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#1 2008-01-12 15:05:44
Bigger than stage sprites?
I was just wondering if it would be possible to have an option to make sprites bigger than the stage area. Maybe when you go to paint a new sprite then there could be an option to make the drawing area bigger than the stage area, then there would be no complications with scrolling. Would this be possible,
thanks,
04lukeb
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#2 2008-01-16 15:53:26
Re: Bigger than stage sprites?
there is actually a way to make a sprite larger than the stage. First right-click on your stage and select "grab screen region for new sprite. Then select the entire scratch window (not just the stage, the whole screen) and a new sprite should pop up. Edit the costume and you will see that it is larger than the edit window. Cover the entire picture with a white square (or any other color. It doesn't really matter) so that it becomes blank. You can now draw whatever picture you want on it and press ok and it will be bigger than the stage.
I find this useful for making a top-view scrolling game because you can move around the sprite to use as a background.
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