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Garr8 · 2012-01-24 22:29:38

i know this probably belongs on All about Scratch, but right now that forum is vacant. I am making a civilization game that spans all of human history, but i cant get the date to start at 4000BC, (im using a varaiable for it, btw) can u plz help me start the games date at 4000 before christ?

videogame9 · 2012-01-24 22:32:12

-4000

so hard, right?

Garr8 · 2012-01-24 22:33:05

no, but i wanted it to be positive 4000 then decreases to 0 then starts over in AD

videogame9 · 2012-01-24 22:35:46

Garr8 wrote:
no, but i wanted it to be positive 4000 then decreases to 0 then starts over in AD

make it so that the negative sign doesn't show up

MoreGamesNow · 2012-01-24 22:40:13

displayedDate = abs(realDate)

CatPerson · 2012-01-25 07:29:55

Use the block "set date to (4000 BC)" then your done!!! big_smile

Paddle2See · 2012-01-25 08:16:41

Here's a demo project that uses the ABS function and the JOIN function to display dates in BC and AD format...hope you find it useful.

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Paddle2SeeFixIt/2293411

Garr8 · 2012-01-25 16:26:27

thx u r all big helps big_smile

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