Scratch

ZeroLuck wrote:

this topic is pointless.
You aren't able to edit a Scratch binary in Notepad.

Yup, but you can do it in some text editors (the ones that preserve exact byte values. I think notepad++ can do that).

It's useful for quick find and replace, which Scratch doesn't do!

I was able to change a costumes name in Notepad++. Just make sure the name you change it to is the same length as the original name.

nXIII wrote:

MathWizz wrote:

I was able to change a costumes name in Notepad++. Just make sure the name you change it to is the same length as the original name.

or change the previous byte to the correct length (unless you have a string longer than 255 characters, in which case you'll need to change the two previous bytes)

That's kinda hard to do in NP++. 

fg123 wrote:

Lol, I was getting all excited reading the post, then:

Looks like you Can't.

Okay. 

^^^ Look up ^^^

scimonster wrote:

Just downloaded NP++, and it didn't work for me. 
Anyone willing to debug?

I never actually tried myself.. 
I just remember that NP++ keeps the original bytes (or at least did when I had it) so you're able to open any file and re-save it losslessly.
It worked for the guys above though, so I don't see why it shouldn't for you!

DigiTechs wrote:

you can also use SciTE, which is designed for things like this - really, a .db file (the files scratch uses) is just a big database, that is why it got the name db!

You mean the "scratchthums.db"?
I thought they are talking about editing Scratch projects in Notepad...
not about the database files. 

i tried this once with a rhy project. i think notepad crashed

cocolover76 wrote:

christian2000 wrote:

i tried this once with a rhy project. i think notepad crashed

RHY was too epic for a Microsoft product to sustain.

I looked at what I got when I tried opening a blank Scratch binary (without the Scratch cat). Here's what I got:


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wiz99903 wrote:

So don't try getting rid of this, or it won't be a proper Scratch file.

I would like to point out, that that would not be exactly the same for everyone, so all I would do would be to change somthing I know, like if I named the scratch cat "awesomeness", I would look for the string "awesomeness" and change that.

LS97 wrote:

scimonster wrote:

LS97 wrote:

It works for the opening part, but saving doesn't.
This is because notepad is a text editor and saves whatever file in an ASCII format, regardless of the bytes in it. Some bytes are then obviously lost. I think Visual Studio should do the trick 

Really?
I'll have to get this Visual Studio.

If you're willing to pay 600 pounds, go ahead.
Or you can register via Dreamspark, like I did. You get heaps of free stuff!

Uh VisualStudio is free.