02-22-2022 04:08 PM
So last night I created a scrolling marquee. It works...but I could use some refinement.
Here's the script that uses parent and child blocks, very simple.
When world is started
Send (my event) to (self)
When (my event) is received
Set color of (child) to (color of (parent))
Send (my event) to self with delay of [1] sec
Now with this setup, I have a matrix of dots (LEDs) that's 7×20, each row has a mixture of 2 colors representing on and off.
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:red_circle::black_circle::black_circle::red_circle::black_circle::red_circle::black_circle::black_circle::red_circle::black_circle::red_circle::black_circle::black_circle::red_circle::black_circle::red_circle::black_circle::black_circle::red_circle::black_circle:
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The issue I have is when I speed it up, the colors blink off time and throws the whole marquee off and it starts to look like static. How can I fix this?
02-22-2022 04:09 PM
Sorry about the color blocks, didn't realize it didn't transfer loo so ignore them as they were an example of what I built using emoji dots
04-25-2022 11:06 AM
Have a video by chance? One with it working right and one with it sped up. Having a hard time picturing the blinking off time issue.