Add the Backpack to the Offline Editor

stampcollector

A nice new feature of Scratch 2.0 is the new backpack. But on the Offline Editor, you cannot get the backpack. This is bad because if you were now trying out the Offline Editor, you would have some problems since you were used to the backpack. So, how about we see if Scratch can update the Offline Editor and get their things from one project to the other project.

stampcollector

stampcollector wrote:
A nice new feature of Scratch 2.0 is the new backpack. But on the Offline Editor, you cannot get the backpack. This is bad because if you were now trying out the Offline Editor, you would have some problems since you were used to the backpack. So, how about we see if Scratch can update the Offline Editor and get their things from one project to the other project.

joshuaho

I sooo SUPPORT!!

Mozzi64

joshuaho wrote:
I sooo SUPPORT!!

Mozzi64

Ah, I love quoting other peoples posts and adding nothing because they took the words right outta my mouth.

MCAnimator3D

There wouldn't be a point of calling it the “offline” editor because the backpack requires an internet connection. Unless you're using it to transfer sounds/costumes to another sprite, there isn't really a reason to implement the backpack…

stampcollector

MCAnimator3D wrote:
There wouldn't be a point of calling it the “offline” editor because the backpack requires an internet connection. Unless you're using it to transfer sounds/costumes to another sprite, there isn't really a reason to implement the backpack…

But still people need to transfer those things.

lucs100

MCAnimator3D wrote:
There wouldn't be a point of calling it the “offline” editor because the backpack requires an internet connection. Unless you're using it to transfer sounds/costumes to another sprite, there isn't really a reason to implement the backpack…

Exactly!

stampcollector

lucs100 wrote:
MCAnimator3D wrote:
There wouldn't be a point of calling it the “offline” editor because the backpack requires an internet connection. Unless you're using it to transfer sounds/costumes to another sprite, there isn't really a reason to implement the backpack…

Exactly!

Yes but maybe Scratch should make an online editor.

ProdigyZeta7

stampcollector wrote:
Yes but maybe Scratch should make an online editor.

Uhhh…You mean this one?

I support, but the only way this would work is if it kept separate sprites/scripts/sounds than the online backpack.

Last edited by ProdigyZeta7 (Dec. 20, 2013 22:13:20)

KittensAC

Does anyone know how to add things to backpack?? just asking cause im new

Last edited by Paddle2See (Aug. 26, 2022 23:44:42)

RoboTax

I will be teaching a Scratch programming class at school but after normal school hours. No network support will be available so we need to use the offline version of Scratch. We have no need to have the same backpack as the online version. I would imagine there are many poorer schools that will prefer the offline version due to low speed or intermittent internet service. Costumes, sprites, and sounds could be shared between projects by exporting and importing but that is more complex and less intuitive than a backpack. There is no way without a backpack to copy a code snippet from one project into another project. As far as I know you can't even copy a snippet within a project. Copying code is very common. I would really like to see the backpack implemented for the offline editor.

Manofpopcorn

I agree! It would be so useful!

kptzx

I've been exclusively using the offline editor and I just “wrote” a little bit of code that I want to use in another program. Then it occurred to me, “I bet that's what that ”backpack“ thingy is for! ”. So yep I support this suggestion

seanbobe

and exactly how does it access the backpack without internet

stampcollector wrote:
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Yes but maybe Scratch should make an online editor.

will you get insulted if i ask which version of scratch you are using?

FalconGunner99

I think this isn't really the best idea… no support.

If you want an offline ‘backpack’, then you should just make a folder to store sprites, scripts, and costumes in, and then use the import/export functions.

The only thing an offline backpack could do would be transfer stuff between projects, you couldn't directly take stuff from online projects anyways.

Would I support access to our online backpack from the offline editor when we have an internet connection? Sure. But then we'd have to log in through the offline editor and it gets really complicated and we'd probably be better off just exporting things.

cwrivera99

There's two ways that a backpack could be implemented in the offline editor-

Online Syncing Backpack- This backpack syncs with the user's online editor backpack (when the user logs into the editor with their username and password). Changes made in the online editor show up in the offline editor, and the offline editor can make changes to the backpack when an internet connection is available. All backpack items are saved by the offline editor on the computer so that these items can be later retrieved without an internet connection. (When no network is available, the backpack can only be read and copied, not changed.)

Separate Offline Backpack- This backpack is separate from the online backpack. The data is not synced with a user's online editor backpack, but can be edited and changed without an internet connection since the data does not need to by synced with an online server. (An option for this backpack type is to have the option to import and export items from a user's online backpack.)

Either way, I support.

Last edited by cwrivera99 (March 30, 2015 00:12:40)

NoMod-Programming

MCAnimator3D wrote:
There wouldn't be a point of calling it the “offline” editor because the backpack requires an internet connection. Unless you're using it to transfer sounds/costumes to another sprite, there isn't really a reason to implement the backpack…

No support because of this ^^^

Pot-of-Gold

cwrivera99 wrote:
There's two ways that a backpack could be implemented in the offline editor-

Online Syncing Backpack- This backpack syncs with the user's online editor backpack (when the user logs into the editor with their username and password). Changes made in the online editor show up in the offline editor, and the offline editor can make changes to the backpack when an internet connection is available. All backpack items are saved by the offline editor on the computer so that these items can be later retrieved without an internet connection. (When no network is available, the backpack can only be read and copied, not changed.)

Separate Offline Backpack- This backpack is separate from the online backpack. The data is not synced with a user's online editor backpack, but can be edited and changed without an internet connection since the data does not need to by synced with an online server. (An option for this backpack type is to have the option to import and export items from a user's online backpack.)

Either way, I support.

Blank1234

what i wanted for a long time

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