Custom Blocks in Multiple Sprites

kittyje1

Well, I've been trying to make a game with sprites that have some of the same code. The problem is, I can't make custom blocks across different sprites.
Why do you think that custom blocks are for specific sprites only?

medians

Some people mentioned this here:
https://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/discussions/scratch-20/questions-and-suggestions-scratch-20-alpha.html
Someone suggested this here:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/12015/ (there's an older one but yea)
Ways of doing this:

Hardmath123 wrote:
You can just add it it your backpack, right?
Yes, you can. Or drag it over the other sprites' thumbnails.

Last edited by medians (June 5, 2023 23:32:09)

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kittyje1

Yeah, I tried that.
Doesn't work. It just does nothing.

Last edited by kittyje1 (June 5, 2023 23:38:22)

medians

kittyje1 wrote:
Well, I tried that.
Doesn't work. It just does nothing.

You also have to put the definition in all sprites you want to use the custom block in for the block to actually run.
There may be a way to reduce the number of sprites you need with clones, though.

Last edited by medians (June 5, 2023 23:39:14)

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Fun_Cupcake_i81: What, were you expecting not to see the utc - 12 thing again? THE UTC - 12 THIGN ALWAYS RETURNS. ALWAYS.
medians: I knew it would happen. I was the one who started it last year.
Fun_Cupcake_i81: Well then if you didn't want it back maybe you need to time travel to last year and fix that

Oh wait if you could time travel I think we all know exactly when you would go-
user1: That picture is from 2.0. Now he’s at my house and is my pet.
user2: But this is medians we're talking about, so “from 2.0” can mean the same thing as “from five seconds ago”.
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kittyje1

medians wrote:
kittyje1 wrote:
Well, I tried that.
Doesn't work. It just does nothing.
You also have to put the definition in all sprites you want to use the custom block in for the block to actually run.
There may be a way to reduce the number of sprites you need with clones, though.

That's really annoying, because I'm trying to complete a CS50 project with specifications.

Last edited by kittyje1 (June 5, 2023 23:42:27)

medians

kittyje1 wrote:
medians wrote:
kittyje1 wrote:
Well, I tried that.
Doesn't work. It just does nothing.
You also have to put the definition in all sprites you want to use the custom block in for the block to actually run.
There may be a way to reduce the number of sprites you need with clones, though.
That's really annoying, because I'm trying to complete a CS50 project with specifications.

Yeah I told about that on the topic:

medians wrote:
AnthonyD9 wrote:
I agree, it is too often that I use the same custom blocks across sprites. Sometimes there are smaller chunks of code which would just be easier to put in a function and use throughout the project. For example fading something on or off the screen with ghost effect is something very common and I often make it into one block to keep it concise. In general, global custom blocks across sprites would be a great addition to scratch!
Or when you have to put a long script in many different sprites, which can especially clutter them (since right now you have to drag the scripts on top of each sprite you want to be able to use the blocks throughout the project (and the Stage potentially). That can be really annoying to do, especially since:
medians wrote:
Also, to workaround this, you can copy the scripts to each sprite, but that can be tedious to do, can clutter each sprite with code, and there's also that 3.0 bug where the sprites move around, making it difficult to do.

You may be able to use clones for this though.

Last edited by medians (June 5, 2023 23:50:36)

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Fun_Cupcake_i81: What, were you expecting not to see the utc - 12 thing again? THE UTC - 12 THIGN ALWAYS RETURNS. ALWAYS.
medians: I knew it would happen. I was the one who started it last year.
Fun_Cupcake_i81: Well then if you didn't want it back maybe you need to time travel to last year and fix that

Oh wait if you could time travel I think we all know exactly when you would go-
user1: That picture is from 2.0. Now he’s at my house and is my pet.
user2: But this is medians we're talking about, so “from 2.0” can mean the same thing as “from five seconds ago”.
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