So, I'm making a project. I wanted the game to start when you pressed space. I do not want you to bump space and have to start over. So, I came up with this:

when green flag clicked
go to x: (43) y: (13)
if <(beginning) = [1]> then
if <key [space] pressed?> then
set (beginning) to [0]
stop all sounds
broadcast [start game]
end
end

And before you ask, yes, I have another block that will change beginning to 1 when flag clicked. Code does not work. I dunno why. Any thoughts?

You are only checking for the key being pressed once, at the beginning of the project, in one single frame. It will work if you are holding down space when you press the green flag, but after that, it doesn't check. I would recommend something more along these lines:

when green flag clicked
go to x: (43) y: (13)
forever
wait until <key (any v) pressed?>
if <key (space v) pressed?> then
set [beginning v] to [0]
stop all sounds
broadcast (start game v)
stop [this script v]
end
end

This waits over multiple frames until a key is pressed, and then checks if the space key is pressed. However, if that key is not pressed, the script keeps running until the space key is pressed. Here's another version:

when green flag clicked
go to x: (43) y: (13)
wait until <key (space v) pressed?>
set [beginning v] to [0]
stop all sounds
broadcast (start game v)

Coder046 wrote:

You are only checking for the key being pressed once, at the beginning of the project, in one single frame. It will work if you are holding down space when you press the green flag, but after that, it doesn't check. I would recommend something more along these lines:

when green flag clicked
go to x: (43) y: (13)
forever
wait until <key (any v) pressed?>
if <key (space v) pressed?> then
set [beginning v] to [0]
stop all sounds
broadcast (start game v)
stop [this script v]
end
end

This waits over multiple frames until a key is pressed, and then checks if the space key is pressed. However, if that key is not pressed, the script keeps running until the space key is pressed. Here's another version:

when green flag clicked
go to x: (43) y: (13)
wait until <key (space v) pressed?>
set [beginning v] to [0]
stop all sounds
broadcast (start game v)

Thanks!