinking:

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omg tysm!!! it worked!

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Hehe yep i got it! tysm <3

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