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I've never used the pen before, so now I'm baffled when I need it now.
How do I make the pen follow directly behind my sprite? Right now it seems to just start somewhere at random. I feel like I'm missing something obvious.
Thanks

Heh, I got caught up in an entirely different thought and didn't even think about doing it the easy way  . . .

Hm, still not working right. I want the line to be visible right behind my sprite. I'm trying to make my own version of the classic Tron game. To make it easier to understand what is happening I'll label the sprites "leader" and "follwer" (the follower being the one making the line)
My set up is . .
[Blocks]
<when I receive[ start]
<pen down>
<forever>
<go to[ Tron]
[/blocks]

When I try this command for the "follower" it ends up a few spaces away from the "leader" aka Tron. The odd thing is that when I checked it out, it was actually my "leader" sprite which wasn't in the place the program said it was.
What's going on here?

post a project. also do "forever: stamp"

forever if not touching edge

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http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/name30/118952  how do i fix this?

ok i'll tell you. make a sprite as long as possible. Do this. make a variable called scroll X. Now do this:


<when green flag clicked>
<forever if><key[right]pressed?>
<change{scrollX}by( -5
<forever if><key[left]pressed?>
<change{scrollX}by(5
<end>


And now do this for each indivisual sprite:


<when green flag clicked>
<forever>
<set x to(<{scroll X}>


And sometimes you'll need to do       (( <{scroll X  }> <+> 480  ))



And

<when green flag clicked>
<forever if><<<( scroll X <>>280  )>  <or><(-280  <>> scroll X )>  >>
<hide>

heybrian1 wrote:

And now do this for each indivisual sprite:


<when green flag clicked>
<forever>
<set x to( <{ scroll X }>

i dont think you need to use this script, only the one for the backround or something. also, there are a lot of scrolling tutorials, just go to the gallery "Help Projects" and you will find a lot.

Last edited by funkymonkey (2008-03-18 20:18:34)

Help please? OK, I notice in this game http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/JP1894/119830 the author can just put in <point in direction( -90 )) and the sprite will turn to the opposite direction.  When I do the same thing, my sprite rotates 180 degrees.  It's the exact same command that does something different?

Last edited by thecooltodd (2008-03-18 22:17:52)

Wow, I didn't even notice that.  Thanks 

What does the third thing do?