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mcl33 · 2010-01-08 18:07:01

Hi Anyone:
I want to make a geography slideshow of the places in Antarctica and have the names of different places mark the correct location. Each time I click the next button, I want a new name to appear and the old names to stay.

I tried to make background #1 with one place name. Then I copy that background, make a background #2 and add the second name. However, the text tool doesn't create a second text box so I can't make a second, different place name.

I tried to make the different place names as different sprites but I couldn't figure out how to have one background with a next button to make new sprites come out.

Does anyone know a project that already did this that I can learn from? Or any suggestions? Sorry if my questions seem really basic.

Thank you!

Wolfie1996 · 2010-01-08 18:44:17

Make all of the text seperate sprites. Then, create a list titled "Placenames" or something. Write in as many different items as you have placename sprites. Then create this script on the next button:

<when green flag clicked>
<Add (first broadcast) to "placenames">
<Add (second broadcast) to "placenames"
etc...

<when[ next ]clicked>
<broadcast[ item 1 of "Placenames"
[delete[ item 1 of "Placenames"

Then on each of the text sprites:

<when green flag clicked>
<hide>

<when I receive[ (one of the items in the list)]>
<show>

TIP: if you want the placenames to come in a certain order, make sure the first one to appear has the first item as the broadcast. To make them disappear, add an extra item to the list, then have:

<when I receive[ (last item of list)]>
<hide>

I hope that this helps big_smile

Paddle2See · 2010-01-08 18:52:58

One way that I deal with the "only one text string" per sprite problem, is to make the first costume with the text on it. Then, I right click on the screen and use the "grab area of the screen to make a new sprite" feature. So I make a new sprite with the text built into the costume, steal the costume for my original sprite and throw away the new one. Then, I place more text on the costume and keep building new sprites with new text built into them.

I hope that wasn't too unclear...

BWOG · 2010-01-08 20:29:11

Paddle2See wrote:
One way that I deal with the "only one text string" per sprite problem, is to make the first costume with the text on it. Then, I right click on the screen and use the "grab area of the screen to make a new sprite" feature. So I make a new sprite with the text built into the costume, steal the costume for my original sprite and throw away the new one. Then, I place more text on the costume and keep building new sprites with new text built into them.

I hope that wasn't too unclear...

Well I got lost after the "So I make a new sprite with the text..." section.

Jonathanpb · 2010-01-09 01:33:59

BWOG wrote:
Paddle2See wrote:
One way that I deal with the "only one text string" per sprite problem, is to make the first costume with the text on it. Then, I right click on the screen and use the "grab area of the screen to make a new sprite" feature. So I make a new sprite with the text built into the costume, steal the costume for my original sprite and throw away the new one. Then, I place more text on the costume and keep building new sprites with new text built into them.

I hope that wasn't too unclear...
Well I got lost after the "So I make a new sprite with the text..." section.

Right-click on the screen area, where you can select that feature. Drag the area you want to use for a costume/background.

gettysburg11 · 2010-01-09 09:06:53

What I did in most of my slideshows is I inserted a bunch of different pictures off Google Images or pictures from my computer into Scratch as backgrounds, then typed the name of the picture up top. There are a few ways you can cycle through the slideshows. You can 1. Say when space key pressed, switch to next background. 2. You can put it on a time thing, like every (#) seconds, switch to next background. 3. You can put in a menu where you say press x key to go to this background, y key to go to this background, and so on.
These are the projects I was referencing in those methods, in the order the methods were listed.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/gettysburg11/306835
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/gettysburg11/545641
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/gettysburg11/767800
Happy Scratching!

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#1 2010-01-08 18:07:01

Um...I am new...want to make a geography slideshow

#2 2010-01-08 18:44:17

Re: Um...I am new...want to make a geography slideshow

#3 2010-01-08 18:52:58

Re: Um...I am new...want to make a geography slideshow

#4 2010-01-08 20:29:11

Re: Um...I am new...want to make a geography slideshow

Paddle2See wrote:

#5 2010-01-09 01:33:59

Re: Um...I am new...want to make a geography slideshow

BWOG wrote:

Paddle2See wrote:

#6 2010-01-09 09:06:53

Re: Um...I am new...want to make a geography slideshow

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