Scratch

I downloaded the beta version and I'm lucky it runs ok. I read all this and I think I should backup my projects. Right now. No bugs yet! I'll tell you if I find some.

There really should be something that looks like this,
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t96/oguy/th_Edit.jpg

Last edited by pieclip (2007-11-18 12:49:01)

ANOTHER BUG?

When I uploaded 'Math Challenge' (http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/relyt12101/56591), I uploaded it with three tags: Game (which is a tick box), math, and challenge (both entered in the text boxes), but none appear online.

saucagestand wrote:

wierd glitch:
http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=boxbp0.png
i clicked paint new sprite and this came up

I also ran into this error when I tested the Scratch 1.2. beta version.

It always occured after I looked at a Scratch project using midi online and left the browser open (with or without a Scratch project). Turned out I used an old java version (1.4.2). After I upgraded to something newer, I now usually don't get this error (but still sometimes). Problem is, I'm using an acient windows version (ME) which doesn't install the latest java version. Still: Try upgrading your java, I'm confident it will help!

Hi, saucagestand and Jens.

This MIDI bug is actually a bug in the Windows MIDI implementation; it is allowing Java to "steal" the MIDI synthesizer from Scratch. Jens says that Java versions after 1.4.2 do not have this issue. I think that is because Java started using their own internal MIDI synthesizer rather than the one built into Windows.

saucagestand, what version of Windows do you have? If you also have ME then perhaps this bug is only on Windows ME. It seems to be quite rare.

In any case, I've changed the code so that you won't get a pink box anymore. But you won't get any sound, either. So it's probably a good idea to upgrade your Java. It's free; just go to http://www.java.com/getjava/.

  -- John

Canthiar wrote:

I've noticed that Scratch slows down significantly if you have a decent sized script and and have two or more comment fields expanded.  Is there any plan to speed this up or should they just always be collapsed while editing?

I have noticed that each command you put in your script takes 0.01 seconds to carry out. I have also noticed that your raytracer script has about fifty commands in it! So if there is a way you can make a raytracer that carries out several commands at a time?

I have downloaded it and tried out some stuff for bugs, but was it when i downloaded it that it cannot read my projects or let me select them? I downloaded it to find bugs, and every time i find bugs, this little thing pops - up and i do not understand it. I am pretty good at scratch, but i cannot interpret the unfamiliar coding of the pop - up that comes up when i find a bug. I want to help with scratch 1.2, but i may have to un-download scratch beta because it may be mis-read by my computer resulting in glitches in my own computer. Can anyone help me? Is it just the scratch website that is having problems? I can't even leave comments in the project comment areas. [blocks]<when green flag clicked>[/blocks][blocks]<forever>[/blocks]SCRATCH 4ever![blocks]<end>[/blocks]

It is past mid-November. When would Version 1.2 be released? I would like to start it for trimester two which begins 26th November.
Is this suitable for year six (grade six)? Or too youngish?
Dr. Terrell Neuage Ph.D
The Dwight School
Manhattan

I have been using Scratch with 9-11-year-olds, which is a good starting age, but I think that scratch is most suited for  11-14-year-olds, though one can push either end by several years.

I have a project where the clamping seems to be broken.  When the sprite crosses over from negative to positive the sprite will jump to the furthest negative position along the axis.

Thanks Kevin.

Your projects will still be on your disk, but not in the same folders as the Scratch v1.2 projects.  You can move or copy them into the new folders.

I noticed a bug in the presentation mode. I made a sprite that would jump from one place to another, and then clear. In presentation mode, it showed nothing. I guess that maybe the sprite is too fast for scratch in presentation mode, so it shows nothing. This would be a real problem for pen users.