I am making a poll,and I want to make a live chat. can you help meh?

I can help you. But being as live chats are not allowed I will not.
I would suggest not making one being as you could get banned (I think)

Hello!

According to the Community Guidelines, free chat is not allowed on Scratch. I have seen a few projects that have pre-set messages, which are the only thing people are allowed to say. So to answer your question, Quick Chat is allowed, but not Free Chat.

--Dovahkiin-- wrote:

I can help you. But being as live chats are not allowed I will not.
I would suggest not making one being as you could get banned (I think)

okay. but then how do you make a chat with pre-set messages?

If you already have an online game (griffpatch tutorials are a good way to start if you dont) then just add a variable for what the player is saying (add selection button for the chat messages) and include that variable in the encoded information. You can the decode it in game and make the character say it on other players screens

MookyE wrote:

If you already have an online game (griffpatch tutorials are a good way to start if you dont) then just add a variable for what the player is saying (add selection button for the chat messages) and include that variable in the encoded information. You can the decode it in game and make the character say it on other players screens

??? I dont get it

codebunga wrote:

??? I dont get it

Basically, cloud variables can only store number digits, not letters or symbols, so you have to convert letters and symbols into numbers for them to be transmitted. This isn't so easy the first time you do it, but you might be able to find some tutorials on encoding and transmitting data. You can use this system to show pre-made messages to your project users and the username of the message sender.

Just be sure not to allow free communication through your project, as that can be a moderation issue. Just use small pre-made phrases if you plan on adding a chat system.


Another way to set up live chat is just by sending a chat message “ID”. Let's say “hello” is the first chat message. If someone wanted to say hello, then the project would send a “1” to the cloud variable because it's the first chat message option. This will appear on everyone else's screen. If “how are you” is the second, then its ID would be 2. And when someone says that, the cloud variable would be set to “2”.

That's a very simple chat setup but doesn't allow for username storage, though it's a start, and I recommend using it if you haven't really played with encoding yet. I even made a “choice chat” project at some point, and it used a system like this.

i made one of those cloud platformer chat engines. you can go to my profile (in signature) and find my chat engine. it's not too far down, but it might not work.

D-ScratchNinja wrote:

codebunga wrote:

??? I dont get it

Basically, cloud variables can only store number digits, not letters or symbols, so you have to convert letters and symbols into numbers for them to be transmitted. This isn't so easy the first time you do it, but you might be able to find some tutorials on encoding and transmitting data. You can use this system to show pre-made messages to your project users and the username of the message sender.

Just be sure not to allow free communication through your project, as that can be a moderation issue. Just use small pre-made phrases if you plan on adding a chat system.


Another way to set up live chat is just by sending a chat message “ID”. Let's say “hello” is the first chat message. If someone wanted to say hello, then the project would send a “1” to the cloud variable because it's the first chat message option. This will appear on everyone else's screen. If “how are you” is the second, then its ID would be 2. And when someone says that, the cloud variable would be set to “2”.

That's a very simple chat setup but doesn't allow for username storage, though it's a start, and I recommend using it if you haven't really played with encoding yet. I even made a “choice chat” project at some point, and it used a system like this.

To add on, instead of setting a cloud variable to the id, you could add it to a cloud variable. That way, a chat history could be created, though it doesn’t have usernames.

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Wait!
You need

thats not added!
Also what if they say inappropriate things!
If you create a filter to inappropriate things, don't forget that needs to be in every language

Also a cloud variable only stores numbers.

dj_greener wrote:

Also a cloud variable only stores numbers.

I agree

Here's some mockup I guess:
encoded username00msg id
It's not free so no filter needed, you can't make one anyway. Detect new messages, then add to list.

codebunga wrote:

I am making a poll,and I want to make a live chat. can you help meh?

First, you will need a whitelist- a list of words that you can only message. You cannot use blacklists to filter messages, as there are obvious ways to go around them by looking inside.

After that, figure out a way to convert those words into numbers, so you can put them into cloud variables.

As far as I know, that is all the information you need.

Scratch On!