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Post scripts?

gfchll, does that actually work? You can just type in instructions without coding them?

VALVelover6421 wrote:

gfchll, does that actually work? You can just type in instructions without coding them?

No, it does not (computer's aren't that good yet  ).

When people insert things like that in their blocks (including non-existent blocks, unless it is just a mistake), they're just a place-holder for code that you presumably know (and/or code they do not).

Since VALVelover421 didn't know exactly what x and y position you wanted the main sprite moved to, he just placed the "go to (code placeholder)" block, leaving it up to you to fill in the x and y position.

@MoreGamesNow Thank you, it worked!

VALVelover6421 wrote:

How do I get this to go the other way?
So far, my script looks like this:

when i receive [prevscene]
forever
    if <([x-position v] of [Sprite1 v]) < (-230)>
        change [background v] by [-1]
end

And then this little floating thing:

<(background) = (background #)>
end

(As you can see, my scratchblock format likely doesn't work.)
So, how do I connect these two together to make the script go to the *previous* background whenever the character is at -230 x-position?

I fixed your blocks 

Here is what I would do:

when gf clicked
forever if<([x position v] of [sprite1 v]) < (-230)>
switch to costume ((costume #)-(1))

Since this doesn't guarentee that the sprite location will change before the reiteration of the script (so you might go back two costumes by the time sprite 1 teleports, or you might not go back at all, and the sprite will teleport before the script checks if it is left of -230, this is what I would do:

Main sprite:

when gf clicked
forever
if<(x position) > (230)>
broadcast [next background v]
go to x:(-220) y:(100)
else
if<(x position) < (-230)>
broadcast [previous background v]
go to x:(220) y:(100)
end
end

For the background:

when I receive [next background v]
next costume

when I receive [previous background v]
switch to costume ((costume #) - (1))

Out of curiosity, have you had experience with another programming language (since it seems you tried to assign a value with the equal operator, which is the way many programming languages work; Scratch uses the equal sign solely as a boolean that returns equality, not to assign values).