Scratch

LSTC will be down for a while until I can fix the errors it's been giving me recently.

Welcome to the Little Server That Can. This topic is the official spot for Chat.PY and Bit Art.

Chat.PY 3.0

Project Here

Chat.PY is a chat project that allows you to communicate with friends and other Scratchers all around the world! It is basically a very simple IRC server and client and it's just about as hard/easy to connect as a normal IRC server. With this you can collaborate in real-time without needing to worry about the 60 second rule in the forums. You can also create a room for your collaboration so it doesn't interfere with the main conversation. Making it simple to keep unrelated conversations apart.

Rules:
1. Be nice.
2. No swearing. Period. -- Warn, IP-Ban
3. No chatboms. -- Warn, Mute, IP-Ban
4. Do not ask for personal info (city, address, phone number, school, etc). E-Mail, IM, etc. is fine.
5. Do not harrass others.

Privacy Policy:
I log all errors, sent chat messages (including PMs), IP addresses, etc. I'll only get into the user_messages log (and IPs, etc) if I need to verify harrassment or any problems. And if I read anything, I'll keep all PM conversations to myself. If you want a truly personal conversation, just email each other or use some sort of encryption on chat (or email). 

Chat.PY is a project meant for general chat and conversation. It's also meant as a place to collaborate in real-time rather than posting in the forums with what you've done on your project.

Basic control:
Now that you are connected, just hit the Green Flag, and a message something like "Welcome User## to the official Chat.PY 3.0 server!" (## is a number, usually higher than 1).

It should ask you to type in your name (Scratch name preferably). Once you put in your name, it should ask which room you would like to join. Type 'scratch' for that room. Once you are in, some people might be online, but sometimes no one will be on.

The best way to keep the chat active is to tell your friends about it, so that way we have people on all day and night so any new comers will feel welcome! 

Once you've talked for a while, you may want your collab to chat in a separate place from general chat. Well, thanks to multiple rooms, you can! You can even be in two rooms at once!

To join a room, simply type: /join [room name]. There should be a message saying that you've joined that room (or one saying the the room name is too long, if that's so, choose a shorter name). Once you are in there, you can click the arrows right above your 'Message Box'. In between those arrows, the variable should cange names, allowing you to change which room you plan on sending your next message to. If you feel this is too complicated, you can type /part [room name] to leave a room, and then you will only be sending and receiving messages from a single room.

If you ever accidentally type in a wrong name, you can easily change it by typing in /name [new name]. Making it very simple and quick.

Sometimes there may be a problem (no idea what it could be). If you do ever encounter one, try pressing the green flag and then it should be fixed. If it persists, post it on the forums about it and me or someone else will try to fix it for you.

Whenever there doesn't seem to be anyone online, try checking to see if you've typed in the right channel. If it's correct, type in /list. /list displays everyone who is in that channel. So if only you show up, then you are probably the only one in that room.

Proving your identity:
One of the many problems that I and many others have faced in the past, are imposters. People who take another person's name. The best way to prove that you are really you, is to get an account and logging into it.

You can create an account by typing in: /create [username] and it will respond with your username and password (that is automatically generated for you, for security reasons). Save your password somewhere, if you ever loose it or someone gets your password, I can easily change it (you'll need to comment on one of my projects to ask for a new one) and no harm should be done.

You can login to your account using: /auth [username] [password] and it should say whether you logged in or not.

If you want to see who is logged in as who, type in: /whois [name] and it should say the username and their server_level (how "powerful" they are).

If you ever feel like logging out, you can type: /logout

More Advanced Commands:
So there are more confusing and complicated things on Chat.PY, even though it's made to be as simple as possible, but with as much functionality as I can add.

/list-all shows everyone who is on the server (doesn't say which channel though).
/list-channels shows all the channels on the server.

Bit Art

Project Here

Bit Art is a live version of Molybdenum's 50 Bits  project. But on a larger scale (uses the entire scratch display). With it, you can draw 8-Bit like pictures, not just on your own, but with others as well! You can draw castles/villages or stickmen. Making it simple to draw together with your friends and other Scratchers!

It's extremely simple to use. All you need to do is connect, click the Green Flag, wait for the image to load, then start clicking (and dragging if you want) anywhere on the stage. It's that simple!

Connecting to LSTC

To connect to LSTC, you first need to activate Mesh. The simplest way to do this is by following the guide at the wiki here.

Once you enable Mesh, Shift-Click the 'Share' Menu and select 'Join Mesh'. A dialogue should appear asking what IP address. Type in 'voxinfinitus.net' or '69.164.193.192' (without quotes). If you typed in the domain name, then you are likely to get an error. When it appears, hit 'Proceed' and then click 'Join Mesh' and type in the domain again and it should work.

To verify that you are connected, Shift-Click the 'Share' menu again and if it gives new options, then you are connected. Don't click 'Leave Mesh', otherwise you'll disconnect and you will need to reconnect again. Now that you are connected, hit the Green Flag and you should be able to chat or draw at your leisure.

Yes, both projects use the same IP address to connect.

If you need any help, feel free to ask questions and me or someone else will be glad to help you. 

Once you are connected, please love-it the project that you have tried out and refer all your friends to it! We want a large community of Scratchers and Artists on Chat.PY and Bit Art! 

Last edited by Magnie (2012-10-16 14:22:05)