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I've figured out most of clicking... I tested by drawing a bush with berries then adding the following scripts:

When Sprite 1 clicked
Play sound Pop
Say "A blueberry bush!" for 2 secs
Ask "Take blueberries?" and wait

It works so far. Adding more now... Any help is appreciated.

DewleafWolf wrote:

I've figured out most of clicking... I tested by drawing a bush with berries then adding the following scripts:

When Sprite 1 clicked
Play sound Pop
Say "A blueberry bush!" for 2 secs
Ask "Take blueberries?" and wait

It works so far. Adding more now... Any help is appreciated.

Well, if you want a choice, use this:

yes:

ask
<if>  <( answer <=> yes  )>
take blue berries

no:

ask
<if> <( answer <=> no  )>
don't take blue berries


Hope it helps! It feels good to help a fellow Scratcher who is stuck in a rut. 

Last edited by GarSkutherGirl (2011-04-21 18:47:53)

DewleafWolf wrote:

I figured that out, but thanks anyway! I've basically gotten it down, but I still would like to know how to make something drag across the screen instead of jumping from place to place. Oh yeah, and I want to know how I could make an inventory... Everytime you acquire a new object (Bowl of water, berries, a log, etc.) it should go into your inventory. I would like it to be a line across the bottom, click on it and a panel expands to show your current inventory items. That, and how do I drag things with the mouse? If I want to move the object from my inventory, how to I drag it?

So my next three projects:

1. Inventory
2. Dragging
3. Health/Thirst bars

Health and thirst bars, for the time being, are two differently colored gradient bars that should deplete unless you eat or drink water to refill it. Currently, I am making it go:

Wait 1 sec
Switch to "costume 2"
Wait 1 sec
Switch to "costume 3"

To make it go down slowly, each costume is a bit gone in the bar. When you consume something, you will gain more. I need to know how to make the food, water and bars all work together interactively... Thanks for any help again!

Oh! You need help with dragging? I can't remember the script, but go to Scratch sprites, and click on Draggable in the Objects folder. The script should be there.

I need help with HP bars and inventory as well, so I can't really help you there. 

Last edited by GarSkutherGirl (2011-04-22 07:14:11)

DewleafWolf wrote:

I know right? They are the most common things for games! LOL. I solved my dragging problem by just making it glide... If I ever need the object to actually be dragged by the mouse to go anywhere, I'll have to do something different, probably what you said!

I decided to drop the inventory thing. I'll still look around on how to do it, but I've decided that the first Survival game will be the beta stage; the idea form; and then I will remake it to have an inventory, more complicated scripts, etc.!

As for the hunger and thirst bars, I'm keeping them, but if I can't figure out how to make them go up as you eat things, I will probably drop them as well and just make it a search.

BUT since staying alive is the only challenge in the game, there's a 99.9% chance I will keep them. 

Try using variable sliders. It might work. Lemme try it out. I'll set a shout if it does. 

LOL, wow, I just saw your post before me! I guess great minds think alike. [/cheesy moment]

I tried it and it does work... Hope it works for you! I'll post a pic of what the scripts look like:

http://i51.tinypic.com/30ll7uv.png

Well, it said I can't post pics so try that link...

Dragging scripts:
a) just click the little padlock by the icon of your sprite (the little picture above your script)

b)
<when[ SPRITE ]clicked>
<repeat until><<  <not> <mouse down?> >>
<go to[ Mouse Pointer]>
<end>

I always use this.  It may be less convenient, but it is more adaptable than using the built-in drag-n-drop.

Last edited by MoreGamesNow (2011-04-22 16:26:35)

Ah, I need help with this now... I have a fly sprite and lizard sprite. I used MoreGamesNow's drag-and-drop code on the fly so that you can move it around. I want it to be: drag the fly to the lizard, fly disappears as if lizard ate it. My original idea was that when the fly is dragged a certain distance away from the lizard, he would change costume from normal to tongue-sticking-out costume 2. Then when the fly sprite detects itself to be touching the pink color on the tongue, it would hide, making it look like the lizard eats the fly. However, I'm having tons of trouble getting it to disappear when touching the pink... I figured it's only because it's in the editing stage; when I post the project it may work... But I decided to just try the easier way instead. Sprite9 is fly, Sprite10 is lizard.

Here's the script I'm using:

[blocks] <when[ Sprite9 ]clicked>
<repeat until> <<  <not>  >> <mouse down?>
<go to[ mouse pointer
<if><touching[ Sprite10
<hide>
<end>[/blocks]

What's wrong there? By the way, the lizard has no scripts, just the fly.

Thanks again for any help!

For the inventory:  Under the variables tab, there is a button that says "create new list."  Press it, name the list "inventory."  Whenever an item is added to the inventory, add a block that says (Add "item" to list "inventory"). 

Here's the more complicated part.  Every item in a list will have a location associated with it (a number).  The (Add to list) block automatically creates a new location at the end of the list.  When we want to take something out of the list, we first have to determine what the item's location is.  So, now create a variable (also under the variables tab) called "scan."  When you want to remove an item named "berry" from the list, this is how the script will work.  Let's say that the "r" key is used to remove from inventory. 

When key r pressed
     Ask "What item do you want to remove?"
     Set (scan) to 0
     Repeat until (item (scan) of list (inventory) = answer (under sensing tab)) or (scan = (length of list (inventory) + 1))
          Change (scan) by 1
     If scan = (length of list (inventory) + 1)
          Say "This item is not in your inventory."
     Else
          Delete item (scan) of inventory

Last edited by amcerbu (2011-04-22 23:27:44)

Spiro0 wrote:

Wow DewLeafWolf, that sounds complicated. When you're done, could you put it somewhere I could play it? Please? 

I'm pretty sure that's his plan.

Lol, I would not leave something like this dusting in virtual folders.

Spiro0 wrote:

Hey, wait! I'm not a "new Scratcher". I just got my Internet connection yesterday. I've been working with Scratch for a year now! 

it's account-age related.

@ soupoftomato: Hmm, I didn't know that!    Thanks a lot! I will have to try that! By the way, you said "his" when referring to my project... I'm a girl. 

@ amcerbu: Very detailed, thanks a bunch! I will be sure to thank all of you when I post it...

@ Spiro0: I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds the game complicated-sounding! But it's my first Scratch project, so I can't really tell if it is or not.    At least it is for me, but I'm new. Anyway, I will be sure to post here and message you when I finish it. The entire project will last a couple days to work on, though I've done basically a quarter of it already.

Alright, so I've figured out dragging, inventory and the hunger/thirst bars. Those were my three recent goals... Next I am working on one big thing, once I've finished the first scene:

1. Multiple scenes/places

It takes place in a field on the island. You should be able to navigate from the open field to the beach and then to the rest of the island; the huge forest. How could I do this? Can I make multiple stages besides the background: "stage"? I reckon not, so if any of you could tell me how to do it, I would have almost all info I need to complete it! (For now, of course; I will have more questions in the future, no doubt!)

By the way, I still need an answer for my post about the fly/lizard thing. That's a small question of mine unanswered... Anyway, thanks guys, again! 

[blocks] <when green flag clicked>

<forever>

<if> <key[ left arrow ]pressed?>

<change y by( 5) and repeat for right. <y position> is up and down and <x position> is left and right.