Scratch

twoawesomepeople123 wrote:

I am new, and I am stuck.  How do you switch screens and make characters disappear and stuff?  Please help!

To make a sprite hide, do this:

hide
makes the sprite disappear

To make a sprite show, do this:

show
makes the sprite appear

To make a sprite switch looks, do this:

switch to costume 
costume2 ▼

Lets say that you wanted all sprites to hide, without timing.
Then, you need to use this:

broadcast
hide ▼
sends a message telling the sprites receiving the message to hide

But to make a sprite receive a message, you need a when I receive block.

when I receive 
hide ▼
when this message is recieved
hide
disappear

If you wanted a sprite to do something forever, use this block:

forever
makes the sprite do something over, no matter what

Here is a tip for using forever blocks.
If you made a game with lives, and you wanted a sprite to hide if the lives are 0, don't use a forever block. They will make the sprite do a thing forever, and even if it receives a message, they won't hide.
Instead, use a repeat until block.

repeat until
makes the sprite do something continuously until something occurs

If you wanted a sprite to say something, use these blocks:

say
hi
 for 
3
 secs
makes the sprite say this for 3 seconds
say 
hi
makes the sprite say something until something happens

If you wanted a variable, do this:
Go to variable section, click make a variable and type a name. To change a variable appearance, right click the variable and click on large readout.
To change variable color, click on the R in the scratch logo, click turn fill screen off and right click the variable 5 times. Click on the red circle that says menu for me. The menu will pop up. Click change color. Then, choose your color. Click x to exit.
For variable scripting, do this use these blocks

change 
score ▼
 by 
1
changes score by +1
set 
score ▼
 to 
1
sets score to a certain number
hide variable 
score ▼
hides the variable
show variable 
score ▼
shows the variable

I hope this guide helps. If you need more help, please let me know! 

Last edited by joshuaho (2013-05-02 19:31:26)