Scratch

How to make Mesh available:
• The easy way: Get Build Your Own Blocks, and you can use Mesh without the hack.
• The hard way: You 'hack' Scratch to get Mesh. Here's how:

1. Shift-click the R in Scratch (look at the upper-left corner of the Scratch program)


2. Select turn fill screen off.
3. You will see a white area at the bottom of the program. Click on it.
4. Select open.
5. Select browser.
6. Go to: Scratch-UI-Panes - ScratchFrameMorph - menu/button actions - addServerCommandsTo:.


7. Change t2 ← true. to t2 ← false..


8. Right-click on the 'green screen' and select Accept. It'll ask you to type your initials. Do whatever, and click Accept.
9. Exit the browser.
Done!

To host mesh:
• Right-click on Share, and select Host Mesh.
Done! It'll show you your IP address (you'll see why in a bit).

To join mesh:
• Right-click on Share, and select Join Mesh.
• Enter in the IP address of the computer you want to mesh with.
Done!

Any questions?

Last edited by Jonathanpb (2010-02-08 04:55:49)

what's mesh? I'm obviously the newbie here...

CharlieAZ wrote:

Okay...this is helpful, but I heard that your comps have to be in a network to connect properly.  They aren't connected, so how do I connect them?

To host mesh:
• Right-click on Share, and select Host Mesh.
Done! It'll show you your IP address (you'll see why in a bit).

To join mesh:
• Right-click on Share, and select Join Mesh.
• Enter in the IP address of the computer you want to mesh with.
Done!

Any questions?

EDIT: Both computers should have an internet connection.

Last edited by Jonathanpb (2010-02-11 00:04:17)

CharlieAZ wrote:

Okay...this is helpful, but I heard that your comps have to be in a network to connect properly.  They aren't connected, so how do I connect them?

If both computers are connected to the internet, then they are somewhat are connected, but they aren't sending data to each other, they're just connected, but when you do what Jonathanpb then both computers are listening, but not receiving info, when you broadcast something, then they have received the "command"/data to do something, and if you have a [When I Receive |Broadcast|] then there you go.