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#1 2009-01-08 16:19:49
Four Reasonably Important Questions
If anyone could help me with these, I would be very grateful.
The first two deal with Scratch online.
1. How do I add a "based on [scratcher's] project" to one of my projects, and/or can I add one to other people's projects, and if so, how do I do so?
2. How do I add friends?
The other two are programming-related.
3. How do I use lists, and if I were to use one as an inventory, how would I make things stack and be pluralized ([5 pieces of food, 2 swords, a hat] rather than [piece of food, piece of food, piece of food, piece of food, piece of food, sword, sword, hat)?
4. How do I create a four-way (up, down, left, right) scrolling background, and one that does not cling onto the edges of the screen?
Again, if anyone were to help me, I'd be very grateful.
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#3 2009-01-08 16:57:43
Re: Four Reasonably Important Questions
1. Download a project, and use it to make your own. "Based on" will automatically appear
2. Go to your new friend's page and click "add to friends" on the left
3. Download my http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/bhz/370119 project. and look at the 2 lists "appearnumber" and "numbersinputted"
4. http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/hmnwilson/67879
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#4 2009-01-08 16:58:57
- SeanCanoodle
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Re: Four Reasonably Important Questions
For your first two questions I have answers.
1) To add "based on such and such project" the project must be a remix. So if you're to download somebody's project and add something, when you upload it the tag will automatically appear.
2) To add a friend go to their profile (by clicking their name in a comment or forum, or by searching them from the bar at the top of the main page), then click the "add to friends" button beside their name and avatar.
These other two are tricky to explain, but there are a lot of guides to help you. Paddle2See has a great guide on using lists (link!)
Archmage has made a great scrolling guide, but it can be very difficult (another link!
If you're making a top down RPG type game (that's what it sounds like to me) I would suggest using separate screens instead of smooth scrolling, as it can take a lot of time to work.
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#5 2009-01-08 19:29:35
Re: Four Reasonably Important Questions
The questions have pretty much been answered. I'll just answer them again.
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Aexis wrote:
1. How do I add a "based on [scratcher's] project" to one of my projects, and/or can I add one to other people's projects, and if so, how do I do so?
You can't add them, they get added automatically.
When you download a project, you can edit the scripts and sprites (called remixing) and then you can upload it to the scratch website.
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Aexis wrote:
2. How do I add friends?
When you go to a user's profile, there's a link under your location that says "add to friends". When you click it, the user gets added to your friend list and the user you just added gets a message. (I added you as a friend 
)
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Aexis wrote:
3. How do I use lists, and if I were to use one as an inventory, how would I make things stack and be pluralized ([5 pieces of food, 2 swords, a hat] rather than [piece of food, piece of food, piece of food, piece of food, piece of food, sword, sword, hat)?
This one's slightly complicated, so I'm just going to quote bhz's post.
bhz wrote:
3. Download my http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/bhz/370119 project. and look at the 2 lists "appearnumber" and "numbersinputted"
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Aexis wrote:
4. How do I create a four-way (up, down, left, right) scrolling background, and one that does not cling onto the edges of the screen?
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/hmnwilson/67879 <-- bhz posted that link, too.
Last edited by hmnwilson (2009-01-08 19:31:48)
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#8 2009-01-09 10:04:40
Re: Four Reasonably Important Questions
HOLD EVERYTHING...
Bhz, what will the "Math" project do for me? I don't understand, as it seems to have lag or something...
And hmnwilson, I have downloaded someone else's project, also with the "black frame," and it helped me a little, but I thought there was something called "Infinite Scroll"...
And I think I should use some pronoun other than "something"...
But seriously, clarification would be appreciated. 
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#9 2009-01-09 11:23:18
Re: Four Reasonably Important Questions
Ok, firstly you should state what programming experience you already have. If the answer is non, then you should try learning all the basics first. Make simple projects, fully understand the uses of all the blocks.
Lists are simply sets of variables, if you know how to use variables understanding lists should be easy.
As for not clinging to the edge of the screen, no sprites in scratch can move past the screen.
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#10 2009-01-09 12:02:51
Re: Four Reasonably Important Questions
Quite simply put, I understand everything about scratch except for lists and the purpose of the "mod" block.
If you want to see what I am capable of actually PROGRAMMING, you could go to my projects page.
But to save you some time, I have remixed at least once, somewhat capable of using trigonometry functions (with the exception of tangents), and can use variables, broadcasting (and "control" in general), "numbers", "pen", and "sound" fluently. "Sensing" I know reasonably well, though I don't use it often.
Hmmm... you know what... I don't know how to update my "signature" either...
Oh, and this is my first forum topic, too. But I understand that.
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