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#26 2008-02-09 17:43:41

kevin_karplus
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Registered: 2007-04-27
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

ScratchR's can we get TegansPoppy's PDF file on to the support web pages?

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#27 2008-02-09 23:13:16

TegansPoppy
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

kevin_karplus wrote:

ScratchR's can we get TegansPoppy's PDF file on to the support web pages?

That would be cool. ;] In which case, here's the original Bean file (word processor) from whence it came, in case anyone has other opinions on formatting for the info before final output:

http://guessmedia.com/scratch/ScrSecretsOrigs.zip

(There's also a .rtf and a *cough*M$Word97*gag* format in that zip archive). I know it seems a lot of trouble to go to just to save others 30 seconds of work copying, pasting, and exporting as their own PDF file. But that's 30 seconds you could spend Scratching!

Scratch on. ;]

Never sean a .bean? Check it out! Bean is free: www.bean-osx.com
http://www.bean-osx.com/graphics/scrnshot.jpg


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#28 2008-02-22 08:22:30

Zachman
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Registered: 2007-09-02
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

Thanks

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#29 2008-03-03 13:58:48

Rukqo
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Registered: 2008-01-17
Posts: 100+

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

Ah! You can also type many other characters in the Scratch website.
On a Mac, hold option and experiment, or Show Keyboard viewer.
Ω≈ç√∫˜µ≤≥÷…¬˚∆˙©ƒ∂ßåœ∑´® ¥¨ˆøπ“‘« –ºª•¶§∞¢£™¡`
On a Windows, you can copy them from here.  wink

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#30 2008-03-03 14:00:56

Rukqo
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

There are some fun ones too.
©®℗ ™◊ ▲▼◆ ◗☛☚☞☜ ☟✌ ♡♧♤♦♥♣ ☹☻☺♢☼☀ ☂☃☄ ✂✃✖✕✔✓✒✑ ✎✄
That is about 1/3 of what I can do. On a Mac, show character palette and start clicking. On windows, copy them from here.

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#31 2008-03-04 21:10:24

le_cassie_d
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Registered: 2008-02-17
Posts: 15

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

WOW I'M DEFINITLY SAVING THIS! (tries to copy) (PC shuts down)

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#32 2008-03-08 18:22:10

VF1
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Registered: 2007-07-25
Posts: 26

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

archmage wrote:

Awesome list! I am saving this to a word file!

Why not just save it to a .txt (notepad) instead if the larger .doc (Word document)? In Word, it saves the font, color, external images, etc. even if there are none, which can multiply the amount of space it takes up. Notepad just saves the text and extension.


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#33 2008-03-30 10:29:17

KrazyKidd
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Registered: 2008-03-30
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

How do you make the backround switch or move? So your sprite has a variety of tasks in different places...

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#34 2008-03-30 15:47:01

JSO
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Registered: 2007-06-23
Posts: 1000+

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

TegansPoppy - thanks for putting my tip in your PDF  smile


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#35 2008-04-13 09:42:48

ggsslord
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Registered: 2008-04-13
Posts: 3

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

IS THERE A WAY TO Make our games and such portable. that is to be able to be played on any computer without having to install scratch?

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#36 2008-04-17 21:07:44

ilovescratch1
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Registered: 2008-04-09
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

i have no idea what you mean. i mean,  hmm


It's true. I do love Scratch.
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#37 2008-04-17 21:09:38

ilovescratch1
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Registered: 2008-04-09
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

and  neutral


It's true. I do love Scratch.
Cool! That was rainbow text! (Forum glitch  tongue )

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#38 2008-04-17 21:11:21

ilovescratch1
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Registered: 2008-04-09
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

explain more cause i don't really understand


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#39 2008-04-18 01:36:53

Jens
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Registered: 2007-06-04
Posts: 1000+

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

Hi gsslord,

Scratch prjojects themselves are really ultra-portable, because Scratch runs bit-identically on many systems and even on the internet. There is no problem in sharing Scratch, because it is free anyway, and you're also free to give it to others, along with your project.

If you're desperate to turn your Scratch project into a stand-alone Windows exe, you might want to try my Scratch2Exe tool: http://www.chirp.scratchr.org/blog/?page_id=8

Let me know if this helps.


Jens Mönig

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#40 2008-04-27 03:17:02

Gandorf
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Registered: 2008-04-11
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

yes these are great

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#41 2008-05-08 17:00:26

benballcv
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Registered: 2008-05-08
Posts: 1

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

Help - I have been using Scratch in ICT lessons in the UK and as we research projects created by others they are using blocks that are not in our download. How do you download/create new blocks?

Yours
Ben
Birmingham
West Mids
UK

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#42 2008-05-08 22:09:35

Paddle2See
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Registered: 2007-10-27
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

benballcv wrote:

Help - I have been using Scratch in ICT lessons in the UK and as we research projects created by others they are using blocks that are not in our download. How do you download/create new blocks?

You can't, currently.  What blocks are you seeing?  They may be blocks that were obsoleted (if that is a verb) such as the Comment Block that was introduced in 1.2 beta but didn't make it to production.  Or the Abs block that was made obsolete by 1.2 when that function was added to the list of functions in the drop down list.


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#43 2008-05-13 18:41:34

kakaxolotl
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Registered: 2008-03-01
Posts: 4

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

How do I make an animated GIF move? Everytime I import a GIF it dosen't move. Is it impossible to make it move? If so how? Am I asking too many questions?  roll

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#44 2008-05-16 17:07:26

StrategyMaster
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Registered: 2008-05-16
Posts: 3

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

Anyone know a good way to incorporate a high scores screen into a game

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#45 2008-05-29 09:28:59

sprice189
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Registered: 2008-05-29
Posts: 1

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

On two student projects the sprite moves up or down the screen instead of across.  The sprite script block is simple with just move 10 steps and wait.  Can't figure out why it is going up and down.  Has anyone else experienced this?  What have I missed.  Thank you for any suggestions.

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#46 2008-05-29 10:11:55

Jens
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

Sounds like a nice prank:

The students probably rotated the sprite to face up or down instead of the default left / right direction. You'll notice this when you have a look at the blue line coming out of the sprite-symbol at the top of the Scratch-screen indicating the current direction: If that line goes vertically, the sprite's direction has been changed.

If they were clever they might have rotated the sprite's costume by 90 degrees in the paint editor first, and afterwards rotated the whole sprite back by -90 degrees using the direction-handle in the sprite-area. That way the sprite will not appear to be rotated and still move "sideways". If they indeed managed to come up with such a hack on their own you should be duly impressed...

[I'm going to leave this in the "Scratch Secrets" thread, since it's not exactly Troubleshooting either...]


Jens Mönig

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#47 2008-06-10 12:35:19

DrSuper
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Registered: 2008-06-10
Posts: 37

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

I would like to write an IF statement with a long list of ORed values e.g
If Something = 1 or 2 or ...or 1023
Is there an easy way of doing this? I have tried nested OR statements  but this becomes very slow after a few ORs and scrolling to the right is no fun. I nearly a list of hundred values each time.

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#48 2008-06-11 17:30:25

TegansPoppy
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Registered: 2008-01-06
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Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

DrSuper wrote:

I would like to write an IF statement with a long list of ORed values e.g
If Something = 1 or 2 or ...or 1023
Is there an easy way of doing this? I have tried nested OR statements  but this becomes very slow after a few ORs and scrolling to the right is no fun. I nearly a list of hundred values each time.

This isn't exactly a "Scratch Secret", so perhaps the admins can move this thread. But I did want to reply, as this is a basic programming task that can be handled in several ways. Unless you are planning on creating 1023 possible outcomes, the obvious way to catch this for action is to test against a range. For example:

<if><< <( x <>> 0  )> <and> <(  x <<> 1023 )>  >>

That is,

if( x > 0 AND x < 1023 ){
  // do stuff
}


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#49 2008-06-11 17:36:11

Cyfarwyddyd
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Registered: 2008-06-04
Posts: 17

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

teganspoppy: I think he's looking for something along the lines of a "case" block. he wants to be able to do one of 1023 things depending on the value.

nesting if-then blocks like in a binary search tree is probably the fastest way right now, though if the thing you do is tied to the value (like maybe it's movement is mathematically related to the number), then you might be able to come up with some form of trick.

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#50 2008-06-12 15:46:12

likegames
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Registered: 2008-03-24
Posts: 100+

Re: ITopic: Scratch Secrets

phiggins wrote:

How do you programmatically clear the stage

nobody really obviously wrote:

make a blank costume and switch to that.


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