# Stopping a Sprite
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [September 4, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363 "2020-09-04T22:08:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/1 "2020-09-04T22:08:42Z")
I know this sounds simple, but I’ve tried everything. How can I stop a sprite when it hits another sprite? I tried setting the velocity to zero, and I tried moving the sprite back a few pixels, but nothing works.
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/2 "2020-09-04T22:33:36Z")
Code?
Setting velocity (and acceleration if you used it) to 0 should do the trick
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/3 "2020-09-04T22:34:14Z")
okay thanks!
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/4 "2020-09-04T22:35:55Z")
It doesn’t seem to work.
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/5 "2020-09-04T22:37:20Z")
Can I see your code? Maybe you didn’t set a variable to your intended sprite and left it at `mySprite`
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/6 "2020-09-04T22:38:06Z")
Okay I will share an example.
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/7 "2020-09-04T22:42:11Z")
> **[example](https://arcade.makecode.com/34244-17764-88569-76849)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
here (just an example)
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/8 "2020-09-04T23:01:55Z")
Oh! I know what you mean!
Try this `on overlap`:
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/9 "2020-09-04T23:21:33Z")
Then how do I make them move after this?
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/10 "2020-09-04T23:49:04Z")
(In block of code obviously)
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/11 "2020-09-04T23:57:07Z")
I know that, but in there is a continuous loop of this, the sprite passes through the other sprite.
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/12 "2020-09-04T23:59:37Z")
Sorry, I don’t really get it ☹
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/13 "2020-09-05T00:00:41Z")
It keeps on moving slowly. This happens because of resetting the movement and the time taken.
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/14 "2020-09-05T00:03:23Z")
Still don’t get it ☹
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/15 "2020-09-05T00:03:37Z")
It’s fine.
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/16 "2020-09-05T00:04:22Z")
What are you trying to achieve in your game?
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/17 "2020-09-05T00:05:03Z")
The player has to try to solve a puzzle of moving objects out of the way.
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/18 "2020-09-05T00:06:01Z")
It’s fine, I got an idea that works.
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/19 "2020-09-05T00:08:03Z")
Oops, it doesn’t work anymore.
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### Author:  [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/20 "2020-09-05T01:55:45Z")
there was never a velocity set on the sprite which is why it doesnt stop.
> **[example (Dreadmask197)](https://arcade.makecode.com/42379-73629-29030-70931)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
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