Writer Warning for overlay

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Hi! I’m having trouble with an overlay writer warning. Every time I test my story in the app I get warning saying there is an “error when using SPACESHIP HALLWAY 2 for overlay animation.”

How do I fix this?

Here is (I think) the relevant part of my script.

INT. SPACESHIP HALLWAY 2 with SPACESHIP HALLWAY DOOR with HALLWAY 1 with HALLWAY 2 with HALLWAY 3
@overlay 6538187318034432_HALLWAY 1 shifts to 129 288 in zone 1 and overlay 6538187318034432_HALLWAY 1 scales to 1.000 1.000 and overlay 6538187318034432_HALLWAY 1 moves to layer 2
@overlay 6538187318034432_HALLWAY 2 shifts to 97 256 in zone 1 and overlay 6538187318034432_HALLWAY 2 scales to 1.000 1.000 and overlay 6538187318034432_HALLWAY 2 moves to layer 4
@overlay 6538187318034432_HALLWAY 3 shifts to 0 -2 in zone 1 and overlay 6538187318034432_HALLWAY 3 scales to 1.000 1.000 and overlay 6538187318034432_HALLWAY 3 moves to layer 6
&overlay 6538187318034432_SPACESHIP HALLWAY DOOR shifts to 145 284 in zone 1 and overlay 6538187318034432_SPACESHIP HALLWAY DOOR scales to 1.000 1.000 and overlay 6538187318034432_SPACESHIP HALLWAY DOOR moves to layer 0 and overlay SPACESHIP HALLWAY DOOR opacity 0 in 0 and overlay SPACESHIP HALLWAY 2 opacity 0 in 0 and overlay SPACESHIP HALLWAY 3 opacity 0 in 0

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It is your background that gives the error…

Are you using an overlay as background?

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No, I’m using overlays and a seperate background.

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He gives an error for your background?

Spaceship hallway 2 and you use that as background?

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Sorry, I’ve realised I made a typo in my script. It works perfectly now! Thank you for your help though!!

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@Jeremy or @Sydney_H can you close this thread?

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Closed by Op request. :smiley:

Just as a side note, Jeremy is no longer admin, so be sure to tag Nick instead! :wink:

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