set Stay In Screen

Set a sprite to always stay in the screen view.

sprites.create(null).setStayInScreen(false)

You can make your sprite always remain in the screen view. This sets a sprite flag to keep the sprite on screen even when it’s position or movement would case it to move outside of these screen view.

Parameters

• on: a boolean value to set the stay in screen flag for the sprite. A true value means set to ON and a false value means OFF.

Example

Set a sprite to appear on the screen even though is initial position is off the screen and its motion will send it past the screen edge.

let mySprite = sprites.create(img`
    . . . . . 2 2 2 2 2 2 . . . . . 
    . . . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . . . 
    . . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . . 
    . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . 
    . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . 
    2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
    2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
    2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
    2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
    2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
    2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
    . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . 
    . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . 
    . . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . . 
    . . . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . . . 
    . . . . . 2 2 2 2 2 2 . . . . . 
    `, SpriteKind.Player)
mySprite.setFlag(SpriteFlag.StayInScreen, true)
pause(500)
mySprite.left = -20
mySprite.top = -50
pause(500)
mySprite.vx = 30

See also

set flag, set bounce on wall