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#1 2011-01-17 18:39:04

tonka99
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Can you make multiplayer with the same computer

I tried but it only lets move 1 player at a time. Please Help!

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#2 2011-01-17 19:40:24

BoltBait
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Re: Can you make multiplayer with the same computer

Here is a project I wrote that is multiplayer with only one computer:

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/BoltBait/513961

Enjoy.

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#3 2011-01-17 19:42:32

Kileymeister
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Re: Can you make multiplayer with the same computer

BoltBait wrote:

Here is a project I wrote that is multiplayer with only one computer:

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/BoltBait/513961

Enjoy.

I think they meant "can you make a multiplayer game (for multiple computers) using one computer.

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#4 2011-01-18 16:05:13

Lar-Rew
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Re: Can you make multiplayer with the same computer

You can't (as far as I know) send messages to multiple computers without a mod.  For having two or more people interact on the same computer, each one needs a different control interface (for example, up/left/right/down for one player, and WASD for the other).

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#5 2011-01-18 16:38:35

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Re: Can you make multiplayer with the same computer

Lar-Rew wrote:

You can't (as far as I know) send messages to multiple computers without a mod.  For having two or more people interact on the same computer, each one needs a different control interface (for example, up/left/right/down for one player, and WASD for the other).

Actually, Mesh (what some Scratch Modifications use to communicate with other computers), is available by gaining access to the source code of Scratch and changing some code. It's actually quite simple, see Mesh on the Scratch Wiki.

Note that it only works over a LAN (Local Area Network), which means that you can connect to computers within the same building (that's usually, but not always, what constitutes a LAN). However you can create a LAN over two computers using certain programs, such as Hamachi, which is free.

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#6 2011-01-18 21:56:13

Harakou
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Registered: 2009-10-11
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Re: Can you make multiplayer with the same computer

WeirdF wrote:

Lar-Rew wrote:

You can't (as far as I know) send messages to multiple computers without a mod.  For having two or more people interact on the same computer, each one needs a different control interface (for example, up/left/right/down for one player, and WASD for the other).

Actually, Mesh (what some Scratch Modifications use to communicate with other computers), is available by gaining access to the source code of Scratch and changing some code. It's actually quite simple, see Mesh on the Scratch Wiki.

Note that it only works over a LAN (Local Area Network), which means that you can connect to computers within the same building (that's usually, but not always, what constitutes a LAN). However you can create a LAN over two computers using certain programs, such as Hamachi, which is free.

I think that counts as a mod, since you're modifying Scratch.


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#7 2011-01-19 08:47:44

Lar-Rew
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Re: Can you make multiplayer with the same computer

Harakou wrote:

WeirdF wrote:

Lar-Rew wrote:

You can't (as far as I know) send messages to multiple computers without a mod.  For having two or more people interact on the same computer, each one needs a different control interface (for example, up/left/right/down for one player, and WASD for the other).

Actually, Mesh (what some Scratch Modifications use to communicate with other computers), is available by gaining access to the source code of Scratch and changing some code. It's actually quite simple, see Mesh on the Scratch Wiki.

Note that it only works over a LAN (Local Area Network), which means that you can connect to computers within the same building (that's usually, but not always, what constitutes a LAN). However you can create a LAN over two computers using certain programs, such as Hamachi, which is free.

I think that counts as a mod, since you're modifying Scratch.

Yeah, I would count that as a mod.

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#8 2011-01-19 13:57:23

WeirdF
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Re: Can you make multiplayer with the same computer

Lar-Rew wrote:

Harakou wrote:

WeirdF wrote:


Actually, Mesh (what some Scratch Modifications use to communicate with other computers), is available by gaining access to the source code of Scratch and changing some code. It's actually quite simple, see Mesh on the Scratch Wiki.

Note that it only works over a LAN (Local Area Network), which means that you can connect to computers within the same building (that's usually, but not always, what constitutes a LAN). However you can create a LAN over two computers using certain programs, such as Hamachi, which is free.

I think that counts as a mod, since you're modifying Scratch.

Yeah, I would count that as a mod.

I suppose, I just assumed Lar-Rew was referring to a mod as in a modified version of Scratch, made into a separate version and called something else, like BYOB and Panther and stuff...


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