How to code a Ping counter in scratch? (if possible.)

PotatoManthetrue

So, I know you can code a FPS counter in scratch. But I want to know if you can code a Ping counter. I heard someone say it was similar to FPS counters, but they didn't elaborate on it any further.

Jareddddddd

I mean yea, but what would it be pinging? Anyways, since cloud variables update every 0.1 seconds, your ping would be the millisecond difference between the expected update time, and the actual update time.

PotatoManthetrue

Jareddddddd wrote:
I mean yea, but what would it be pinging? Anyways, since cloud variables update every 0.1 seconds, your ping would be the millisecond difference between the expected update time, and the actual update time.

I was thinking of working on a multiplayer game and thought about adding a Ping counter (like the one that is measured in ms)

mysinginmonsters

A ping counter is the amount of milliseconds it takes for your data to get sent to the server and back to your computer. This matters in cloud multiplayer projects. The fastest ping in Scratch is 100 milliseconds. The higher the number goes, the more “laggy” you will be in the multiplayer game.

You can make this in Scratch like the post above says, but there's really no reason to. I don't think I have seen a multiplayer project in Scratch have a ping monitor.

Last edited by mysinginmonsters (Oct. 4, 2024 13:18:22)

PotatoManthetrue

mysinginmonsters wrote:
A ping counter is the amount of milliseconds it takes for your data to get sent to the server and back to your computer. This matters in cloud multiplayer projects. The fastest ping in Scratch is 100 milliseconds. The higher the number goes, the more “laggy” you will be in the multiplayer game.

You can make this in Scratch like the post above says, but there's really no reason to. I don't think I have seen a multiplayer project in Scratch have a ping monitor.

I don't really care about reason, I just thought it would be cool.

mysinginmonsters

I found this which uses the translate block instead of a cloud variable https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1049595129/editor/
Although I'm not sure this is really accurate to the cloud variables. I don't have a lot of knowledge on how this networking works.

deck26

I'm not sure what you're hoping to achieve. A normal ping system is used to check the response time for a packet sent to another system. It has to distinguish between pings sent from different sources (eg two users pinging at around the same time) and repeat pings sent from the current user. To do something similar in Scratch would involve quite a lot of work for little benefit.

PotatoManthetrue

deck26 wrote:
To do something similar in Scratch would involve quite a lot of work for little benefit.

That explains me coding in scratch tbh.

_the-toe-tickler_

when green flag clicked
forever
set [ v] to (timer)
end

somethingelse0_0

maybe this helps: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/587871304/

mysinginmonsters

somethingelse0_0 wrote:
maybe this helps: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/587871304/

That's delta time. Not ping
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SmallRations

so IS there a way to detect ping? I'm trying to make a project where the loading screen shows ping, rather than just wifi detection. i just think it'd be a nice touch.

scratcherokay

PotatoManthetrue wrote:
So, I know you can code a FPS counter in scratch. But I want to know if you can code a Ping counter. I heard someone say it was similar to FPS counters, but they didn't elaborate on it any further.

Well, as far as I know, setting up a ping would be like this:

when green flag clicked
forever
broadcast [ping]
end

so theoretically, you could just add a

when I receive [ping]
change [ v] by (1)
if <idk> then
set [ v] to []
end

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