Scratch

gershmer · 2010-03-20 17:22:03

(Note so far, all I can do is modify images)

1. Download http://scratch.mit.edu/static/misc/ScratchApplet.jar to a folder where you can find it.
2. Rename it to "ScratchApplet.zip" (no quotes)
3. Extract ScratchApplet.zip into a folder (easier to handle this way)
4. Go to the folder "skin" within the folder "ScratchApplet" (or the archive "ScratchApplet.zip")
5. There are some image resources that the ScratchApplet uses. You can edit those.
6. Zip back up the ScratchApplet folder, if you did step 3. The rezipped archive should be identical to the original, except for the images.
7. Rename the archive to ScratchApplet.jar, if you did step 6.
8. Use this thread to embed ScratchApplet and a test project, except use your ScratchApplet instead of the one linked to in the thread.

I have done this myself, so it should work..

If you are too lazy to do this yourself: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=32542

Last edited by gershmer (2010-03-20 19:55:37)

gershmer · 2010-03-20 18:06:05

Bump. C'mon people this is actually cool.

nXIII · 2010-03-20 18:26:53

Cool! I haven't tried yet, but it sounds promising. Keep working! smile

gershmer · 2010-03-20 18:28:05

nXIII wrote:
Cool! I haven't tried yet, but it sounds promising. Keep working!

Yeah. I have decompiled the jar into raw .java files so I can see the source code.

First step:
change the font

gershmer · 2010-03-20 18:56:37

OK. I have done it.
Check it out @ http://www2.gershmer.net/comicsanstest/ (my computer must be on)

It should show up in Comic Sans MS rather than Arial Unicode MS

Tell me what you see

Note:
It requires both ScratchApplet.jar AND ScratchApplet.class to be in the directory, even though it only references ScratchApplet.jar in the HTML source code of the page, and the file I changed was AskPrompter.class, not ScratchApplet.class

Anyway. ENJOY

gershmer · 2010-03-20 18:59:00

I have to ask, though. Does anyone want a tutorial to change the class files (compiled source files found in the .jar)

shadow_7283 · 2010-03-20 19:01:20

Pretty cool! It would be awesome if you could resize the scratch applet for bigger images.... (Hint, hint)

gershmer · 2010-03-20 19:03:28

shadow_7283 wrote:
Pretty cool! It would be awesome if you could resize the scratch applet for bigger images.... (Hint, hint)

Are you asking me to examine the source and do that?

shadow_7283 · 2010-03-20 19:13:33

gershmer wrote:
shadow_7283 wrote:
Pretty cool! It would be awesome if you could resize the scratch applet for bigger images.... (Hint, hint)
Are you asking me to examine the source and do that?

Yes please!

gershmer · 2010-03-20 19:21:34

shadow_7283 wrote:
gershmer wrote:
shadow_7283 wrote:
Pretty cool! It would be awesome if you could resize the scratch applet for bigger images.... (Hint, hint)
Are you asking me to examine the source and do that?
Yes please!

I'm working on it.

So far, it's not working.

shadow_7283 · 2010-03-20 19:29:10

gershmer wrote:
shadow_7283 wrote:
gershmer wrote:

Are you asking me to examine the source and do that?
Yes please!
I'm working on it.

So far, it's not working.

Shame...

gershmer · 2010-03-20 19:44:15

shadow_7283 wrote:
gershmer wrote:
shadow_7283 wrote:
Yes please!
I'm working on it.

So far, it's not working.
Shame...

Yeah.

But what do you see @ http://www2.gershmer.net/large/

It should be a larger ScratchApplet with a "pink" green flag.

Last edited by gershmer (2010-03-20 19:45:17)

gershmer · 2010-03-20 19:54:47

I am doing requests:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=32542

gershmer · 2010-03-23 17:17:58

B. U. M. P.

markyparky56 · 2010-03-25 05:27:00

I never thought of this... does this mean that we could, theroeticaly... have out own loading bars?

gershmer · 2010-03-25 15:02:08

markyparky56 wrote:
I never thought of this... does this mean that we could, theroeticaly... have out own loading bars?

Yes. But the loading bar is in the Java src, not the images... but... yeah.

I can change the text, and if I poke around more, change the loader bar.

gershmer · 2010-03-25 19:51:31

OK. I changed the text.

http://gershmer.net/LoaderTest

shadow_7283 · 2010-03-25 19:59:40

gershmer wrote:
OK. I changed the text.

http://gershmer.net/LoaderTest

VERY cool! Can you change the loading bar (color, size, etc.)?

fg123 · 2010-03-25 20:01:42

Nice! For the /large/ file. The applet frame is large, but the contents are still the same. hmm

billyedward · 2010-03-26 00:12:43

gershmer wrote:
markyparky56 wrote:
I never thought of this... does this mean that we could, theroeticaly... have out own loading bars?
Yes. But the loading bar is in the Java src, not the images... but... yeah.

I can change the text, and if I poke around more, change the loader bar.

The initial loader bar, which not all of us see, is indeed Java source.
However, the blue one is part of the scratch player.

markyparky56 · 2010-03-26 08:47:23

How did you change the loader bar?

All I get when I try to look at the Class Files is gobbaldeygook.

gershmer · 2010-03-26 14:58:07

billyedward wrote:
gershmer wrote:
markyparky56 wrote:
I never thought of this... does this mean that we could, theroeticaly... have out own loading bars?
Yes. But the loading bar is in the Java src, not the images... but... yeah.

I can change the text, and if I poke around more, change the loader bar.
The initial loader bar, which not all of us see, is indeed Java source.
However, the blue one is part of the scratch player.

Oh. lolz. I meant the source code of the applet, not the source of Java.

gershmer · 2010-03-26 15:05:07

markyparky56 wrote:
How did you change the loader bar?

All I get when I try to look at the Class Files is gobbaldeygook.

You need a java decompiler.

The best one costs money, which I am using the free trial of.

There are free alternatives that I will move to when my trial runs out (I get 10 uses, and I always have to close the app sad )

When I find a good way that's as easy as possible, and I finish http://gershmer.net/large/ , then a full tutorial will be released, with images of how I did it.

waveOSBeta · 2010-03-26 15:16:07

JEdit Lite is pretty good.

gershmer · 2010-03-26 15:40:25

waveOSBeta wrote:
JEdit Lite is pretty good.

I'll take a look.

Scratch

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