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Okay, I think I solved it. I uploaded my updated version here but if you're interested in scripting yourself here's just the description of what I did:


Added a transparent sprite that you pass about midway through all tracks and a variable that detects if you've made it there or not. When you pass the finish line, it knows you're done and that it's time to switch because the variable I made tells it that you've made it to the checkpoint and back to the finish line (So it doesn't say the time repeatedly at the beginning too). So once you finish a race, it resets the variable that tracks if you've made it to the check point, since you haven't made it there this time around yet

Also made the grass have to wait a second after lowering your speed and making a noise, because it got really spastic without a wait

That makes sense too 

I think three laps a track is a good idea. Another thing you could do is maybe record all of the times with a list, using the green "join" block to combine a variable that keeps track of the track number with what the timer says. So you'd set the variable to "Track (#):" or something depending on which it was on, and it'd add "Track 1: 36" to the list if you took 36 seconds on track one!

Though that might look a little bulky on the screen, I guess

Hi! Welcome to Scratch!    Here's the way I would do it (assume the finish line is yellow):

Script for Car

when gf clicked
forever if (touching color [Yellow] ?)
broadcast [Next Track v]
end

When I receive [Next Track v]
switch to background [Next Track v]

Last edited by shivadas (2013-03-30 21:47:22)