reallysoftuser, in response to someone who claimed this suggestion is a dupe wrote:

Ever since this topic was created, it has been different to the “dupe” you linked to. This suggestion has the idea that you will be able to assign individual cloud variables to IPs, something that this “”“dupe”“” lacks. I've changed the post title to eliminate conusion.

It would be cool if you could host your own cloud data servers and assign cloud variables to them, instead of relying on Scratch's cloud servers, and be able to customize your cloud data server and its limits.
If you dont know what “Cloud data” is,

Cloud data is a feature that allows users to store number-containing variables “in the cloud,” or on the server. Cloud variables have the character “☁” (a cloud icon in the font Scratch uses) in front of them, to distinguish them from regular variables.

When creating a cloud variable, you will be able to choose which server it uses by inputting the IP address of your custom server.
If the cloud variable does not use the cloud.scratch.mit.edu server, it wil not count towards the cloud variable limit

No support, what are we gonna rely on for server funds.? Our parents? Friends?

dhfbei8987 wrote:

No support, what are we gonna rely on for server funds.? Our parents? Friends?

Uhh, obviously this means an optional method. also, if you are smart enough to want to make your own cloudserver you would be smart enough to use replit and create a server through it, for free lol

dhfbei8987 wrote:

No support, what are we gonna rely on for server funds.? Our parents? Friends?

What are you trying to say here?

isn't this already possible, but discouraged? for most projects, the Scratch servers should work fine,, so what's the purpose?

mtech22 wrote:

isn't this already possible, but discouraged? for most projects, the Scratch servers should work fine,, so what's the purpose?

The purpose is that we can host (keyword: host) our own servers

FRSBR4 wrote:

mtech22 wrote:

isn't this already possible, but discouraged? for most projects, the Scratch servers should work fine,, so what's the purpose?

The purpose is that we can host (keyword: host) our own servers

Exactly. Scratch's cloud servers aren't the best. Theres even a character limit for Scratch's cloud variables like cmon

Watch when people still dont understand why you want to host a custom cloud server

how would this work

portalpower wrote:

how would this work

Like a cloud server. What did you expect?

portalpower wrote:

how would this work

Updated the post with details on how this would work

yeah, who wants to leave their computer on so it can work the server, that would break it real fast.

(when [server v] active::control)::hat
forever
if <[server] = [on] > then 
USE ALL POWER::control
else
turn [computer v] [off v]::control
end
end

king_of_doge wrote:

yeah, who wants to leave their computer on so it can work the server, that would break it real fast.

when [server v] active::hat
forever
if <[server] = [on] > then 
USE ALL POWER::control
else
turn [computer v] [off v]::control
end
end

please don't block-spam

No support, I don't think Scratch wants an easy way for people to spend lots of money on the site.

bluedragon8633 wrote:

No support, I don't think Scratch wants an easy way for people to spend lots of money on the site.

you don't have to pay money for servers my suggestion is that you can host them yourself

reallysoftuser wrote:

bluedragon8633 wrote:

No support, I don't think Scratch wants an easy way for people to spend lots of money on the site.

you don't have to pay money for servers my suggestion is that you can host them yourself

Unless you have a beefy connection users could just send lots of requests by changing the cloud variables very fast and at best lag the connection and at worst it's pretty much a denial-of-service attack.

No support because if you host your own Scratch cloud server, then the Scratch team will legally be responsible for anything on that server. That means you could store an incredibly inappropriate joke on your cloud server and the Scratch team will have to deal with it. Also, what if your server has malware on it? Then the Scratch team will get thrown under the bus for your actions on a server they can’t access. Also, how is the Scratch team supposed to know if your server is actually good? They’re going to get emails asking why project A’s cloud stuff doesn’t work while the Scratch team can’t fix the problem because it’s your server hosting the project’s cloud stuff.

GamerMarcus646 wrote:

No support because if you host your own Scratch cloud server, then the Scratch team will legally be responsible for anything on that server. That means you could store an incredibly inappropriate joke on your cloud server and the Scratch team will have to deal with it. Also, what if your server has malware on it? Then the Scratch team will get thrown under the bus for your actions on a server they can’t access. Also, how is the Scratch team supposed to know if your server is actually good? They’re going to get emails asking why project A’s cloud stuff doesn’t work while the Scratch team can’t fix the problem because it’s your server hosting the project’s cloud stuff.

The ST would only have to moderate the cloud variables on the projects, not the cloud server itself.

Bump

reallysoftuser wrote:

Bump

Dude. It's been an hour and pretty much everyone is asleep. For someone with over 500 posts, you should that bumping isn't some magical spell that grants posts onto your topic.