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#1 2011-04-13 21:06:59

Shin23
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Do some blocks take up more space?

I read this somewhere maybe in the scratch wiki or the forums, but i couldn' find it again. It said that the green flag blocks and some other ones take up more space. I'm making a project with a lot of broadcasting, and I wondered if broadcasting blocks take up a lot of space and will make it slow online. Thanks!


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#2 2011-04-13 21:13:07

Kileymeister
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Re: Do some blocks take up more space?

Not really, broadcasting may take up a bit more space but not too much.

Music and sound blocks are Scratch's worst enemy though, they take up a ton of space.

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#3 2011-04-13 21:17:57

Shin23
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Re: Do some blocks take up more space?

Kileymeister wrote:

Not really, broadcasting may take up a bit more space but not too much.

Music and sound blocks are Scratch's worst enemy though, they take up a ton of space.

Thanks a million!


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#4 2011-04-13 21:18:30

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Re: Do some blocks take up more space?

Don't worry about blocks taking up space. They're just stored as bits of text representing a block, so no single one is going to be larger than any other.


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#5 2011-04-13 22:34:39

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Re: Do some blocks take up more space?

I don't know if some take up more space than others, but if you search scratch in finder,or for windows, the search engine, then right next to your project, it says how much space it takes up.  Also, if you are looking to save space, then you can press edit, then compress sounds and images.  Hope that helps!   smile


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#6 2011-04-14 19:03:43

Shin23
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Re: Do some blocks take up more space?

Thanks everybody!!!!!!


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