dave3m wrote:

Master-p0st-Scratch wrote:

Hello, I posted a project on Scratch, but it doesn't come up if I type it in the search box, only when one looks inside my profile.

ayaanh6 wrote:

I know this is a problem for a different thread, but this is also happening with me.

The Scratch website is just that egregiously delayed when indexing new projects or profiles to be searchable. This is a known, longstanding, and common issue. It took many months for my projects to become visible when searching, and that was a couple of years ago. It doesn't have to do with the complexity of the project.

LuvUrDogs wrote:

Hello! I have a question with cloud variables; for one of my projects, https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/977967715, I used cloud variables to make a world record system. (I used the same code for a different project and It worked.) However, with this project whenever someone gets a new world record it saves, but whenever you refresh the page it just goes back to the previous world record. (Basically it's not updating for some reason.) Can you help? If not, do you know someone who can? Thank you!

LuvUrDogs wrote:

Hello! I have a question with cloud variables; for one of my projects, https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/977967715, I used cloud variables to make a world record system. (I used the same code for a different project and It worked.) However, with this project whenever someone gets a new world record it saves, but whenever you refresh the page it just goes back to the previous world record. (Basically it's not updating for some reason.) Can you help? If not, do you know someone who can? Thank you!

ayaanh6 wrote:

LuvUrDogs wrote:

Hello! I have a question with cloud variables; for one of my projects, https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/977967715, I used cloud variables to make a world record system. (I used the same code for a different project and It worked.) However, with this project whenever someone gets a new world record it saves, but whenever you refresh the page it just goes back to the previous world record. (Basically it's not updating for some reason.) Can you help? If not, do you know someone who can? Thank you!

The most common reason for this is because the people that save the new world record are registered as “New Scratchers”, and only “Scratchers” have the ability to save cloud variables. This is also disabled for non signed-in users. Another reason is that you might have backpacked the cloud variables, which changes them into normal variables with the cloud emoji Infront. Usually, it's just the fact that the user is a New Scratcher. To become a scratcher, the person in question has to post comments, love & fav, post projects, and be on scratch actively. You'll get a notification on your profile when the scratch team thinks you're ready. By the way, I can't access your project, but it might be a problem with project code (I would check if I had access).

KROKOBIL wrote:

Rename the cloud variables (you can rename them back afterwards).

CyberBear101 wrote:

p.s My alt was a new scratcher account. Is that a reason??

MasterLocke86 wrote:

I was having a problem with the cloud variables getting messed up and corrupting my leaderboard. I have removed them from the code for now.

The problem is that every once in a while, the username “sdfdsgfxg” changes the data value to “890858479”

I thought it might be someone messing around but now I think it must be a BOT or some bug, because its been going on for a while every few days.

Does anybody know what this is? Can it be stopped?

gem1001 wrote:

MasterLocke86 wrote:

I was having a problem with the cloud variables getting messed up and corrupting my leaderboard. I have removed them from the code for now.

The problem is that every once in a while, the username “sdfdsgfxg” changes the data value to “890858479”

I thought it might be someone messing around but now I think it must be a BOT or some bug, because its been going on for a while every few days.

Does anybody know what this is? Can it be stopped?

That's not a bug. Cloud variables can only store numbers.

neguchi_SMM2 wrote:

Now the newly created cloud variable is not working.

gem1001 wrote:

CyberBear101 wrote:

p.s My alt was a new scratcher account. Is that a reason??

Yes. New Scratchers can't use cloud variables.

KROKOBIL wrote:

neguchi_SMM2 wrote:

Now the newly created cloud variable is not working.

Rename the cloud variables (you can rename them back afterwards).

MasterLocke86 wrote:

gem1001 wrote:

MasterLocke86 wrote:

I was having a problem with the cloud variables getting messed up and corrupting my leaderboard. I have removed them from the code for now.

The problem is that every once in a while, the username “sdfdsgfxg” changes the data value to “890858479”

I thought it might be someone messing around but now I think it must be a BOT or some bug, because its been going on for a while every few days.

Does anybody know what this is? Can it be stopped?

That's not a bug. Cloud variables can only store numbers.

That's not what I meant. If you check out my game and look at the cloud data, you will see the username sdfdsgfxg and the data value 890858479 every few days for the last month. I don't think this is someone doing this, it must be a bot or a bug. I've found this in other people's cloud data as well.

TheUltimateHoodie wrote:

maybe sdfdsgfxg is just being annoying

KROKOBIL wrote:

TheUltimateHoodie wrote:

maybe sdfdsgfxg is just being annoying

The account sdfdsgfxg doesn't exist so it shouldn't be able to set cloud variables.

KROKOBIL wrote:

TheUltimateHoodie wrote:

maybe sdfdsgfxg is just being annoying

The account sdfdsgfxg doesn't exist so it shouldn't be able to set cloud variables.