WE NEED THIS BLOCK!!! [I receive message boolean]

asdfghjkl28845

Scratch Team,
Scratch brodcasting would be so much easier if only we had this block:

<i receive [ v]>

Last edited by Paddle2See (Dec. 18, 2014 13:19:19)

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VoltageGames

An “if I receive” would function exactly like

when I receive [ v]

no support.

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Langdon35

We don't need this block

VoltageGames wrote:
An “if I receive” would function exactly like
when I receive [ v]
no support.

We already have it.

Woohoo!

asdfghjkl28845

VoltageGames wrote:
An “if I receive” would function exactly like
when I receive [ v]
no support.

Ah, but this could be in a script like

when green flag clicked
forever
    say [Hi. ] for [2] secs
if <i receive [stop talking v]> then
stop [this script v]
    
end

end

Last edited by asdfghjkl28845 (Dec. 17, 2014 21:25:31)

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asdfghjkl28845

Langdon35 wrote:
We don't need this block
VoltageGames wrote:
An “if I receive” would function exactly like
when I receive [ v]
no support.
We already have it.

The if i recieve block?

Last edited by asdfghjkl28845 (Dec. 17, 2014 21:24:28)

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The_Grits

asdfghjkl28845 wrote:
VoltageGames wrote:
An “if I receive” would function exactly like
when I receive [ v]
no support.
Ah, but this could be in a script like
when green flag clicked
forever
    say [Hi. ] for [2] secs
if <i receive [stop talking v]> then
stop [this script v]
    
end

end

The ‘When I receive block’ runs forever, no need for this block really. Keep on thinking up ideas for improving Scratch though!

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stickfiregames wrote:
Read the sticky

Oh. Closed.

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asdfghjkl28845 wrote:
Scratch Team,
Scratch brodcasting would be so much easier if only we had this block:
<i receive [ v]>

http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/4789/?page=1#post-26545

jvvg wrote:
Before making a suggestion, be sure to check this topic for stuff that's already been suggested.
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Suggestions that have been rejected
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9. <broadcast received> boolean
There is way too much ambiguity to how this would work. Would it return true of the broadcast was fired at any point since the project was created, since the green flag was clicked, since something else was broadcasted, etc.? If you really want to do something like this, instead just make a variable and set it to 1 and use the equals block.

when this block is clicked::sensing hat//FYI, this is my old account that I no longer use. My current account is @DaSpudLord.
forever {do (a [scratch v]::events ring)::sound}::extension cstart
say [what the...?] in (the language of [the moon people v]::red)::control
create [spontaneous v] explosion in [a flea's stomach]::motion
That's not right...::cend

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Cyoce

What about

(I am receiving [message1 v]?::events)

This would clear up much of the ambiguity.

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stickfiregames

Cyoce wrote:
What about
<I am receiving [message1 v]?::events>
This would clear up much of the ambiguity.

A broadcast is an event, so unless it was fired in the same frame (or tick, probably) as the boolean was tested, it wouldn't be detected. That in itself might cause some confusion.

There are some boradcast blocks that would work though:

wait until I receive [broadcast v] :: events

repeat until I receive [broadcast v] :: events cstart
end

(time since [broadcast v] received :: events)

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when this sprite clicked
when this sprite clicked<key [Speed is key!!!] pressed?>
if <Speed is key> then
show list [Bosses]
    
end

broadcast [This would work though]

Last edited by benandwren (Dec. 18, 2014 09:33:03)

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joshuaho

I'm pretty sure that this suggestion won't be implemented because of the reasons below:

<broadcast received> boolean
There is way too much ambiguity to how this would work. Would it return true of the broadcast was fired at any point since the project was created, since the green flag was clicked, since something else was broadcasted, etc.? If you really want to do something like this, instead just make a variable and set it to 1 and use the equals block.

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Paddle2See

joshuaho wrote:
I'm pretty sure that this suggestion won't be implemented because of the reasons below:
<broadcast received> boolean
There is way too much ambiguity to how this would work. Would it return true of the broadcast was fired at any point since the project was created, since the green flag was clicked, since something else was broadcasted, etc.? If you really want to do something like this, instead just make a variable and set it to 1 and use the equals block.

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Thanks for looking that up!

Yeah, I actually pushed pretty hard to get this added to Scratch 2.0 - but as we thought about it more, it became clear that it didn't really fit in with the idea of messages - you need something that will preserve (and clear) the history state of the message - so you probably need variables. So instead of implementing something ill-defined and complicated to understand, it was decided to give people other ways to end a repeated action, with expanded options in the Stop block.

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