Van overlay driving into scene with characters in van

[Rogue_tee]

Hi guys, Is anyone able to help me with this. I’ve tried to follow Joseph evens video on driving a car into a scene but it just won’t work properly.

This pic ^ is how I want it to look at the end, but currently, it looks like this.

the van doesnt drive at the bottom of the screen it drives in the middle for some reason.

this is my script:

EXT.FRONT NEW HOUSE with WHITE VAN to 0.532 -176 -91 in zone 1 at layer 1

@LUMI moves to layer 0
@CLARA moves to layer 0

&overlay WHITE VAN shifts to -640 0 in 0
&overlay WHITE VAN shifts to 0 0 in 5
&LUMI spot 0.466 -498 140 in zone 1 AND LUMI faces right
&CLARA spot 0.454 -445 147 in zone 1 AND CLARA faces right

&LUMI walks to spot 0.466 142 140 in zone 1 in 5 AND LUMI is idle
@CLARA walks to spot 0.454 195 147 in zone 1 in 5 AND CLARA is idle

[M_H_C_Episode]

It’s easier to just pick a pose and make the van an overlay with the characters inside (:

Then just code the van to move as an overlay (:

[juliewrites]

try to adjust the layers so that the overlay is in the right place:
@overlay OVERLAYNAME moves to layer #

[Rogue_tee]

can you show me an example code for this please?

[M_H_C_Episode]

This fits the 3-zone background I’m using, u just have to personalise the positions to your background (:

@overlay TAXI-01_YELLOW-BLACK create
&overlay TAXI-01_YELLOW-BLACK opacity 1 in 0
&overlay TAXI-01_YELLOW-BLACK scales to 1.198 1.198
&overlay TAXI-01_YELLOW-BLACK shifts to -193 29 in zone 1 in 0

@pan to zone 1

@overlay TAXI-01_YELLOW-BLACK shifts to 1 26 in zone 1 in 2

@overlay TAXI-01_YELLOW-BLACK shifts to 265 28 in zone 1 in 2

@pan to zone 2
&overlay TAXI-01_YELLOW-BLACK opacity 1 in 0

This coding takes the overlay from the left of zone one into zone 2 (:

[calico.episode]

It might be that its start positioning is slightly off and thats why it’s not driving in a straight line at the bottom?

[Rogue_tee]

yeah i see what you mean, but i really want to learn how people have there car move with their characters in it, it’s the only thing i’m unable to do atm coding wise.

I’ve done something similar to this in previous scenes.

thanks anyway though for your help

[Rogue_tee]

how would i rectify that then would you say?

[M_H_C_Episode]

You’re welcome (:

[Rogue_tee]

Okay ive figured out how to get the car to drive in properly. However my new issue is that my characters slightly lag behind when the car pulls up so the car doesn’t drive with the characters together.

Here’s my updated script:

EXT.FRONT NEW HOUSE with WHITE VAN to 0.532 -176 -91 in zone 1 at layer 1

@LUMI moves to layer 0
@CLARA moves to layer 0

&overlay WHITE VAN shifts to -640 -91 in 0
&overlay WHITE VAN shifts to -176 -91 in 5
&LUMI spot 0.466 -498 140 in zone 1 AND LUMI faces right
&CLARA spot 0.454 -445 147 in zone 1 AND CLARA faces right

&LUMI walks to spot 0.466 142 140 in zone 1 in 5 AND LUMI is idle
@CLARA walks to spot 0.454 195 147 in zone 1 in 5 AND CLARA is idle

Anyone have any ideas?

[Martini_98]

I think the coding is a little messy. Try this:

EXT.FRONT NEW HOUSE with WHITE VAN to 0.532 -176 -91 in zone 1 at layer 2

&LUMI spot 0.466 -498 140 in zone 1 at layer 0 AND LUMI faces right
&CLARA spot 0.454 -445 147 in zone 1 at layer 1 AND CLARA faces right

&LUMI walks to spot 0.466 142 140 in zone 1 in 5 AND LUMI does it while idle AND CLARA walks to spot 0.454 195 147 in zone 1 in 5 AND CLARA does it while idle
@overlay WHITE VAN shifts to 0 0 in 5 <------------------------ (If i got it right?)

[Rogue_tee]

That doesn’t work unfortunately, the van enters from the left corner to the middle of the screen.

[Rogue_tee]

Thanks anyway guys i’ve figured it out.