Scratch

All mesh does is share variables. The formulas you use don't make a difference.

What kinds of games did you have in mind to make? Mesh is buggy, which is probably why it is a hidden experimental hidden feature. Mesh's variable sharing bugs will make multiplayer games much harder to create.

I will release the code when 1.4 is out

keroro645 wrote:

Ok, I looked at an example project, and It had two versions of the project, so does that mean that if you want a two player game you have to have multiple versions of the project?.

No, you can combine them if you want but having 2 projects is much simpler.

You can really only do anything with mesh if you have 2 computers.

Even if you can use mesh, it will only support slow moving games. It has a real problem with fast moving games. Here are some ideas of what is possible

pictionary
checkers
chatrooms
simple tag games
Highscore boards

Nothing that has too many variables that update too quickly.

This is sweet. I see how complicated it can get.

Well the problem is, that there is no send variables or broadcast commands. The 2 computers share all their variables and broadcasts. I think that what you are saying is that I should resend the variables if they are not in sync but this is not possible.

If anyone wants I can explain how the game was coded.

Last edited by archmage (2009-05-24 22:39:17)

when importing a project in 1.3.1, the variables from the imported project do not mix with the variables from the original.
please can you ask them to fix this?

Thanks,tcb

PS:I really need this for my scratch OS to work. It's supposed to be able to import new apps so that there can be infinite programs.This won't work if the variables and broadcasts wont mingle

archmage wrote:

Well the problem is, that there is no send variables or broadcast commands. The 2 computers share all their variables and broadcasts. I think that what you are saying is that I should resend the variables if they are not in sync but this is not possible.

If anyone wants I can explain how the game was coded.

Broadcasts are also shared, you just have to type them in on both computers. You can also use the ip 127.0.0.1 and experiment with two scratch sessions communicating - just as if you where using two computers... Could be useful for creating a multiplayer board game.

What if you just create two variables "ball direction" and "ball speed", and a sync of x and y positions say every second? it would require way less network variable updates, and so allow you to create "fast" games. Still experimenting with that though.

Extremly laggy but pretty cool
BTW what is 127.0.0.1?

Last edited by BWOG (2009-05-25 12:27:29)

BWOG wrote:

Extremly laggy but pretty cool
BTW what is 127.0.0.1?

127.0.0.1 is a IP Address. But this is a "special" IP. When your on a computer and have a game and set 127.0.0.1 to the IP Address it sends all the info your sending from that computer to that same exact computer. So if you have 2 Scratch Sessions on the you have the first one broadcast lets say "Move forward" then on the other session it will receive "Move Forward" then do what's under it like move 10 steps forward.

Off Topic: Maybe I could make a game that can control another game. Like set the settings from 1 scratch session to another allowing you to control a game on another computer.. That would be cool...