How to make a sprite do something when it's clicked

hawk9510

Please help!

when green flag clicked
if <<touching [mouse pointer v] ?> and <<mouse down?> >> then
    
say [You clicked me!] for (2) secs
end

Will not work!!

Last edited by hawk9510 (Dec. 30, 2014 00:08:17)

shoresbeep

when this sprite clicked

digthebone

make sure to add a forever there or it will just give you like a millisecond to click it.

when green flag clicked
forever
    
if <<touching [mouse pointer v] ?> and <mouse down?> > then
say [You clicked me!] for (2) secs
    
end

end

Last edited by digthebone (Dec. 31, 2014 20:40:18)

hawk9510

shoresbeep wrote:
when this sprite clicked

???

Iri-O

hawk9510 wrote:
shoresbeep wrote:
when this sprite clicked
???

I believe that shoresbeep was saying that the

when this sprite clicked

block will help.

shoresbeep

Iri-O wrote:
hawk9510 wrote:
shoresbeep wrote:
when this sprite clicked
???
I believe that shoresbeep was saying that the
when this sprite clicked
block will help.

Yes, exactly

Crimson19

Its simply:

when this sprite clicked
Whatever happens after the sprite is clicked.

Portaldominates

when this sprite clicked

Use this sprite and put anything you want it to do under it.

Leto42407

You Did It All Wrong You Said When Green Flag Clicked Instead Of When THIS SPRITE Clicked

when this sprite clicked
forever
    
if <<touching [Mouse Pionter v] ?> and <<mouse down?> >> then
say [You Clicked Me!] for (5) secs
    
end

See How It Goes Now?

iamunknown2

hawk9510 wrote:

Please help!

when green flag clicked
if <<touching [mouse pointer v] ?> and <<mouse down?> >> then
    
say [You clicked me!] for (2) secs
end

Will not work!!

I had the same problem a long time ago, when people were still using 1.4. If I remember correctly, I spent hours figuring out that problem.
The solution is:
You aren't putting the forever block there.
You see, Scratch perceives your code as this:

Scratch wrote:
So, there will be one block of (really short) time to click the button. Or else, nothing will happen and the program will come to a stop.

If you put a “forever” block, Scratch will check if you've clicked that button OVER AND OVER again. That is, unless you stop it.
However, if you tried to increase the variable by 1 every time that happened, it would hit a thousand under a second, because Scratch thinks like this:

Scratch wrote:
So, in this (tiny) block of time, let's see if the mouse has clicked us. Yes? Oh well. VARIABLE! I COMMAND YOU TO CHANGE BY ONE! (tiny block of time is over) OK. let's check again. It's true? VARIABLE, CHANGE YOUR VALUE BY ONE AGAIN! …

So, you would want a “wait until” block that would only allow your “forever” loop to continue, unless you released the mouse-button:

wait until <not <mouse down?>>

hawk9510

Iri-O wrote:
hawk9510 wrote:
shoresbeep wrote:
when this sprite clicked
???
I believe that shoresbeep was saying that the
when this sprite clicked
block will help.

Oh.

Food_Is_Bae

In one of my projects, a sprite must be clicked a certain amount of times before it dissapears. How do I tell Scratch to wait until this sprite has been clicked say, five times?

deck26

Food_Is_Bae wrote:
In one of my projects, a sprite must be clicked a certain amount of times before it dissapears. How do I tell Scratch to wait until this sprite has been clicked say, five times?

Please start your own topic rather than necroposting. The New Topic button is at the top right of the forum.

streamline1

Your old script is just fine. All you have to do is put a forever loop around it. If you don't, when you execute the code, it will run the if loop and stop.

rajauppal

when this sprite clicked
say [you clicked me!] for (2) secs

cs293450

hawk9510 wrote:

Please help!

when green flag clicked
if <<touching [mouse pointer v] ?> and <<mouse down?> >> then
    
say [You clicked me!] for (2) secs
end

Will not work!!

Yes it does…

when this sprite clicked
say [You clicked me!] for (2) secs

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