Thid is sort of stupid and i dont want to bother people with 100 forms but im trying to get my character to stand in a spot after my transition and ive used the code
@CHARACTER stands in spot 0.209 157 444 in zone 2
It just gives me a error saying this isnt a available demand but it works when i say
@CHARACTER stands screen center in zone 2
Any help lol?
You’re mixing up advanced and basic directing. When using spot directing, you only write: “@CHARACTER spot” not stands in spot, ie.
@CHARACTER spot 0.209 157 444 in zone 2
You can also copy and paste the direction straight from the right-hand bar of the portal.
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Thank you lol i just assumed that it needed the extra steps 
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When in stories you see the person throwing a prop as in a can, or the baby bundle, how would you code that, you need an overlay, or is it the actual prop that you are coding?
It is an overlay. You would have to line it up with the animation to make sure it’s all happening in sync.
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i have this scene where i want my character to exit from the scene as they are walking and talking at the same time, yet when i try: @CHARACTER exits left, my character gets bigger. i’m trying to avoid that and have them walk from their spot to a specific spot while being able to walk and talk at the same time.
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I know one of the answers to your question:
@CHARACTER walks to spot AND CHARACTER does it while animation
You can insert an animation which has walking and talking where it says “animation.”
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hey guys I have a question…
@BLAKE enters from right to spot 1.115 293 90 in zone 2 at layer -1 AND BLAKE does it while walk_sneak_loop
So this my script, but it shows me an error… I tried many things, but I really need this character to be in layer -1. Any ideas?
(also ‘is’ instead of ‘does it while’ won’t help! + he ends up in zone 1?!)
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You are mixing up basic and advanced directing commands. You will either need to do
@BLAKE enters from right to screen XXX
Or place them in a starting position using spot directing and do
@BLAKE walks to spot 1.115 293 90 in zone 2 AND BLAKE does it while walk_sneak_loop AND BLAKE moves to layer -1
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Thank you! that solved the error, but now he is walking from left to right but I need him to walk from right to left😅
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You will just need to place him in a starting position using spot directing. Place him off screen on the right hand side, put the position in your script, and then give the walking command.
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Can anyone help?? I sent the link that episode gives on the writing portal and my last scene won’t work. I sent it for proof reading, and at the end my character just stands and blinks and doesnt say the lines/do the animations, it’s just stuck.
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Can you screenshot some of the script where the error happens?
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Try putting @speechbubble reset before the first dialoge?
didn’t work 
how do you make a text overlay in the writers portal?
I don’t think you can; you have to make a text overlay and then upload it to the portal. There was some sort of feature that let us do that but I think it got removed, idk
I have a flag in my story that’s fairly difficult to obtain but also greatly changes the plot. I don’t want to be too mean so I’m giving the reader a chance to gain it again a few chapters later. I know you can’t un-gain something, but what will happen to readers who have already gained the flag if they do/don’t gain it again later in the story? Hopefully nothing, right :?
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Um… I’m not good with these kind of things but maybe use if/else/elif so that they can’t regain it?
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