Block that tells scratcher's rank. (New Scratcher, Scratcher, Scratch Team)

Fuzzbutt

A problem I see a lot with multiplayer games is that New Scratchers can't play them. It would be nice if the games could have a block that tells what your rank is so that the game could tell you ahead of time and maybe even direct you to a single-player version on the same project. So you would be able to have a sign tell you what you can and/or cannot do in a game. It would be a lot like the username block.

(Scratcher Type)

PrincessPanda_test_

No support

when gf clicked
if (rank is [Scratch Team v] ::sensing)
play sound [happy music v]
say [YOU'RE IN THE ST!]
else
say [You're dumb!  >:(]

stickfiregames

No support. There isn't really any reason to detect if someone is in the ST, and if you wanted to use it for cloud variables a

<connected to cloud? :: sensing>

block would be better because it would also detect Scratchers with bad connections.

hppavilion

It's workaroundable, but I believe that this is a block that should be in despite workarounds to make things easier for people.

when green flag clicked
if <(user rank ::sensing) = [Scratcher]> then
    ...
else
    if <(user rank ::sensing) = [Scratch Team]> then
        say [Scratch Team! Y U NO LET NEW SCRATCHER AFFECT CLOUD DATA WHILE USING OTHERS' PROJECTS?] for (2) secs
        ...
    else
        say [Sorry, but this project uses cloud data and needs you to be a Scratcher for it to work :(]
end

We can still do this (without the ST part) with a complex and buggy script (can't handle many people without giving false positives) that wastes our cloud data limit. But I think we shouldn't have to use that hack just to inform people that they need to be a full scratcher for our project to work.

little_kitten

Workarounds:

if <(letter(length of (username)) of (username)) = [*]>
set [rank v] to [scratchteam]

Now to detect for new scratchers, use cloud data. They can't access it.

stickfiregames

little_kitten wrote:
Workarounds:
if <(letter(length of (username)) of (username)) = [*]>
set [rank v] to [scratchteam]
Now to detect for new scratchers, use cloud data. They can't access it.

ST usernames don't actually end with * though, it just displays it after their names on some parts of the website.

Last edited by stickfiregames (Feb. 14, 2015 22:16:30)

Fuzzbutt

Thanks for all of suggestions!

Fuzzbutt

stickfiregames wrote:
No support. There isn't really any reason to detect if someone is in the ST, and if you wanted to use it for cloud variables a
<connected to cloud? :: sensing>
block would be better because it would also detect Scratchers with bad connections.

And I only put ST in there because you can't be a Scratcher (big S) and a Scratch Team member.

cwkethan1508

Semi support because someone can do this:

when green flag clicked
if <not <(scratchers rank) = [Scratcher ]>> then
stop [all v]    
end

That will prevent New Scratchers from playing a game even if it doesn't have cloud data

dude341

Support!

(rank is [New Scratcher v] ::sensing)
(rank is [Scratcher v] ::sensing)
(rank is [Scratch  Team v] ::sensing)
(rank is [Community Moderator v] ::sensing)
(rank is [Retired Community Moderator v] ::sensing)
player rank ::sensing reporter

Last edited by dude341 (April 20, 2015 07:21:35)

dude341

Oh and I know how to make the projects be nice! Any project with the block in will have the scripts sent to the Scratch Team for checking. Maybe they could have a new rank: Rank Blocks Moderators. So the block reports gets sent to them.

MewTheSmasher

Support!

Fuzzbutt

MewTheSmasher wrote:
Support!

Thanks!

EvilCookie36

(cloud var is 0 before script ran)

set [cloud var v] to [1 ]
if <(cloud var) = [1]> then
    
set [status v] to [ scratcher ]
end
if <(letter (length of (username)) of (username) = [*]> then
    
set [status v] to [ scratch team ]
end

stickfiregames

EvilCookie36 wrote:

(cloud var is 0 before script ran)

set [cloud var v] to [1 ]
if <(cloud var) = [1]> then
    
set [status v] to [ scratcher ]
end
if <(letter (length of (username)) of (username) = [*]> then
    
set [status v] to [ scratch team ]
end

AFAIK those don't work. The cloud variable will still change when the user is a New Scratcher, but it will be treated as a regular variable and won't update on the server. Also, ST usernames don't actually end in *, it just shows them like that on the website.

Fuzzbutt

stickfiregames wrote:
EvilCookie36 wrote:
(cloud var is 0 before script ran)
set [cloud var v] to [1 ]
if <(cloud var) = [1]> then
    
set [status v] to [ scratcher ]
end
if <(letter (length of (username)) of (username) = [*]> then
    
set [status v] to [ scratch team ]
end
AFAIK those don't work. The cloud variable will still change when the user is a New Scratcher, but it will be treated as a regular variable and won't update on the server. Also, ST usernames don't actually end in *, it just shows them like that on the website.

Thanks for summing that up.

awesome_popcorn

say [You guys are all having good points]
play sound [ We love good points!!!]

DanloTest

There is already a simple script you can use to determine whether the person using a project is a New Scratcher or not. DadOfMrLog has a project that does exactly that: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/18593258/

–Danlo

DogQueenGirl

No support.

Why:

DanloTest wrote:
There is already a simple script you can use to determine whether the person using a project is a New Scratcher or not. DadOfMrLog has a project that does exactly that: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/18593258/

–Danlo

Critic2100

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:

No support

when gf clicked
if (rank is [Scratch Team v] ::sensing)
play sound [happy music v]
say [YOU'RE IN THE ST!]
else
say [You're dumb!  >:(]

No support for the reason above.

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