SCRIPT ERRORS you just can't seem to fix!

OMGoodness! Thank you so much, Dara!

Hi it’s me again, I’m new to the whole choice thing so I need some help… I’m trying to have a dressing scene where the character gets to choose the outfit and here’s what I have…

choice
“Purple & White”{

@MIA is dustoff_loop

@MIA changes into MIA_PURPLE _WHITE

pause for 3

@MIA is shiftweight

}

MIA (shiftweight)

(Is this the one?)
choice
“yes”{

}

“no”{
}

and when I try to preview it says…

Choices must follow dialog immediately, not a branch

help plz!

You need to always have dialogue right before a choice. So make your character say something or use the narrator box to ask what to wear?

CHARACTER (talk_think)
What should I wear?

choice
“Option1” {
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Okaay but now there’s a new problem… sry if I’m being a bother

choice
“Purple & White”{

@MIA is dustoff_loop

@MIA changes into MIA_PURPLE _WHITE

pause for 3

@MIA is shiftweight

}

and the error says

there is a { on line 343 that does not have a matching }

but I put one on the last line…

You didn’t put an @ for the pause command.

    MIA (shiftweight)
(Is this the one?)

choice
“Yes”{

}

"No"{

}

EXPECTED CHARACTER OR SCENE CHANGE

do you see a problem that would relate to that?

Does the “No” look like this?

}
“No” {

Or this:

}

“No” {

}

“No” {

You can’t skip a whole line between an end bracket and the next option. It needs to look like either of these:

} “No” {

or

}
”No” {

Worked. Thanks again :relaxed::relaxed:

Ok so essentially I’m writing a story where the reader can choose the gender of their love interest and part of that is after they respond it jumps to a label. After my label, no matter what I follow it with, (directing command, dialogue, scene change etc.) I get essentially the same error message “Unexpected XYZ” or “You cannot use directing commands here”. sorry if these seems obvious but I’m stumped!
choice (GENDER)
“Females!”{
NARRATOR
Are you certain you want your love intrest(s) to be female?
choice
“Yes”{
NARRATOR
Yay! Now let’s get started…
goto label_bisexual
}
“No…”{
goto label_orientation
}}
“Males” {
NARRATOR
Are you certain you want your love intrest(s) to be male?

choice
“Yes!”{
NARRATOR
Yay! Now let’s get started…
goto label_straight
}“No…”{

goto label_orientaion

}}
label_bisexual
EXT. ST ANDREWS HIGH SCHOOL - DAY
@CAROLINE stands screen right in zone 2
@CAROLINE faces left
NARRATOR
Welcome to Harvard University!
One of the most prestigious schools in the united states,
It’s known worldwide for its law program.
A program which you are a part of…

Not too familiar with nested choices… Very easy fix though (I hope loll).
Labels aren’t suppose to be attached to their names.

So change your labels.

For example:
Change label_bisexual to label bisexual

AH thank you so much!

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i keep getting script errors for the choices of customization i copied your format [it was a great help] but it keeps saying things like ‘No face called diamond long exists’ it did the same with all the eyebrows. i’m a newbie and i don’t understand where i went wrong? would you mind helping? Thank you so much

You need to replace the template’s character name to your own character’s name.


How do I fix it so that the sound works? I used another sound earlier in the story and it worked properly.

Replace the dash (-) into an underscore (_).

What is wrong? Is it because the name has spaces in it? :thinking:

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Thanks in advance,
Winter xx

Yea it’s because of that. The narrator box only likes names without spaces for some reason, so you’d have to make a new character and name her HEADAGENTFEMALE with no spaces.