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Faster block interpretation. Raw Java compiler, Jit Recompiler - ANYTHING.

RHY3756547 wrote:

Faster block interpretation. Raw Java compiler, Jit Recompiler - ANYTHING.

We'll probably be using Flash - both to create and run Scratch projects (since that will solve the pesky problem of Scratch and the website Java player displaying a project in two different ways.)
From what I've seen so far, it's likely to be plenty fast...  but of course Scratch 2.0 is still a ways off. 

When proposing suggestions, keep in mind that it's useful to provide something that demonstrates how your suggestion will look and work. It could be a mockup / image of the feature, or better yet - a Scratch project that demonstrates how it might work.

Lightnin wrote:

Redsoxfan321 wrote:

<clear pen>
<play sound____ backwards>

Backwards sound? That would be cool....

Regarding <Clear pen> - how would that be different from the clear block in the pen palette?

It wouldn't clear the stamps.

A way to make Scratch better is to IMPROVE it, right? But how? Here are some ideas for Scratch 1.5:
Auto-save: Scratch saves your project automatically without closing your project, like in Blogger, Wordpress, or G-Mail. It might be useful for some of you with brothers or sisters, because my little sister closes my projects without saving when I'm not looking.

New Blocks:
For Sound: Effect blocks: One type of effect is "Echo". So if you do something like this:
[blocks]<play sound[Sound Name Here[/blocks]
and then you put the echo block, the sound echos.
Or [blocks]<play note(60  )for( 0.5 )secss>[/blocks]
and then the Echo block, which makes the note echo.
Pedal effects: Good for piano projects where you use the "Play Note" blocks. On a piano you have 3 pedals, right? Here are blocks for 2 pedals on the piano (the other pedal is kind of complicated, I guess)

Damper pedal (the pedal on the right):
Damper Pedal On: Turns on the effect the damper pedal on a real piano has (sustains the notes and lets them linger around for a while)
Damper Pedal Off: Turns off the damper pedal effect.
"Change" Damper Pedal: Turns of the damper pedal effect for maybe about half a second, and then switches it back on (in case all the notes get blurry)

Una Corda (soft) Pedal Effects:
Una Corda On: Turns on the Una Corda pedal effect on (dulls the notes a bit, makes them sound a bit mellower)
Una Corda Off: Turns off the Una corda effect 

Advanced Things:
Sensor Boards: I want to make a multiplayer game in Scratch, so probably a sensor board that detects other people online playing a game would be nice...
Sheet Music Reader: This is a much quicker way of using the play note blocks. You could give a built in sheet music reader on Scratch a pdf file that is sheet music, and it reads it and automatically converts it into the Scratch play note blocks! Isn't that cool?

These are my ideas for Scratch. Please tell me if anything is too advanced for Scratch to hold. (I don't mind as long as the autosave feature is simple enough!)

I don't think Scratch reading sheet music is possible, but it could read and play a MIDI file.

Here are the scripts I'll add.

<repeat until I get tired>
<set{Place}to(where mouse is)>
<change pen color by(clicking the Stage)>
<say[NOOOOOOOOOO!]for(1.68)secs>

Good Ideas?

How about when you import a gif into scratch, it automatically splits the frames up?

elbornavatar wrote:

How about when you import a gif into scratch, it automatically splits the frames up?

It already does!

dz0 wrote:

Proposal: "Favorite blocks (or Briefcase)" pallete/category -- for often used blocks.

when I code (especially when doing some conditional logic),
i have to switch between Controll, Operators, Sensing and Variables too often and it quite disturbs -- its harder to concentrate on what I want to do...

I'd like to have a Briefcase palette -- where I'd put my most often used blocks in one place, so I can take any of them quickly.  With this I could more bravely promote Scratch for algorithm building in school curriculum -- as then it would be really more comfortable than typing (even quite complex expressions...)...

I could do it on program area -- but it takes up the are -- so less is left for program itself and for each sprite I'd need to repeat them (not a good way...)

or could I have at least "hotkeys" possibility like I proposed in http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=130119#p130119

Those are great ideas!!!

boysrule wrote:

X position, y position, and Z position!!!!!!!

3D is not going to be implemented.

Set pen layer to_

instead of music reader how about in the scratch paint there is a ap that enables you to types notes then play them so a could be the key a.