drmcw wrote:

Make your light all black with a transparent hole. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/139955652/ is a triangle rather than a hole but you hopefully get the idea.

Neatherrow wrote:

drmcw wrote:

Make your light all black with a transparent hole. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/139955652/ is a triangle rather than a hole but you hopefully get the idea.

Thanks but the only way i could make your method work is if i made a side scroller, since when the light gets too close to the edge you can see the background on the opposite side.

set size to () %

switch costume to [small costume v]
set size to (1000) % // or whatever amount you want
switch costume to [normal costume v]

drmcw wrote:

Just increase the size

set size to () %

Scratch will limit the size so that it doesn't get much bigger than the screen, however you can get round that by having a small costume. You can then

switch costume to [small costume v]
set size to (1000) % // or whatever amount you want
switch costume to [normal costume v]

footsocktoe wrote:

drmcw wrote:

Just increase the size

set size to () %

Scratch will limit the size so that it doesn't get much bigger than the screen, however you can get round that by having a small costume. You can then

switch costume to [small costume v]
set size to (1000) % // or whatever amount you want
switch costume to [normal costume v]

But if it “doesn't get much bigger than the screen” then how will that solve the problem of moving it to one side of the stage and having the underneath on the other side reveal itself?

drmcw wrote:

footsocktoe wrote:

Neatherrow wrote:

drmcw wrote:

Make your light all black with a transparent hole. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/139955652/ is a triangle rather than a hole but you hopefully get the idea.

Thanks but the only way i could make your method work is if i made a side scroller, since when the light gets too close to the edge you can see the background on the opposite side.

It's possible to make a double-sized sprite (960x720) that will solve that problem but only if you do it this way…

Make the sprite in Microsoft Paint (or any program) and save it as a 960x720 gif

In the Scratch editor, make sure you do not have the “costumes” tab selected

Using the folder icon in the left panel of the editor, upload your gif as a “new sprite”

Do NOT open it in the costume editor. If you do Scratch will crop it to 480x360.

But if you follow those instructions, you can move your giant sprite around and nothing will show on the edges.

drmcw wrote:

Just increase the size

set size to () %

Scratch will limit the size so that it doesn't get much bigger than the screen, however you can get round that by having a small costume. You can then

switch costume to [small costume v]
set size to (1000) % // or whatever amount you want
switch costume to [normal costume v]