What's the current max size allowed for cloud variables?

its a 256 character limit

256 characters per cloud variable

ninja'd

What does this project report the length as for you: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/965749360

This project was meant to help me find out the limit of cloud variables, and test them, but actually the cloud variable doesn't seem to be working like a cloud variable should

theonlygusti wrote:

What's the current max size allowed for cloud variables?

Cloud variables can be used to store dynamic data on Scratch servers.
-Each project can have up to ten cloud variables
-Cloud variables only work for signed-in Scratchers
-Cloud variables will not work if at any time the Scratcher enters the project editor. (Clears on reload, they will update before the opening of the editor)

Cloud variables can send a maximum of a 256-digit float. (2.01, 3.555, 29, See here for a demo)


However, cloud servers have been very buggy lately. Several projects have a similar problem where a cloud variable starts at 0.

Welp, 10 cloud vars per game, with each being able to hold up to 256 digits, (no letters) or a negative 255 digit number example: -44234252352152

Chocolate_Burger wrote:

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Cloud variables can send a maximum of a 256-digit float. (2.01, 3.555, 29, See here for a demo)
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actually, cloud variables are stored as strings, and thus are not vulnerable to floating point imprecisions.

Soo im not quite sure what you are trying to demonstrate with the project but the reason the counter continues is because you can set the cloud variable to something with a length greater than 256 but it wont save you cant set the cloud variable to text but they wont save

NIKI-KOLCHAGOV wrote:

Soo im not quite sure what you are trying to demonstrate with the project but the reason the counter continues is because you can set the cloud variable to something with a length greater than 256 but it wont save you cant set the cloud variable to text but they wont save

The point of the project I shared is to show that cloud variables are broken.

As you can see, when you start the project, the cloud variable is 0. But it should not be, because previous users have played the project before, so it should have a value from the previous usages.

I just noticed though that I was setting it to 00000000… maybe Scratch is converting it to a number, and resetting the variable to 0. So I edited the project just now to generate 1111…. instead. We will see if that works!

For me, that change doesn't seem to have fixed the project…

the limit has not been changed, if you suspect that cloud variables are bugged, report so here

I'm working on a multiplayer game, but certain cloud variables don't update on a different computer while I was testing. Is there a reason for that?

theonlygusti wrote:

What's the current max size allowed for cloud variables?

256 numbers