Scratch Workaround Guide VII

musicROCKS013

Also, for the previous costume block, you can (surprisingly) do this:

switch costume to (join [previous costume] [])

King of the Page, no edit.

AIGamesDeveloper

Congrats on the sticky! It looks so wonderful!

TheAnimalKingdom42

Wow, this is awesome! I think everything is explained very thoroughly. Congratulations, and thank you!

_nix

Thanks, AIGamesDeveloper and TheAnimalKingdom42

musicROCKS013 wrote:
Also, for the previous costume block, you can (surprisingly) do this:
switch costume to (join [previous costume] [])

Good catch! I added that as another method. I also added the “delete last of list” method, which works kinda similarly (the same way as “item last/random of list” works too). I don't have “delete random of list” specifically mentioned, but it's probably easy to intuit, and I included it in the demo/backpack project I made for this thread

scratchgodo wrote:
Wow this topic is lagging my tablet

I tried opening the thread on my (not even that old!) phone and it literally couldn't scroll past halfway through. Oops. lol

I don't really know if there's a workaround for that since having a bunch of [scratchblocks] is a little bit totally necessary

I could reserve a post near the top of several successive (but separate) pages of this thread… but that seems like maybe more effort than it's worth ^_^

starhero5697

I know I’m late, but congrats for the sticky!

Sliverus

New sticky mate? Congrats!

SansStudios

A return to the forums! Amazing sticky, great job! Everything is so nicely organized

_nix

SansStudios wrote:
A return to the forums! Amazing sticky, great job! Everything is so nicely organized

Hey, I never went anywhere! I'm just less active from time to time

And thank you ^_^

Last edited by _nix (June 20, 2022 21:46:55)

_3qp

This is nicely organized and formatted, great job!

D-ScratchNinja

I know a workaround for an XOR gate (only 1 of 2 conditions are true = the XOR is true).

<(<some condition :: grey> + <some condition :: grey>) = [1]>

So feel free to add it in.

_nix

D-ScratchNinja wrote:
I know a workaround for an XOR gate (only 1 of 2 conditions are true = the XOR is true).
<(<some condition :: grey> + <some condition :: grey>) = [1]>
So feel free to add it in.

Thank you! I added it (with credits) to the Operators & Sensing post. I also included two other ways to code the “xor” block. I hope having all three methods helps show Scratchers there are several different ways of thinking about booleans, and introduces the idea of thinking about them as more than just “mysterious” true and false values

Edit: Also, thank you, _3qp!

PS: I also edited the very first post to fix the link to Operators & Sensing, which was accidentally linking to the Events & Control post instead, oops lol.

Last edited by _nix (June 25, 2022 01:21:51)

Hotwheels_Fan101

suggestion: (i used block images instead of text blocks)
“right click” menu script (double click menu, can also be used in mobile friendly projects)
scratch doesn't have a when right mouse clicked block, and the workaround doesn't seem to work, so this may help.
first, copy the script below into the stage/desktop

then add this script to the right click menu button. add it to ALL the buttons you have

if you have some backdrops as program windows, or you don't want the menu to appear when a certain backdrop is showing, add this script to the stage instead:

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
to put the script in your backpack, head over to here: https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/579805952/editor
i hope this helps! thank you for reading! (Be sure to read the notes and credits section on the project page to properly credit : )

Last edited by Hotwheels_Fan101 (July 2, 2022 22:05:04)

Hotwheels_Fan101

Suggestion: gifs in scratch
you can't directly run a gif in scratch, but you can use the costumes feature
first, split the gif into frames. i use this website: https://ezgif.com/split
then, upload the frames you want into a new sprite, each as a separate costume.
finally, add this script to the sprite (adapt it to how ever many frames you have)

when green flag clicked
go to front
show
go to x: (0) y: (0)
switch costume to [ 1]
wait (1) secs
switch costume to [ 2]
wait (1) secs

there you go!
to put this script in your backpack, go here: https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/708207926/
i hope this helps! thanks for reading! (make sure to read the notes and credits to credit for this script: )

_nix

Hotwheels_Fan101 wrote:
suggestion: (i used block images instead of text blocks)
“right click” menu script (double click menu, can also be used in mobile friendly projects)

Thank you for sharing! This is a little more complicated than the sort of workaround I'm looking to include in entirety within the guide, but I included it in the Miscellaneous section (and the main list).

I think I would like to make an index of other tutorials (and maybe tutorial studios) so that people can discover all sorts of examples and coding tutorials to learn from (but which aren't really workarounds for individual suggestions per se). If anybody follows this topic and has some ideas, please feel welcomed to share Scratchers, projects, or studios with tutorials that have helped you code with Scratch

I'm not 100% decided on what I think this section should look like or include yet, but I think it could be cool, and I'd like to hear what others want to see! So, to everyone: What kinds of tutorials or demos do you want to be easier to find? If you think it might fit this thread, I'd love it if you shared!

Edit: clarification!

Last edited by _nix (July 2, 2022 23:27:22)

1080GBA

Hotwheels_Fan101 wrote:
Suggestion: gifs in scratch
you can't directly run a gif in scratch, but you can use the costumes feature
first, split the gif into frames. i use this website: https://ezgif.com/split
then, upload the frames you want into a new sprite, each as a separate costume.
finally, add this script to the sprite (adapt it to how ever many frames you have)
when green flag clicked
go to front
show
go to x: (0) y: (0)
switch costume to [ 1]
wait (1) secs
switch costume to [ 2]
wait (1) secs
there you go!
to put this script in your backpack, go here: https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/708207926/
i hope this helps! thanks for reading! (make sure to read the notes and credits to credit for this script: )

just upload the gif you dont need to split it

1080GBA

RL1123 wrote:
Congratulations on the pending sticky, _nix! It seems like you've worked extremely hard on this, I'm glad that we had a great successor to Nezon's sticky and I really like the style of how it's structured.

thats how i would structure the workarounds if i could be the new owner

Last edited by 1080GBA (July 3, 2022 11:54:36)

1080GBA

<(a) is an integer?::operators>

Workaround:

<(a) = (round(a))>

10274837

1080GBA wrote:
<(a) is an integer?::operators>
Workaround:
<(a) = (round(a))>

10274837

AIGamesDeveloper wrote:
Congrats on the sticky! It looks so wonderful!

DinoMaster20

Tiny bit late, but congrats. : )

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