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I'm making a very big project (Teardown 2D. remix 8th): https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/932622430/ . as of 12/2/2023, i have a very big issue (for fixing bugs). a list “info,x,y,health,type,active”. (used for storing block data) is fully invisible. i have made its checkbox set to visible. but nothing, its either off-screen, or a bug had happened. I have tried with 2 devices. restarting my cache and device. nothing, so anyone can help?

How to Fix a Hidden List in Scratch:

1. **Save Your Project**: Download your Scratch project (.sb3 file) to your device.
2. **Convert to ZIP**: Change the file extension from .sb3 to .zip.
3. **Edit project.json**:
- Open the .zip and find the “project.json” file.
- Use a text editor like Visual Studio Code or Notepad to open “project.json”.
- Perform a “find and replace” to change all instances of the buggy list name to a new list name.
- Example: Replace “info,x,y,health,type,active” with “info: x,y,health,type,active”.
4. **Save the Edited File**: Save the edited “project.json” to your downloads folder.
5. **Replace project.json**:
- Remove the old “project.json” from the .zip.
- Add the edited “project.json” back into the .zip.
6. **Convert Back to SB3**: Change the file extension from .zip back to .sb3.
- **Make File Extensions Visible**: If your device hides file extensions, enable the setting to view them. This varies by operating system:
- **Windows**: Open File Explorer, click ‘View’ > ‘Options’ > ‘Change folder and search options’. In the Folder Options dialog, go to the ‘View’ tab and uncheck ‘Hide extensions for known file types’.
- **macOS**: Open Finder, click ‘Finder’ on the menu bar, select ‘Preferences’, go to the ‘Advanced’ tab, and check ‘Show all filename extensions’.
- **Linux**: The method varies by file manager, but generally, look for ‘Preferences’ or ‘Settings’ within the file manager and find the option to show file extensions.
7. **Upload to Scratch**: Go to the Scratch website and upload the fixed .sb3 file.
8. **Adjust the List**:
- The list may appear slightly off-screen with only 2 to 5 pixels visible.
- Drag the list back into the visible area of the Scratch stage.
- **Note**: The list is normally sized; it's just positioned slightly off-screen.

**Note**: You can use any text-editing software that allows you to save files, preferably in the downloads section, for easy access.

It might be off-screen (I don't know why this happens exactly though), try this:
1. Download the project.
2. Convert the “.sb3” file to “.zip”
3. Edit the “project.json” file in the unzipped file.
I'm not sure what the exact name is in 3.0, but look for stuff relating to list x/y for the list, and change it for that list.

FIXED

medians wrote:

It might be off-screen (I don't know why this happens exactly though), try this:
1. Download the project.
2. Convert the “.sb3” file to “.zip”
3. Edit the “project.json” file in the unzipped file.
I'm not sure what the exact name is in 3.0, but look for stuff relating to list x/y for the list, and change it for that list.

any possible tools are anything to fix this way qu8icker, then manually changing the .json code? because when coding in Scratch, i didn't expect needing to code in Json too… UPDATE: further testing, and no matter what, me editing the .json text document doesn't fix or help anything. maybe I just edit the json file, so I can change all lists markers pointing at this broken list. are pointing at a new, working list.

Running into this issue. no idea how to fix. ive been looking into the json and cant find position of list. and I really dont want to sort through 511 instances of (“x”) does anyone have a better fix?

TheGamemakerX1 wrote:

Running into this issue. no idea how to fix. ive been looking into the json and cant find position of list. and I really dont want to sort through 511 instances of (“x”) does anyone have a better fix?

ask Bing Chat. That's what I did, and that's how I found the solution.

TheGamemakerX1 wrote:

Running into this issue. no idea how to fix. ive been looking into the json and cant find position of list. and I really dont want to sort through 511 instances of (“x”) does anyone have a better fix?

Dw I gotchu,

0.) Download the project then go to Turbowarp, (If you use normal scratch, it won't work) Load the project in Turbowarp
1.) Make another list with any name you want, I'll call it “Test list”
2.) Make the code “add (invisible list) to (Test list)”
3.) Show Test list then copy item 1 in it
3.) Go to ChatGPT
4.) Type “add a new line to every space there is : (Paste the text you copied from the test list)”
5.) Copy what it generated then paste it into a new note in notepad
6.) Save it as any name u want or just name it as the name u put for the invisible list
7.) Create a list named, Any name u want, then show it
8.) Right click on the showed list on the screen, there will be an option saying “import” click it
9.) Import the list u saved in notepad
10.) Go to each sprites in your project and right click on the invisible list do swap lists in this sprite, then type the name of the list u imported from notepad, Do this for all sprites
11.) Delete the invisible list, Once your done rename the list u imported from notepad to the name of the invisible list

Hope this helped!! :3
I can't do it for you cuz I'll violate scratch policy, sorry :[

Hello Im MightyPirate21 This Happened To Me Too And I Found A Proper Way To Fix It

Step 1.Make A New List Named (Your List Name) And whatever Number
Step 2. Save Your Scratch Project To Your Computer
Step 3. Make An Original File
Step 4. Convert The New Scratch Project File From .sb3 To A .zip
Step 5. Look Into project.json
Step 6. Find The Old List And Copy The Values In The List To The New One In The json File
Step 7. Save It
Step 8. Exit Out Of The File And Set It Back To .sb3
Step 9. Load The New Project In A Dummy Project And If it Asks “Delete All Contents From Your Project” Click Okay
Step 10. Click On The Old List And Select Swap List In Sprite With The New One And Do This For All Sprites
Step 11. Celebrate! You Have Done It.

MightyPirate21 wrote:

Hello Im MightyPirate21 This Happened To Me Too And I Found A Proper Way To Fix It

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this issue has already been resolved

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/941261846/ Here's a way to fix it.