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- lukey13
- Scratcher
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Gray Question Marks in Projects
Great! it's back! soon the user @QuestionMarkGlitch will pop in too… they have allegedly returned
when green flag clicked
forever
if <like button powed> then
say [thx so much]
end
end
- bloctans_4
- Scratcher
1000+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
ok, so maybe, they where adding new servers to fit the millions of projects shared every day. and during that, they may have corrupted the assets.scratch.mit.edu server.Maybe it is backThanks for telling us that extra bit of information but does anyone know what Scratch Team were even doing at the time that caused the bug?there sure is an issue thoYea like 4 different fonts appear in the dropdown with only “sans serif” being the only font that actually shows in the dorpdown cuz “Helvetica”, “Arial” and “ ”Helvetica Neue“ ” showing aswell AND the “ ”Helvetica Neue“ ” is the only one there with “” in ir's name. This bug is very intresting to say the least.look at that glitched out font in the font dropdownIn one of my “Text renderer” spites that I exported to my computer has this bug still on it (22 costumes were affected). (Here's a project that has the Grey ? in it The bug is back??? https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/549048273/ )
Here's more images of the Grey Question Mark:
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- Venatus_123
- Scratcher
1000+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
what is fun Fun!
i think you didnt read the whole OP
bug with pfp?
- kccuber
- Scratcher
1000+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
r/woooosh. you just got trolled by sarcasm it looks like lolwhat is fun Fun!
i think you didnt read the whole OP
- FanaticReturns
- Scratcher
1000+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
I still get the glitch for some reason.
I'm a retired scratcher since May 28th 2023.
- bloctans_4
- Scratcher
1000+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
this is sketical, after all, it may have also been a bug with the Scratch svg renderer or the Scratch svg renderer was just being updated, but not all the costumes got turned into ? marks. so my first theory might be true.Maybe? after all there are over 560-ish million pojects as of typing this so that could be one of the reasons! ok, so maybe, they where adding new servers to fit the millions of projects shared every day. and during that, they may have corrupted the assets.scratch.mit.edu server.
Last edited by bloctans_4 (July 31, 2021 17:15:51)
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- Flowermanvista
- Scratcher
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Gray Question Marks in Projects
There is no need for speculation as to what the cause of the glitch is - the developers have already established that these question mark boxes appear in place of SVG assets that fail to load. (Source)this is sketical, after all, it may have also been a bug with the Scratch svg renderer or the Scratch svg renderer was just being updated, but not all the costumes got turned into ? marks. so my first theory might be true.Maybe? after all there are over 560-ish million pojects as of typing this so that could be one of the reasons! ok, so maybe, they where adding new servers to fit the millions of projects shared every day. and during that, they may have corrupted the assets.scratch.mit.edu server.
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- bloctans_4
- Scratcher
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Gray Question Marks in Projects
so my first explanation was true?There is no need for speculation as to what the cause of the glitch is - the developers have already established that these question mark boxes appear in place of SVG assets that fail to load. (Source)this is sketical, after all, it may have also been a bug with the Scratch svg renderer or the Scratch svg renderer was just being updated, but not all the costumes got turned into ? marks. so my first theory might be true.Maybe? after all there are over 560-ish million pojects as of typing this so that could be one of the reasons! ok, so maybe, they where adding new servers to fit the millions of projects shared every day. and during that, they may have corrupted the assets.scratch.mit.edu server.
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- -Clickertale_2-
- Scratcher
100+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
Looks like ti!so my first explanation was true?There is no need for speculation as to what the cause of the glitch is - the developers have already established that these question mark boxes appear in place of SVG assets that fail to load. (Source)this is sketical, after all, it may have also been a bug with the Scratch svg renderer or the Scratch svg renderer was just being updated, but not all the costumes got turned into ? marks. so my first theory might be true.Maybe? after all there are over 560-ish million pojects as of typing this so that could be one of the reasons! ok, so maybe, they where adding new servers to fit the millions of projects shared every day. and during that, they may have corrupted the assets.scratch.mit.edu server.
- windows7cr_exe
- Scratcher
100+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
when green flag clicked
forever
if <[seen post] = [yes]> then
say [THIS IS NOT A DRILL, I repeat THIS IS NOT A DRILL]
end
Help oh no this is not good I want scratch to fix this glitch:: #941bd1 hatOh no
:O:: #ff0000 stack
:O:: #15ad00 stack
:O:: #0045ad stack
:O:: #e6f200 stack
Note: this never actually happened to me
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Last edited by windows7cr_exe (Aug. 2, 2021 00:22:31)
Signature in the style of an Acrostic Poem
Scripture
Inanimate
Great way to introduce yourself
Nice
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- k7e
- Scratcher
1000+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
Type ":(" to type the sad face. :sad:
@mythoslore was so much more obvious than @spookily
- aDude_Guy
- Scratcher
83 posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
Thanks for addressing this!I got the question mark in a box glitch but it fix when i went and changed it back
Also, I'll give you a screenshot showing a case of the issue.
A CASE OF THE BUG GIVEN FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES
@aDude_Guy, games/animations/random stuff My secret code:hihihihihihihi
when green flag clicked
forever
if <sprite = [kumquat police v]> then
point in direction of (kumquat v)
move (houses destroyed) steps
else
if <sprite = [kumquat v]> then
point in opposite direction of (kumquat police v)
if < see house?> then
destroy house with damage (100)
end
end
end
- aDude_Guy
- Scratcher
83 posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
why do i make those grammar mistakesThanks for addressing this!I got the question mark in a box glitch but it fix when i went and changed it back
Also, I'll give you a screenshot showing a case of the issue.
A CASE OF THE BUG GIVEN FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES
@aDude_Guy, games/animations/random stuff My secret code:hihihihihihihi
when green flag clicked
forever
if <sprite = [kumquat police v]> then
point in direction of (kumquat v)
move (houses destroyed) steps
else
if <sprite = [kumquat v]> then
point in opposite direction of (kumquat police v)
if < see house?> then
destroy house with damage (100)
end
end
end
- bloctans_4
- Scratcher
1000+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
so, repostLooks like ti!so my first explanation was true?There is no need for speculation as to what the cause of the glitch is - the developers have already established that these question mark boxes appear in place of SVG assets that fail to load. (Source)this is sketical, after all, it may have also been a bug with the Scratch svg renderer or the Scratch svg renderer was just being updated, but not all the costumes got turned into ? marks. so my first theory might be true.Maybe? after all there are over 560-ish million pojects as of typing this so that could be one of the reasons! ok, so maybe, they where adding new servers to fit the millions of projects shared every day. and during that, they may have corrupted the assets.scratch.mit.edu server.
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- Flowermanvista
- Scratcher
1000+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
I mean, not necessarily. Just because an asset fails to load doesn't necessarily mean that it's been corrupted on the server - there are numerous things that could cause a temporary failure in serving assets, such as a network issue anywhere between the server and your computer, something wrong with the server hardware, or something wrong with the server software. None of those imply that the data that is being stored on the servers has been corrupted.Looks like ti!so my first explanation was true?There is no need for speculation as to what the cause of the glitch is - the developers have already established that these question mark boxes appear in place of SVG assets that fail to load. (Source)this is sketical, after all, it may have also been a bug with the Scratch svg renderer or the Scratch svg renderer was just being updated, but not all the costumes got turned into ? marks. so my first theory might be true.Maybe? after all there are over 560-ish million pojects as of typing this so that could be one of the reasons! ok, so maybe, they where adding new servers to fit the millions of projects shared every day. and during that, they may have corrupted the assets.scratch.mit.edu server.
Also, assets is hosted on Amazon S3, an extremely reliable, durable, and scalable cloud storage service. I'm 99.99% sure that Amazon S3 storage scales without any human intervention, so I'm pretty sure that “corrupting the server when they were adding new servers” isn't even a thing that can happen.
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ST, Please Add A Warning When A Size Limit Is Exceeded
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- bloctans_4
- Scratcher
1000+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
oh, but then howI mean, not necessarily. Just because an asset fails to load doesn't necessarily mean that it's been corrupted on the server - there are numerous things that could cause a temporary failure in serving assets, such as a network issue anywhere between the server and your computer, something wrong with the server hardware, or something wrong with the server software. None of those imply that the data that is being stored on the servers has been corrupted.Looks like ti!so my first explanation was true?There is no need for speculation as to what the cause of the glitch is - the developers have already established that these question mark boxes appear in place of SVG assets that fail to load. (Source)this is sketical, after all, it may have also been a bug with the Scratch svg renderer or the Scratch svg renderer was just being updated, but not all the costumes got turned into ? marks. so my first theory might be true.Maybe? after all there are over 560-ish million pojects as of typing this so that could be one of the reasons! ok, so maybe, they where adding new servers to fit the millions of projects shared every day. and during that, they may have corrupted the assets.scratch.mit.edu server.
Also, assets is hosted on Amazon S3, an extremely reliable, durable, and scalable cloud storage service. I'm 99.99% sure that Amazon S3 storage scales without any human intervention, so I'm pretty sure that “corrupting the server when they were adding new servers” isn't even a thing that can happen.
Generation 4: the first time you see this copy and paste it on top of your sig in the scratch forums and increase generation by 1. Social experiment.
- k1412483
- Scratcher
100+ posts
Gray Question Marks in Projects
the question mark bug was not fixed for me because one of my remixes got affected today
Moved to @-Windows-