Add a “stretch” effect

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Last edited by VeryFamus (Aug. 16, 2022 18:56:08)

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dogeiscut wrote:
+Support!
However, couldn't this be simpler?
I suggest these blocks instead:
set stretch to () % :: looks

change stretch by () :: looks

In fact, those blocks were in a very, very, very old version but were removed due to “unknown reasons”. A while ago I found a project with these and didn't know what they were so I opened up a topic. The link to the project is here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1646338/editor/ Judging by the Thumbnail it worked.

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++support
I think two would be good: one for width, one for height. To change the width of a sprite and it also changes the height would be heck, no offense.

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Nuclear_Melon wrote:
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I think two would be good: one for width, one for height. To change the width of a sprite and it also changes the height would be heck, no offense.

It wasn’t planned to have two variants, I believe. It would only change width.
Mostly because A: stretch is already programmed into scratch, kind of, so all they would need to do is activate the block had they only activated width-stretching, and 2: It’s planned to be an effect in this suggestion, and I don’t think two of the same block with similar purposes would be better than just one. Besides, think about it like the saturation effect: it does the job, but it has a similar effect to darkness and wouldn’t change much to the base of the darkness effect to be considered something that should be added.

Last edited by VeryFamus (Aug. 24, 2022 02:06:49)

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ive had this exact same idea…. i gotta go with the original poster on this one. i think that would be the most efficent way

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set [ stretch up v] effect to (50)

set [ stretch down v] effect to (50)

set [ stretch right v] effect to (50)

set [ stretch left v] effect to (50)

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Cool_Dude0101 wrote:

set [ stretch up v] effect to (50)

set [ stretch down v] effect to (50)

set [ stretch right v] effect to (50)

set [ stretch left v] effect to (50)

VeryFamus wrote:
It wasn’t planned to have two variants, I believe. It would only change width.
Mostly because A: stretch is already programmed into scratch, kind of, so all they would need to do is activate the block had they only activated width-stretching, and 2: It’s planned to be an effect in this suggestion, and I don’t think two of the same block with similar purposes would be better than just one. Besides, think about it like the saturation effect: it does the job, but it has a similar effect to darkness and wouldn’t change much to the base of the darkness effect to be considered something that should be added.

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SebDev_12

Instead of a stretch effect, wouldn't it be much more simple to split size into width and height like in game engines such as unity and godot?

size :: looks

would no longer exist and be converted into

(width:: looks
(height:: looks

. You wouldn't be able to get size as a number anymore (I think), but you would still be able to get the ratio of width and height
width = 100
height = 100
size as ratio = 1:1

Last edited by SebDev_12 (Aug. 31, 2022 21:56:07)

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SebDev_12 wrote:
Instead of a stretch effect, wouldn't it be much more simple to split size into width and height like in game engines such as unity and godot?
size :: looks
would no longer exist and be converted into
(width:: looks
(height:: looks
. You wouldn't be able to get size as a number anymore (I think), but you would still be able to get the ratio of width and height
width = 100
height = 100
size as ratio = 1:1

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I’ve been dreaming about a stretch block for so long and I really hope it happens.
It would make life SO much easier for the animation and meme community. It would also save space and reduce lag as artists would not have to manually stretch costumes frame by frame. This would help me tremendously.

Last edited by cartooney (Sept. 24, 2022 23:39:00)

rdococ

I'm surprised this hasn't been added yet. It shouldn't be hard to implement, there's a clear and simple way for it to work and we already have a bunch of other graphical effects, so stretch would just be another one.

The ST have been pretty much doing nothing but ‘updating’ pages to the Scratch 3 style for years now. I believe they became corporate after Scratch became highly popular and now they can't get anything out the door without jumping heaps of internal bureaucratic hoops. That or there's been some staff changes behind the scenes.

Last edited by rdococ (Sept. 25, 2022 12:22:43)

The royal blue colour scheme. Be aesthetic

awesomebootlegs

i think this would be helpful for making 3d games, like maybe a flight game? the ground could use a stretch effect,

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especialy since this is scracth 3.0, we should of had this way sooner

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100% support. Stretching using costumes is time-consuming and increases project size a ton.

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yeah… its also pretty frusturationg too

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Would the stretch effect only stretch on the X-axis?

AmberInkblaze

I kinda support this. I already saw the block in a hacked blocks project, but it would be cool to see it work. Also Scratch animators like IncognitoOrange and more could use it when a character screams it stretches the character's height. It seems like a cool block to use, but you could also add height and width variables to make it work in multiple ways!

Width would be stretching in thickness and Height would be stretching in tallness

Negative numbers would make them thinner/shorter. Positive numbers would make them thicker/taller.

2 ways this could be looking:

set [Stretch v] effect to height: (0) width: (0)
change [Stretch v] effect by height: (0) width: (0)

change stretch by height: (0) width: (0)
set stretch to height: (0) % width: (0) %

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