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animatic
Scratcher
8 posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

I wonder if I can change my country from Antarctica to "The Foolish Fields".
Heathercat123
Scratch Team
100+ posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

Use the "Inspect" (or "Inspect Element") feature from your web browser. If you can't for some reason, you can also ask an admin like me to do it for you.

Developer of much of the backend code for this website (the Scratch section, not the rest!) along with contributions from @chipmunkmc.
CuteRobot22
Scratcher
24 posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

Heathercat123 wrote:

Use the "Inspect" (or "Inspect Element") feature from your web browser. If you can't for some reason, you can also ask an admin like me to do it for you.

I tried doing it but it didn't work, idk what I was doing wrong. It just didn't save, just like the current scratch website.
animatic
Scratcher
8 posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

Heathercat123 wrote:

Use the "Inspect" (or "Inspect Element") feature from your web browser. If you can't for some reason, you can also ask an admin like me to do it for you.

It worked!
Heathercat123
Scratch Team
100+ posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

CuteRobot22 wrote:

Heathercat123 wrote:

Use the "Inspect" (or "Inspect Element") feature from your web browser. If you can't for some reason, you can also ask an admin like me to do it for you.

I tried doing it but it didn't work, idk what I was doing wrong. It just didn't save, just like the current scratch website.

It should work on here. However, do note that it does not work on upstream APIClone, in case you're self-hosting it or something.

Developer of much of the backend code for this website (the Scratch section, not the rest!) along with contributions from @chipmunkmc.
CuteRobot22
Scratcher
24 posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

Heathercat123 wrote:

CuteRobot22 wrote:

Heathercat123 wrote:

Use the "Inspect" (or "Inspect Element") feature from your web browser. If you can't for some reason, you can also ask an admin like me to do it for you.

I tried doing it but it didn't work, idk what I was doing wrong. It just didn't save, just like the current scratch website.

It should work on here. However, do note that it does not work on upstream APIClone, in case you're self-hosting it or something.

No, it doesn't work on this instance. I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong
animatic
Scratcher
8 posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

CuteRobot22 wrote:

Heathercat123 wrote:

CuteRobot22 wrote:

Heathercat123 wrote:

Use the "Inspect" (or "Inspect Element") feature from your web browser. If you can't for some reason, you can also ask an admin like me to do it for you.

I tried doing it but it didn't work, idk what I was doing wrong. It just didn't save, just like the current scratch website.

It should work on here. However, do note that it does not work on upstream APIClone, in case you're self-hosting it or something.

No, it doesn't work on this instance. I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong

Then I guess Heather has to do it for you /j

Last edited by animatic (Oct. 21, 2026 22:47:30)

CuteRobot22
Scratcher
24 posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

This is me trying to add a custom location. In full honesty, the only "source" i could find on how to do this was the AI overview on google. So I may be doing it really wrong

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animatic
Scratcher
8 posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

CuteRobot22 wrote:

This is me trying to add a custom location. In full honesty, the only "source" i could find on how to do this was the AI overview on google. So I may be doing it really wrong

Well here's how to actually do it: Go into account settings, go into inspect, change one of the locations to your desired location, and choose that option and click "Save my Changes". Note that you have to change the option value, meaning if it shows "<option value=Afghanistan> [your custom location] </option>", you will change your location to "Afghanistan", not [your custom location].
Heathercat123
Scratch Team
100+ posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

CuteRobot22 wrote:

This is me trying to add a custom location. In full honesty, the only "source" i could find on how to do this was the AI overview on google. So I may be doing it really wrong

See how it was set to "Afghanistan" after the first refresh? That means you did it correctly. By setting it to United States after that, you effectively undo what you just did.

Developer of much of the backend code for this website (the Scratch section, not the rest!) along with contributions from @chipmunkmc.
CuteRobot22
Scratcher
24 posts

How do I change my country to a fictional place?

Heathercat123 wrote:

CuteRobot22 wrote:

This is me trying to add a custom location. In full honesty, the only "source" i could find on how to do this was the AI overview on google. So I may be doing it really wrong

See how it was set to "Afghanistan" after the first refresh? That means you did it correctly. By setting it to United States after that, you effectively undo what you just did.

ohh

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