The question mark glitch explained

superash8

I'm not going to give you a cientific research of why it happens, just tell you the basics. Sometimes Scratch fails to load a sprite (how I said, not going to cientific explanations) and quickly replaces it with a grey square and a black question mark. I already saw people worried about this, if this happened to you, you haven't been hacked. Reloading the page should make it disappear. Hope this helped you! If not, tell me and I might search up for another solution.

GreenYogurtGames

what happens if i accidentally save? will it save the question marks?

superash8

GreenYogurtGames wrote:
what happens if i accidentally save? will it save the question marks?

What do you mean with save? If you mean saving the project, I can tell you that it does not happen when editing projects, only when viewing projects. But I can be wrong, it only happened to me once.

MinceraftFan

superash8 wrote:
GreenYogurtGames wrote:
what happens if i accidentally save? will it save the question marks?
What do you mean with save? If you mean saving the project, I can tell you that it does not happen when editing projects, only when viewing projects. But I can be wrong, it only happened to me once.

I think it can happen when editing, and the question marks actually replace the costumes in the costume editor

stu0003z1

No, it doesn’t. Just don’t click see inside. Then it won’t save

GreenYogurtGames

stu0003z1 wrote:
No, it doesn’t. Just don’t click see inside. Then it won’t save

thank goodness

CST1229

stu0003z1 wrote:
(#5)
No, it doesn’t. Just don’t click see inside. Then it won’t save

A while ago, the ST made it so that question mark costumes don't save, so it should be safe even if you save the project (but you probably still shouldn't just to be safe).

Last edited by CST1229 (Aug. 25, 2023 12:18:38)

HarryCreator2416

This happens when importing big projects into Scratch, I tried and almost every sprite turned into the question mark.

superash8

It actually happened to me again, and once again while viewing a big project. Probably I never see while editing because either the page crashes or I don't do any big stuff.

karate3434

Another way to get rid of the glitch is by reloading the page without saving changes.

Last edited by karate3434 (Jan. 7, 2024 19:12:38)

karate3434

Another way to get rid of the glitch is by reloading the page without saving changes.

floofietoxlc

happens to my sticknite game alot, you have to delete anything you recently updated and reload (this will not delete the sprite normally) and once its reloaded it will be there but most importantly delete sprites

Gordonnstruddos

i dont see the question marks when i play on my project on my account. it seems to not happen if i play the project if i made it.

superdat1973

Gordonnstruddos wrote:
i dont see the question marks when i play on my project on my account. it seems to not happen if i play the project if i made it.

I believe it only happens on devices with bad performance, or on highly intensive projects. It isn't common on any regular projects, (let alone featured projects) so you're most likely good.

Harry-Potter_fanatic

It will not save. This has happened to me multiple times, but only when I have a weak internet connection.

sethwhis

I was collecting bitmap images to an .svg file and i uploaded it and i saw that

when <((battery power :: sensing) * (10)) = (21)> :: hat events
forever
show question mark :: control
end

Last edited by sethwhis (March 25, 2024 11:56:26)

on2732

when I receive [glitch v]
define how to put ur groceries away

Jadgya

ye

Harry-Potter_fanatic

sethwhis wrote:
stu0003z1 wrote:
Play geometry dash

What's your hardest?

Last edited by Harry-Potter_fanatic (March 28, 2024 16:34:44)

SuperFalcon-95

superash8 wrote:
I'm not going to give you a cientific research of why it happens, just tell you the basics. Sometimes Scratch fails to load a sprite (how I said, not going to cientific explanations) and quickly replaces it with a grey square and a black question mark. I already saw people worried about this, if this happened to you, you haven't been hacked. Reloading the page should make it disappear. Hope this helped you! If not, tell me and I might search up for another solution.

And yet this still hasn't been fixed…

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