I found this extension called advanced-new-file by patbenatar in vs code that lets you create files anywhere with a custom directory you can create on the spot and things like that, but it only works when using a workspace. There is another one called Advanced New File by Dominik Kundel that sort of does the same thing but anywhere even if you have no workspace opened, but it has a bit less features. Does anyone know how I can modify the first one so that I can use it without having to create/open a workspace?
I'm creating a game on Scratch 3, however, when I'm finished with it, I want to convert it to an .exe file. How do I do this?
I've been interested in game development for a long time, and have even tried Unity before, but I'm just a beginner meaning it was too difficult for me. So I turned to Scratch.
Yes, It is possible! ...But it's kinda complex,
Bear with me!
First, Take your sb3 file and convert it into a sb2. To do this I recommend using rexscratch's sb3tosb2 tool. Found here: https://github.com/RexScratch/sb3tosb2
Make sure you have python installed, if you don't, google how to install it. (it's easy).
Next, Click Clone or Download then click Download ZIP. Once that is downloaded, Open the zip, go to the next folder, and execute sb3tosb2.py . This will then ask for a sb3 file, Navigate to the sb3 file you have and select it. It may say it wants to work in compatibility mode, if it does, Just accept it. It will finish up and ask you where to put a sb2 file, just place it on your desktop and name it something.
Secondly, We need to use a program called junebeetle, Don't worry, it's a web based one, found here: https://junebeetle.github.io/converter/online/
Click open scratch file. It will ask for a sb2, Navigate to where you put the sb2 file and open it. If you want you can customize how it will open, you can. I like to use the auto start function, and fullscreen. Don't mess with the resolution unless you know not how to screw-up aspect-ratios. Then click "Convert to SWF" This will then download the SWF version the scratch game, simply name it what you want and leave it.
Finally, you need to convert the SWF file to an EXE, There are plenty of ways to do this, but for ease, I recommend using a lite file converter. SWF Tools is a good one found here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/swftools/files/SwF_To_eXe/Swf2eXe_Latest.zip/download
Let it download and then extract the zip file's content to your desktop or downloads folder. Then open the exe file inside the folder from the zip file you just extracted.
Almost there! Click "Add a file" Then, you guessed it, Navigate to the SWF file that was spat out from the conversion of the sb2. Then click "Convert" Let it do its thing, and soon it will finish. Boom, Done. To find your exe file, go to where you stored the SWF to EXE converter, go to the "Output" Folder, and infront of you, is your EXE File! Note: Your anti-virus might freakout, this is normal when making new programs.
Also, Some fonts may break, This is just a side effect of the sb3 to sb2 conversion due to the fact that there is currently no way to convert sb3 to SWF.
Hopefully that was easy enough to understand. It is a complicated process, But yields results!
If you have any issues, Just Ask! I can help!
You could use the TurboWarp Packager. It's free and safe. https://packager.turbowarp.org/
There might not be a specific or direct way to convert a Sb3 File to an exe file but You can do it indirectly in a few steps which might be kind of lengthy but works.
When your SB3 project is done, go to https://sheeptester.github.io/htmlifier/
And convert your sb3 file to html.
From there you can convert the html file you got just now to an exe file, but not as you might expect it to. You cannot convert an html page to an exe file so what you can do is add the html webpage (the scratch game now converted to a html webpage) as an 'embed' file in the software such as, like Unity or Visual Basic, as they allow html webpages to be embedded in a project. Then you can add features and stuff, then publish or export your project as an exe file.
I know the process is really lengthy and I practically just wrote a long boring thesis but this might be the only way you can convert scratch to exe.
Hope my answer helps!
Hasta La Vista
Convert your Scratch project to HTML using Scratch HTMLifier: https://sheeptester.github.io/words-go-here/htmlifier/
Download NW.js and put its files (nw.exe, ...) in a directory. Create a package.json file in that directory that should look like this:
{
"name": "Project",
"main": "project.html"
}
(replace Project with the name of your project and project.html with the name of your HTML file).
Make sure that your project runs when you start nw.exe.
Use any tool to turn your folder into a self-extracting archive.
See also: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/341617/
use https://packager.turbowarp.org/
Using simple setting you can export without any problems.
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Currently, there is no software or smart javascript tricks that can convert .sb3 files into .exe files. You could use an .sb2 file but you need to use Scratch 2.0. There are developers working on conversion programs that do .sb3 to .exe but that will take a while. I would recommend using Scratch 2.0 if you want to convert your Scratch games to an executable.
I am writing several models in Netlogo v6.0.1. Whenever I make a change to a model code and save it, the change will not take effect until the .nlogo file has been closed and reopened.
This is a recreateable error when I am making changes to .nls files, particularly if I've changed something that uses the GIS extension.
I would appreciate any help.
Best,
Todd
I have received a simulink model from one of my students, but as he is using a newer version of MATLAB (8.6) than the one i have installed (8.5) i get an error when i try to open it.
How can i open it without asking him to save in an older format?
If you have a .slx file that you need to convert, the process is a little different. Using a tool like 7Zip, open the .slx file (a .slx is really just a disguised .zip file) so you can edit it without extracting all the files. Go into the "metadata" folder. Edit each of the .xml files in there and change the tags for <cp:version> and <matlabVersion>. Save each and have 7Zip update the archive for you.
Like the other responder said though, if you used any part of your model uses features inherent to the newer version, those components will be broken.
It was actaully quite simple.
I opened the .mdl file in a text editor and search/replaced
8.6->8.5
and 2015b->2015a
Sometimes when doing this an error occurs when opening a model for the first time. After saving it the first time and reopening it this error dissapears.
It should however be noted that if the model contains a new component or if the functionality of a component has been changed this method will not work.
Sigurd
I am working in matlab gui GUIDE and I am trying to rename a file. I open the fig file in GUIDE and save it as the new file name but a new .m file is NOT created. Consequently I cannot run the gui or edit the file. I have seen a lot of posts about this and many people say "Save As" should just work which is strange because it was working for me yesterday too. Does anyone know the reason why sometimes GUIDE does not automatically generate an m file?
The two files MUST have the same name. See the documentation here: http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_guis/files-generated-by-guide.html
Further more, I can't find specific examples in the documentation, but there seems to be a common issue with Callbacks and UI property names getting a little messed up. The best bet is of course is to not touch the file names (or create the GUI programmatically) but now that the damage is done, I would reccommend:
Making sure both files have the same name
Checking all button callbacks to make sure they point to the right file
Checking the tag of all your graphics objects to make sure they are the sames
Double check in your GUIDE options that it is still set to generate an mfile ( Tools > Gui options > Create m file )
Best of luck, GUIDE can be good, but is very far from perfect. (especially in times like now)