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@tyller_

This issue has been fixed.

The current ChatGPT outage has been resolved.

There is an outage currently with ChatGPT:

https://status.openai.com/

@tyller_

We are able to reproduce the issue now. It will be fixed soon. Thank you.

@tyller_

When you say you “set row 1 column hi of table a to ‘test’”, which block did you use? Is it “replace item at row [] column []”? We can’t seem to reproduce this issue using that block.

@s9205307-810c679a

This issue has been fixed.

We have removed the sign-in requirement for the ChatGPT blocks, so that anyone can run ChatGPT-based projects without logging in, such as this project: play.creaticode.com/projects/1ca634e4193e2b27500be13e

This allows you to build AI projects and share them to anyone to try out, and they won’t have to sign up or log in to try them

Enjoy!

Introduction

 

When you need to explain how a project should work, the best way is to make a screen recording of the stage. This short article will explain which tools you can use to record the screen, and also how to share the gif file to get a URL for it.

 
 

Screen Recording on Windows

 

If you are using a Windows computer, we recommend a free tool named “ScreenToGif”, which you can download here: https://www.screentogif.com/

Here is a short video explaining how to use it: https://www.yo utube.com/watch?v=ELfCBzN1Mtc

 
 

Screen Recording on Macbook

 

If you are using a Macbook, you can use a free tool called “Giphy Capture”: https://giphy.com/apps/giphycapture

Here is a short video showing how to use it: https://www.yo utube.com/watch?v=m-4cJMBGfS4

 
 

Share your gif file

 

Once your gif file is ready, you can share it this way:

1. Go to the “My Stuff” page at https://play.creaticode.com/mystuff, and make sure you are logged in.

2. Select “My Files” tab on the bottom left

3. Click the “+Share a New File” button on the top right

4. In the pop up window, click “Click to upload file”, and then select the gif file from your computer.

5. Click the green button that says “upload and share with the CC Attribution license” at the bottom.

After that, you will see the new file in the list of files, and then you can click “Copy file URL” button for that file, which will copy the URL to the clipboard, which would look like this: https://ccdn.creaticode.com/user-files/BfemEPCxatY6MMAPs/castfireball.gif

@011830-0a42ef84

Please refer to this example:

play.creaticode.com/projects/675378ad977fa780536fd819

The idea is that we already know the position of the rope, then we just need to know the position of the player, then calculate the direct distance between these 2 2D coordinates.

@011830-0a42ef84

The 2 objects, “player” and “rope,” are not in the same sprite, so when you run this “overlapping” block in the player sprite, it doesn’t know about the “rope” object. That’s why it is not working.

Also, testing for objects overlapping frame by frame is very expensive. Since you already know the position of the rope, it is much simpler to check the distance between the player and the rope. You only need to calculate the 2D distance between them, and if it is a small number, then you know the player is very close to the rope.

Also, the way you handle the key presses is not optimal. For example, in “when w key pressed”, you have the block to wait until key w is pressed or the object is blocked below. But when the w key is pressed again, this stack will be triggered again. Overall, this will make the project run slowly and not smoothly. Instead, we recommend you use a single forever loop to handle all keys and conditions, but each key press is handled instantly. You can check out this project for an example: play.creaticode.com/projects/66e823b5a634f8ee7d92cc88/editor?version=1

@jeffreyrb03-gmail

This block has been updated:

@011830-0a42ef84

Thanks for sharing your project. Here are some high level comments:

1. You can not mix 3D physics blocks and “set speed” blocks. If you are controlling objects using the 3D physics engine, you have to delegate all movements to the engine, and only use blocks in the “3D physics” category to make objects move/turn.

2. We can’t add the animations you requested since they are not available in the mixamo.com library. You will have to use the animations available now.

3. For specific questions on individual blocks, can you please try to ask XO first?

@s9205307-810c679a

Thanks for reporting this. We will fix this soon.

@jeffreyrb03-gmail

We can add an option to return the page content as markdown or html.

@tyller_

Yes, comments would be helpful. Also, you might want to clean up the blocks so it’s easier to read.

BTW, your code does not create or join any multiplayer game. Is that done separately?

@tyller_

This is a great idea. Thank you for sharing.

Can you explain a bit more how it works internally? Most people are not familiar with the multiplayer blocks, and this can be a good example for learning about them.

@jeffreyrb03-gmail

This block currently should already work for simple static sites like

https://www.google.com/search?q=dog

We will look into the issue with indeed.com, but most likely it won’t work for such sites that have checks for bots.

It would also not work for the “view-source” URL, since it expects the input starts with “http”

@catty

around 16

@011830-0a42ef84

Here is an example project for setting the diretion/speed of a 3D object, then read its direction/speed using the object property reporter block:

play.creaticode.com/projects/674a8a9751e4206da361b2cb

@011830-0a42ef84

In the costume editor, you can hold down the SHIFT key, then click any shape to select or deselect by itself, while keeping the other selection unchanged.

@catty

In this case you can temporarily copy the transparent part to another costume.

@011830-0a42ef84

Can you do multi-select then de-select those? It appears this feature is only useful when there are many shapes in the costume. Do you have any example project?

@011830-0a42ef84

You can try to unhide the basic sprite and trigger this stack of blocks manually, and you should see the animations. If you are not seeing the same animation in games, then it must be due to other reasons.

You might want to read about how to debug here and try these techniques:

https://www.forum.creaticode.com/topic/1568/how-to-debug

@011830-0a42ef84

This code appears to be correctly updating the costume repeatedly. What’s the issue you are having with them?

@011830-0a42ef84

Thanks for the suggestion. We’ll research how to do that.

@011830-0a42ef84

Your project is still private. And can you also specify which sprite is having this issue?

@011830-0a42ef84

Can you post your project link? And can you give some more details on what you want to achieve? For example, do you mean “when a new clone is created, it starts a new animation that’s different from others”?

@s9205307-810c679a

To be more generic, maybe we can add a new block like “update scale x [XSCALE] y [YSCALE] with anchor x [LEFT/MIDDLE/RIGHT] y [TOP/CENTER/BOTTOM]” block?

Then you can create many similar effects with some simple coding.

@jeffreyrb03-gmail

That hat block only works on some widgets, not all widgets. For example, you are using it on labels, but labels are not meant to be clicked, so they don’t trigger the click event.

@011830-0a42ef84

Please check out this new block:

https://www.forum.creaticode.com/topic/1653/shake-screen

Introduction

You can now make everything on the screen (the stage and all sprites) shake like this:

 
Note that this only works for 2D projects.

 
 

The Shake Screen Block

The shake screen block is in the motion category:

 
It takes 3 inputs:

• Duration: how many seconds to keep the shaking effect
• Frame Rate: how many frames per second. In each frame, the whole stage and all sprites are randomly shifted to a new position.
• Magnitude: This is the maximum distance the screen may be shifted in both the x and y direction. For example, if magnitude is 20, then for any frame, the screen can be shifted left or right, up or down, but never more than 20 units from the center.

@jeffreyrb03-gmail

Some details need to be discussed. When the screen is shaken, do we simply move every thing (including the backdrop) left and then right? If we move everything left, then there will be a gap at the right edge (assuming viewport is not used). Do we fill that gap with white or black color?

@thebrickmaster626-f522560b

Please check out the new joystick blocks we have just added:

https://www.forum.creaticode.com/topic/1651/virtual-joysticks-for-user-input

Introduciton

 

You can now add joystick-style user controls for your 3D games, which is a natural input method for users on touchpads and smartphones.

Note that this new feature only works in 3D projects, and a 3D scene must be initialized first.

 
 

Add a Joystick

 

A virtual joystick is made of 2 parts:

• A “base” that is composed of 2 circles. Whenever the pointer is pressed down, the base will not move as the pointer is dragged around it.
• A “puck” that is a smaller circle with a dot at its center. It shows the current position of the pointer relative to the base.

 

You can add a new joystick using the following block:

 
The inputs are:

• Left or Right: you can add a left or right joystick using this block. The left one only covers the left half of the screen, and the right one only covers the right half. Use this block 2 times to add both joysticks.
• Color1 and Color2: These two color inputs control the colors of the base and the puck.
• Scale: This is a scaling factor that controls the size of the virtual joystick. By default, it is 100, which means 100% of the default size. If you would like to double the size of the joystick, you can set this value to 200.

 
 

Read joystick properties

 

You can read the properties of a joystick using this reporter block:

 
It has 2 inputs:

• Side: left or right
• Property:
  • x or y: the position of the puck relative to the center of the base. Note that both x and y are between -1 and 1. For example, if the puck is at the right edge of the base, then x will be 1 and y will be 0.
  • dir: the direction of the puck relative to the base in degrees, which is between -180 and 180.
  • Distance: the distance of the puck from the base between 0 and 1.
  • pressed: whether the joystick is pressed down. 0 means not pressed down, and 1 means it is pressed down. This should be the first value to check, since if the joystick is not pressed down, then all the other properties are not valid.

 
 

Remove all joysticks

 

You can use this block to remove all the joysticks you have added so far:

 
 

Demo

 

In this demo program, we first add a 3D glass object, then add 2 virtual joysticks of different colors and scales. Then we enter a forever loop: whenever the left or right joystick is pressed down, we read its properties into a few variables, and also rotate the 3D glass based on the “dir” property:

 
Here is the project link:

play.creaticode.com/projects/673e98585e434ba9fd49f96a

@011830-0a42ef84

Can you please reload the page, and make sure you are logged in, and then try XO again? We have made some improvement to XO, but we are not sure if they would resolve your specific issue. Thanks

@jeffreyrb03-gmail

We will fix this issue. Thanks

@011830-0a42ef84

What happens when you run the “shake screen” block?

@thebrickmaster626-f522560b

We found that you can not log in because your guardian has not approved your account yet. They need to click the link in the email they have received.

@thebrickmaster626-f522560b

Thank you. We will investigate why you can’t log in.

@thebrickmaster626-f522560b

If you can’t use email, we can’t tell you the updated password.

Can you reload the page, and try to login again? And if it doesn’t work, can you post a screenshot?

@thebrickmaster626-f522560b

Please email your account email to info@creaticode.com

@thebrickmaster626-f522560b

Please try to update your password using this link: https://play.creaticode.com/forgot-password

If you still can not get it to work, please email info@creaticode.com, and we will update your password for you.

@catty

Actually, XO only works when you are logged in. Can you verify you are logged in when you get the error message?

@catty

Thank you. We’ll look into this new error.

@011830-0a42ef84

I get no issue now. Can you reload the browser page and try again? If it is not working, please paste a screenshot again. Thanks

@dnikitoss-7ac89c07

Thank you. We will fix this issue.

@thebrickmaster626-f522560b @jeffreyrb03-gmail

We will provide some tutorials on this. It will take some time since this is an illustration, and it is not supported yet.

@011830-0a42ef84

Can you post the project link? Also, have you reloaded the page? It will need a reload to pick up the changes.

@thebrickmaster626-f522560b

Maybe this is a good example? When you go to our home page at creaticode.com, you can use pointer or mouse to press down on the 3D scene of the car, and you will see a circular cyan input control:

@jeffreyrb03-gmail

Got it. That makes sense. We will add that block.