Inside my game Other world (found in signature), I created a sentence maker that renders letters using the stamp function. All my letter costumes are vectors, but for some reason after my logo the words get all fuzzy for the next backdrop. Then they are fine again moving on. The issue is found within the sprite ‘Words,’ and it occurs during the instructions. Any help on resolving this issue without compromising the speed of letter rendering would be greatly appreciated!

Stamping vectors just turns the costume into a bitmap version on screen. It should look fine unless you go to full screen mode.

The way full screen works in Scratch, there really isn't a good way to get rid of aliasing on the background, which is where the stamping goes.

For reference, this is how I do stamping to draw text: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/212842018/

crisostimo wrote:

Stamping vectors just turns the costume into a bitmap version on screen. It should look fine unless you go to full screen mode.

The way full screen works in Scratch, there really isn't a good way to get rid of aliasing on the background, which is where the stamping goes.

For reference, this is how I do stamping to draw text: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/212842018/

Im not in full screen when im having this problem

For a letter stamper, it's generally best to use Scratch's already provided fonts instead of drawing your own if you want to change its size on the fly (at least in my experience). Could you test it with those fonts instead and see if you have the same problem? Just duplicate your Words sprite and edit the costumes so you can keep your drawing work if that wasn't the problem.

(Great game btw!)

I am already using the pixel words found in their library T_T

Ah, so you used the sprite library, gotcha. What I mean is type the letters in the vector editor, instead of importing a costume or drawing your own letter. In the editor, you'll see a button marked T, click it, then click where you want your text, and type the right letter.

I've used stamped pixel characters in some of my projects without fuzz. The trick is to make sure the costumes exactly fit the grid in the costume editor

gor-dee wrote:

I've used stamped pixel characters in some of my projects without fuzz. The trick is to make sure the costumes exactly fit the grid in the costume editor

Well I mean, so I guess i forgot to tell you guys. But this only started happening after i used stamped letters in my intro. Then suddenly the words were fuzzy. If i remove the words from the intro, the words in the instructions aren't fuzzy. So I have no idea what's going on

sonicfan12p wrote:

Ah, so you used the sprite library, gotcha. What I mean is type the letters in the vector editor, instead of importing a costume or drawing your own letter. In the editor, you'll see a button marked T, click it, then click where you want your text, and type the right letter.

That's a good idea for a fix; hopefully it will work. I'll do that if all else fails, but as I said in an earlier comment, it only started happening after I included text in my intro. It also stops happening after i remove text from my intro. Thus I have a nagging suspicion that it is a coding issue, and that it will happen with everything else. But the weird part is that it stops happening again once i get past the instructions, so I really have no idea what is going on

I tried removing the text from the intro and it was still fuzzy for me. The Scratch letters you've used which are vector but look like bitmap are a bit useless IMO because of this issue. I used a bitmap text engine by @MCAnimator3D which has their own characters which fit the pixel grid exactly. I would try importing some of these costumes to your project and see if it cures the problem

gor-dee wrote:

I tried removing the text from the intro and it was still fuzzy for me. The Scratch letters you've used which are vector but look like bitmap are a bit useless IMO because of this issue. I used a bitmap text engine by @MCAnimator3D which has their own characters which fit the pixel grid exactly. I would try importing some of these costumes to your project and see if it cures the problem

Alright, it worked! Thank you all for the help, I appreciate it!