What's new to Snap! 8.0.0!

[slate_technologies]

Snap! 8.0.0 has been out for one month. Let's talk about it and what's new!

Motion

What's new in the "Motion" category.

Position Block:

There's a new block called "Position". This block basically reports a sprite's X and Y positions and puts them in a list.

Looks

What's new in the "Looks" category.

NOTHING

Sound

What's new in the "Sound" category.

NOTHING

Pen

What's new in the "Pen" category.

ALSO NOTHING

Events

What's new in the "Events" category.

Many blocks...

These blocks are...well, I don't know what I can do with these. Figure it out.

That's all I've got...

[bombmanyeeted]

@cymplecy

Yes - it was released this morning in time for Snap!Con2022

Changelog

• New Features:
  • passing a list to the ASK command in sensing presents a menu to the user
  • formatting a list of texts displays it as chat-history in an ASK menu
  • ASK nothing or a falsy value terminates all threads currently displaying a question or waiting to ask one and clears the last "answer"
  • new "Menus" library
  • broadcasting now supports optional additional data transmission, also when switching scenes
  • export script (including dependencies) via its context menu
  • export / import sprite-local custom block definitions from the palette
  • export block definitions from inside the block editor
  • embed blocks into costume metadata to be shared as image file
  • exported script pics now always include the actual blocks, which can be extracted from the image inside Snap!
  • exported scripts (!) pics now also always include either the actual blocks (if it's a single script), the block definition (if it's a block editor), or a sprite-representation of the current object (sprite or stage)
  • added green flag symbol to "when I receive" dropdown menu, support when clicking the green flag button in the IDE
  • added "combinations" primitive to the palette
  • new POSITION primitive reporter in the MOTION category
  • new MOUSE POSITION primitive reporter in the SENSING category
  • new "position" choice in OF reporter's attribute dropdown, reports a list of XY coordinates
  • new "variables" choice in OF reporter's attribute dropdown, reports a list of reachable variable names
  • new "categories" choice in MY reporter's dropdown, reports an ordered list of all category names whose indices match the "category" reported elsewhere
  • new "label", "type", "scope", "slots", "defaults", "menus" and "editables" choices in the OF BLOCK block-attribute reporter's dropdown
  • new "set attribute of block" primitive
  • new "define block" primitive
  • new "delete block" primitive
  • new "this script" primitive
  • added support to the OF reporter for binding a ring to another one, e.g. THIS SCRIPT, to access its local variables
  • new localization extension primitives in the "ide" category, hyperized
  • new extension primitive for importing a costume from a url
  • new extension primitive for querying all variable names accessible from a specified scope (global, sprite, script)
  • new extension primitive for querying whether a watcher for a variable by name is shown onstage
  • new support for setting the translation via the API
  • new TuneScope extension and library, thanks, Glen, Eric, and team!
  • new "Tad", "Jahrd", "Derec" and "Jamet" costume series, thanks, Meghan and Brian!
• Notable Changes:
  • exporting a library includes dependencies (auto-select all referenced blocks)
  • exporting / importing a sprite includes dependencies (global custom blocks and palette categories)
  • imported single scripts are now placed into the hand, for the user to position them in the scripting area
  • moved "append", "reshape", "combinations" blocks down one group in the palette
  • moved "current date" block up to "timer" group in the palette
  • moved "attribute of block" block from the sensing category to control
  • include currently dragged sprites in the MY OTHER SPRITES/CLONES lists
  • library import dialog makeover for custom categories and hidden blocks, thanks, Michael!
  • when querying a custom reporter's "definition" property only report its reporter without the REPORT block (if applicable)
  • SciSnap2 extension update (ImagePad), thanks, Eckart!
  • MQTT extension update, thanks, Simon and Xavier!
• Notable Fixes:
  • fixed relabelling "sum", "product", "minimum" and "maximum" reporters
  • fixed relabelling local custom blocks to global ones and vice-versa
  • fixed library blocks preview to deal with both local and global blocks
  • fixed scope of script vars inside experimental JIT-compiled rings, thanks, xBZZZ!
  • fixed a "wandering" watcher positioning bug when saving / loading a project into a scaled stage
  • fixed an edge case for slot type inferral
  • fixed variadic AND/OR reporters library, thanks, Brian!
  • fixed a pen-size issue in the frequency distribution analysis' graph-plot block, thanks, Brian!
  • fixed block label color when expanding or inserting variadic infix slots
  • framerate is throttled to < 67 fps
• Documentation Updates:
  • new Manual for v8, yay! Thanks, Brian!
  • updated contribution guidelines, thanks, Peter!
  • updated help screens for NUMBERS and FIND FIRST, thanks, Brian, Peter and WarpedWartWars!
  • updated the API documentation for "setTranslation"
• Translation Updates:
  • German
  • Greek, thank you, HM100!

Oh my gosh look at this

nothing.

[earthrulerr]

@bombmanyeeted

post needs to have 5 words.

It’s weird that with a quote you still have to add words, also holy that’s a huge list.

[mr_owlssssnap2]

lol

[bh]

@earthrulerr

It’s weird that with a quote you still have to add words

You especially need your own words in a message with a big quotation, because maybe people have already seen what you're quoting, and you shouldn't make them wade through it again if you have nothing to add.

also holy that’s a huge list.

Yeah. This is definitely a major release!

[bh]

@slate_technologies

That's all I've got...

You might want to watch Jens's presentation on it at Snap!Con: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaNWGhc7l8c&list=PLSfqmXPFflvGtlYlrAOVC22AUw-WR-3M6&index=1

[sir_kitten2]

@slate_technologies

Events

What's new in the "Events" category.

Many blocks...

These blocks are...well, I don't know what I can do with these. Figure it out.

That's all I've got...

OOOOH, bh your dream finally came true.

[earthrulerr]

@bh

Yeah. This is definitely a major release!

Yep! Also alright to the first said thing.

[bh]

@sir_kitten2

OOOOH, bh your dream finally came true.

Yes! Except we still have to ensure hygienic macros.

[sir_kitten2]

@bh

hygienic macros

?

[bh]

It means setting up the macro system so that a macro can refer to its own variables and to the caller's variables, but without problems if they both have a variable of the same name.

[mr_owlssssnap2]

Omg, wait, didn't I make a block-definer-block?

Edit: Yes, I did!
Lol so I already remade a block without using that block before I even started that series
Edit 2: And it still works today??