[Solved]The pause tag in the text doesn't continue

[Cristiander]

I have run into this problem on two occasions and I don't understand what is causing this.

I have added the pause text tag

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{p=1.0}

and while the text is paused, it doesn't continue after 1.0 seconds.
I tried adding it at different points but to no avail, I tried changing the time but it still doesn't work and outside of those two things I don't really know what else I can change to try and figure out the problem.

The code works fine in the rest of my game, but for some reason it can't cooperate on these two situations.
The two instances are the following;

first:

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    nvl_character "Aaaaaahh! {nw}"
    show whitetint onlayer screens zorder 100:
        alpha 0.6
        linear 2.0 alpha 1.0
    extend " {p=0.5}"
    nvl hide

The idea of the code is to have the screen go white while the nvl box is still visible. That's why I added the pause as a text tag instead of just using a pause command.

second:

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narator "March 19, 10:00 AM {p=0.5}District Court {p=0.5}Courtroom No. 1"

For this one I really have no ideea why it can't continue after the pause tag. If it helps this is the character code

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define narator = Character(None, callback=callback, what_color = "#64FE2E", what_xalign=0.5, what_text_align=0.5,  text_xpos=0.5, what_bold = True, what_kerning = 1.5, what_slow_cps = 5)

I really can't find the cause of this error and I'd love any help with this.
Thank you guys

[Imperf3kt]

Use the wait tag instead.
Simply replace all your 'p's with a w

[Cristiander]

Use the wait tag instead.
Simply replace all your 'p's with a w

Tried it. Still not working

[Imperf3kt]

Can you try it on a different computer?
I have one computer where the wait tag fails completely (most likely due to a couple of driver errors I have), but works perfectly fine elsewhere.

[Cristiander]

Late update: If anyone runs into this issue in the future I figured out the problem, or at least I found a solution.

In both of my cases, before i had the line with the pause tag I had a line for the music channel.

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    nvl_s "Aaaaaahh! {nw}"
    $ renpy.music.set_volume(1.0, delay=2.0, channel=2)
    show whitetint onlayer screens zorder 100:
        alpha 0.6
        linear 2.0 alpha 1.0
    extend " {p=5}{nw}"

I didn't add the music line cause I didn't think it had anything to do with my problem, but surprise, surprise, after I changed the music channel from 2 to 3 the pause tag worked perfectly.
I did the same thing to the second example and after changing the music channel to 3 the pause tag worked.

So yeah, not sure what the second music channel has to do with the pause tag, but nevertheless they are linked.
So if you find your pause or wait tags not working, try fiddling with the music channels, that might solve your problem.