Transformations Extension Suggestion

kittyguy14

BigNate469 wrote:
julmik6478 wrote:
Support. Also is there any third party extension that adds this?
Turbowarp- the stretch blocks in the Turbowarp-only extensions category.

Is it currently possible to have it function like how ampara said, where stretches applied after rotations still stretch horizontally rather than stretching the costume itself?

ampara wrote:
1. It would be the order that the blocks are placed. i.e. if you put the “point in direction ()” block first, it'll rotate first. If you put scaling first, it will scale first.

I'm asking in case it's possible to have a constantly rotating sprite be squished horizontally (for perspective purposes); it's meant to lie on the floor in a faux 3D plane

kyavanyaisback

Support because then we can make 3D animations with this

CodeComet6161

I don't support. You can easily do this with the modify tool in the costume toolbox. Plus, I think it would be too complex for young children.

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CodeComet6161 wrote:
I don't support. You can easily do this with the modify tool in the costume toolbox. Plus, I think it would be too complex for young children.

how do you even do that with a complex costume or bitmap
also some scratchers may want to keep the costume what it is

jmdzti_0-0

CodeComet6161 wrote:
I don't support. You can easily do this with the modify tool in the costume toolbox. Plus, I think it would be too complex for young children.

what if you want to make a 3d engine? do you have to make a costume for every possible angle?

MonkeyBean2

jmdzti_0-0 wrote:
CodeComet6161 wrote:
I don't support. You can easily do this with the modify tool in the costume toolbox. Plus, I think it would be too complex for young children.
what if you want to make a 3d engine? do you have to make a costume for every possible angle?

exactly, this would reduce scratch's storage costs

theoW1200

support, this would be really really reallly really useful

theoW1200

CodeComet6161 wrote:
I don't support. You can easily do this with the modify tool in the costume toolbox. Plus, I think it would be too complex for young children.

well, dont use it if its too confusing

nembence

Sorry for not reading through all 37 pages, but…
#36

ampara wrote:
mlcreater wrote:
– snip –

1. It would be the order that the blocks are placed. i.e. if you put the “point in direction ()” block first, it'll rotate first. If you put scaling first, it will scale first.

If the result depends on the order in which blocks run, how do the reporter blocks work?
I mean the following code results in a completely random transformation:

repeat (100)
turn cw (pick random (-180.0) to (180.0)) degrees
change [horizontal v] scale by (100) %::extension // doubles size
change [vertical v] scale by (-50) %::extension // halves size
end
set [what does this return? v] to ([horizontal v] scale::extension)

also, what happens if I rotate the sprite using the "[in this direction] shift [this side] by (amount)" blocks?

da-ultimate-creater

Support since it will be easier to make 3d games with this.

CodeComet6161 wrote:
I don't support. You can easily do this with the modify tool in the costume toolbox. Plus, I think it would be too complex for young children.

It will be in an extension

jmdzti_0-0

CodeComet6161 wrote:
I don't support. You can easily do this with the modify tool in the costume toolbox. Plus, I think it would be too complex for young children.

The greatest tool for young children to learn is to play.

Last edited by jmdzti_0-0 (Aug. 7, 2025 14:36:34)

da-ultimate-creater

jmdzti_0-0 wrote:
CodeComet6161 wrote:
I don't support. You can easily do this with the modify tool in the costume toolbox. Plus, I think it would be too complex for young children.
The greatest tool for young children to learn is to play.

Yes, I agree with that. The only reason I learned how to use all of the different blocks was because I was playing around with them. That was back when I was about 9 years old, without a Scratch account. If I was able to learn just by fooling around with the blocks, I bet young children could learn, too.

CodeComet6161

MonkeyBean2 wrote:
jmdzti_0-0 wrote:
CodeComet6161 wrote:
I don't support. You can easily do this with the modify tool in the costume toolbox. Plus, I think it would be too complex for young children.
what if you want to make a 3d engine? do you have to make a costume for every possible angle?
exactly, this would reduce scratch's storage costs

Yeah, that's how FAJTV does it

Haycat2009

Support, but why extension? Looks blocks would do perfectly fine.

CST1229

Haycat2009 wrote:
(#734)
Support, but why extension? Looks blocks would do perfectly fine.

i feel like it's because that would bloat the looks category a bit and it's a lot of blocks for a relatively somewhat complex topic (it's like how the music blocks were moved from the Sound category to their own extension)

Last edited by CST1229 (Aug. 9, 2025 03:58:23)

silvxrcat

God this suggestion is so old, and yet it doesn't get enough love. Has anyone actually attempted to make an extension out of this?

CoolLock

silvxrcat wrote:
God this suggestion is so old, and yet it doesn't get enough love. Has anyone actually attempted to make an extension out of this?

There's one on Turbowarp as mentioned before

medians

silvxrcat wrote:
God this suggestion is so old, and yet it doesn't get enough love. Has anyone actually attempted to make an extension out of this?

Seeing a topic made in 2020 being described as so old makes me feel so old
Anyway, this became a bit buried, but here was an assets version of the image in the first post
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7139445/

CST1229

silvxrcat wrote:
(#736)
God this suggestion is so old, and yet it doesn't get enough love. Has anyone actually attempted to make an extension out of this?

actually, someone has, for TurboWarp (direct code link) (it has multiple things and is not an exact recreation of this extension but it does have 4-corner transformations. albeit it uses affine transformations, not a 3D-looking one, so it's not as versatile).

Last edited by CST1229 (Oct. 8, 2025 20:13:08)

tagrim123

I support

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