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#1 2010-01-21 21:36:43
Scratch is Crashing
Hey can anybody help with a technical problem I'm having?
Often when I run larger and more complex programs on Scratch, they crash. This happens unexpectedly when I try to pick up and drag a stack of blocks. Suddenly Scratch will freeze up. It stays frozen and there is nothing I can do about it. When it is frozen I can't control anything in Scratch, and I can't close the window. If I minimize it and then show it again, it will show as a blank white window, and closing it doesn't work, from the task bar or from the real window. It doesn't freeze the whole computer, just Scratch. I have to restart the computer and lose all my progress on the project from when I last saved.
I'm using Scratch 1.4 while running Vista on a 32-bit system with 2.00GB of ram.
I haven't had this problem when using 1.3 ever, but then again, I haven't done many big projects in 1.3. I also don't have this problem when running smaller projects. It seems as if this error occurs when the project reaches a certain limit, because after it crashes once, whenever I try to work on it after that, it crashes every time after I move just a couple blocks.
Does anybody know what is causing this problem? I have been trying to find out but haven't been able to discover the cause of this phenomenon. I think it has something to do with the project size, but I'm not sure. Any help?
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#2 2010-01-22 03:15:52
- MyRedNeptune
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Re: Scratch is Crashing
Hmm... How many variables have you got? I heard there was a certain limit on variables.
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#3 2010-01-22 12:03:39
- Paddle2See
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Re: Scratch is Crashing
I've had some similar issues...particularly when I use the Comment sticky notes anchored to blocks. If I have too many of those, Scratch can't handle it. Unattached sticky notes don't seem to cause a problem.
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#4 2010-07-18 12:17:27
- karatekid1998
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Re: Scratch is Crashing
to close try alt+F4 or open the task manager and close it from there
Last edited by karatekid1998 (2010-07-18 12:20:46)
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#5 2010-07-18 12:25:56
Re: Scratch is Crashing
karatekid1998 wrote:
to close try alt+F4 or open the task manager and close it from there
It's great that you're trying to help, but this topic does seem to be pretty old - I think the user has probably fixed their problem. If you want to help, why not do it in a newer topic?
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#6 2010-07-18 12:35:26
Re: Scratch is Crashing
coolstuff wrote:
karatekid1998 wrote:
to close try alt+F4 or open the task manager and close it from there
It's great that you're trying to help, but this topic does seem to be pretty old - I think the user has probably fixed their problem. If you want to help, why not do it in a newer topic?
It's only a few months old, not like 3 years old.
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#7 2010-07-18 13:04:15
Re: Scratch is Crashing
rdococ wrote:
coolstuff wrote:
karatekid1998 wrote:
to close try alt+F4 or open the task manager and close it from there
It's great that you're trying to help, but this topic does seem to be pretty old - I think the user has probably fixed their problem. If you want to help, why not do it in a newer topic?
It's only a few months old, not like 3 years old.
It's half a year old 
I still consider that old 
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