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I’m trying to create a loop but it’s not working.

EXT. TROPICAL BEACH - DAY with BEACH to 1.625 0 0 in zone 1 at layer -5
&overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 create from BEACH 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

&overlay BEACH shifts to -640 0 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to -960 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times
&overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 6 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in 3 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in 0 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to -640 0 in 6 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to -960 0 in 3 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 loop INFINITE times

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Can you be a bit more detailed? What isn’t working for you?

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I just followed your template but it is not working.

The BEACH overlay is panning perfectly. But then the LOOP_OVERLAY_2 is not panning and not even visible.

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I don’t understand what’s wrong here.

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I just copied/pasted your exact code into my script and it’s working perfectly. Once thing I did notice is that you didn’t change LOOP_OVERLAY_2 to your overlay’s name. You were suppose to highlight LOOP_OVERLAY and follow the directions to change all into your own overlay’s name, this is suppose to change both LOOP_OVERLAY and LOOP_OVERLAY_2 into BEACH and BEACH_2

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Thank you so much!

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How do I highlight that?

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I followed these steps

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But it’s not highlighting!

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EXT. TROPICAL BEACH - DAY with BEACH to 1.625 0 0 in zone 1 at layer -5
&overlay BEACH_2 create from BEACH and overlay BEACH_2 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay BEACH_2 scales to 1.625 1.625 in 0 and overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 and overlay BEACH_2 to layer -6

&overlay BEACH shifts to -640 0 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to -960 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times
&overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in 0 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to -640 0 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to -960 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 loop INFINITE times

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Not working dude! :worried:

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Not Highlighting! :pensive:

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Are there any error messages? Did you check it in the app, sometimes the portal is weird. :slight_smile:
Can you screenshot or copy-paste what you have?

To highlight it you would use Ctrl + H - this gives you a place to type the word to find and a spot to put the word you want to change it to, as well as a “replace” and “all” button.

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No error messages.
This is what I have:
EXT. TROPICAL BEACH - DAY with BEACH to 1.625 0 0 in zone 1 at layer -5
&overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 create from BEACH 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

&overlay BEACH shifts to -640 0 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to -960 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times
&overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 6 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in 3 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in 0 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to -640 0 in 6 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to -960 0 in 3 THEN overlay LOOP_OVERLAY_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 loop INFINITE times

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Actually, there is an error saying that the previous scene background is still under review.

That doesn’t matter, I think!

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No, it doesn’t. Give me a minute and I’ll run it on my proofreading story. :slight_smile:

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Okay.

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EXT. TROPICAL BEACH - DAY with BEACH to 1.625 0 0 in zone 1 at layer -5
&overlay BEACH_2 create from BEACH and overlay BEACH_2 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay BEACH_2 scales to 1.625 1.625 in 0 and overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 and overlay BEACH_2 to layer -6

&overlay BEACH shifts to -640 0 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to -960 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH shifts to 0 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times
&overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in 0 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to -640 0 in 6 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to -960 0 in 3 THEN overlay BEACH_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 loop INFINITE times

Screenshot

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See, it loops, I SS’d the part where the loop gets choppy to show you that it does loop :slight_smile:

This loops in my portal. I will say that it is a bit choppy because of the fact that both ends of the Tropical beach background aren’t the same (one side has the sand castle and the other doesn’t) that could just be because I just resized and re-loaded the background into the portal as an overlay.

Check that your overlay is the proper size (1183 Width x 700 Height) like this one:

BEACH.PNG
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Also, for future use: Press Ctrl and H at the same time and a little grey box appears with two lines you can type in. If you type on the first line and then click the word “all” right beside it (right side) it will highlight with blue boxes around the word. Below that is a place to type in the word you want to change it to. Press either “replace” to do them individually or “all” beside the 2nd line to replace all of them at once.

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I’m still unable to highlight :frowning_face: