Swapping out the Scratch Cat (CLOSED)

QuantumSingularity

Everyone knows that whenever you first create a project, all that you've got is the scratch cat sprite, right? I'm interested in swapping the scratch cat for another sprite (namely Griffpatch's new animated scratch cat) in my offline editor. I had some ideas as to how to do it, but they didn't work? Ideas?

Last edited by QuantumSingularity (Jan. 1, 2017 19:19:29)

card100

Seems like the best option would to make a mod, doesn't seem worth the time…

herohamp

I wish they would just switch out the normal cat for griffpatches

algmwc5

I learned about how to set the default sprite a while ago, thanks to NoMod-Programming
You'll need the:
Scratch 2.0 source code (can be obtained from the github repo)
An svg sprite

NoMod-Programming wrote:
First you need to add some vector images to the
/src/assets/
folder (it doesn't work with bitmap). Then you need to go to the
/src/scratch/ScratchRuntime.as
and after the variables are initialized, you need to add the following line:
[Embed(source='../assets/Name-of-file.svg', mimeType='application/octet-stream')] protected static var ModCostume1:Class;
Then you need to replace the installNewProject() code with this

Example:
Modified ScratchRuntime.as

Last edited by algmwc5 (Dec. 22, 2016 08:58:39)

hedgehog_blue

My Reply

Why don't you just add in the griffpatch sprite whenever you make a new project? It seems to be a waste of time to make a mod so that it is automatically there whenever you make a new project. Just import the griffpatch scratch cat as a gif into the costumes section of a sprite and you have all the right costumes (and if you're online then just use the backpack).

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LuigiFan5204

I think griffpatch's sprite is better. Maybe in the 3.0 release they might change it.

QuantumSingularity

Thanks! I think I got it now.

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