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I downloaded code from someone, lets call them “gamer_guy.” gamer_guy's code was a cat with a trail effect, perfect for the platformer game I want to make. Well the moment I uploaded it, everything crashed. If the game runs, it crashes. If I try to interact with the code (which is insanely long for no reason, probably intended to lag me so i won't delete it ) it crashes my browser instantly. And all of this because I downloaded a sprite called “sCat.” HELP!- please?My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Chrome 124.0.0.0, No Flash version detected

This is not a bug, some scripts can just make things really laggy. It's very unlikely that this was intentional, but if you really think it is, report the original project where this came from.

Also, just delete the project in My Stuff.

It was intentional, I looked at an “Antipiracy policy” script and it literally just crashes the game. It's just a standard

“When I start as a clone”
“Create clone of myself” (x2)
“Delete clone”

All they did was hide that code under the real script.
Plus, they somehow managed to make it so that it doesn't crash the original project, I tried taking the code to a test project and it still crashed.

BCD1313 wrote:

It was intentional, I looked at an “Antipiracy policy” script and it literally just crashes the game. It's just a standard

“When I start as a clone”
“Create clone of myself” (x2)
“Delete clone”

All they did was hide that code under the real script.
Plus, they somehow managed to make it so that it doesn't crash the original project, I tried taking the code to a test project and it still crashed.

Hmmm. Report the project and explain it then.

han614698 wrote:

BCD1313 wrote:

It was intentional, I looked at an “Antipiracy policy” script and it literally just crashes the game. It's just a standard

“When I start as a clone”
“Create clone of myself” (x2)
“Delete clone”

All they did was hide that code under the real script.
Plus, they somehow managed to make it so that it doesn't crash the original project, I tried taking the code to a test project and it still crashed.

Hmmm. Report the project and explain it then.

Alright, how do I save my project?

I'm not exactly sure, I'll recruit the help of other Scratchers. I also think I managed to find the original “virus” (it's not an actual virus though, it seems like a fork-bomb or a trojan. It is still dangerous malware.) so I can reverse engineer it.

BCD1313 wrote:

han614698 wrote:

BCD1313 wrote:

It was intentional, I looked at an “Antipiracy policy” script and it literally just crashes the game. It's just a standard

“When I start as a clone”
“Create clone of myself” (x2)
“Delete clone”

All they did was hide that code under the real script.
Plus, they somehow managed to make it so that it doesn't crash the original project, I tried taking the code to a test project and it still crashed.

Hmmm. Report the project and explain it then.

Alright, how do I save my project?

I suppose you can't. Try downloading the project under the file dropdown, and re-uploading it back into a new project and WITHOUT CLICKING THE GREEN FLAG delete the faulty script.

I agree.

I deleted it and it still lagged-


That happens because the hacker made a variable filled with a cursed text font which automatically downloads with the sprite. Once you get rid of that it pretty much solves the problem.

BCD1313 wrote:

It was intentional, I looked at an “Antipiracy policy” script and it literally just crashes the game. It's just a standard

“When I start as a clone”
“Create clone of myself” (x2)
“Delete clone”

All they did was hide that code under the real script.
Plus, they somehow managed to make it so that it doesn't crash the original project, I tried taking the code to a test project and it still crashed.

This is called a tab crasher. Tab crashers use this string to overload scratch and, well, crash the tab.
Report the original project, and any others that seem to use that code, as tab crashers are against Scratch's rules.

BCD1313 wrote:

It was intentional, I looked at an “Antipiracy policy” script and it literally just crashes the game. It's just a standard

“When I start as a clone”
“Create clone of myself” (x2)
“Delete clone”

All they did was hide that code under the real script.
Plus, they somehow managed to make it so that it doesn't crash the original project, I tried taking the code to a test project and it still crashed.

It's normal, doing;

create clone of [myself v]
when I start as a clone
create clone of [myself v]
delete this clone

will crash, try it on a new project. Therefore it will create the clone then creating it again then deleting the clone non-stop; you have to close your tab.
It will glitch out and therefore, it will confuse the Scratch tab.

BCD1313 wrote:

I deleted it and it still lagged-


That happens because the hacker made a variable filled with a cursed text font which automatically downloads with the sprite. Once you get rid of that it pretty much solves the problem.

That cursed text font is called Z̴̧̢̯͇̩͉̼͔̰̻̀̿̆͂͊̔͜ạ̵̧̡̼̯̰̹͗l̴̨̧̬̺͎̫̱̹͔̹͔͈̊͊̋̏̑g̶̢̲̼̥͐̇̇͒̓͐̄̓͝͠͝ơ̸̧̛͖̼̩̖̯͚̭̭͈͖͎̂̐̔ ̸̢̩̫̠̃̾̔̎̈́̀t̸̻́́͊̚̕͝ͅé̸̢̢̩̰̠̼̺͍̙̖̞͋̄x̵̖͔̜̲̳̜̬̐̈́̐̓̃͂̊͝ͅt̵̢̗̦͚͚̳̩͉͒̊̈́̈́̊̓̎͐̾̈́̐̄̕͝͠.̷̡̢̛͈̘̣̦̩͈͕͍͎̅̓͌̓̿ (Zalgo text)

BCD1313 wrote:

I deleted it and it still lagged-


That happens because the hacker made a variable filled with a cursed text font which automatically downloads with the sprite. Once you get rid of that it pretty much solves the problem.

And if you solved the problem, close this topic!

Foldy_TPOT wrote:

BCD1313 wrote:

I deleted it and it still lagged-


That happens because the hacker made a variable filled with a cursed text font which automatically downloads with the sprite. Once you get rid of that it pretty much solves the problem.

That cursed text font is called Z̴̧̢̯͇̩͉̼͔̰̻̀̿̆͂͊̔͜ạ̵̧̡̼̯̰̹͗l̴̨̧̬̺͎̫̱̹͔̹͔͈̊͊̋̏̑g̶̢̲̼̥͐̇̇͒̓͐̄̓͝͠͝ơ̸̧̛͖̼̩̖̯͚̭̭͈͖͎̂̐̔ ̸̢̩̫̠̃̾̔̎̈́̀t̸̻́́͊̚̕͝ͅé̸̢̢̩̰̠̼̺͍̙̖̞͋̄x̵̖͔̜̲̳̜̬̐̈́̐̓̃͂̊͝ͅt̵̢̗̦͚͚̳̩͉͒̊̈́̈́̊̓̎͐̾̈́̐̄̕͝͠.̷̡̢̛͈̘̣̦̩͈͕͍͎̅̓͌̓̿ (Zalgo text)

We don't know what font it is or what it looks like.