I don't know if it should be stickied but it should be an ITopic. Nice tutorial!

Invisible_Factory wrote:

I don't know if it should be stickied but it should be an ITopic. Nice tutorial!

There's not really much point, as the whole “double-click the green flag” glitch is just a myth and actually the result of poor coding. It is helpful if the scratcher doesn't know how to fix their program, but it's better for them to find the problem and fix it as they should learn more about coding and bug-fixing.

The way I fix that problem is have a broadcast hat replacing all gf clicked? blocks and only one remaining, which sets all variables, and broadcasts to everything else.

For my game, which is extremely packed and complex (which is probably why), you become a warrior once you are born. How I fixed this: for the cat who announces the ceremony, I added this script:

when green flag clicked
stop [other scripts in sprite v]
wait (1) secs
stop [other scripts in sprite v]
broadcast [Now we start v]

When he receives the broadcast, he doesn't announce the ceremony and does what he should be doing. It seems to work for me.

This is a great tutorial.

I have a problem with this i am only starting scratch and i was wondering if you could help me with my green flag problem im not sure what it is
https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/99882624/

Petertheb wrote:

I have a problem with this i am only starting scratch and i was wondering if you could help me with my green flag problem im not sure what it is
https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/99882624/

You should start your own topic. The New Topic button is at the top of the forum page.

I always thought that the double-click thing was weird.

I tried fixing it like that but it won't work. I think it's got to do something with my intro

when green flag clicked
repeat (whatever)
    
next costume
end
forever
    
switch costume to [something v]
repeat (whatever)
    
next costume
end

end

which makes the intro go on forever but I have this script below to stop it (kinda)

when green flag clicked
wait (intro) secs
repeat (10)
change [ghost v] effect by (10)
    
end

I think it's because It's technically still going I have to double click the flag

@smallperm

That is helpful!

when green flag clicked

forever
    
if <[Zparx] = [awesome ]> then
say [Yay!] for (2) secs
    
end

end

Another thing to take away having to click the green flag twice is to have ONE green flag clicked block

when green flag clicked

But that is much harder to program around rather than just putting in a few wait blocks.

Or with this example, wait until.

I wish everyone who creates games where you have to click the green flag could see this. It helped a lot.

<[this v] = [amazing v
<set [Helped v] to [999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999]>
(distance to [amazingness]=[0 v]>

I have a title screen but, it works differently. It waits 7.5 secs to play a theme then goes into the game. How would I fix this “Double-click Flag” thing then?

retrocity5 wrote:

I have a title screen but, it works differently. It waits 7.5 secs to play a theme then goes into the game. How would I fix this “Double-click Flag” thing then?

I would have to see how your game is set up, but if you're experiencing this issue, I would recommend putting your “set variable to” block before the waiting period.

If you could leave a link to the project here, I could take a look at it for you and work out a better solution.

Thanks for this information! I needed it for my “Dodge the Watermelons” game. This was very useful!

Thanks so much, you really helped my projects!

Thanks, Zparx! Personally, I don't have this problem, but it is extremely useful for scratchers that do it this way. I basically do it like this, if it were to be activated with the space bar:

Intro Sprite:

When green flag clicked
intro part here
broadcast [start]
hide

Title Screen Sprite:

When green flag clicked
hide
go to x: [0] y: [0]
When I receive [start]
show
wait until <key [space] pressed?>
title screen disappearance script
continue project

It's been months and this topic hasn't been stickied yet. What is going on?

I honestly think this would be a useful method to use. I would mostly prefer this:

when green flag clicked
set [start? v] to [0]
wait until <(start) = [1]>
...

when [space v] key pressed
set [start v] to [1]

I agree that this should be stickied, even though nothing has happened yet. This would be useful to a lot of users in the future.

Yes, but too many sticky topics just means the first page of the forum gets full of those rather than actual topics requiring help. Better to have something like this in the wiki.