BookOwl wrote:

the2000 wrote:

BookOwl wrote:

Full support!

It appears you have not read this sticky.

Not everybody agrees with that…
I said “Full Support!” because I think that this a great idea, and the reasons that I believe that have already been stated, so there is no need for me to copy what they have already said.

That's an interesting question… is having more people wanting/not wanting a suggestion to be implemented more important than listing all the pros and cons?

Sheep_maker wrote:

BookOwl wrote:

the2000 wrote:

BookOwl wrote:

Full support!

It appears you have not read this sticky.

Not everybody agrees with that…
I said “Full Support!” because I think that this a great idea, and the reasons that I believe that have already been stated, so there is no need for me to copy what they have already said.

That's an interesting question… is having more people wanting/not wanting a suggestion to be implemented more important than listing all the pros and cons?

I think that if all the reasons you support/no support have already been listed, a plain support/no support is fine, but if you have any other reasons, mention them.

BookOwl wrote:

Sheep_maker wrote:

BookOwl wrote:

the2000 wrote:

BookOwl wrote:

Full support!

It appears you have not read this sticky.

Not everybody agrees with that…
I said “Full Support!” because I think that this a great idea, and the reasons that I believe that have already been stated, so there is no need for me to copy what they have already said.

That's an interesting question… is having more people wanting/not wanting a suggestion to be implemented more important than listing all the pros and cons?

I think that if all the reasons you support/no support have already been listed, a plain support/no support is fine, but if you have any other reasons, mention them.

^^^ Support [/offtopic]
But it also says not to just say read the sticky.

banana439monkey wrote:

DaSpudLord wrote:

banana439monkey wrote:

No support - use phosphorus.

But phosphorus is really buggy.

It's not.

Its good, but the parts that are buggy are VERY buggy. (I looking at you, variable and list watchers (some people use this to detect it like ie hacks))

the2000 wrote:

1. It isn't hard to make a pause button yourself

It can be difficult to make some blocks pause-able though, for example the glide block (this is technically possible but still) and the music blocks.

2. We can simply pause music by copying the music and cutting it off to the pause

I'd need tons of clips if I wanted to make the music pause-able at any point.

Ninkancho wrote:

Support. Snap! and Phosphorus both have this, making the lack of “official” pausing functionality in the UI a sore oversight. Plus, there are some things that just can't be paused and restarted at will, for example, sounds. Some related sound-pausing blocks and whatnot could be useful too.

3. If other creators have it, what does that mean about Scratch?

It means that nobody has implemented a pause button into Scratch's official editor.

4. Phosphorus is good, but a little buggy. If you NEED to pause a project, just run to phosphorus. Doesn't matter if it's a little buggy.

A “little” bug goes a long way in a lot of projects.. meaning that because Phosphorus is a “little” buggy, many projects don't work with Phosphorus (in part or at all).

storytellergirl2247 wrote:

ZLGames wrote:

No support, you can just use phosphorus.

Also, it wouldn't be too hard to program it yourself.

- ZL

so quote this and use the blocks to build the script of a pause.

It requires a complete project restructure with broadcasts and stops.

please, will you stop fighting? if you have sopourt, comment that! if not, don't!

ZLGames wrote:

No support, you can just use phosphorus.

Also, it wouldn't be too hard to program it yourself.

- ZL

what is phosphorus? I'm guessing your not talking about actual phosphorus

support

storytellergirl2247 wrote:

please, will you stop fighting? if you have sopourt, comment that! if not, don't!

We are simply discussing and trying to figure out why there is no support, or how to do this. Also, people with no support can comment that and explain why. This leads to clearer and better suggestions.

AwesomePerson238243 wrote:

ZLGames wrote:

No support, you can just use phosphorus.

Also, it wouldn't be too hard to program it yourself.

- ZL

what is phosphorus? I'm guessing your not talking about actual phosphorus

Its an amazing scratch viewer that runs scrach projects very fast, in addition to adding a pause button. While some projects recommend you to use it on thier project, it is VERY buggy, which can cause some projects to break. It is located at phosphorus.github.io.

I would like to say that I learned from here it is possible, but very hard to pause music. Also, you need an external editor. So my support is still here.

AwesomePerson238243 wrote:

ZLGames wrote:

No support, you can just use phosphorus.

Also, it wouldn't be too hard to program it yourself.

- ZL

what is phosphorus? I'm guessing your not talking about actual phosphorus

From what I heard of, it is a different program to run Scratch. I hear that it is very buggy.

Anyway, can you clarify about the sound issue?

Support because of this:

helloandgoodbye9 wrote:

Support. For anyone who says there are “easy” workarounds, try pausing music.

Either a pause button should be added to the top bar, or there should be at least these blocks:

pause all sounds ::sound

unpause all sounds ::sound

scratchisthebest wrote:

Support because of this:

helloandgoodbye9 wrote:

Support. For anyone who says there are “easy” workarounds, try pausing music.

Either a pause button should be added to the top bar, or there should be at least these blocks:

pause all sounds ::sound

unpause all sounds ::sound

I now support these blocks, plus a pause button at the top. However, I would like more sound block pauses, such as:

pause sound [epicsoundtrack v] ::stack sound
resume sound [epicsoundtrack v] ::stack sound

Sheep_maker wrote:

Support. I'm assuming that all sounds, blocks that take longer than expected, the timer, and loops pause and resume as if nothing has happened. I'm also assuming that, like stopping a project, event blocks can still be triggered and there's this block:

pause project::cap control

I'm also assuming that using workarounds, it would be possible to automatically unpause a project. I'd expect that clones and graphic effects don't get removed like when the project is stopped.

JonathanSchaffer wrote:

Support.
both the pause/unpause button and

pause program::control

I only semi-support this. What I would like instead would be below:

pause sprite [sprite1 v] :: stack control

resume sprite [sprite1 v] :: stack control

This will pause anything the sprite is doing. As the creator of the project will put this in, they are responsible for making it compatible with everything. Perhaps also add this block to make it easier to resume.

when sprite [sprite1 v] is resumed :: hat control
When project is resumed :: hat control

DaSpudLord wrote:

Sheep_maker wrote:

DaSpudLord wrote:

DownsGameClub wrote:

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Sheep_maker wrote:

Can a project unpause itself?

Since pausing freezes all of the scripts, even if we added an unpause block, it would never work since none of the scripts are running and therefore none of them can run it.
…

Still, if you hit the stop button, the project can still continue (wondering how? see below)

when gf clicked
forever
set [stop detector v] to (timer)
when [timer v] > (stop detector)
...

Therefore, I also support the below:

when sprite [sprite1 v] is paused :: hat control
When project is paused :: hat control

However, I feel the below are too vauge and defeat the purpose of the pause button:

pause project :: cap control

resume project :: stack control

Support.

Bump.

DaSpudLord wrote:

Sheep_maker wrote:

Can a project unpause itself?

Since pausing freezes all of the scripts, even if we added an unpause block, it would never work since none of the scripts are running and therefore none of them can run it.

Event blocks can't be frozen (because they aren't running) but they can still be activated even when the project is stopped (as demonstrated via the when > and when key pressed blocks). However, the event blocks could just not activate (or get automatically paused) when the project is in “pause mode”

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storytellergirl2247 wrote:

Calling all Scratch Team members!
on scratch, there are times i need to pause the project, but i groun when i remember that there is no such thing! can you please add on so that people can pause so that people don't need to start a project over to when leaving the computer for a moment! could you try? thank you!
(BTW, i thought of this when my sis was doing a project with a ton of levels and we had to eat lunch. here is the project she was on.)

I totally support this. It would help so much, with animation…

I think they should add it.