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Limitations

As this is in a very work in progress state, you will encounter many bugs, crashes, and things that will just not work.

General Limitations

  • Some blocks may lead to crashing/unintended behavior (please open an issue if you know of a block that's causing problems).
  • Performance is poor when running complex projects, specifically those with many clones or lots of blocks running at once.
    • Some older platforms (NDS, GameCube, PSP, Original Xbox) especially struggle due to memory constraints. Try to keep projects small on these platforms.
  • Sounds may take time to load when playing them for the first time.

Unimplemented Blocks

  • ::sb change [ v] effect by ():: and ::sb set [ v] effect to ():: (except for Ghost and Brightness)
    • All Looks effects are supported using the gl-core renderer. This renderer is used on PC and Libretro by default.
  • ::sb touching color [#754D75]?:: and ::sb color [#754D75] is touching [#754D75]?::
    • Unimplemented only on NDS/3DS
  • ::sb loudness::

Unimplemented Extensions

  • Video Sensing
  • Face Sensing
  • micro:bit
  • LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3
  • LEGO BOOST
  • LEGO Education WeDo 2.0
  • Go Direct Force & Acceleration

Platform-Specific

Some platforms may not support some features. These tables describe which features support specific features.

Features

Platform Cloud Variables Native Extensions Lua Extensions
Windows ✅ ❌ ✅
macOS ✅ ✅ ✅
Linux ✅ ✅ ✅
3DS ✅ ❌ ✅
DS ❌ ❌ ❌
Wii U ✅ ❌ ✅
Wii ❌ ❌ ✅
GameCube ❌ ❌ ✅
Switch ❌ ❌ ✅
Vita ❌ ❌ ✅
PSP ❌ ❌ ❌
PS4 ❌ ❌ ❌
Libretro ✅ ❌ ❌
Original Xbox ❌ ❌ ✅

Extensions

Platform Pen Text to Speech Makey Makey Translate
Windows ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
macOS ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Linux ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
3DS ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
DS ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌
Wii U ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Wii ✅ 🟡 ✅ ❌
GameCube ✅ 🟡 ✅ ❌
Switch ✅ 🟡 ✅ ❌
Vita ✅ 🟡 ✅ ❌
PSP ✅ 🟡 ✅ ❌
PS4 ✅ 🟡 ✅ ❌
Libretro ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Original Xbox ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Text-to-Speech can use either the official Scratch servers (if the platform supports it), or DECtalk, which runs locally but is not 100% accurate. Platforms marked with a 🟡 support DECtalk only, while those with a ✅ support both.

Misc Notes

  • [Wii, Wii U, GameCube, Switch, PS4, Original Xbox] The first controller connected will be the only one that will work.
  • [Wii] If you're using a PAL Wii, you must use 50Hz.
  • [PSP] Images cannot be over 512x512.
  • [3DS] If a project has a bunch of large images, some may not load.
  • [3DS] Some vector images will appear bigger than they should.
  • [NDS] Dual screen mode will not be supported.
  • [Vita] Back touch will not be supported.
  • [PS4] The software keyboard isn't currently supported.
  • [DS] Audio is currently broken.
  • [Original Xbox] UI and projects might fail to load graphical assets from time to time. Rebooting your Xbox should fix this.
  • [Original Xbox] SE! will use aggressive memory compression methods on 64 MB boards, which may make some projects appear blocky.
  • [Original Xbox] It is recommended to upgrade your hard drive to run at 7200 RPM, or upgrade to an SSD.