Tal's Coding 101 - Questions & Help With Directing

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@NOVA spot 1.280 130 95 in zone 1 AND NOVA faces right AND NOVA is idle_sit_anklescrossed_neutral_loop
&JAMES spot 1.362 56 31 in zone 1 at layer 1 AND JAMES faces right AND JAMES is idle

I want them to show up at the same time, can anyone help me out, please and thank you

Your & line will have to go before your @ line, OR you can combine them onto the same line, replacing & with AND.

Can you give me example

&JAMES spot 1.362 56 31 in zone 1 at layer 1 AND JAMES faces right AND JAMES is idle
@NOVA spot 1.280 130 95 in zone 1 AND NOVA faces right AND NOVA is idle_sit_anklescrossed_neutral_loop

Is it like this?

Hey I have a problem. Now how can we make two characters talk opposite to each other and the camera should show their respective bg’s as well.Can someone get it?
Like I mean showing the front and back positions with one person in the rear mode and the other in the normal one.But the bg’s should be the same

Hi! I’m not quite sure what you mean, you want two characters to face each other and have the zoom switch out between them? If so, it’s covered in the Coding 101 class in lessons 11 & 12, which are available starting episode 4! :blush: :heart:

If I misunderstood you and you meant something else, please let me know!

I mean that they should stand opposite to each other.Pls check my edited reply:))

Ohhh I see, you mean over-the-shoulder scenes like this, right?

Exactly how to do that?

so you’ll need a background that can be used as both sides of the dialogue, and you need your 2 characters & 2 other “extra” characters that you’ll make them look like your characters. For example, if your characters are Chris and Ella, you’ll need:
Chris
Ella
A fake Chris
A fake Ella

You’ll place Chris in one place and will place fake Ella in front of him while doing the rear animation (you can learn how to do that in the coding guide), and in the other place you’ll put Ella and fake Chris in front of her. Then you just keep zooming & cutting between the scenes! :blush:

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Can you provide a template for that?

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I don’t have one, but I’m sure someone else does! Try to search in big IG pages like episode.advocates, episodeaxiom & more!

Thank you and also another doubt how do you go back to the same scene with the same overlays at their respective places from another new scene.Should we do the spot directing again?

I think you mean loops. They’re explained in episode 6, lesson 19 :blush:

OK thanks.And,last but not the least I have some pannable games in my story where when i pan to that particular zone there is a black screen that splits into two.Why does this happen?

Just saw the image you sent me on IG. You need to reset your zoom using the @zoom reset command! :blush:

Hi! What are the characters’ layers?

The male is on layer 1 and female on layer 0