Hello! I make a project https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/556386197/ for PGMA (Pixel Game Maker Awards) voting, and there is a glitch with the cloud variable, when i encode my username, (dakpok to 131020252420) all process is all right, but if i reload the page, the encoded username will be the first
digit of my username (letter 1 of dakpok to d which have the value 13 when encoded), if you can solve this problem, please reply this forum, or comment on my profile! thanks!

The project isn't shared

Project is currently shared but link above includes an extra bracket at the end.

Is the username supposed to be in ‘who voted’? That variable is currently blank. I added my name manually and ran the decode script and it worked. So is the cloud variable still holding the value when you reload? How are you running the decode script?

deck26 wrote:

Project is currently shared but link above includes an extra bracket at the end.

Is the username supposed to be in ‘who voted’? That variable is currently blank. I added my name manually and ran the decode script and it worked. So is the cloud variable still holding the value when you reload? How are you running the decode script?

yes the variable ‘who voted’ is for storing username that who already vote for PGMA, the problem is that the encoding process is good, but when you reload the page the cloud var.who voted will be 13, which the letter 1 of encoded d, from my username dakpok

deck26 wrote:

Project is currently shared but link above includes an extra bracket at the end.

Is the username supposed to be in ‘who voted’? That variable is currently blank. I added my name manually and ran the decode script and it worked. So is the cloud variable still holding the value when you reload? How are you running the decode script?

if someone know how to solve the problem, please remix the project and make the non-problem project

deck26 wrote:

Project is currently shared but link above includes an extra bracket at the end.

Is the username supposed to be in ‘who voted’? That variable is currently blank. I added my name manually and ran the decode script and it worked. So is the cloud variable still holding the value when you reload? How are you running the decode script?

also the reason why the list is (decoded who has voted) blank is because there is no ‘00’ to stop the program of encoding, which all because glitch of scratch cloud var.

Cloud variables have a limit on how quickly you can set them, you cannot repeatedly set them very quickly. In the below script, the cloud variable is set many times in a repeat loop. Because it is being set so many times too fast, the variable doesn't actually set—it may only set once on the first letter, and then stop setting.


Instead, put the encoded username into a separate non-cloud variable first and then add that variable onto the cloud variable. The cloud variable is now only set once:

furrypig wrote:

Cloud variables have a limit on how quickly you can set them, you cannot repeatedly set them very quickly. In the below script, the cloud variable is set many times in a repeat loop. Because it is being set so many times too fast, the variable doesn't actually set—it may only set once on the first letter, and then stop setting.


Instead, put the encoded username into a separate non-cloud variable first and then add that variable onto the cloud variable. The cloud variable is now only set once:

i'll try it! thank you so much for the sugestion!

furrypig wrote:

Cloud variables have a limit on how quickly you can set them, you cannot repeatedly set them very quickly. In the below script, the cloud variable is set many times in a repeat loop. Because it is being set so many times too fast, the variable doesn't actually set—it may only set once on the first letter, and then stop setting.


Instead, put the encoded username into a separate non-cloud variable first and then add that variable onto the cloud variable. The cloud variable is now only set once:

thanks! it worked! i'm going to add you to the credits! thanks a lot!

furrypig wrote:

Cloud variables have a limit on how quickly you can set them, you cannot repeatedly set them very quickly. In the below script, the cloud variable is set many times in a repeat loop. Because it is being set so many times too fast, the variable doesn't actually set—it may only set once on the first letter, and then stop setting.


Instead, put the encoded username into a separate non-cloud variable first and then add that variable onto the cloud variable. The cloud variable is now only set once:

also if i just continue using the cloud var.who voted it will ended with maximum cloud 256 letter, do you have any solution for that?

thank you!