How to detect an instance of a sprite at X and Y

Is there a way to detect and instance of sprite at a given X and Y?

Yes, but the question is how would you like to detect it and what would you like to detect?

you could just use

Sprite compare x and sprite compare y

Good question ... I am moving a sprite based on keyboard input using SetX or SetY, depending on the key pressed. What I would like to do is add a condition that will check just to make sure a specific sprite, say a Wall, is not in the spot they are moving into.

I guess you could use an inverted is overlapping at offset event.

on left key pressed

sprite is not overlapping wall at offset (value of moving left)

• sprite move left.

I'm still struggling with this ... Could you take a look a this project and let me know what you think ...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/71nrbu9mbra0r5p/SampleSpriteDetection.capx

Press the down arrow should stop the sprite at the red wall.

Thanks for the help!

the overlap offset is an offset not a new position so make your offset (0,-32) not (sprite.x,sprite.y-32)

it might work better if you reduce your collision boxes slightly or maybe make the offset slightly smaller to stop any touch ? (I will go and test this theory...)

edit to add picture

<img src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/143636437/images/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.12.26_21h35m04s_001.png" border="0" />

yeap - I would (if using your method) reduce the collision boxes slightly to allow for a small border - reducing the chance of the sprites touching.

I think that them even touching will cause this to fail ?

Was really hoping to keep the sprites all the same size ... thought this would be easier. Thanks for looking into this.

not reduce the sprites but their collision polygon in built in image editor. (sorry missed your reply)

Gotcha! Didn't know about the collision polygon. That would work.