how do i change the position of my sprite while still being able to move it (with self.x and self.y) in PYGAME

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Im making a game in pygame and need to reset my.player at the bottom of the screen after a certain y value is reached. I can get that to work by setting the self.y and self.x variables in the sprite class equal to the coordinates that i want, but then the sprite cant move since it is fixed to those positions. Any help ?

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user2531339 user2531339 · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-28T09:50:24

The problem is probably that the command for fixing the sprite position gets stuck in the loop after the first "activation". For instance: A part like this

stop = False
spritepositionfixed = True
while not stop:
    if y > #Your Max Y value:
        spritepositionfixed = True
    if spritepositionfixed:
        sprite.x = coordinatex
        sprite.y = coordinatey

would set the sprite position always after the first time it reached the y coordinate. You should change it to something like this:

stop = False
while not stop:
    if y > #Your Max Y value:
        sprite.x = coordinatex
        sprite.y = coordinatey

Hope it helped :)

how do i change the position of my sprite while still being able to move it (with self.x and self.y) in PYGAME

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