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So...how do you program in mesh?

so, with mesh can a person play the same game on the same project online?  or would they have to have two different projects, so you could play something together, or would you have to have two separate similar projects?

If there are three or more computers connected to a mesh, how do you access the variables for the Scratch instance running on each one? Or can the clients only read the host's variables?

I'm sorry, but Mesh only works offline. I attempted online and epicly failed.

how do you program in mesh    [blocks] <mesh> [/blocks]

Umm... sorry I can't help... (I'm afraid of crashing the computer)

Here is a guide to Mesh.
• When a health bar or something changes, use a broadcast so it receives on all Scratch programs.
So, for example, you got a 2-player bar.
When 1 player sets it to a different value, a broadcast is then sent to do the same on the other player's Scratch program.
• Variables from another Scratch program are handled with a sensor block which does not have A connected option, but has a few motor options like tilt, etc. One of those handle variables from another Scratch program. When a mesh session is started with you, things get slightly different:
    • Broadcasts are sent to all Scratch programs.
    • As above, you can access eachother's variables.
That is pretty much what you need for a chat program in Scratch.

Has this been resolved?
It's been megabumped yesterday, and I honestly even forgot I'd rpelied to this thread... 

Sorry this is a bit off topic, but you can play Mesh over the internet, it's just how your doing it is not working. You need to learn how to port forward. What happens is, a Scratcher 1 [Host] hosts a Mesh on their computer, then gives his IP to Scratcher 2 [Client], then Scratcher 2 types that in and presses connect, doesn't work! Because what happened was he connected to the Router, since the router wasn't listening on ports it told Scratcher 2 that it couldn't connect. So Scratcher 1 port forwards his router to his internal IP. ( 198.256.89.54:42001 [router] --> 10.0.0.54:42001 ) Basically he redirected port 42001 on his router to his computer: Scratcher 2 connects, it works!    ( I'll see about making a tutorial about port forwarding )

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Sorry this is a bit off topic, but you can play Mesh over the internet, it's just how your doing it is not working. You need to learn how to port forward. What happens is, a Scratcher 1 [Host] hosts a Mesh on their computer, then gives his IP to Scratcher 2 [Client], then Scratcher 2 types that in and presses connect, doesn't work! Because what happened was he connected to the Router, since the router wasn't listening on ports it told Scratcher 2 that it couldn't connect. So Scratcher 1 port forwards his router to his internal IP. ( 198.256.89.54:42001 [router] --> 10.0.0.54:42001 ) Basically he redirected port 42001 on his router to his computer: Scratcher 2 connects, it works!    ( I'll see about making a tutorial about port forwarding )

Have you made a tutorial? Because whenever I try it fails. Even with a tutorial (I don't think it was a very good one)

It's pretty easy. Scratch's mesh feature does most of this for you. Mesh detects if two people are running the same project, connected using the mesh mod, then broadcasts broadcast to ALL computers "mesh'd" together. So if something happens in one computer, make a broadcast for the event in the project, and say that when the project recieves the broadcast, then it should do _______. Making tutorial soon!