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#1 2008-01-26 16:21:58
- Questie-Rune
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2007-12-29
- Posts: 4
Is there a way i can do this?
Is it possible to make somthing that you can type in a name and it will become the name of your character (Im making a long RPG) instead of pre-made names?
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#3 2008-01-26 16:27:11
- Questie-Rune
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2007-12-29
- Posts: 4
Re: Is there a way i can do this?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's possible, but I don't think I know how! (Phooy)
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#4 2008-01-26 16:55:26
Re: Is there a way i can do this?
You could, but it won't be easy as scratch lacks string variables. So you can't save the name as a word variable. I think it would be simpler to just let the user just from a list of names.
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#6 2008-02-04 11:56:46
- Paddle2See
- Scratch Team
- Registered: 2007-10-27
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Is there a way i can do this?
Chalkmarrow has written an entire text handling system, for short text strings. I don't know how hard it would be to graft it on to your project (maybe too hard) but take a look at this
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/chalkmarrow/81944
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#7 2008-02-04 14:17:40
- chalkmarrow
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2007-05-18
- Posts: 100+
Re: Is there a way i can do this?
Questie-Rune: It shouldn't be to difficult. If you post a test program I can probably add the string sprites to it so you can see how it's done. I was thinking of making a (much) simplified string for that purpose, just because the one I have now has too many crazy features.
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#8 2008-02-04 15:47:29
- chalkmarrow
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2007-05-18
- Posts: 100+
Re: Is there a way i can do this?
Questie-Rune: I made a simple project (the "Main" sprite) that demonstrates how to do it:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/chalkmarrow/93182
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