Background dissolve removes character [SOLVED]

[fundogmo]

I'm running into a simple issue that I can't seem to troubleshoot on my own.

In my game, I want to begin with a black background, introduce my character, then have a background dissolve in behind them. Pretty simple, right? Straight out of the tutorial.

Just for some reason, when the background comes in, my character dissolves away. And I can't call it back on screen. It's almost as if the background is a layer above my character, although that's just blind speculation.

My code is:

label scene01: # Intro

scene black

CHARACTER "..."

"{i}*deep breath*{/i}"

"Time to fade in."

play music "/Whimsical 1.mp3" fadein 3.0

show CHARACTER happy at char_fade, center
pause(0.3)

CHARACTER "Now it's time for the background."

show bg old_hallway with dissolve

"I've disappeared!"
"Let me try to load myself again."

show CHARACTER happy at char_fade, center

"That doesn't seem to have worked."

"..."

Swapping out 'show bg [etc]' for 'scene bg [etc]' makes it so that my character still disappears, but successfully fades back in on that second attempt.

My overall code is a horrendous mishmash of tutorial pieces and Tayruu's incredible portrait system, and so I'm willing to bet something went wrong along the way.

Since there's no traceback, here's my full code if someone is magnanimous enough to lend some advice.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l2f6r075rh271 ... s.rpy?dl=0 - options
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7vdor3jnnigg ... d.rpy?dl=0 - loading all asset and functions
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pto21nudtys4r ... 1.rpy?dl=0 - dialogue script (where the issue is)

Thank you very much in advance!

[xavimat]

The "show" statement puts a new image over the others already showed... unless you use "behind":

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scene black
show eileen happy
pause
show bg old_hallway behind eileen with dissolve

[SundownKid]

Or just use

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scene background
show person at left
with dissolve

"Scene" makes a totally new scene and wipes everything else.
"Show" puts something on top of something else.

[fundogmo]

Thank you both. Can't believe I glazed over both of those during the tutorial.

I really appreciate it!