[SOLVED] trying to use easein transforms behind objects

[bloobeary]

I'm trying to have a bus drive onscreen and pass behind a tree before slowing to a stop at a bus stop. I already have the graphics for the bus, tree and bus stop created, and am attempting to code this, but I just can't seem to make it work.

I'm currently using this:

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transform slowfromleft:
    xalign -0.5
    easein 5.0 xalign 0.5

a transform sitting in the code before the label start

And this bit of code where I want the bus to appear:

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    show bus at slowfromleft behind tree

The problem I'm running into is that it's just ignoring the transform, and instantly plopping the bus onscreen at center.

It's correctly behind the tree, but it's not driving in from the left the way I want.

[Remix]

I would avoid using align/xalign/yalign unless you really understand that they alter both the anchor and the position...

Perhaps try separating them...

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transform slowfromleft:
    xanchor 1.0 ## start with anchor at right edge of bus
    xpos 0.0 ## position that anchor at the left side of screen
    
    ## move anchor to middle and position to screen middle (over 5 seconds)
    easein 5.0 xpos 0.5 xanchor 0.5

If that doesn't fix it, alter the show line to put the transform at the end
show bus behind tree at slowfromleft

[bloobeary]

I did everything you suggested, and it worked perfectly. Thank you so much

Been tearing my hair out over that one.