Hi! Just trying to make a simple project but for some reason I cant make the top players username display after restart. Here are the blocks I used to make it.

when green flag clicked
forever
if <(Score) > [(☁ high score)]> then
set [(☁ Player) v] to (username)
end
end

That won't work because cloud variables only support numbers. You will have to convert the username into numbers. This is how to do that:

when green flag clicked
set [chars v] to [abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_-]
set [j v] to [1]
repeat (length of (chars))
add (letter (j) of (chars)) to [char_list v]
end
forever
if <(Score) > (☁ highscore)> then
encode (username)
set [☁ player_with_high_score v] to (encoded)
set [☁ highscore v] to (Score)

define encode (text)
set [encoded v] to []
set [i v] to [1]
repeat (length of (text))
if <(length of (item # of (letter (i) of (text)) in [char_list v])) = [1]> then
set [encoded v] to (join (encoded) (join (0) (item # of (letter (i) of (text)) in [char_list v])))
else 
set [encoded v] to (join (encoded) (item # of (letter (i) of (text)) in [char_list v]))
end
change [i v] by [1]

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Well i think you can just do:

when green flag clicked
forever
say (username) for (2) secs
end

Or maybe something like:

when green flag clicked
forever
if <(☁ score) > [☁️high-score]> then
set [Username score  v] to (username)
end
say [username score v]
end

coading_101 wrote:

Well i think you can just do:

when green flag clicked
forever
say (username) for (2) secs
end

I think @hellu23 is trying to display the username of the person who has set the highest score. The script that you made will just display the username of the person who is using the project.

coading_101 wrote:

Or maybe something like:

when green flag clicked
forever
if <(☁ score) > [☁️high-score]> then
set [Username score  v] to (username)
end
say [username score v]
end

You have to encode the username into numbers.

Thanks for the help! Though I'm going to be real, I didn't really understand the whole code so I'm going to take a look at it in the morning.

Sasha--seals wrote:

That won't work because cloud variables only support numbers. You will have to convert the username into numbers. This is how to do that:

when green flag clicked
set [chars v] to [abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_-]
set [j v] to [1]
repeat (length of (chars))
add (letter (j) of (chars)) to [char_list v]
end
forever
if <(Score) > (☁ highscore)> then
encode (username)
set [☁ player_with_high_score v] to (encoded)
set [☁ highscore v] to (Score)

define encode (text)
set [encoded v] to []
set [i v] to [1]
repeat (length of (text))
if <(length of (item # of (letter (i) of (text)) in [char_list v])) = [1]> then
set [encoded v] to (join (encoded) (join (0) (item # of (letter (i) of (text)) in [char_list v])))
else 
set [encoded v] to (join (encoded) (item # of (letter (i) of (text)) in [char_list v]))
end
change [i v] by [1]

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After I took a second look I can finally say that I don't understand the second part. I later tried to recreate the program which helped to understand it better but it doesn't work since the result I am getting is just a lot of 0 in the variable.

hellu23 wrote:

Sasha--seals wrote:

That won't work because cloud variables only support numbers. You will have to convert the username into numbers. This is how to do that:

when green flag clicked
set [chars v] to [abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_-]
set [j v] to [1]
repeat (length of (chars))
add (letter (j) of (chars)) to [char_list v]
end
forever
if <(Score) > (☁ highscore)> then
encode (username)
set [☁ player_with_high_score v] to (encoded)
set [☁ highscore v] to (Score)

define encode (text)
set [encoded v] to [(username)]
set [i v] to [1]
repeat (length of (text))
if <(length of (item # of (letter (i) of (text)) in [char_list v])) = [1]> then
set [encoded v] to (join (encoded) (join (0) (item # of (letter (i) of (text)) in [char_list v])))
else 
set [encoded v] to (join (encoded) (item # of (letter (i) of (text)) in [char_list v]))
end
change [i v] by [1]

My signature will probably be down there so don't add that to your project. |
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After I took a second look I can finally say that I don't understand the second part. I later tried to recreate the program which helped to understand it better but it doesn't work since the result I am getting is just a lot of 0 in the variable.

Ok I found a way which was to change from encoded blank to encoded set to username in the beginning of the define part, but that still leaves you with a lot of 0 at the end of the variable.
Edit: I was once again wrong that only works in the short run and disappears on reload.

Can you share your project, so we can take a look at your code to find the error?

ProfessorUelf wrote:

Can you share your project, so we can take a look at your code to find the error?

Didn't do much on the project but here is the link Your text to link here….
Thanks for your help in advance.

To be more specific I left the code on the first sprite and a comment beside it

you have to encode it because you cant put letters in cloud variables. You could probably do this by giving each letter a number then encode and decode them.

@griffpatch has made a nice concise tutorial on the subject of encoding/decoding text into cloud variables. Here is the link. His tutorial is aimed at making a full real-time cloud multiplayer game, however the encoding/decoding part of it is relevant to your need.

I think he does a good job of getting you to really understand why a certain script is there and what exactly it does.

Thanks everyone I will take a look at it