# Stopping a Sprite **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/21 "2020-09-05T02:08:24Z")
The problem with this is that you can’t move the sprites after they touch. I want the sprites to be like tilemap walls. ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/22 "2020-09-05T02:14:03Z")
What you could do is if a sprite is touching the “wall” sprite, than move it away until it’s not touching in `on game update` But then you wouldn’t know the direction in which it came from ---
**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/23 "2020-09-05T03:38:25Z")
Maybe. I know how to find the direction. I wish there was a better way to do what I want to do. 😫 ---
**Author:** ![LcAtonal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/lcatonal/32/16800_2.png) [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/24 "2020-09-05T05:27:11Z")
What is your intention? To move the sprite? ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/25 "2020-09-05T10:44:17Z")
You could also set a wall where your sprite is, and if it moves, just set the location under to a wall ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/26 "2020-09-05T10:44:30Z")
But then it would have to be ghost ---
**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/27 "2020-09-05T14:45:18Z")
I was thinking about that, but it would cause a lot of lag. This is because I am using multiple sprites as walls. I will try it. ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/28 "2020-09-05T15:40:53Z")
So you are using sprites as a wall ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/29 "2020-09-05T15:41:14Z")
I have an idea but i don’t know if it will work ---
**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/30 "2020-09-05T16:13:08Z")
What is the idea? I want to come up with the most efficient way to make walls on the sprite. The sprites in my real game are 16 by 32 and 16 by 48. ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/31 "2020-09-05T16:56:44Z")
If your sprites bottom is greater than the wall sprites top, move it up. If the sprites left is less than the wall sprites right, move it right. Etc. ---
**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/32 "2020-09-05T17:02:18Z")
The problem with that is that if the sprite is in front of the wall, it will also move back. ---
**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/33 "2020-09-10T01:05:00Z")
Can anyone please help? (thanks for efforts: @UnsignedArduino, @LcAtonal and @Dreadmask197) ---
**Author:** ![LcAtonal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/lcatonal/32/16800_2.png) [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/34 "2020-09-10T04:33:49Z")
You want to push the sprite? Try this: > **[PushingSprite](https://arcade.makecode.com/55730-16071-28489-37640)** > > Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. ---
**Author:** ![LcAtonal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/lcatonal/32/16800_2.png) [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/35 "2020-09-10T08:40:06Z")
Press menu to restart ---
**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/36 "2020-09-10T21:28:46Z")
Not quite what I am looking for. ---
**Author:** ![cosmoscowboy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/cosmoscowboy/32/1718_2.png) [@cosmoscowboy](https://forum.makecode.com/u/cosmoscowboy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/37 "2020-10-06T23:19:13Z")
> **[example sprites stop when overlapping](https://arcade.makecode.com/01426-50884-55679-40424)** > > Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. I included the two statements at the bottom the overlap function. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/a/a0581e023403945ff913c48a91246f809d567d2a.png) I this what you are looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/38 "2020-10-06T23:35:08Z")
He wants them to move again and wants to use the other sprite almost like a wall ---
**Author:** ![cosmoscowboy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/cosmoscowboy/32/1718_2.png) [@cosmoscowboy](https://forum.makecode.com/u/cosmoscowboy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/39 "2020-10-06T23:50:23Z")
That is a really cool implementation of pushing a sprite; great job. ---
**Author:** ![cosmoscowboy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/cosmoscowboy/32/1718_2.png) [@cosmoscowboy](https://forum.makecode.com/u/cosmoscowboy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363/40 "2020-10-06T23:52:14Z")
Well I guess if @GameGod is able to better explain what the game should do, then we might be able to help. [Previous page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/stopping-a-sprite/3363.md?page=3)