Typing in the text \b anywhere in your project causes the whole project to permanently crash

silverfenn

My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Chrome 108.0.0.0, No Flash version detected
Earlier today I made a post on here about a project I had that crashed. I figured out exactly why it crashed.
If you type the text, \back, into a list, a variable, or say block, save the project, and reload the page, you will be greeted with an error message. You will be unable to play your project, and unable to see inside or edit it.
I have no idea why this causes the whole project to be destroyed, but it does. I tested it multiple times, on projects that both had other code in it and didn't.
Hopefully Scratch Team will see this someday and fix it. Thanks for reading.

Edit 1/6/2023 16:11:10: Correction: typing \b anywhere causes your project to crash, it does not have to be \back. Credit: RED-001-alt

Last edited by silverfenn (Jan. 6, 2023 23:04:15)

GIitchInTheMatrix

\back may be important in project.json, or at least \. Project.json contains all your code, and a lot of characters can mess with it.

PaddlerGames

Can reproduce, I tried setting a variable to “\back”, saved the project, then reloaded the page, and the project crashed.

RED-001-alt

I can reproduce.
My browser / operating system: ChromeOS 15183.69.0, Chrome 108.0.0.0, No Flash version detected
It may be a command for the project.json that Scratch recognises

Knightbot63

My browser / operating system: ChromeOS 15183.69.0, Chrome 108.0.0.0, No Flash version detected
Can replicate.

D-ScratchNinja

What happens if you just enter “\b”?

RED-001-alt

D-ScratchNinja wrote:
What happens if you just enter “\b”?

It does the same thing
I also found that just typing \ doesn't do anything.

Last edited by RED-001-alt (Jan. 6, 2023 20:07:13)

RED-001-alt

If the project contains \b, then it will crash
OP, please change the title to match this (I don't think \back specifically is causing this)

Last edited by RED-001-alt (Jan. 6, 2023 20:08:50)

xz-Blaze

it may be a command important to project.json, which causes the project to be a permanent crash.

SuperDragonStudios

I can also confirm. I just tested it
My browser / operating system: ChromeOS 15183.69.0, Chrome 108.0.0.0, No Flash version detected

INSERT-USER_NAME

I tried it out and honestly, that's kinda weird. I'm not sure why this happens since I don't really know of anything going on behind the scenes but it's both cool and a major issue nonetheless.

medians

I did this for the variables but it deleted the variables instead.
My browser / operating system: iPhone iOS 14.7, Safari 14.1, No Flash version detected

UI-coder

(deleted because topic mistakend)

Last edited by UI-coder (Jan. 6, 2023 22:55:53)

INSERT-USER_NAME

UI-coder wrote:
Why are using windows NT in 2023? how are you even running chrome on a 30-year-old laptop?

edit: How are using windows NT in 2023, that startup is loud

It's windows' internal name, the number after is the version of windows, Windows NT 10.0 would be Windows 10

UI-coder

INSERT-USER_NAME wrote:
UI-coder wrote:
Why are using windows NT in 2023? how are you even running chrome on a 30-year-old laptop?

edit: How are using windows NT in 2023, that startup is loud
It's windows' internal name, the number after is the version of windows, Windows NT 10.0 would be Windows 10

yeah, I realized that I edited my post thot you were talking about windows NT 5.0

Last edited by UI-coder (Jan. 6, 2023 22:59:33)

medians

Can replicate.
My browser / operating system: (blah blah blah), Flash 32.0 (release 0)

UI-coder wrote:
Why are using windows NT in 2023? how are you even running chrome on a 30-year-old laptop?

edit: How are using windows NT in 2023, that startup is loud

Edit: LOL I thought that was supposed to be a joke

Last edited by medians (Jan. 6, 2023 23:01:33)

medians

UI-coder wrote:
INSERT-USER_NAME wrote:
UI-coder wrote:
Why are using windows NT in 2023? how are you even running chrome on a 30-year-old laptop?

edit: How are using windows NT in 2023, that startup is loud
It's windows' internal name, the number after is the version of windows, Windows NT 10.0 would be Windows 10
yeah, I realized that I edited my post thot you were talking about windows NT 5.0

LOLLL I thought you were joking
Also remove the edit I was being dumb LOL, I think I encountered another bug because turns out I refreshed right before it fully saved, and I was using the wrong slash, so it basically cleared what was already on the project.

Last edited by medians (Jan. 6, 2023 23:03:34)

silverfenn

medians wrote:
UI-coder wrote:
INSERT-USER_NAME wrote:
UI-coder wrote:
Why are using windows NT in 2023? how are you even running chrome on a 30-year-old laptop?

edit: How are using windows NT in 2023, that startup is loud
It's windows' internal name, the number after is the version of windows, Windows NT 10.0 would be Windows 10
yeah, I realized that I edited my post thot you were talking about windows NT 5.0
LOLLL I thought you were joking
Also remove the edit I was being dumb LOL, I think I encountered another bug because turns out I refreshed right before it fully saved, and I was using the wrong slash, so it basically cleared what was already on the project.

Oh okay lol, I removed the edit

RED-001-alt

bump

agarraga

I make this in Turbowarp and it doesn't crash, save the project in turbowarp that has “\b” and download it into PC, I opened that into scratch and said the project cannot be loaded, try load in Turbowarp and it seems to be fine, I suggest that share the project, edit them in Turbowarp, and maybe work?

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