Thunderguy77 wrote:

The addition of these blocks would be very useful. They could be correlated with the size blocks. Perhaps rather than having stretch as a sort of effect, it could be included as a width and height variable. If this functionality were to be included, it would make many things so much easier to program. Support!

VeryFamus wrote:

Bump

I_LOVE_TO_MAKE_STUFF wrote:

VeryFamus wrote:

Bump

Congrats on getting this into the directory!

Bleebtown wrote:

Wasn't this a real thing before?

VeryFamus wrote:

NOTE: before going off and saying “oh this can be done in costumes so this is bad” know that the costume version is choppy and time-consuming and causes lag. And besides a lot of blocks can be done in costumes as well, like every effect, size, show, hide. I had to add this warning because people kept on saying “this can be done with costumes so no support”

And another NOTE: please don’t take into account that this used to exist. If it was removed, then it would be beneficial to have it back.

So, this stretch effect could have two variants: side-stretch and wide-stretch.

Side-stretch:
Squishes a sprite model inward. It moves the left and right inward and the top and bottom stretch outward giving the sprite a “stretch” effect

Wide-stretch:
Squishes a model inward. It moves the top and bottom inward And the left and right outward giving the sprite a “stretch” effect

Wide stretch would be the positive value of the effect, as it does stretch outward, and side stretch would be the negative value, as it stretches inward. The outward/inward terms are based on the left/right sides of the sprite.
Revamped OP

So, this suggestion is to add a “stretch” effect into the effects palette. Stretch is when two sides are stretched outward and the sprite gets elongated in appearance and shape. When I mentioned “Side-stretch” and “Wide-stretch” I meant over and below 0 on the stretch. 0 Would be default stretch, and if it went above 0, the left and right sides would stretch outward, while the upper and lower sides would be squished to the center, while below 0 would be the opposite, the left-right sides stretching inward and the upper-lower sides stretching outward. Seems pretty straightforward, eh? This is not the historic stretch, though it has almost the same effect. Stretch was it’s own value with it’s own reporter, and wasn’t an effect, with 100 being default rather than 0.

Reply with add-ons to this that could be useful, or what you think of this suggestion! Please alert me if there is a duplicate!

What the blocks would look like:

change [stretch v] effect by (25)
set [stretch v] effect to (0)

change [stretch v] effect by (25) in direction (90) :: looks

change [squish v] effect by (25) in direction (90) :: looks

set [stretch v] effect to (0) :: looks

set [squish v] effect to (0) :: looks

cs4912647 wrote:

VeryFamus wrote:

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In my opinion, the stretch blocks would be useful, but they also need a direction to be stretched/squished in. My idea for the blocks is this:

change [stretch v] effect by (25) in direction (90) :: looks

change [squish v] effect by (25) in direction (90) :: looks

set [stretch v] effect to (0) :: looks

set [squish v] effect to (0) :: looks

I also think that, even though negative numbers could squish it, there isn't a reason why a sprite can't be stretched in one direction, but squished in another.

cs4912647 wrote:

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In my opinion, the stretch blocks would be useful,…

VeryFamus wrote:

Here is a workaround using 101 costumes- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/636391279

NOTE: it only goes to 100 and does not show negatives, though I think you can guess what the negatives would do based on current animation.